Jun 3, 2013 -- 7:00PM, sj wrote:
^ i thought they hit 100 points in one season to win the league,but i must be mistaken.
couldn't do it without losing tho did he?
Jun 3, 2013 -- 7:54PM, freddiek wrote:
will he do longer than 3 years this time?
when he realizes he has to manage a side he will spit his dummy out, and lose another dressing room..


Jun 4, 2013 -- 5:55PM, Stow_judge wrote:
No doubt if it all goes t1ts up it'll be someone else's fault. He has inherited a decent team with a striker problem. He has not got many holes to plug. I would have liked to see how "special" he is at somewhere like Everton or Wigan.
He will blame Benitez & his minions will blindly agree
Jun 5, 2013 -- 8:31PM, viva el presidente! wrote:
He has not been the same when dealing with top clubs and top players who have already won trophies and know it can be done with a smile on their face.--------apart from inter, obviously.
With Inter they were about the only team in Italy that were in with any real chance of winning.
Inter in the CL were so desperate for that trophy the players did not care how it was won and were willing to do anything.
Jun 5, 2013 -- 9:43PM, viva el presidente! wrote:
inter had won various italian trophies in the three years previously, and some of the italian players were coming off a world cup win. they also had figo and vieira there, and several brazilian copa america winners. and ibrahimovic and a young balotelli.there was plenty of scope for things to go wrong there the way they did at real.
Inter were not even near the favourites for the CL.
Mourinho has never reached the CL final when in charge of the worlds most expensive squads and has only done it with teams that were under dogs.
Jun 5, 2013 -- 9:52PM, viva el presidente! wrote:
your point though was about the players. and there were plenty there with the medals to behave the way some of the real players did.
Of the players you mentioned - one italian world cup winner played in the CL final and for one minute. While Figo, Viera were not in the squad and one Brazilian that had won the copa america was there.
None of them had anywhere near the success of Madrid players who had won CL's and world cup winning medals.
The point is in 5 semi finals with Real Madrid and Chelsea - the most expensive squads in the world he has not reached the CL final.
He has done it with teams that were underdogs and happy to play any way to get job done.
Jun 5, 2013 -- 10:02PM, viva el presidente! wrote:
yes, but you were talking about his ability to motivate top players to continued success. he had top players when he arrived, and they bought into him. materazzi was famously in tears when he left.
That Milan squad was not full of top players though. Many had been let go by top clubs and were coming to Inter with a point to prove and they bought into Mourinhos do anything to win policy.
The players at Chelsea and Madrid did not buy in to this as much and did not achieve as much despite being the most expensive squads in the world amongst the top teams in the CL.


Jun 5, 2013 -- 11:23PM, KingThierry wrote:
JamDav having a dig at the way Mourinho won trophiesMaybe you want to take a look at how Barca won their European trophies
By playing the best football of any team ever?
Good shout and very sensible.
Read again I never once 'had a dig' at how Mourinho won his trophies. Just pointing out his style seems to suit teams that are underdogs more than dominating as favourites.



