Confused Mourinho ready to wield the axe to solve Chelsea problems after Newcastle draw
Jose Mourinho is ready to wield the axe in a bid to shake up Chelsea.
Posted Tuesday, September 29, 2015 by Dailystar.co.uk
Anxious Mourinho is running out of patience with his under-performing stars after giving them "minus one" for their first half display against Newcastle.
Chelsea fly out to Portugal for Tuesday's Champions League match at Mourinho's former club Porto boosted by their late fightback at St James' Park which earned the visitors an unlikely 2-2 draw.
But the manager admits he's worried at the form of key individuals.
Though he won't name names, Branislav Ivanovic, Gary Cahill, Cesc Fabregas and even Eden Hazard look shadows of the players who helped Chelsea win the title last season.
"I am very concerned," he said after claiming the first half display was the worst he has known at the club. "I do not understand it and I do not accept it."
OUT OF SORTS: Fabregas (left) and Ivanovic (right) have been awful
Mourinho revealed he decided not to make substitutions at half-time with Chelsea trailing 1-0 because there were simply too many contenders to haul off.
"I did not know which decisions to make," added the Chelsea boss, who would not say if he is considering recalling benched skipper John Terry against Porto.
"There were six players I could have taken off."
"I wanted to make six substitutions. That is how bad we were."
"I sat there trying to work out what was best for the team and had so many doubts, I decided to see what happened in the second half."
Mourinho admits his team's Jekyll and Hyde show against a Newcastle side without a Premier League win this season, left him puzzled.
"If we play like we did in the second half, we can win every match this season," he said.
"But if we play like we did in the first, then we can lose every match."
"I am confused and do not understand why we were so poor."
"There is a question mark over why we didn't do what the team was supposed to do and I have to try to understand why it happened."
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