Chelsea
boss Jose Mourinho has named seven of his players that have contributed to
the team's stuttering opening to the season.
After their worst start to a Premier League campaign for 17 years, the
champions head to West Brom on Sunday, a match live on Sky Sports 1, still
looking for their first win after a 2-2 draw at home to Swansea and a 3-0
loss at Manchester City.
And Mourinho, who called himself the 'Special One' when he first joined
Chelsea and the 'Happy One' when he returned two summers ago, has opened up
about the stars who he thinks have let him and the team down in the opening
two weeks of the Premier League.
"We have one point from two matches," said Mourinho. "I'm not happy at all.
The first thing is I'm not happy with my form, because I used to get better
results than I'm getting. This is the start of everything.
"But, for me, the first thing is I'm not happy with my form, because I used
to get better results than I'm getting. This is the start of everything."
And Mourinho also gave an insight to how he is also battling to improve
himself.
"I go to the gym every day now to get fitter," he added. "Maybe I need more
action on the touchline, so I need to be fitter."
Skipper Terry is likely to start at West Brom despite having been taken off
at half-time at the Etihad.
But Mourinho said Terry was withdrawn due to his lack of pace and on Friday
the manager said that he may utilise quicker defenders and different
formations more often.
"When you have strikers like we have, why not play with two strikers?" he
said.
"When you have fast people like (Kurt) Zouma, (Cesar) Azpilicueta, why not
play with three defenders? And now we are having time to do that because we
have a week between games, so we are thinking about that."
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