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Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:I rate Mourinho very highly but this is not the game where one should be using to gloat his tactical acumen. There were no tactics from Mourinho. It was a case of shove in am many midfielders as you can even at the cost of a Striker and defend in two banks of five. Mourinho came here for a draw and he got that. Fair enough but it was not like he did that with a bargain basement team of half baked players he did that with a top quality team.

Mourinho has become ultra negative these days. Football is a result oriented business but the extremes to which this has been taken by Chelsea this season is beyond sanity. Parking the bus as soon as you go is one goal up is not brilliant tactics.

Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:I rate Mourinho very highly but this is not the game where one should be using to gloat his tactical acumen. There were no tactics from Mourinho. It was a case of shove in am many midfielders as you can even at the cost of a Striker and defend in two banks of five. Mourinho came here for a draw and he got that. Fair enough but it was not like he did that with a bargain basement team of half baked players he did that with a top quality team.

Mourinho has become ultra negative these days. Football is a result oriented business but the extremes to which this has been taken by Chelsea this season is beyond sanity. Parking the bus as soon as you go is one goal up is not brilliant tactics.

GoonerAlexis wrote:Bradford just showed how this strategy will fail after Terry

elkanofan wrote:

Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:I rate Mourinho very highly but this is not the game where one should be using to gloat his tactical acumen. There were no tactics from Mourinho. It was a case of shove in am many midfielders as you can even at the cost of a Striker and defend in two banks of five. Mourinho came here for a draw and he got that. Fair enough but it was not like he did that with a bargain basement team of half baked players he did that with a top quality team.

Mourinho has become ultra negative these days. Football is a result oriented business but the extremes to which this has been taken by Chelsea this season is beyond sanity. Parking the bus as soon as you go is one goal up is not brilliant tactics.

Don't worry about it man.

Next season the guy is certain to fail. it's Madrid all over again for Jose. This Cheslea team isn't really much different to City's team a few years ago, its built for the short term. This defensive style he incorporates will only get him so far. Chelsea have won it this year on virtue of every team playing like shit for long specific periods during the season. Especially at the beginning of the season.

Where Jose will fall is next season we will not give up such a huge gap so easily at the beginning of the year, when his team will be put under pressure to go out and win, his negative tactics or 'tactical genius' in parking his bus will not save him.

GoonerAlexis wrote:Bradford just showed how this strategy will fail after Terry

Exactly!

Adriatic wrote:imo this match showed us that we need a RW more than we need a striker. when elite teams like chelsea park the bus its impossibly hard to break them centrally, but they left a lot of space on the wings, especially in the latter stages of the game. since theo is as good as gone, i would rather splash out mad money on pacey RW/SS than on a CF.

VCC wrote:was a tactical master class from mourinho all he had to do was not lose .....................................Job done

Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:Parking the bus as soon as you go is one goal up is not brilliant tactics.

CukiZeGerman wrote:

JoseMourinho wrote:If Bradford can score 4 goals against "parking the bus" Chelsea, why can't Arsenal?

Hell of a difference there.

Bradford is a team that doesn't want to take the incentive in a game like that and Mourinho is forced to change his tactic and to attack for a change - which he is unable to do and gets 4 goals in the process.

WHen playing Arsenal, he know that we'll take the ball while his team can sit up on the 16 yard box and wait for their chance on the counter.

SchlandGooner wrote:

Arsenal~Fanatic wrote:Parking the bus as soon as you go is one goal up is not brilliant tactics.

Just out of curiosity I calculated the percentage share of one goal advantage wins by the Top4, well kind of interesting results

Chelsea has won 10 PL matches (23wins total) with a one goal advantage (4x 1:0) -> percentage share of total wins -> 43.47%
We have won 10 PL matches (20wins total) with a one goal advantage (3x 1:0) -> percentage share of total wins -> 50%
ManCity has won 6 PL matches (20wins total) with a one goal advantage (3x 1:0) -> percentage share of total wins -> 30%
ManUnited has won 8 PL matches (19wins total) with a one goal advantage (2x 1:0) -> percentage share of total wins -> 42.1%

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Zedie wrote:What exactly were people expecting? That we cut straight through a billion pound burnley who came to defend and didn't even have a striker on the pitch, instead playing with midfielders?

Get a grip.

Chelsea spent about 20 minutes of the game knocking it between the back 4. They sat deep in 2 defensive lines.

They one excellent chance on the counter, we has 2 chances in one at the death.

You don't just blaze through a mourinho side whose soul purpose is to not concede.

It's not the worst result, it takes us further away from man u and on course to overtake city.

No point jumping off the bridge for this result.

Dude we struggled to beat burnley 1-0. We are just not good in creating and attack. We are stuggling. Maureens teams are solid but you cant expect us to score goals when the strikers are on the bench displaced by midfielders out of position.

We created nothing clear cut thats a problem.

Chelsea struggled to beat burnley at home this season
So much so they didn't
They drew 1-1

And so what?? They drew with burnley.They also have 10 points ahead off us.Its easy.At least counter the posts decently .They drew against burnley and are 10 points clear today. We beat burnley 10 points behind leaders. Their goal difference is also higher than ours

GoonerAlexis wrote:The chants have really affected the Chelsea team, everyone wants to defend themselves. Funny, tbh

Cripps wrote:

JoseMourinho wrote:If Bradford can score 4 goals against "parking the bus" Chelsea, why can't Arsenal?

Cos you got cocky v Bradford and thought all you had to do was turn up to win.

We're better than them so you respected us and parked the bus.

Anyway I've read Terry has commented on the boring boring chants as well. Damn it must have got to them. Yes they have won the title but much like the previous two no one will remember the titles. Only the boring football.

I know Jose won it in 04/05 but that season is remembered for liverpools CL win more than anything Chelsea did.

And the season later but once again overshadowed by a record breaking run to the CL final by a fellow London club. Can't remember which. Maybe Tottenham.

Just realised Chelsea won the double as well recently? Lol. Does anyone even remember that? Most pointless double in history. Was it the 10/11 season?