Mourinho gone from Chelsea

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:07 pm

communistworkethic wrote:
Salford Trotter wrote:
Backgammon wrote:Just read this story on the Beeb... Fairly shocked. I know they hadn't started brilliantly but they're still only a couple of points off the league leaders.

10million quid pay-off though. He can make a few omelettes with that...
Make that £25m and you'll be nearer the mark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 004780.stm
number plucked from the air. His basic contact is worth about 12.5 million for the remaining term. Why would Chelsea pay him double that?? Even with bonuses it's probably be no more than £15m.

He should have good reason to feel hard done by either way you look at it

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:34 pm

norm the jedi wrote:lets not go backwards as a club...
lets sack a bloke whose hardly bin int job 5 minutes and replace him with ....
Paul Jewel
or any one of 37 candidates currently out of work because they were shite at there last or in some cases all their clubs...

There's a step forward worth taking.. straight into the darkness..

Jewell wouldn't be my first pick (didn't vote for him in the "poll"), but he has had three campaigns in the Premiership and not been relegated in any of them.

How would picking him be more of a step into "darkness" than picking someone who has no Premiership managerial experience?

Jewell's Premiership managerial record is P114, W34 D23 L57 - a 50/50 split between losing or getting something better. That record was across two teams (Bradford and Wigan), that most pundits would have said would be heading straight back down the season after being promoted. It is skewed slightly by the good season the Pies had first time around. His other two attempts culminated in 36 and 38 points which were enough for survival.

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:42 pm

Worthy4England wrote:His other two attempts culminated in 36 and 38 points which were enough for survival.

Just. Just. Obviously even then he had a better points average than LSL's current hit-rate, but it's hardly a glowing recommendation - especially the way the went into reverse after that upper-midtable season you mentioned.

(Not that you're suggesting we employ him, I hasten to add in your defence

)

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:09 pm

Shame they had to do it before they played the Mancs - should be an easier home win for them, now. Could've done with Chelsea taking some points off 'em.

Tombwfc · Post by **Tombwfc** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:12 pm

The thing with Jewell is though, didn't he leave Wigan due to relegation battles nearly sending him to an mental with stress? Can't imagine he'd jump at the chance to get into another one, or that we'd benefit from a manager teetering on the brink of insanity if things go wrong.

Plus, the way i read norms post was that he was suggesting that recruiting Jewell (or most other managers on our 'shortlist' wouldn't be a step into the dark, because we know he's got a good record of keeping teams into the divison and not much else, so we'd know pretty much what we're getting. Whereas with Lee he could turn out to be brilliant and get us in the top ten, or could die on his arse and send us down, hence being a huge step into the dark with big rewards and big risks. I think the punt on Lee is worth continuing partly because i believe that he'll come good and 6 games is nothing to judge a manager, and partly because if Jewell or whoever did come in and keep us up by the skin of their teeth, none of them have shown anywhere the ability to build on that and progress, whereas Lee may be able to build a future here at the club in the long term.

Not that this has anything to do with the thread, or hasn't been covered 20 times on the other board already, but meh.

warthog · Post by **warthog** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:19 pm

Tombwfc wrote:The thing with Jewell is though, didn't he leave Wigan due to relegation battles nearly sending him to an mental with stress? Can't imagine he'd jump at the chance to get into another one, or that we'd benefit from a manager teetering on the brink of insanity if things go wrong.

Jewell claims that he left Wigan because he couldn't get the players he wanted to go there. He might be telling porkies but it's worth considering his side of things.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:43 pm

blurred wrote:Shame they had to do it before they played the Mancs - should be an easier home win for them, now. Could've done with Chelsea taking some points off 'em.

You want Chelsea to pick up points to aid your title challenge?

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:52 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
blurred wrote:Shame they had to do it before they played the Mancs - should be an easier home win for them, now. Could've done with Chelsea taking some points off 'em.
You want Chelsea to pick up points to aid your title challenge?

I'd have anyone take points off Man United, to be honest, home or away. Seeing our rivals (both positionally and locally) dropping points is always nice.

A nice boring (and preferably violent) 0-0 would've done me. This is now less likely if the club's in turmoil.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:00 pm

Worthy4England wrote:
communistworkethic wrote:
Salford Trotter wrote:
Backgammon wrote:Just read this story on the Beeb... Fairly shocked. I know they hadn't started brilliantly but they're still only a couple of points off the league leaders.

10million quid pay-off though. He can make a few omelettes with that...
Make that £25m and you'll be nearer the mark

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 004780.stm
number plucked from the air. His basic contact is worth about 12.5 million for the remaining term. Why would Chelsea pay him double that?? Even with bonuses it's probably be no more than £15m.
He should have good reason to feel hard done by either way you look at it

aye I wouldn't get out of bed for that!

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:40 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:big loss to the league. we lost some big players recently - henry, robben, van noodle and for me just lost one of the biggest managers.
who's going to entertain us with their interviews now. no jewell with his best jumper - leather jacket combo, no mourinho and his eggs. just rafa with his clipped "we were playing midweek so are tired" shitness

this sounds familiar

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:44 pm

According to a family friend, Mourinho has confirmed he is heading back to his homeland for a role with his country's football federation.

Mourinho will reportedly assume a job within the national setup, with the view to eventually becoming coach of the Portugal team.

The source also claims that Mourinho told the Chelsea players at the club's training ground on Thursday morning that he would be working with the national side within the next 48 hours.

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:57 pm

Batman wrote:
According to a family friend, Mourinho has confirmed he is heading back to his homeland for a role with his country's football federation.

Mourinho will reportedly assume a job within the national setup, with the view to eventually becoming coach of the Portugal team.

The source also claims that Mourinho told the Chelsea players at the club's training ground on Thursday morning that he would be working with the national side within the next 48 hours.

Which took him 47 mins to do. Reports stated that after he left, the players were left standing gorped faced as to what the fxck he was waffling about.

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:51 pm

It looks like one big game to abromovich, bit crazy this. Football has taken some funny turns over the years, 5 trophies in 3 years = sacked....

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:55 pm

officer_dibble wrote:It looks like one big game to abromovich, bit crazy this. Football has taken some funny turns over the years, 5 trophies in 3 years = sacked....

See vialli!

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:08 pm

Caretaker manager appointed until Didier Deschamps can be persuaded to sup from the poisoned chalice. You heard it here first from the suave Lieutenant Bromhead!

Worth a tenner at Ladbrokes - in my humble opinion!

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:09 pm

Mourinho made an emotional farewell to his players at Chelsea's Cobham training ground on Thursday, an occasion that is understood to have left striker Didier Drogba in tears

Soldier_Of_The_White_Army · Post by **Soldier_Of_The_White_Army** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:17 pm

Batman wrote:
Mourinho made an emotional farewell to his players at Chelsea's Cobham training ground on Thursday, an occasion that is understood to have left striker Didier Drogba in tears

Hey, pack it in!

It must have been very emotional for the team to say goodbye!

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:13 pm

maybe jose kicked him in the bollocks and said "now that's a reason to go down you diving c*nt"?? It could've happened.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:53 am

With Mourinho gone, new boss Avram Grant is keen to bring Jamie Redknapp into his new management team. (Various)

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:31 am

Batman wrote:
With Mourinho gone, new boss Avram Grant is keen to bring Jamie Redknapp into his new management team. (Various)

Presumably Jamie, unlike Grant, isn't Jewish; due to Yom Kippur, Grant won't be able to work between sundown tonight and sunrise Sunday. Good job the game's not tomorrow, eh? I'm sure Mourinho's replacement would have had his religious views respected by the thousands of Chelsea fans who spend every game against Spurs making hissing noises.

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