The Mourinho Thread

[Fernando 6,537]

Starting to do really good now.

I think it also helps that he knows what his starting 11 is.

All that chopping around made it hard to have any consistency, and in William-Oscar-Hazard he has a very direct and creative attack minded players.

As always the missing pieces are the striker and Central Midfielder. So really looking forward to see who we get for these two positions.

[De_ChrapQaa 192]

Maybe it's too soon to say, but i'm perfectly confident that he is the chelsea future, we can finally have manager that will actually have time to build team for next 5+ years

Seems like the years he was in italy and spain was just preparing for the challenge of his life, making chelsea best in europe :blue scalf:

[didierforever 7,349]

where is the post match interview?

[zolayes 14,489]

  On 11/01/2014 at 16:30, Alan Partridge said:

Top of the league ( for now ) without being in first gear.

Quite impressive

don't you mean WITHOUT GETTING OUT of First gear???

[Styles 9,790]

Steve Sidwell has more league goals than any of our strikers and yet we're top of the league. Amazing.

[Strike 7,315]

  On 11/01/2014 at 22:24, didierforever said:

where is the post match interview?

Jay's posted it in the matchthread

[Jase 43,479]

Mourinho won't rush into talks for new deals with Lampard, Terry and Cole

[Alan Partridge 1,124]

http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/273453.html

Mourinho wants Chelsea job for life

Good times coming at The Bridge

[mediator 2,026]

  On 13/01/2014 at 13:18, Alan Partridge said:

http://www.espn.co.uk/espn/sport/story/273453.html

Mourinho wants Chelsea job for life

Good times coming at The Bridge

The additional space after the link broke it. Try to edit the link without

[Jase 43,479]

Jose Mourinho: 'I’m here to stay - I belong to Chelsea, Chelsea belong to me'

An in-depth interview with Mourinho in the London Evening Standard. Good read.

[Term-X 7,891]

Mourinho made being a manager 'cool', the coach in a football club was once perceived as that old guy nearing retirement who wears a sheep skin coat. Jose came along and made it sexy, the manager replaced the player(s) as the star of the team.

He's a revelation in every sense of the word, and will go down as one of the most influential people in the sport.

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  On 13/01/2014 at 14:33, Terminator X said:

Mourinho made being a manager 'cool', the coach in a football club was once perceived as that old guy nearing retirement who wears a sheep skin coat. Jose came along and made it sexy, the manager replaced the player(s) as the star of the team.

He's a revelation in every sense of the word, and will go down as one of the most influential people in the sport.

Brian Clough did that 40 odd years ago.

[Term-X 7,891]

  On 13/01/2014 at 15:09, James said:

Brian Clough did that 40 odd years ago.

No, he didn't.. football was still in the dark ages in a marketing sense, the premier league era changed everything. Clough was a massive character in the english media, but not in the same context and certainly not on a global scale. He laid the foundations though, in regards to an image change, but not on the same level.

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  On 13/01/2014 at 15:21, Terminator X said:

No, he didn't.. football was still in the dark ages in a marketing sense, the premier league era changed everything. Clough was a massive character in the english media, but not in the same context and certainly not on a global scale. He laid the foundations though, in regards to an image change, but not on the same level.

You said Moruinho made coaching 'cool' and that coaches was perceived as that 'old guy nearing retirement who wears a sheep skin coat', Brian Clough was young, outspoken, and was the 'star of the team'.

I agree with you about the marketing aspect, but speaking only on character, Clough was a revelation.

[Term-X 7,891]

Clough invented the wheel, Mourinho made the car.

[HD3D 1,038]

  On 13/01/2014 at 14:33, Terminator X said:

Mourinho made being a manager 'cool', the coach in a football club was once perceived as that old guy nearing retirement who wears a sheep skin coat. Jose came along and made it sexy, the manager replaced the player(s) as the star of the team.

He's a revelation in every sense of the word, and will go down as one of the most influential people in the sport.

True. On youtube you can actually find videos of players wanting to swap shirts (Mourinho's jacket) with him. I had never seen such thing before in football.

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  On 13/01/2014 at 15:45, Terminator X said:

Clough invented the wheel, Mourinho made the car.

But the wheel is a much more important invention than the car...

[Phil Driver 503]

There were people on here ( they know who they are) who were saying sack Mourinho and he was useless after the Arsenal game . .

I got ridiculed for saying how special he is .