Mourinho, that's Chelsea's version, is about to start the second season of his second spell in charge at Stamford Bridge, and he's spoken about how to play the sort of game that provided them with problems last time out.
"When you have matches with space and time it's much easier," he said. "People talk about tactics and systems, 4-4-2, 4-5-1, but in a simple way to analyse football everything depends on space and time.
"In certain matches, when you don't have space and time to play, you need more quality. We are working in that direction, to play against teams with low blocks, and who are very compact, to play against teams with ten players behind the ball.
"We need more quality in our game, we've been working on playing against a team who are defensive, trying to close every road to goal. We have to improve in terms of character but we need more quality."
He continued: "You play sixty matches a season and you cannot play with the same players every time. In the first three weeks you have one match per week but after that the cups start, the Champions League, internationals, so you have to rotate players.
"Everybody will have a chance, nobody will feel as though they are first choice or second choice. For example, in midfield we have Mikel, Matic, Ramires, Fabregas and Van Ginkel, so everybody will play and will feel useful, important.
"On the field we have a very good balance, even with the under-21s. For example, Christensen isn't selected for Monday so he played for the under-21s against Manchester City, they will have competition even when they are not selected by me."
Speaking about his first visit to Turf Moor as a manager , and facing the Clarets, he added: "It's a dangerous start because it's a game that almost everybody expects you to win and almost nobody realises how difficult it can be.
"At the same time, Burnley is a winning team. It is a team that in the last season they won and won and won until they were promoted so the feeling is not a feeling of a team in trouble in the Premier League. it is the feeling of a team that comes as one of the champions in the Championship so I think they're dangerous."
Our Mourinho, Sean Dyche, has so often spoken about the relationship between the players and the fans, and how important it is. So, on the eve of our first game of the season it was no surprise that it was foremost in his thoughts.
"I get the feeling that last season there was true belief and a connection between the players and the fans," he said. "I think they really felt they had a group who were totally motivated towards the shirt and the club and the cause which was to get promoted.
"That is important. I think they've come to understand that and the positivity around that. They know we need that as a group as the task has gone up again. We want the fans to stay with us of course and when we had a couple of testing times last season they did do.
"If we went a goal down say, there was a calmness around the stadium and great belief in the group that they would keep going. We are renowned for that and we are relentless in the way we approach games and the way we deliver and we will be looking to keep that intact."
It's a tough start, but Dyche admitted: "It's a double edged sword really. I mean which teams do you get in the Premier League where you think that's going to be an easy one? I don't think there is such a thing and we've got to play them all at some point, the players and myself both know that.
"For sure, it's a tough challenge, they've got a fantastic manager, a fantastic club and a fantastic team as well as amazing power in the market. Having said that, there are no guarantees for anyone and Jose was open in saying last year that he felt it was one of the leagues that was more open than others. We'll certainly be working hard to make sure it is."