Very interesting quote from him earlier this season about a 19 year old youth player who had a rough match:
With Ruben, it’s one step back in terms of my relationship with him. If he doesn’t know what it means to play for me and Chelsea, it’s one step back. Ruben has to learn that, at 19, you have to run three times as much as the other guys and you have to play to your limits. You don’t have to play like a superstar with the ball at your feet because this is not the Under-18s. That competition is too easy for him. He’s too good for it, but I don’t accept that a player … when we don’t have the ball, doesn’t press, doesn’t have intensity and is waiting for other people to recover the ball. I don’t accept that of superstars, so why should I accept it in a 19-year-old kid? He has to learn what it takes to play for us.
Nineteen years old, a youth player. Being blasted after his first bad performance of the season.
There's a reason that Mourinho always fails in his third season at a club. As Demba Ba said earlier today:
'When he loses, you feel as if the sky as fallen on his head'
'It's rare for him to do three years in a row. For a player, it's so tiring, exhausting'.
'He pushes his players to the limit to see what they've got in them. It's up to you alone to gain confidence again if you lose it.'
Guys like Hazard and Cesc have lost all confidence, and that quote is very telling.
S14: N Texas 7-1
S15: Wake 8-5
S16-21: Washington 9-4, 10-3, 8-5, 9-4, 7-6, 6-7
S22: Ohio 8-5
S23: ECU 12-2
S24-26: Kentucky 8-5, 5-7, 5-7
Career: 102-61
. Also as far as scheduling, I believe Wenger has opined for changes and from a outsider view it does seem to be a pretty grueling experience but I guess that's the price of European football (UCL, Europa)
