The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[deiseach]

Supposed to have been 12 million per year of contract. He is up there with being as hard to like as ferguson.

Always remember about him the shit he stirred against barcelona and frisk who ended up quitting over it.

His smearing of the ambulance service in Berkshire over the injury Petr Cech received at the knee of Stephen Hunt was far worse:

Mourinho's version

"My goalkeeper was in the dressing room for 30 minutes waiting for an ambulance. The ambulance could not go in the direction of the dressing room. He could not leave the dressing room properly. He had to go in a wheelchair in the lift when he had the injury. He left 30 minutes after my doctor called for an urgent ambulance. If my goalkeeper dies in that dressing room or in the process it is something English football has to think about."

South Central NHS trust version

17.15 Cech injured

17.20 Cech taken to dressing room. Chelsea doctor does not think ambulance necessary

17.45 Cech's condition deteriorates and Chelsea doctor requests ambulance

17.52 Ambulance arrives at Madejski Stadium

18.11 Ambulance arrives at Royal Berkshire hospital

A maggot. He will not be missed.

[GJL]

He had his good days....

[blewuporstuffed]

He had his good days....

Yeah your right.
Lets remember the good days

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALzaktL8c28

[seafoid]

He had his good days....

Anyone involved in the EPL touching the badge makes me sick. It is all about the money.
GAA is about place and muintir but modern soccer is mercenary

[laoislad]

We get it seafoid.You don't like soccer.

[thebigfella]

We get it seafoid.You don't like soccer.

And Jews. He's not a fan of those either

[Norf Tyrone]

Supposed to have been 12 million per year of contract. He is up there with being as hard to like as ferguson.

Always remember about him the shit he stirred against barcelona and frisk who ended up quitting over it.

His smearing of the ambulance service in Berkshire over the injury Petr Cech received at the knee of Stephen Hunt was far worse:

Mourinho's version

"My goalkeeper was in the dressing room for 30 minutes waiting for an ambulance. The ambulance could not go in the direction of the dressing room. He could not leave the dressing room properly. He had to go in a wheelchair in the lift when he had the injury. He left 30 minutes after my doctor called for an urgent ambulance. If my goalkeeper dies in that dressing room or in the process it is something English football has to think about."

South Central NHS trust version

17.15 Cech injured

17.20 Cech taken to dressing room. Chelsea doctor does not think ambulance necessary

17.45 Cech's condition deteriorates and Chelsea doctor requests ambulance

17.52 Ambulance arrives at Madejski Stadium

18.11 Ambulance arrives at Royal Berkshire hospital

A maggot. He will not be missed.

Mourinho sometimes got the point right in the wrong way.

The issue here and he probably could've done a better job getting it across was that here is a big event, with 20,000 people in attendance and no ambulance present. Why did an ambulance have to be dispatched at all?

I read since that Mourinho's outburst caused a review of ambulance services at games and indeed it was this review that saved Fabrice Muamba's life.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/18/fabrice-muamba-medical-rules

[laoislad]

He had his good days....

Being beaten in 2 Champions League semi finals by Liverpool would make a man like Jose bitter alright.
No wonder he reacted like that.

[deiseach]

Being beaten in 2 Champions League semi finals by Liverpool would make a man like Jose bitter alright.
No wonder he reacted like that.

This isn't real, but when the legend is better than the truth...

[Billys Boots]

GAA is about place and muintir but modern soccer is mercenary

Most grass-roots sports clubs are about place and people - it's not confined to GAA.  Modern professional sport is mercenary; no need to single out a particular sport. 

[AZOffaly]

GAA is more associated with Parish though, I think you know what he means. Not sure what it has to do with Chelsea though

[Billys Boots]

GAA is more associated with Parish though, I think you know what he means. Not sure what it has to do with Chelsea though

A 'parish' is an artificial religious construct with no place in the modern world - I have no idea what he means. 

[AZOffaly]

OK, I'll come at it a different way. When you ask nearly anyone in Ireland where they come from, one of the first things that you relate to that place is the GAA club/county. There is a sense of identity associated with the local GAA club, that just isn't there for other sports.  Is that sufficiently secular?

[Billys Boots]

OK, I'll come at it a different way. When you ask nearly anyone in Ireland where they come from, one of the first things that you relate to that place is the GAA club/county. There is a sense of identity associated with the local GAA club, that just isn't there for other sports.  Is that sufficiently secular?

I think that might be true of some parts of rural Ireland, but not generally.  For a man that works in Limerick, I thought you might have some concept of this ... 

[AZOffaly]

I think of it the opposite way around. Generally its true apart from some parts of big Irish cities. And believe me that applies in Limerick too. Munster is Munster but a lad will tell you he's from Patrickswell or Scarrif or Tipp town before he'd say Munster, and the identification in most (not all obviously) will be with Limerick, Clare or Tipp GAA and the local club.

I don't see this as a slight on soccer or rugby by the way, its just a characteristic of the gaa which is reinforced by the old parish rules etc