yes it has been a complete failure of a season for Mourinho but it shows what a great manager he is if this is the first time in 9 or so years managing some of the biggest clubs in the world where he has struggled. Anything less than a trophy is always going to be a failure at Real Madrid anyway. Could such a failure have been prevented easily? Yes. A poor season is inevitable when the squad is fighting among itself and you do nothing to fix it. Mourinho for a lot of the season has been losing the support of the players one by one and a few weeks Marca claimed he was on speaking terms with only a handful of players. He dropped the club captain and Real Madrid legend, is not backed by fans or key players but has apparently done little to try to group the players back together. He seemed like he had resigned himself to defeat by November. However, in my opinion Real Madrid is the impossible job. Nobody can be successful at the club for a long period of time for as long as Real Madrid is run the way it is. It is so stupidly political, there is absolutely no patience among board members and players are treated more like celebrities than professional footballers. (This is part of the reason Barca are more successful than Real Madrid, I think. If you look at the setup at Barca the emphasis is on the team and playing football. On the other hand, football seems to play second fiddle at Real Madrid sometimes. Their training complex is more like a 5 star hotel than a training ground, WAGS go everywhere with the team, players seem to have more 'rock star treatment' than focusing on how to win their next match. Barca are a club, Real Madrid are a company- getting heavily involved in Spanish politics, building holiday complexes on the other side of the world etc. It is ridiculous). Look at some of the world class managers that have been at Real Madrid and have not been given the time to develop something. Capello got a year the first time, won La Liga but had disagreements with the owners Heynckes got 1 year Hiddink got a few months but questioned the board and was consequently sacked Queiroz got 10 months Luxemburgo got 1 year Capello in his second spell won the league and was still sacked because of the playing style Pellegrini got 1 season It is a ridiculously run football club. The fans and board are like spoilt children when things go wrong and I'm amazed Mourinho has survived this long to be honest. Maybe the ridiculous running of the self proclaimed biggest club in the world goes some way towards explaining what I see as a complete and utter failure and underachievement in this century. They pay extortionate wages, pay massive sums for players and are run like a 10 year old playing FIFA manager mode. Now considering that they are meant to be 'the biggest club in world football', why have they only won 6 league titles, 1 Copa del Rey, 2 Champions Leagues, 1 Super Cup and 1 Intercontinental Cup since the turn of the century? Considering how they just chuck money at every problem they encounter and buy whoever they want and are meant to be some sort of 'Super Club', I consider that quite an underachievement.
