Firstly, United set out with a good game plan(as you would expect from Jose) to press high and kick Hazard in an old style team foul rotation. It worked well for about 20 minutes but we were growing into the game even before the sending off, De Gea making two brilliant saves.
On the red card, it's probably harsh but at the same time it's he risk you run when you set out to intentionally disrupt one player with repeated fouls. Hazard is great at exaggerating contact but he has no choice when he's being constantly hacked down, as was the case last night. I'm glad Oliver actually took a stand and protected him because if refs don't, one of these tackles is going to seriously injure him, just by sheer law of averages - it happens practically every week.
Finally, Jose and the 'Judas' chanting. I don't like it but it was pretty inevitable. He's had a few pops at our playing style recently and is such a divisive character that moving to a rival club was probably always going to end with some acrimony between Chelsea fans and him. As Jose himself said after Lampard scored that equaliser for City at the Etihad;
"When he decided to go to a direct competitor then love stories are over."
Talking Points from Last Night
posted on 14/3/17
Unsure why there is surprise at a negative reaction by the paying Chelsea fans last night towards Jose
All he's done is talk about our playin style and how bad our fans are
He can go feck himself
Talking about our tactics when his consisted of sitting back and assaulting hazard
It backfired for him
Let me be clear, if he was more gracious towards his former fans he doesn't get booed simple
posted on 14/3/17
I was at the game and heard no Judas chanting... must have been 2-3 blokes sat behind Jose
But I suppose nowadays when 2-3 people do something they represent everyone
posted on 14/3/17
comment by Ronny Van Banterous - It's only me!! (U5996)
posted 1 minute ago
I was at the game and heard no Judas chanting... must have been 2-3 blokes sat behind Jose
But I suppose nowadays when 2-3 people do something they represent everyone
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This is the problem, a handful of people do something stupid, the press pick up on it and the whole fan base is guilty.
posted on 14/3/17
comment by Ronny Van Banterous - It's only me!! (U5996)
posted 5 minutes ago
I was at the game and heard no Judas chanting... must have been 2-3 blokes sat behind Jose
But I suppose nowadays when 2-3 people do something they represent everyone
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Same couldn't hear it in the west that's for sure.
posted on 14/3/17
I saw MU players several times Fookingoff Oliver, if the players do it, setting the standard, why should the paying fans, even a handful be talked down for voicing their opinions..
posted on 14/3/17
Didn't hear any Judas chanting. How could he be a Judas? We sacked him because he couldn't arrest the decay in the performances and results and he then went to United because he needs to work somewhere. Standard situation.
There was a tiny amount of "Sit down Mourinho" but that's about it. Our fans were bigging up Conte more than slating Mourinho, and why shouldn't we? He's our Manager.
posted on 14/3/17
Strange that Jose has probably championed the tactic that he used to complain about a year or so ago.
posted on 14/3/17
comment by Chelsea_since_summer_1969 ✯ (U1561)
posted 51 minutes ago
Didn't hear any Judas chanting. How could he be a Judas? We sacked him because he couldn't arrest the decay in the performances and results and he then went to United because he needs to work somewhere. Standard situation.
There was a tiny amount of "Sit down Mourinho" but that's about it. Our fans were bigging up Conte more than slating Mourinho, and why shouldn't we? He's our Manager.
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That is slightly disrespectful. Mourinho was there, shouldn't have been any conte chants out of respect to Mourinho.
posted on 14/3/17
Sorry Wahl we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one. As I've said to you before I fully respect everything Jose done for us and the full part he played in our history but he's now Manager of Man United.
It's no more disrespectful than Mourinho saying that Man U fans are superior to us and that we now play defensive football. He's sticking up for his current employers and rightly so and by the same token we're sticking up for our new Manager and rightly so.
posted on 14/3/17
Mourinho's comments were in response to (some) Chelsea fans calling him judas.