Mourinho v Pellegrini: A quiet rivalry

[Lamps]

Not sure if this will be of interest to you City lads and lasses. Observations of the two managers yesterday.

I enjoyed the game yesterday. In all honesty, I was delighted to have escaped with a point as I thought City were the better team, clearly. I'm an admirer of Pellegrini. Not just football wise but how he conducts himself generally.

Mourinho v Pellegrini

[nottsblue]

Do Chelsea fans in general love Mourinho or do they secretly wish for someone with a bit of class. He is a short term manager with little thought of a legacy. Much as Wenger and Bacon are loathed, both had longevity, something you can't see with Mourinho. Surely Ancelotti was a more loved boss of recent years?

[Hazy2]

Not sure if this will be of interest to you City lads and lasses. Observations of the two managers yesterday.

I enjoyed the game yesterday. In all honesty, I was delighted to have escaped with a point as I thought City were the better team, clearly. I'm an admirer of Pellegrini. Not just football wise but how he conducts himself generally.

Mourinho v Pellegrini

Jose, has to man up, I feel he has been here before, if football does this to you, knock it on the head.

[london blue 2]

Do Chelsea fans in general love Mourinho or do they secretly wish for someone with a bit of class. He is a short term manager with little thought of a legacy. Much as Wenger and Bacon are loathed, both had longevity, something you can't see with Mourinho. Surely Ancelotti was a more loved boss of recent years?

They love him.

I don't think they think he's classy in any way, I just don't think they care.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Do Chelsea fans in general love Mourinho or do they secretly wish for someone with a bit of class. He is a short term manager with little thought of a legacy. Much as Wenger and Bacon are loathed, both had longevity, something you can't see with Mourinho. Surely Ancelotti was a more loved boss of recent years?

They love him.

I don't think they think he's classy in any way, I just don't think they care.

I would have thought that, even amongst the vast multitudes of Chelsea supporters who love and adore Mourinho, there must surely be a fair number who, at the bottom of their hearts, just wish he would change his ways and act with a little more dignity, graciousness and, perhaps, even humility; qualities that no-one could ever say were lacking in Ancelotti.

Nottsblue makes a really good point about Mourinho only being a short term manager and, because his tenure at most Clubs is relatively brief, he's never there long enough for fans to start to fall out of love with his footballing philosophy and the style of play he always adopts.

For myself, it's frightening to think of what Chelsea could be now achieving if Ancelotti had still been at the helm.

[Blue Since 76]

I actually think Maureen is holding them back. His tactics against the top teams both last season and this has cost Chelsea points. Last season he went to the swamp and defended like mad to get a point. Everyone else went there and took all 3. Yesterday they were missing Costa and Fabregas, but we were without Nasri, Yaya and Aguero could only manage 60 minutes. They could have pushed us, but his pragmatic side made him take the point. Hopefully it'll cost him dear again this season

[Mikhail Chigorin]

I actually think Maureen is holding them back. His tactics against the top teams both last season and this has cost Chelsea points. Last season he went to the swamp and defended like mad to get a point. Everyone else went there and took all 3. Yesterday they were missing Costa and Fabregas, but we were without Nasri, Yaya and Aguero could only manage 60 minutes. They could have pushed us, but his pragmatic side made him take the point. Hopefully it'll cost him dear again this season

This is it, in a nutshell.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Do Chelsea fans in general love Mourinho or do they secretly wish for someone with a bit of class. He is a short term manager with little thought of a legacy. Much as Wenger and Bacon are loathed, both had longevity, something you can't see with Mourinho. Surely Ancelotti was a more loved boss of recent years?

They love him.

I don't think they think he's classy in any way, I just don't think they care.

I would have thought that, even amongst the vast multitudes of Chelsea supporters who love and adore Mourinho, there must surely be a fair number who, at the bottom of their hearts, just wish he would change his ways and act with a little more dignity, graciousness and, perhaps, even humility; qualities that no-one could ever say were lacking in Ancelotti.

Nottsblue makes a really good point about Mourinho only being a short term manager and, because his tenure at most Clubs is relatively brief, he's never there long enough for fans to start to fall out of love with his footballing philosophy and the style of play he always adopts.

For myself, it's frightening to think of what Chelsea could be now achieving if Ancelotti had still been at the helm.

Agree with that last point. Ancelotti get little credit in the press in this country but he's as good as any manager in Europe, and has been for a long time. And he likes football.

[Ted Hughes]

I don't much care for Ancelotti personally, but I do believe he would have no less success with this Chelsea squad than Mourinho has done so far.

[Blue Since 76]

I don't much care for Ancelotti personally, but I do believe he would have no less success with this Chelsea squad than Mourinho has done so far.

Moyes won more than Maureen did last season.

[South Stand Balti]

I don't much care for managerial rivalries, they are way over hyped by the media and far less relevant than they make out. Fergie was often credited for winning matches with his mind games, but it's easy to win mind games when you have the best players. I would nt want Maureen as our manager, it's too much about him. I felt the same about Balotelli as a player. Maureen does have one great redeeming feature though...he keeps beating the dippers.

[Slim]

It's only quiet because the mouthy cunt has had a tantrum and giving the press the silent treatment. Won't last and he'll be commenting after every Bony goal about how we're breaking FFP because we didn't get a £50M backhander for a pineapple.

[carl_feedthegoat]

If I was Pellegrini I would have goaded the snotty pork n cheese into coming out of his self imposed press exile.
I would definitely of mentioned "small team" again...and repeated "defended in numbers" at least 10 times within a minute of being interviewed.