Jose Mourinho's first season back at Chelsea has not been a roaring success.

Granted it's been solid enough but when a club that has spent vast swathes of cash starts calling itself a "little horse" in the title race, some things don't add up.

One thing that definitely did not add up for Chelsea fans was Mourinho's treatment of Juan Mata and Romelu Lukaku.

The standout Chelsea player since his arrival, the Spain international was first marginalized and then cast off to Man United.

But as we'll soon see Blues fans do agree with some of Mourinho's views about his squad.

The team at Beat Your Manager! Fantasy Football have all the answers.

Chelsea fan' most popular line-up, although 4-5-1 is not the most popular formation

• Mourinho's open disdain for his striker option is vindicated and even surpassed by the fans. In fact the majority of fans would play without a striker. Only 17 per cent of Chelsea supporters would have Demba Ba in the starting line up with Fernando Torres (58 per cent) and Samuel Eto'o (44 per cent) not especially popular either. However the latter two's popularity has risen since January.
• But they do disagree markedly when it comes to Juan Mata. Prior to his January sale, he was Chelsea's third most popular player making it into 77 per cent of fan line-ups. In contrast his then-manager used him 57 per cent of the time.
• Frank Lampard and Ashley Cole were also more popular with the fans than with Mourinho who has used the duo more sparingly.
• While midfielder Nemanja Matic has been generally deemed a success by pundits, he only makes it into fan lineups 38 per cent of the time despite the fact that he is a first choice under Mourinho.
• In addition the likes of John Obi Mikel, Andre Schürrle, Mohamed Salah, Willian, Cesar Azpilicueta, Ramires and Branislav Ivanovic are all more popular with Mourinho than with the fans.
• Like Mata, fans appreciated the on-loan Romelu Lukaku more than Mourinho did. Despite making just two league appearances, he was Chelsea's fifth most popular player among supporters (66 per cent) before his move to Everton.

Beat Your Manager! Fantasy Football is an app similar to “Football Manager for live football”, where you manage your favourite Club and pick lineups, bench, formations and substitutions, all in real-time. When fans play the game, the Beat Your Manager team can get a picture of the popularity of different players, by looking at how frequently they are selected for the lineup.