The Special One's meticulous eye for detail won't have deserted him so are his tactical instructions now just going in one ear and out the other?
It's always a worrying sign when players stop responding to the same voice they have been hearing for the last three years.
And in Chelsea's defeat at Leicester, you have to ask whether the information Jose Mourinho fed his team before kick-off simply went in one ear and out of the other.
I don't believe that Mourinho's meticulous eye for detail has suddenly deserted him.
He would have provided his players with the best possible preparation - the
best coaching, travel, hotel and food - but did they respond with their best performance?
best coaching, travel, hotel and food - but did they respond with their best performance?
Apart from Willian, who has been a cut above the rest, most of Mourinho's players need to look in the mirror.
In pictures — Leicester 2-1 Chelsea:
I don't want to get on John Terry's case every week, but I was surprised to see him working as a TV pundit 48 hours before an important game at the King Power.
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Did you ever see Roy Keane or Steven Gerrard working on television just two days before a big Premier League match? Terry obviously had permission to do it, but in hindsight it doesn't look like the best preparation.
Terry was poor at Leicester on Monday night, and Chelsea looked much more threatening after he came off and they switched to a 3-4-3 formation.
And when Mourinho says his players "betrayed" him by failing to follow his advice, what do you blame - the tactics or the execution?
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For both of Leicester's goals, Cesar Azpilicueta must have known the best way to stop Riyad Mahrez is to 'show' him down towards the touchline on his less-favoured right foo
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