Courtois Approves of Sacking the Man Who Kept Him Over Cech

Thibaut Courtois has continued to endear himself to Chelsea fans this season with his most recent interview which seemed to imply he supported the sacking of Jose Mourinho at Christmas and that he preferred Belgium’s defence to that of Chelsea.

On the man that chose him over Petr Cech, Courtois stated: We needed a change of manager at that point — I have no doubts about it. We drew too many matches and we have also conceded goals too easily. I could have done better with some of them.If Courtois didn’t like 3 draws in 16 league games under Mourinho, we can only imagine how he feels under Hiddink who has drawn 7 of the 12 Premier League matches he’s taken charge of.
After being questioned on which defence he preferred playing behind, Courtois continuted to try and separate himself from Chelsea’s current league position by choosing Belgium. Although did say he did enjoy Chelsea and said “it’s too easy to blame it all on the defenders” — no one is — “sometimes it’s a bad attacking move, a bad pass that gets us out of position.” Because, it’s definitely not part of a GK’s job to help organise his defence.

The Belgian went on to talk about Chelsea’s poor start to the season saying “We weren’t in a good physical shape. We then lost to Arsenal in the Community Shield and went on to make a bad start in the league. A downward spiral set in.” An understatement indeed.

And while seems to shift blame towards the club and Mourinho with their “very brief” pre-season preparations, he neglects to note that the physical shape that many of the players turned up to pre-season in was round. And maybe, just maybe their own fault.

While Chelsea’s form has improved since Christmas, it appears to be a case of too little too late for them to challenge for any sort of European position. After a hard fought draw against West Ham in their last outing, Chelsea could get back to winning ways after the international break as they head to Villa Park.