Mourinho

I have actually always rather enjoyed seeing Mourinho winding people up in the past.

Liverpool Sack Brendan Rodgers.

Abbey wrote: Yes, it's a stupid rule. Law says that docs must come on if instructed but player must then leave and go to the half way before being ordered back on. It's meant to stop feigning injury - ha!

why does football get so hysterical? why don't they all just calm down mun

I wonder if these so called football fans who are so outraged by mourinho waiting a few extra seconds to have his celebrity players treated after tripping over a daisy....are as outraged or more outraged by the millions of people waiting weeks months years to see their doctors or surgeons , for life saving scans treatments and operations? far better to preach about how a celebrity is misbehaving than concern ourselves with the masses....some of these tabloids sure do pull peoples priorities out of whack....or maybe theyre just arsenal fans who want to see the back of him lol

Edited by roy munster - 04 October 2015 at 6:01pm

Yes, it's a stupid rule. Law says that docs must come on if instructed but player must then leave and go to the half way before being ordered back on. It's meant to stop feigning injury - ha!

Sorry, but I completely and utterly disagree.

Bottom line is that a referee called the medical team onto the field of play to assess an injured player. To have refused would have been a dereliction of duty for the medics.
The fact that the player was simulating injury is a side issue.

Just imagine, for a second, if the player was genuinely injured and two doctors refused to enter the pitch just because the player would have to temporarily leave the pitch, and there turned out to be a genuine medical injury, the club would criticise the medical team and distance themselves. Serves Mourinho right for his player feigning injury.

Anyway, who should assess the injury? At the Stoke v Bournemouth game last week, Callum Wilson went down after an innocent challenge and the whole stadium (including the home bench) jeered as he was milking it. When he got up and carried on there were howls of protests, especially as he collapsed in a heap 30 seconds later. The injury? ACL and out for 6 months. To just about everyone in the stadium, he was cheating to get an opponent booked, or worse, as there was nothing wrong with him. But he'd actually ruptured his ligament.

Always assess or otherwise you'll put your registration at risk when it's a case of cry wolf.
The bigger picture is to stamp out simulation, but as far as Mourinho is concerned, the ref called his bluff and asked for medical assessment. The doctors were duty bound. Serves the manager right.

Anyway, it's just my opinion!





Edited by Abbey - 04 October 2015 at 3:43pm

roy munster wrote: ive watched docus on mourinho and hes a master tactician. if he feels its not working hes more likely to leave on his own terms than to be sacked ....as for the doctor story , with the hysterical media I cant be bothered to follow it...is the argument the doc came on the pitch to treat a player without his consent? and the player then had to leave the field due to the protocol? meaning chelski were down 2 players? few questions...what is the clubs position on that? do quacks go through the manager, could the doc have waited  a few seconds , how bad was the injury? etc

The injury was feigned which is why he had a hissy fit and said the doctors didn't understand football. The salient point, though, was that the referee called the doctors on to the field of play. As soon as he did that, they were bound by their ethical practise and to have listened to Mourhino would have placed them in an impossible position with the General Medical Council.

What Mourhino was doing was to condone cheating but, worse, put the doctors in an impossible position. To have a temper tantrum was beyond contempt.



Edited by Abbey - 04 October 2015 at 2:10pm

roy munster wrote: they've had a bad start that's for sure, but only 8 games in seems hysterical to sack the most successful manager of his generation at this stage

There's Europe as well. It's not so much the bad start but whether there's a deeper problem which makes improvement difficult.
You're absolutely right and you don't win championships in October (although Chelsea have certainly lost one). Is there something underlying?



Edited by Abbey - 04 October 2015 at 1:42pm