anyone know how bad ass these shieks are?

[twinkletoes]

Mourinho's signings at Chelsea

Quite a lot of dross in there.

Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern Munich Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern Munich Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

 

[cardno1983]

16 league defeats is not too good though is it? plus the shambolic Cup exits.....

No one's claiming it was a perfect season and it's not like we've never had a shambolic cup exit either. But it's been a damn sight better overall than most of the last three or four seasons and hardly "tosh".

Im not comparing this season to the last three or four. All have indeed been 'tosh'!

Just so many defeats against genuinly crap clubs, two first round exits, and more money spent than in any season in our history, make this that little bit harder to swallow.[/quote]

Its all Robinho's fault, don't you know ;)

 

[bizzbo]

the point about mourinho is that he left them with a squad that has hardly been added too, the same one that has got within a whisker of the league and european cup twice since he's left.

this is why i'd like hughes to take a few more chances in the market. not everyone will work out, but we risk always getting slightly less than we hoped for from safe bets like bridge and, err. ok, given is amazing. but so is kompany, and he was a punt. oh forget it, i dunno what im trying to say.

 

[BlueMark]

Mourinho's signings at Chelsea

Quite a lot of dross in there.

Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern ****** Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern ****** Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

You say that there is a fair bit of dross in there but look a little closer. I wouldn’t class the following as dross would you ?

SWP, Ballack, Essien, Robben, Carvalho, Mikel, Malouda, Drogba, Cole, Belletti, Diarra

Having said that I agree about the likes of Del Horno, Shevchenko (more of an Abramovich signing in my opinion), Sidwell, Ben Haim (not the only numpty to sign him though hey !)

 

[Rammy Blue]

Mourinho's signings at Chelsea

Quite a lot of dross in there.

Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern ****** Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern ****** Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

interesting post, have not seen his full list of signings before.

in complete contradiction to your comment it actually reads better than i expected it too - Chelsea sold a few of those players at a healthy profit and a few have turned out to be excellent value for money.

can't really hold sheva against him either....

 

[Brucie Bonus]

Mourinho is...human?

 

[Uwe Rosler's Grandad]

Mourinho's signings at Chelsea

Quite a lot of dross in there.

Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern ****** Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern ****** Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

interesting post, have not seen his full list of signings before.

in complete contradiction to your comment it actually reads better than i expected it too - Chelsea sold a few of those players at a healthy profit and a few have turned out to be excellent value for money.

can't really hold sheva against him either....

Don't forget Sidwell, Pizarro and Ben Haim were brought in when Red Rom decided not to give Mourinho any more cash.

 

[twinkletoes]

Mourinho's signings at Chelsea

Quite a lot of dross in there.

Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern ****** Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern ****** Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

You say that there is a fair bit of dross in there but look a little closer. I wouldn’t class the following as dross would you ?

SWP, Ballack, Essien, Robben, Carvalho, Mikel, Malouda, Drogba, Cole, Belletti, Diarra

Having said that I agree about the likes of Del Horno, Shevchenko (more of an Abramovich signing in my opinion), Sidwell, Ben Haim (not the only numpty to sign him though hey !)

As I remember correctly, at the time Drogba and Essien were in the process of being signed before Mourinho arrived.

 

[Uwe Rosler's Grandad]

When it comes down to it, if Sheikh Mansour decides he really wants something, then that's going to be all that matters, just as Roman gets what he wants at Chelsea. Others can try to influence him or change his mind, but ultimately he'll decide. That power is what being the owner effectively gives you.

And I also suspect that he and Khaldoon al Mubabrak are the only ones who actually know what will be happening and that everyone else is just guessing.
The only thing about Mourinho though that doesn't sit right for me is that the Sheikh is clearly not one for publicity. Hughes seems like a Sheikh Mansour type of guy; under-stated, efficient and not a publicity seeker. Mourinho is not understated or publicity shy and I have a suspicion that the Sheikh may not be comfortable with that.

I see where you're coming from but I see it a bit differently. Even though the Sheik is publicity shy etc he still gets column inches due to the money aspect, who his advisors are dealing with, the big deals etc...if Mourinho was brought in, I would guess that the attention would shift to Mourinho and might not be a bad thing for someone who is shy of the limelight plus of course Mourinho can handle the press well.

 

[twinkletoes]

Mourinho's signings at Chelsea

Quite a lot of dross in there.

Aug Juliano Belletti Barcelona £3.7m
July Florent Malouda Lyon £13.5m
June Tal Ben Haim Bolton Free
June Claudio Pizarro Bayern ****** Free
June Steve Sidwell Reading Free


2006


Aug Ashley Cole Arsenal £5m
Aug Khalid Boulahrouz Hamburg £7m
June John Mikel Obi Lyn £16m
May Ben Sahar Hapoel Tev Aviv £320,000
May Andrei Shevchenko AC Milan £30.8m
May Salomon Kalou Feyenoord £8m
May Michael Ballack Bayern ****** Free


2005


Aug Michael Essien Lyon £24.4m
July Shaun Wright-Phillips Manchester City £21m
July Lassana Diarra Le Havre £1m
July Scott Sinclair Bristol Rovers £160,000
June Asier Del Horno Athletic Bilbao £8m
Jan Jiri Jarosik CSKA Moscow £4.83m
July Ricardo Carvalho Porto £19.85m
July Didier Drogba Marseille £24m
July Tiago Benfica £8m
July Mateja Kezman PSV Eindhoven £5m
July Paulo Ferreira Porto £13.2m
July Arjen Robben PSV Eindhoven £12m


Total £225.76m

interesting post, have not seen his full list of signings before.

in complete contradiction to your comment it actually reads better than i expected it too - Chelsea sold a few of those players at a healthy profit and a few have turned out to be excellent value for money.

can't really hold sheva against him either....

Ballack wasn't Mourinho's signing either.