Which one of the players in our current roster exhibited player power or is this just speculation? Mourinho's lost the dressing room and he failed woefully to create any attacking philosophy in our play. Relying on defensive organisation and the individual brilliance of Hazard in attack can only take you so far.

Surely losing the dressing room is equivalent to player power?

What is the point of doing this now?

No manager would be able to salvage this season.I would have given him a transfer window to sort this out.

Thanks Jose.

 

Sadly inevitable, there is always a point where you have to say enough is enough and I think the Leicester result was it to be honest. There was no sign of things improving.

 

There are lots of players who I'm annoyed at for their part in this. Costa has been the most visible example of having a poor attitude and I wouldn't be too sad to see him sold off in January.

What is the point of doing this now?

No manager would be able to salvage this season.I would have given him a transfer window to sort this out.

because if we didnt we could quite feasibly have been relegated. 

Good luck to Jose. Hope he gets a decent club next who'll treat with him with the respect he deserves.

 

Jose is gone but the inept Emenalo is still there. 

 

We really are run by a bunch of clueless morons.

I believe it's Bad decision from Chelsea boss! He won't get anyone as good as Jose.

Mourinho will probably ends up in Manchester united and win league with them.

If not he's welcome at Real Madrid!

I will miss him at Chelsea!!!!

Oh well, sad but was coming. More than anything else including all the losses this season, our football has been completely uninspiring for a whole year now. Maybe this is the only way our football will get direction again.

What is the point of doing this now?

No manager would be able to salvage this season.I would have given him a transfer window to sort this out.

After Mourinho came out and said his players "betrayed" him and that he "made them better than they really were" due to "HIS phenomenal work". I think that alone is enough grounds for a sacking. 

Edited December 17, 201510 yr by The Liquidator

At least this might mean Wenger NEVER beats Jose in a league match.

because if we didnt we could quite feasibly have been relegated. 

We were never going to be relegated,and i think we have more chances to get relegated under Juande Ramos than under Mourinho.

Create an attacking philosophy - Failed

 

Bring in youth - Failed

 

Change your confrontational behaviour - Failed

 

Don't undermine the club in public - Failed

 

Own up to your failures. Stop blaming others and formulating conspiracies - Failed

 

Add to all that, we're 16th, 1 point from the relegation zone with half of the season gone. Hard to argue Roman didn't make the right decision.

Thank you for your very balanced post.

Thank you

Legend <3

I wonder how many journalists who've been sniping at him all season, will turn round and bemoan his sacking, like they did last time....It is a definite, avoid the media situation for a few weeks !!! 

 

We will need an interim with balls of steel to get us out of this mess.

I'd have preferred for Mourinho to be given the rest of the season to turn things around, but I think this is an understandable decision and far from the knee-jerk reaction that some people see it as, and we've actually been quite patient by modern standards.

 

It doesn't compare in any way to the injustice of the RDM dismissal, for example. Speaking of which, what is Roberto up to these days?

Don't know how to feel about this.  I loved Mourinho through it all, and I'll forever love him for everything he has done for CFC.  I wanted him to stay forever, for me he was like Drogba, Lampard, Terry...he IS Chelsea.  Part of me understands this firing as the players aren't playing for him, they clearly couldn't give a sh*t and it's easier to fire one person that 7/8/9 or how ever many people think are underperforming.  But that's the sad part, he gives everything and they are giving nothing, not just back to Jose but to the fans as well.  Now we will get a new manager (interim?) and are they going to do better?  I bet you any money we will win on Saturday; they will now start playing for whoever comes in.  If it's Hiddink, then for me it's not a terrible outcome.  If its Ramos or Rodgers, then there will be a sh*tstorm.  

I hope the Bridge gives him the ovation he deserves on Saturday, chant his name for 90 minutes. Let him know that he's got full support and admiration for everything he did for this club. Let some of the cowards on the pitch know that they don't deserve to represent this club. Let Roman and his board of puppets know that they just repeated the biggest mistake in club history. 

 

Something for Roman Abramovich, please, don't give us that look of disappointment and frustration and then go to the dressing room and pretend to be angry at the players the next time a Jose Mourinho team beats us like you did in 2010. The price you pay for stupidity and impulsiveness, you live to experience your mistakes again and again. If Jose stays in England? I hope you're there every time he comes back, hopefully with Emenalo alongside you, telling you everything you want hear while we're falling to mediocrity.

Not sure how I feel about this. He's one of the best managers in the world and I hope he gets the England job at some point. However I'm not sure the club was heading in the right direction even when he was winning but now we need to find the right manager for the job. This squad is too good for a jobs worth manager to take over. We NEED someone who has the ability to holistically develop the squad. This was never going to be Jose and I'm not sure it was ever the right appointment. But who? Ancelotti plays good football, but we've burnt that bridge once, Pep is another short term manager but we'd play great football, Klopp would have been good, Pottechino? Rogers? Martinez? I would definitely say NOT Simeone or Bielsa but that just means they'll get it.

 

I only hope Mourinho goes abroad, could bare to see him win with Utd or City.

Edited December 17, 201510 yr by Shotgun883

Imagine if Brenda joined and said we had "character" in his first presser.

 

I'd stick my head in the oven.

Gutted for jose, i think its the players at the end of the day but unfortunately when you lose the dressing room theres only one man who pays the price and that's the manager! 

If we get Hiddink in till the end of the season then look at Guardiola/Simeone on a permanent basis in the summer I wouldnt be too unhappy, i'd prefer Pep though!!  

 

Thank you Roman for proving you're still a clueless, impulsive owner that would never sustain stability in any level. Done for me at this point, he's nothing more than a dollar sign now, him and his pathetic board.

 

A complete disgrace of a decision, we lost our greatest ever, this time? Forever. And no, no mentally strong unit to carry us through it. We lost Mourinho because of a bunch of spineless cowards who couldn't cope with any sort of pressure. 

 

You know what happens now right? We're going to go through mediocrity with occasional greatness while Jose Mourinho continues to win at the highest level. Even better, you know what happens if he stays in the PL? He comes back and beats us, again and again and win titles. Remember this is a manager with 50% success at winning PL titles, what we have is a group who never won without him.

 

Thank you Jose, for every time you were happy like us, for every time you were sad like us, for every time you cared like us, unlike them. The best.

 

Jose has managed to turn a team of champions into a team that's a point off relegation at Christmas. I love Jose as much as the next fan but this was the right call, we can't just keep buying a new team every time Jose has the players turn against him. The board would have sacked anybody else long before now and you can't say we didn't give him a chance but it's getting worse and worse.

 

The bloke is a legend and the greatest coach we have ever had, but it's all gone sour and I couldn' t see any way back for him an obviously the board felt the same.

We were never going to be relegated,and i think we have more chances to get relegated under Juande Ramos than under Mourinho.

why?

At least this might mean Wenger NEVER beats Jose in a league match.

Not at Chelsea no, but I think his next EPL club will be Man United if City gets Pep. 

 

Going to be brutal avoiding all the sports media for the foreseeable future.

Grim.

It was clear things weren't going to turn around and that either the players or Jose had to go. Unfortunately, there's only ever going to be one winner in that battle. I'm absolutely gutted, but can't blame Roman. As painful as it is it say it, it's the correct decision. I hope tribute is paid to him by the fans on Saturday, and I'm certain it will, but at the same time, we must get behind the team and the Club we all love (as disgusted as many of us should be by the players right now).

Things may improve, but I don't see it being by much. These players don't have the leadership and personality to dig us out.

f**king gutted. Players need to take a long hard look at themselves but they'll be chuffed they've done it again and got another top manager booted out.