The Mourinho Thread

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Tbf just because you are at a top team doesn't mean you are guaranteed success, look at Moyes atm. And I see where you are coming from he managed Barca and Bayern, 2 of the 3 best teams in the world. But imo his tactic is great, passing and controlling matches. It is not a coincidence that Bayern are now dominating possession almost every match now and not as direct anymore. Well Jose really hasn't been at a underdog team since Porto or Inter days imo. Inter then had like 6 players in team of the year later that year so you could also argue they are really not that bad of a squad but he helped them to go to that next world class level.

But again it is all subjective I suppose, opinions at the end of the day. All 3 are fantastic and would love any of them manage us so in a sense we are lucky to have 1 of the best manager in the world.

Mourinho has been managing the underdogs for a few months now.. Top of the league!

Pep can make his team play nice passing football, but I'm not sure he could do that and win with a team like Everton or Hull

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Mourinho has been managing the underdogs for a few months now.. Top of the league!

Pep can make his team play nice passing football, but I'm not sure he could do that and win with a team like Everton or Hull

Of course he can't, but then so would Sir Alex, Jose, Carlo and any world class manager in the world nowadays. Obviously you need players that suit you as well, would be hard for Jose for example if his wingers were Mata and someone like say Rosicky, basically people who can't run and his team would be much less effective. If Pep's team with CM of Fellaini, Cleverley, Mikel...etc his team will again struggle to follow his style. Only Carlo would most likely be comfortable because he really got various tactics that suit the players and not just 1 abeit really effective style like Jose and Pep, but even he won't make those teams world beaters.

So if you talk about flexiblity Carlo is the best imo, defensively Jose, attacking and controlling matches then Pep. The thing also is that Jose is a great motivator, Pep just recently came out and said he left Barca because he couldn't do that with them anymore so sometime too many egos WILL CAUSE HIM PROBLEMS. Jose on the other hand sometime go to extreme level of defending his team no matter the situation, which is great for the team but sometime ugly from the outside. Carlo on the other hand is the perfect mix, but imo sometime he is too quiet and don't complain often, meaning sometime big decisions would most likely go against his team, but rarely anyway.

[Fernando 6,453]

Why is he second behind Pep and Carlo? In my book both Ancelotti and Mourinho are better than Guardiola. He has never proved himself in an average/above-average team in his career. He has never faced an opposition on equal terms, regarding team quality. First, he had Barcelona's golden generation with Messi, Xavi, Iniesta plus several others all in their prime, then he jumped to a club that had beaten Barcelona 7-0 and won the treble.

I would LOVE to see him beat an opposition while being the underdog.

So you can argue that Mourinho also had players at their prime....

But that in itself is just nonsense to me in coming to such conclusion.

It's simple, Pep and Mourinho are easily the best two coaches in this world right now.

Plus they make for great spectacle because it's one style vs another style. Makes it for a very intriguing and tactical match.

Ancelotti on the other hand, he doesn't has a claim to being the best manager in the world.

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So you can argue that Mourinho also had players at their prime....

But that in itself is just nonsense to me in coming to such conclusion.

It's simple, Pep and Mourinho are easily the best two coaches in this world right now.

Plus they make for great spectacle because it's one style vs another style. Makes it for a very intriguing and tactical match.

Ancelotti on the other hand, he doesn't has a claim to being the best manager in the world.

Then Madrid win the treble and there we go...also back in the days Milan an aging team was dominating Europe, yep not having the likes of Ronaldo or whoever, they actually won the fricking thing with Inzaghi and Crespo. With a 39 years old Maldini and countless aging players like Seedorf, Nesta...etc. If he win another CL he will be considered one of the best in history, let alone the world. But the same could apply to Jose and Pep.

[HD3D 1,038]

Tbf just because you are at a top team doesn't mean you are guaranteed success, look at Moyes atm. And I see where you are coming from he managed Barca and Bayern, 2 of the 3 best teams in the world. But imo his tactic is great, passing and controlling matches. It is not a coincidence that Bayern are now dominating possession almost every match now and not as direct anymore. Well Jose really hasn't been at a underdog team since Porto or Inter days imo. Inter then had like 6 players in team of the year later that year so you could also argue they are really not that bad of a squad but he helped them to go to that next world class level.

But again it is all subjective I suppose, opinions at the end of the day. All 3 are fantastic and would love any of them manage us so in a sense we are lucky to have 1 of the best manager in the world.

Well Mou was the underdog not just at Porto. He was also the underdog with Inter for example, when his side trashed Barcelona in the CL when they thought they would have it easy with Inter. He was also the underdog with Real Madrid vs Pep's Barcelona and he did quite well by having won the league and even beating Pep's Barcelona at Camp Nou more than once, something that people at that time thought was impossible. More recently, Chelsea has been the underdog to City and to an extent Liverpool, and we've still done quite well.

It's true Jose is NOT the underdog most of the times, but he has proven he can pull it off when he finds himself in that position. We have yet to see how Guardiola will do if he ever finds himself there. He has a long career ahead of him, and personally, I think after having managed the best Barcelona and the best Bayern, the moment he sees himself at a lesser club, he will be like a fish out of water.

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Jose Mourinho has been charged by The FA following his side’s game against Aston Villa on Saturday 15 March 2014

It is alleged the Chelsea manager’s behaviour in re-entering the field of play in or around the 90th minute of the fixture and approaching the Match Referee amounted to improper conduct.

Mourinho has until 6pm on 24 March 2014 to respond to the charge.

http://www.thefa.com/news/governance/2014/mar/jose-mourinho-improper-conduct-aston-villa

Mourinho confirmed in his presser just now that he will not accept the FA charges and will go against it. Didn't mention the reasons and said it will be done in private with the FA.

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'I admire him and I admire Arsenal because it's not possible to have 1000 matches unless the club is also a fantastic club in the way they support their manager in the bad moments - especially when the bad moments were quite a lot - so I admire the manager and I admire the club.

new way to say Arsene is a specialist in failure

José is always amusing

Any links to his entire press?

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new way to say Arsene is a specialist in failure

José is always amusing

Any links to his entire press?

See the match thread. Choo Choo just posted it a short while ago.

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José Mourinho claims FA 'treats me differently from everyone else'

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José Mourinho claims FA 'treats me differently from everyone else'

I totally agree they do

[HD3D 1,038]

Props to Mou for his comments regarding Eto'o's age which seem to have hit his ego. Since then, the guy has been working his ass off to show everyone he can still do it.

Now Mourinho needs to do the same with Torres, perhaps leak a video to the Internet of a private conversation where he questions Torres' manhood or something, perhaps it would have the same effect!

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Post-match vs Arsenal

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Now Mourinho needs to do the same with Torres

Now Mourinho needs to give Eto'o a one-year extension, that's what he needs to do. And send Torres to Russian league or the MLS, far far away from this team.

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new way to say Arsene is a specialist in failure

José is always amusing

Any links to his entire press?

its a kind of reverse Marc Antony speech from Julius Caeser .. I come to bury Arsene not to praise him,, the good that managers do lives after

them the bad is buried with their bones ,,,, Jose is now writing Moyes obituary should be out soon

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Jose leaves the game early to tell his wife the score. lol.

[Barbara 15,149]

“It was Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea who beat Wenger in his 500th game in charge of Arsenal in 2005 and the Portuguese, who has now not lost to Wenger in 11 games, ruined the Frenchman’s day once again.”

— BBC Sport

The Special One.... so special indeed!

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Didn't really get much credit for it, but he got his tactics absolutely spot on yesterday. He's like Wenger's Kryptonite.

[Jase 43,479]

I'll make a donation to charity if Chelsea win the Champions League, claims Mourinho