Mourinho

Nos89 · Post by **Nos89** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:30 pm

Those that want Jose to replace Wenger in the summer. Did you read his post match rant at the weekend? He's beginning to sound like Wenger with every passing week.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:57 pm

And? He does a lot of that stuff to try and get a psychological advantage for his team, and it usually works because whether you like him or not, he is a winner!!! Can the same be said nowadays about Wenger?

Post by **REB** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 8:59 pm

he's feeling the pressure now with a team much better then his in the league for the first time.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:03 pm

He had teams (us and man Utd) better than his in 2005 but that didn't stop him.

Post by **REB** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:05 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:He had teams (us and man Utd) better than his in 2005 but that didn't stop him.

but he knew he would get the better of us, he has no chance of getting the better of barca.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:19 pm

Probably right. However don't be surprised if they beat Barca in either the Cup Final or CL. Remember, if anyone can, Jose can!!

woots82 · Post by **woots82** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:23 pm

Many disagree, but id love to see him at the Grove...

He would not stand for half hearted performances and a team scared to shoot

topgoon · Post by **topgoon** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:27 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:He had teams (us and man Utd) better than his in 2005 but that didn't stop him.

Really

Go back and look at the squad they had then, it was as good if not better than the others. Our 1st 11 has always been good but the next lot, not so good and the same could be said for United at the time...in 2005 CR was just a show pony.

Mourinho is good but sometimes he comes up against those that are better, Fergie soon worked himout and CR beacme less of a show pony, but till they started to get old, CSKA London always had a better squad once the bent russian opened his wallet.

topgoon · Post by **topgoon** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:29 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:Probably right. However don't be surprised if they beat Barca in either the Cup Final or CL. Remember, if anyone can, Jose can!!

Did you miss the 1-1 draw at the weekend.

Barca matched them and were easily better. Law of Sod says he will win one of the 4 games but just admit it that sometimes even Moaninho can be out thought and out-foxed.

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:34 pm

As we were the Invincibles just a few months earlier I would say that most people would concede we were stronger than Chelsea at the time. Remember also that a lot of Chelsea's / Mourinho's new signings were still relatively unknown or unproven quality in the PL at the time, but subsequently went on prove they were indeed great players (Cech, Carvaliho and Drogba for starters)

(Edit: I know Cech signed for Chelsea before Mourinho was manager)

augie · Post by **augie** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:38 pm

Moaninho is a total total *word censored* and I would hate the see the bastard managing The Arsenal

With him there is nothing more important than jose and his image and he would drag our club into the gutter big time if he was our manager. They played barca sat night, in the bernabau, and played most of the game with 11 men behind the ball and with pepe trying to kick the shit out of anything that moved

He even has a gifted footballer like xabi alonso resorting to kicking every barca player he could

I have this awful feeling though that they will beat barca in the cl thus ensuring manure win the fcuking thing again

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:40 pm

topgoon wrote:
I Hate Hleb wrote:Probably right. However don't be surprised if they beat Barca in either the Cup Final or CL. Remember, if anyone can, Jose can!!
Did you miss the 1-1 draw at the weekend.

Barca matched them and were easily better. Law of Sod says he will win one of the 4 games but just admit it that sometimes even Moaninho can be out thought and out-foxed.

Who says he can't, but I don't think it was about being out thought or out-foxed!!! Also it's a bit of an unfair comparison - especially based on this weekend's match. Barca has had the majority of that team together for 3 or 4 years whereas this is Mourinho's first season at Madrid and he's yet to get the team exactly how he would like it. The fact is that he managed to get a point when down to 10 men against the best team in the world. For someone that was supposedly out-foxed, it wasn't bad that, eh?

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:44 pm

augie wrote:Moaninho is a total total c**t and I would hate the see the bastard managing The Arsenal
With him there is nothing more important than jose and his image and he would drag our club into the gutter big time if he was our manager. They played barca sat night, in the bernabau, and played most of the game with 11 men behind the ball and with pepe trying to kick the shit out of anything that moved He even has a gifted footballer like xabi alonso resorting to kicking every barca player he could

I have this awful feeling though that they will beat barca in the cl thus ensuring manure win the fcuking thing again

So like him or not, and whether they do or don't beat Barca, doesn't the fact that we're even thinking it is possible tell you something about the guy's managerial and tactical skills?

JW79 · Post by **JW79** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:45 pm

When it comes down to it and you cut through all his chat and ego, the man knows how to win.

I'm not sure the same can be said of our squad and coach anymore.

Of course, he also tends to make himself bigger than the club he's at.

It'd be like trading one manager with an unshakeable, arrogant faith in their tactics for another.

Thing is I could see one of them winning trophies for the Arsenal again and the other, well, not...

topgoon · Post by **topgoon** » Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:58 pm

I Hate Hleb wrote:As we were the Invincibles just a few months earlier I would say that most people would concede we were stronger than Chelsea at the time. Remember also that a lot of Chelsea's / Mourinho's new signings were still relatively unknown or unproven quality in the PL at the time, but subsequently went on prove they were indeed great players (Cech, Carvaliho and Drogba for starters)

(Edit: I know Cech signed for Chelsea before Mourinho was manager)

The Invincibles were out thought by Ranieri's Chelsea at Highbury 2 months beore the end of the season. Chelsea had a squad as good if not better than ours in 2004/05 just needed motivation.

Think how many games the Chavs took the lead against us before they lost it...not because they weren't as good. It was all mental.

Carvalho was already good as he'd just won the champs league anbd UEFA cup back to back, Drogba was already wanted around Europe as was Cech but our scouts rejected him.......but we got Almaniac

We were stronger in May 2004, the squad of the Chavs was stronger in August 2004 but they weren't that different in May 2004.