MOURINHO Parts Company by Mutual Consent

Date : 20 Sep 2007
Time : Some time around 6 am IST.

Yesterday night I saw some amazing scenes on my TV , Yuvraj hitting 6 sixes of Staurt Board . Awesome hitting from the very talented southpaw.The fastest 50 in International cricket coming of just 12 deliveries . :) India will make it to the semis of the T20 World cup if they win against SouthAfrica on Thursday at 9:30 pm IST.

I woke up early in the morning at around 7:30 :P and full of Energy to discuss about the wonderful India - England encounter , I brushed my teath ,had a glass of water and sat in front of my dad to discuss about the India match . My face garnished with joy and excitement. This is when my dad an ardent Arsenal fan with a very mischevious smile on his face broke the news about Chelsea. Jose' Mourinho parting company . The whole Energy ,excitement ,joy just vanished in a flash . Oh my God! what has happened .

My memories went back to the day when Mourinho arrived at Chelsea . I remember his introductory talk with the media , sporting a very cool T-shirt and vert witty answers . He had won 2 consecutive league titles and the much coveted Champions league crown with Porto the previous years . The self titled SPECIAL-ONE made an instant impact with the Chelsea team , winning the League title after a span of 50 years . In all we won 6 titles in 3 years under him , 2 League titles , 1 FA cup , 1 Community shield and 2 Carling cups , but the much awaited Champions League title eluded him , the closest being 2 semifinals against Liverpool ..One of them lost under very cruel circumstances( 1/2 a goal from Luis Garcia) and the second one on penalties .

Without any doubt he was the most successful manager of Chelsea till date . His talent has been never doubted . I would say he was one of the most astute managers I have ever seen in soccer . Very few of them can match him on this front . Tactically very strong and a great man manager,Very good at attacking the opposition team with his verbal provess before any important match . :) . Rijkard has a good idea about this :P .

A Talismanic manager , he injected a good team with a never say die attitude . They would fight every match with the sole aim of winning it . Players respected him, the fans respected him this amazing character. But the way in which Chelsea played soccer under him was always criticized , they called it unmarkatable , they called it dull,but Chelsea scored points , they won matches and very importantly titles .

There were only 2 kinds of people , one who was a fan of Chelsea and the others . With my experience any Neutral viewer never liked to see the way Chelsea played.But for fans like us it was about supporting a wonderful team coached by a very talented coach.

Mourinho put forward a very different 4-4-2 fomation instead of his much preferred Diamond formation from the start of the season , to make Chelsea brand more attractive , but he failed without Drogba and Lampard in the starting lineup. Its hard to understand how such a strong team suffers without 2 players.Its true that they scored more than 50 goals for Chelsea the last season but it doesnt mean that we dont have enough firepower without these players up-front . He always had an excuse whenever Chelsea had a bad match .

The relationship between Roman and Jose' has been well published in the newspapers for the past 7 months , then why did Roman make this decision after 6 matches into the premieship and 1 Champions league match, and a very important match against title rivals MANU at Old Trafford after 3 days ? This is hard to understand ,but without doubt Roman is a very smart businessman ,nobody becomes a Billionare worth around $19 Billion by fluk . Some may say that had he put the axe during the tranfer window -then maybe Terry wouldnt have renewed his contract , the same with Lampard , Malouda might have opted for Liverpool , Drogba might have left the club . All these comes into mind when u think of this incident .

It is very hard to take that such a talented coach couldnt live to the high expectations of Roman and Chelsea . Romans dream is to make Chelsea the most marketable club by 2013 .This would be difficult if only around 24000 fans turn up in the stadium with a capacity of 45000, as it could be seen in the last match against Rosenburg at home . To increase their viewership we need to play an attractive brand of soccer,the one played by Barcelona or Arsenal. This kind of football couldnt be provided by a defensive coach like Jose'. He tried to do this but but ...


I wish good for Mourinhos future , he will be on the radar for many big clubs . He now may take up the coaching assingnment of the Portuguese national team , or may go to Italy or Spain.There is a possibility that he might be the coach of MANU after Fergusson retires, he may even return to Chelsea after some time . But one things for sure Mourinho will continue to win titles in his own stlye of play .


Now it needs to be seen who is on Romans radar to be the next Chelsea coach.Whoever be the coach ,one things for sure he has to provide attractive football and atleast 2 Champions League titles by 2013 and EPL dominance . I hope the next big thing for Chelsea does this . :)