The Mourinho Thread

[themethodist 23]

If you cooked a lovely lunch yesterday, it won't be as good for dinner, even if you reheat it and add some spices, as it was at midday.

[NishC300 1,865]

If Real win in Lisbon, how many "Carlo won the CL with Real and Mou didn't" comments are we going to get this summer in this thread alone?

I might have to template "does that make Di Matteo the best manager in our history then?" ready for when they inevitability come up.

Are you seriously gonna deny that Ancelotti's not done a better job than Mourinho? (a far better job tbh)

U were the same guy who was confidently saying Ancelotti'd miserably fail at the beginning of the season.

Many of u here were stating things such as Come back when Mourinho takes us to the final or let's see what the critics say when we'll be playing the Final in Lisbon?

U also predicted us to win the League at the beginning of the season because of Mourinho's brilliance. (Which I must say I still have a glimmer of hope about).

None of those predictions/statements have come true....

[Ze Mario 638]

No we don't lack the creativity, we lack tactical ideas to break those teams down. This wasn't a problem under RDM remember when we steamrolled teams or under Carlo. So that is definitely something Jose need to work on. He need to find the right balance between all out attack and all out defence, I can't believe I am saying this but he should learn from Pellegrini/Rodgers on how to beat small teams. Even David Moyes did it well for MU.

really?

against sunderland

65% possesion, 31 shots, 15 shots on goal, and sunderland keeper being motm in that match

against palace

67% possesion, 25 shots, 2 shots on goal, while torres became wotm in that match

i think jose tactis was fine. its our player was so bad at implementing it.

[lionsden 4,689]

"I have a dream, that one day, my club will become drama free and have a great football philosophy which will be well implemented and that the youth shall reach the promise land".

Then I woke up.

[Stingray 9,441]

"I have a dream, that one day, my club will become drama free and have a great football philosophy which will be well implemented and that the youth shall reach the promise land".

Then I woke up.

I had the same dream. Then i had a hangover.

[zolayes 14,489]

If you cooked a lovely lunch yesterday, it won't be as good for dinner, even if you reheat it and add some spices, as it was at midday.

isnt scouse cooked leftovers???

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

really?

against sunderland

65% possesion, 31 shots, 15 shots on goal, and sunderland keeper being motm in that match

against palace

67% possesion, 25 shots, 2 shots on goal, while torres became wotm in that match

i think jose tactis was fine. its our player was so bad at implementing it.

Having possessions against much worse sides is a nothing statistic, we all know that now. I agree about the Sunderland game but what about West Ham 0-0 draw then? Hardly created a single clear cut chance and against Palace we were beyond awful. Obviously having a ST like Costa next season will help but it will not completely makes up for all those lost points if we approach those matches the same way.

[Ze Mario 638]

Having possessions against much worse sides is a nothing statistic, we all know that now. I agree about the Sunderland game but what about West Ham 0-0 draw then? Hardly created a single clear cut chance and against Palace we were beyond awful. Obviously having a ST like Costa next season will help but it will not completely makes up for all those lost points if we approach those matches the same way.

awww come on. you have to admit that west ham even didnt have desire to do anything but defend. even when against liverpool we did press them in our final third area while west ham just put their striker in the edge of penalty area.

[Jase 43,479]

Jose Mourinho: I abandoned stylish football because I feared for Chelsea's Champions League place

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Jose Mourinho: I abandoned stylish football because I feared for Chelsea's Champions League place

Hope Next season we will play again the stylish football, with better defence this time.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Jose Mourinho: I abandoned stylish football because I feared for Chelsea's Champions League place

Hope Next season we will play again the stylish football, with better defence this time.

[ANDRECHO 432]

Hope Next season we will play again the stylish football, with better defence this time.

All about Striker,striker,striker

[Jase 43,479]

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers claims he's made peace with friend and Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho

[Barbara 15,149]

The 35m squad is also 2 wins away from winning a league that has Barca and Ancelotti's Madrid in it.

Its not as simple as looking at the money side of thing's, especially if the squad has been prudently built like this Leti or Jose's Porto.

what does this generation that is used to Football Manager actually knows about the difference between building a team and buying a squad? Of course, not all people who play it are like that, but the enormous amount of people using a squad value to justify things just prove they don't know the first thing about football...

[lionsden 4,689]

Jose Mourinho: I abandoned stylish football because I feared for Chelsea's Champions League place

This is what does my head in. Where did he get the idea from that we ever played "stylish" football at any point in time under him. He said something similar at the start of the season. if the struggle, bootleg version of counter attacking football we were playing earlier in the season is his idea of "stylish" football then . . . . . .