Mourinho

Teaching his players painfully boring defensive football, making defensive changes when something like that happens and parking the bus. With a full 11 he'll park a bus and try and win in the final 10 minutes in some games.

His first year or two, his team was mostly the uber attacking Chelsea team that was built before he got there, he turned it into the most painfully defensive and dull team I've seen in years given the quality they had there. Chelsea are FAR more interesting to watch since he left and Drogba's gone from an uber attacking high scoring player in his first year, to a defensive lone striker diving at every opportunity to hold up the ball as he waited for support, to again finally this year an uber attacking striker again scoring a heck of a lot more than previous years.

If he came back to the prem, he might win something, he might not, but whatever team he managed would become more defensive, buy some of the best defenders in the world, and be utterly boring to watch.

He's a great manager for a defensive boring team, but its boring football, its worth pointing out that Porto were simply unopposed in their league as they were before he got there, and Inter were unopposed in the league for what, 5 years now, way before he got there. Chelsea he did well, in years where Utd and Arsenal were weaker, but his record there was far more impressive given Chelsea not having anywhere near the league advantage Inter/Porto had. But its not like Chelsea didn't have a fantastic defensive squad before he got there either, Gallas, Terry, Melchiot and, whoever the heck was at left back :p
 
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Mourinho is a defensive manager, his teams get a goal and defend, yeah it's boring and dull to watch.

I don't think that side he won the Champions League with was that weak.
 
Mourinho is probably the 3rd best manager the EPL has seen behind Fergie and Wenger

I use to love his banter, nobody like him in the EPL anymore.
 
Tummy said:
Mourinho is a defensive manager, his teams get a goal and defend, yeah it's boring and dull to watch.

I don't think that side he won the Champions League with was that weak.
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I didn't find it boring to watch? I guess I can watch it and admire the defensive qualities he adds to his teams?
 
Mourinho will go down in history as the greatest football manager of all time if he carries on the way he is going.
 
drunkenmaster said:
Teaching his players painfully boring defensive football, making defensive changes when something like that happens and parking the bus. With a full 11 he'll park a bus and try and win in the final 10 minutes in some games.

His first year or two, his team was mostly the uber attacking Chelsea team that was built before he got there, he turned it into the most painfully defensive and dull team I've seen in years given the quality they had there. Chelsea are FAR more interesting to watch since he left and Drogba's gone from an uber attacking high scoring player in his first year, to a defensive lone striker diving at every opportunity to hold up the ball as he waited for support, to again finally this year an uber attacking striker again scoring a heck of a lot more than previous years.

If he came back to the prem, he might win something, he might not, but whatever team he managed would become more defensive, buy some of the best defenders in the world, and be utterly boring to watch.

He's a great manager for a defensive boring team, but its boring football, its worth pointing out that Porto were simply unopposed in their league as they were before he got there, and Inter were unopposed in the league for what, 5 years now, way before he got there. Chelsea he did well, in years where Utd and Arsenal were weaker, but his record there was far more impressive given Chelsea not having anywhere near the league advantage Inter/Porto had. But its not like Chelsea didn't have a fantastic defensive squad before he got there either, Gallas, Terry, Melchiot and, whoever the heck was at left back :p
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Im confused :confused: You hate Mourinho for his defensive style yet he wins things with boring football. Yet you also hate Wenger for his attractive flowing football?

Hard to please are we? ;)
 
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It doesn't tell the whole story, Sampdoria went down to 10 men after 74 mins and are a very average away team (14pts scored against 11.85 league ave)

Inter home games average 2.92 this season (League average is 2.52)
Chelsea 05/06 ave goals per game at home 2.94
Chelsea 04/05 ave goals per game at home 2.15

To call Inter boring is to say - I know nothing about Serie A but am happy to fall back on Sterotypes
 
Mourinho knows how to get the job done.

If you want to win the league, then he makes it happen.

I'm pretty sure that if his bosses told him that we need to be the highest scoring team in the league, but points don't mater - he would end up playing very exciting football.

For me, he is currently the best manager in football. Because he hasnt been managing for a long time, he can't boast the stats of Ferguson, Scolari, Lippi, Capello, etc, but those stats will come, with time.

His record, for someone who has been managing for such a short time, is astonishing. I believe that had Chelsea not hired him, they would never had won the Premiership titles they won. Also, Mourinho's record against Ferguson is second to none.

If Mourinho were to leave Inter today, Inter would no longer be in control of the league (which they have been since Mourinho went to Inter). Personally, I feel Inter Milan don't offer a big enough stage for Mourinho to do his thing. Mourinho belongs with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United.

Liverpool who have a great history, are desperate for success. If they want to win a title, they would do well to somehow coax Mourinho to take over Liverpool FC for a year or 2.

As a Manchester United fan, when Ferguson retires, I feel the only man who could keep the success train going is Mourinho.
 
Inter would no longer be in control of the league (which they have been since Mourinho went to Inter)
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Wrong

Inter were the best team in Serie A before they hired Mourinho; Mancini had been steadily improving the team since he joined in 04. It was his inability to win the Champions eague which got him the sack, this is also something Mourinho is feeling the heat over

Games/Wins/Draws/Loses/Win %age

Mancini1 July 2004 29 May 2008 226 140 60 26 61.95
Mourinho 2 June 2008 – Present 86 52 22 12 60.47
 
Side effect of pricing up Serie A every week is looking at all sorts of irrelevent facts and trying to see patterns which do not exist

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As a Manchester United fan, when Ferguson retires, I feel the only man who could keep the success train going is Mourinho.
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Agree 100%; either Man Utd or Real for Jose next (Liverpool no chance as they cannot afford him or a transfer kitty without going to shoppacheck)

PS: Sorry only agree with the Jose going to Utd next, burn in hell Utd fan! :P
 
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bloodline76 said:
Im confused :confused: You hate Mourinho for his defensive style yet he wins things with boring football. Yet you also hate Wenger for his attractive flowing football?

Hard to please are we? ;)
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No, I loved Wenger when we played attractive flowing football, Theo is short, weak and runs a bit, that doesn't equate to attractive flowing football, he contributes to bitty, scrappy football. Arsenal don't, whatever people kid themselves to, play the same football they did 5 years ago.

YEs we score a great goal now and then, Bolton's whole build up and goal against Spurs was a cracker with great passing. Arsenal scoring doesn't equate also to every single game being a fantastic show of stunning football. We spend 80 minutes a game doing boring side passes 40 yards away from the goal, we have some great football in there and some very capable players, but we play a disjointed 4-3-3 that simply isn't working, a lone striker and aren't playing the best football ever. Barca on the whole are FAR more attacking than us these days.

AS DingDong shows, Mourinho has changed nothing at Inter, even less as the Italian league was more one sided than the Premier league, and already defensive.

He didn't add defensive brilliance to Chelsea, he just based the team around an already truly superb defence. Have Chelsea won anything since Gallas left, the league hasn't seen a defence as strong as Gallas and Terry together and Terry hasn't looked as good since that partnership, neither has Gallas(though neither far off), nor with Makelele gone. Chelsea were already a hugely strong team, 2nd only to an unbeaten Arsenal, we dropped points the next year, a lot more, and Chelsea stayed at almost the same level and won and got progressively more dull after he joined.

Milan won the CL recently, yet I haven't seen them play truly excellently in the past 6-7 years, cup competitions let you do better than you can in a league. Porto had a stunningly good side at that point, then sold everyone afterwards.
 
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