Is Mourinho the best manager out there?

[Exiled-Gooner]

Moanrinho is a cheque book manager,last year it was exposed that Porto ,while Moanrinho was in charge, won there league was involved in match-fixing and bribery.He won C/L with them granted but as already stated it was a freakish C/L season like when Red Star won by defending for 90mins and won on pens in 1991.

He took over from Rainier at chavski who had already built a sound team
and was finishing in top 6 in P/L but then spent 600mil and won 2 leagues but when the russki closed the cheque book he didn't have a clue and was then sacked and same at Inter inheriting a side who already won 3 serie a titles on the trot (1 by default from Juve)and with money available but growing animosity at club.No don't want Moanrinho,couldn't afford him or his spending.

Van Gaal,Van Basten,Hiddink or even Ancelotte.

["He's comes from Se]

Moanrinho is a cheque book manager,last year it was exposed that Porto ,while Moanrinho was in charge, won there league was involved in match-fixing and bribery.He won C/L with them granted but as already stated it was a freakish C/L season like when Red Star won by defending for 90mins and won on pens in 1991.

He took over from Rainier at chavski who had already built a sound team
and was finishing in top 6 in P/L but then spent 600mil and won 2 leagues but when the russki closed the cheque book he didn't have a clue and was then sacked and same at Inter inheriting a side who already won 3 serie a titles on the trot (1 by default from Juve)and with money available but growing animosity at club.No don't want Moanrinho,couldn't afford him or his spending.

Van Gaal,Van Basten,Hiddink or even Ancelotte.

Tactically he is a top manager, no doubt has the ego the size of Mars but you can't question his tactical acumen.

That said it is true that Mourhino requires a TONNNNNNNNNN of financial backing to back up said acumen. He threw his toys out the pram the second Roman turned off the money faucet and basically quit on the club hoping it would fall flat on it's face in his absence

Not easy to build a top club with money in it of itself i.e Man City, Mourhino does a great job building the "Us against" the World mentality at the clubs he manages but he is not a manager to build a team with decent resources. Also his confrontational nature is hard too trust as at a moments notice he can leave a club in a precarious situation.

[1989]

After comprehensively beating Chelsea home and away (whens the last time anyone done that in the CL?) are there any folks still unconvinced by Mourinho maintaining the belief that he's merely a lucky manager whose success was guaranteed due to the fact that he'd repeatedly found himself managing at rich clubs?

[Rob]

After comprehensively beating Chelsea home and away (whens the last time anyone done that in the CL?) are there any folks still unconvinced by Mourinho maintaining the belief that he's merely a lucky manager whose success was guaranteed due to the fact that he'd repeatedly found himself managing at rich clubs?

Tactically brillliant. Probably the best in the world on that score. The one reservation I have is that he has never stuck at it for any length of time, wherever he has been. The success has been quick but he's always stormed off soon after.

He's a bit like Kevin Keegan except he really knows what he's doing. The interesting crux would be if he found himself hitting a rocky patch - and all Managers do - and how he would respond and turn that around.

If he could master that transition from success to comparative failure and back to success again, then he'd pretty much have proved himself at all levels of demand.

[flash gunner]

After comprehensively beating Chelsea home and away (whens the last time anyone done that in the CL?) are there any folks still unconvinced by Mourinho maintaining the belief that he's merely a lucky manager whose success was guaranteed due to the fact that he'd repeatedly found himself managing at rich clubs?

Tactically brillliant. Probably the best in the world on that score. The one reservation I have is that he has never stuck at it for any length of time, wherever he has been. The success has been quick but he's always stormed off soon after.

He's a bit like Kevin Keegan except he really knows what he's doing. The interesting crux would be if he found himself hitting a rocky patch - and all Managers do - and how he would respond and turn that around.

If he could master that transition from success to comparative failure and back to success again, then he'd pretty much have proved himself at all levels of demand.

I rate Mourinho but this post is very true

[Reg Niseth]

no

[Kiwi Gooner]

He has an amazing record as a manager and is a born winner, id happily have him as the next Arsenal manager

I'd feel sick!
(Why isn't there a vomiting emoticon?)
I hope we never see the creep back in England again.
Mourinho's biggest asset is luck, I reckon.
(but well done for knocking the Chavs out )

[flash gunner]

He has an amazing record as a manager and is a born winner, id happily have him as the next Arsenal manager

I'd feel sick!
(Why isn't there a vomiting emoticon?)
I hope we never see the creep back in England again.
Mourinho's biggest asset is luck, I reckon.
(but well done for knocking the Chavs out )

and winning the European Cup with a club from a league with the same standing as the Scottish Premier League

[Kiwi Gooner]

Yes, well, there is that, Flash...
He had the luck of the draw that year with Porto, though, from memory.
But, yeah, he was very clever tactically that year.
I'd still hate to see him at Arsenal, though.

[topgoon]

I've always admired the guy, he's a born winner. He is honest in interviews, funny, intelligent, passionate; he's got it all.

He's made to manager United!

The classless deserve the classless

[topgoon]

The biggest problem with Mourinho is pretty obvious when you look at where Chelsea and Porto are now.
Porto were so f'ing poor last month it was a bloody disgrace we lost to them. When Mourinho was there he got himself players to win the trophies and didn't really give a toss about the entire structure of the club, the youth system probably went to pot and never mind building the club from the bottom up. They've been in decline since and are now well off FC Braga and Benfica in the league

The only reason Chelsea can get away with it is because Abramowich's wallet keeps a steady supply of the world's best, managers and players. But look at their youth set up, it's f***ing awful. All they've got is Kakuta and he was 'nicked' from Lens.

We may get Mourinho and trophies but he would wreck our youth and reserve set up by not giving a shit about it. I'm not sure if that's a price worth paying.

Anyway he's a chequebook manager and we are tight-fisted club, not exactly a marriage made in heaven.

[donaldo]

Why would some Gooners not want Mourinho a proven winner at every club he has been at to take over from Wenger when he goes.

What have money bags Chelski won since he left? one FA cup.