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Mourinho is coming back?

y va marquer

I think so.
Ridiculous that Chelsea fans were singing his name during the SF tie against Basel the other night.

y va marquer

Biggus

Still prefer him to the senile old guignol we have.

Mirth

Second time's the charm, Biggus.

Biggus

Just sayin'

Burnwinter

Don't see why Mourinho can't do what he did before, really. There's no objective reason that Chelsea's squad isn't good enough to win the league.

Benitez has done alright in he teeth of absurd opposition, but Mourinho would get them playing more efficiently than they have done in all likelihood, and would have the backing to build a bit of momentum.

Cannon

Captain wrote:
He'll find it alot harder this time around, that is a certainty.

Agree on that. Would be funny if he is sacked again by Roman A.

Timbob

Competition for players is more fierce in the Prem than it was before.

Burnwinter

This is true … but Chelsea's current squad probably isn't much more than a £50m striker who doesn't suck away from being able to challenge strongly.

Tony Montana

If it's just not sucking that's the criterion why do you even have to spend 50m quid?

Burnwinter

Well exactly. More in reference to the £50m striker they have who does suck, Torres, and the one they're heavily linked with, Falcao.

Claudius

Falcao + Mourinho would make them contenders. They do need to solve conundrums like Obi John but they're so much closer than we are to competing. My big fear right now is Spurs. They have some good momentum. Chelsea can always be a contender. Just don't want Spurs sealing our just-good-enough 4th spot.

Timbob

Chelsea's league position over the last 2 season would suggest they are as are away from competing as we are. Yet we need 4+ world class players and they need just one striker "who doesn't suck"?

Tony Montana

Timothy wrote:
Chelsea's league position over the last 2 season would suggest they are as are away from competing as we are. Yet we need 4+ world class players and they need just one striker "who doesn't suck"?

True 😆

Qwiss

Claudius wrote:
Falcao + Mourinho would make them contenders. They do need to solve conundrums like Obi John but they're so much closer than we are to competing. My big fear right now is Spurs. They have some good momentum. Chelsea can always be a contender. Just don't want Spurs sealing our just-good-enough 4th spot.

Unless Spurs radically change their pay structure they'll never compete in the long term. Bale is going to leave them and when he does they'll be back to square one. Without him they're probably worse than Liverpool.

The one thing you can say about us now is that even if we did lose 2 of our better players they wouldn't be too hard to replace.

YounGunner

qs! wrote:
Claudius wrote:
Falcao + Mourinho would make them contenders. They do need to solve conundrums like Obi John but they're so much closer than we are to competing. My big fear right now is Spurs. They have some good momentum. Chelsea can always be a contender. Just don't want Spurs sealing our just-good-enough 4th spot.

Unless Spurs radically change their pay structure they'll never compete in the long term. Bale is going to leave them and when he does they'll be back to square one. Without him they're probably worse than Liverpool.

The one thing you can say about us now is that even if we did lose 2 of our better players they wouldn't be too hard to replace.

Bale won't leave for a good few seasons. Spurs are quite good at forcing players to stay against their will like they did with Modric for a couple of seasons.

If he does leave i suspect his price range will be between the 50-60 million range(he's British).

Burnwinter

Timothy wrote:
Chelsea's league position over the last 2 season would suggest they are as are away from competing as we are. Yet we need 4+ world class players and they need just one striker "who doesn't suck"?

Yep. And their results this season against the top sides more or less bear out the theory. They need consistency, "momentum", positive buzz from the fans, continuity in management and a top striker - then they'll compete for the league title again.

By the way I don't agree we need 4+ world class players to compete for the title though it certainly wouldn't hurt. I reckon we need a top centre forward to work with, someone really decent through the spine (whether a CM or a godly CB) and to replace any useful player we lose through attrition.

Burnwinter

YounGunner wrote:
Bale won't leave for a good few seasons. Spurs are quite good at forcing players to stay against their will like they did with Modric for a couple of seasons.

Supposedly he re-signed for four years a year ago. That puts him up to two years away from the issue becoming forced in theory.

But at the same time, you read that they've got a 130k deal "on the table" for him at the end of the season, so I'm not clear what his situation is.

kamikaze

if bale doesnt leave this summer, then he'll leave the next. spurs have a merely ok squad without bale, though they'd probably bring in 1 or 2 good players with the transfer fee. i have a feeling liverpool will finish higher in the table than them next year.

arsenal needs 2 world class players to truly compete. there's a host of ok players that we could easily do without.

Burnwinter

People now suggesting that Jose is trying to get himself sacked so he gets his penalty clause activated. Wouldn't doubt that at all.

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