Can’t agree with pretty much any of that mate.
Firstly he was at Chelsea for three and a half years, so there was ample time to look to the future and develop future players. Securing the long term success of a club is always a priority anyway, so he shouldn’t need to stay at the club for a long period for it to have significance – it should always be an objective. The fact you view his period as manager like that emphasises his short-term approach to management, he is never concerned with the long haul.
It’s also important to remember the context with which he was manager, when Chelsea were spending millions every transfer window. So it wouldn’t be difficult for him to bring in some young players with potential, but he neglected to do so. Contrast that with the way Ferguson decides who to buy, where he is always bringing through young players. He bought established players instead, which don’t get me wrong had some very good signings in there, e.g. Essien, Carvalho, Drogba and Cole, but also included some poor buys e.g. Wright-Phillips, Shevchenko, Tiago, Ferreira after his first season, bringing Steve Sidwell in on a free, then others like Ballack who were okay but would have been better bringing in someone younger. Lassana Diarra was about the only youngster brought in, but then he wasn’t even used or developed.
There wasn’t the youth products coming through at Chelsea, so can’t criticise him for that. But at Inter there were some good youngsters, Balotelli who he fell out with or Coutinho who was highly rated etc. But mainly it is with the signings who again were established players, Quaresma, Muntari, Crespo, Mancini none of which were good signings, then second year was the same with Pandev, Lucio, Sneijder, Milito, Motta, Eto’o all being over 25, though obviously some are good signings. You can’t deny that his focus is on currently established players because it clearly is. Inter are in an absolutely terrible position now, the main one being that so many of their players are over 30, it’s crazy how old they all are. I’m not solely blaming Mourinho but he is partly at fault for spending so much money on older players, without looking to the future.
Secondly, yeah Sahin was injured but it wasn’t nearly for half a season, you are exaggerating quite a bit. He was injured at the beginning of the season but played at the start of November, so about 2 months. Regardless, he should have played more. Only 4 La Liga games is a joke for someone as good as him. He is more than good enough to play at that standard coming off an outstanding Player of The Season campaign at Dortmund. Saying the title race was too tight as an excuse for not playing youngsters is absolutely ridiculous mate. Didn’t stop Pep did it? Or Ferguson and Wenger over the years. I mean what are you saying, Mourinho needs to be 10 points clear before he’ll play his squad players? It’s crazy. Phil Jones played 41 times for us last year, Smalling 60 in two seasons. We were in just as tight a title race as Madrid, and Sahin is currently a far better player.
On your third point, Varane is definitely good enough! He is an absolute class act. When he has played he has coped completely fine and should have played more. There isn’t even that much competition for places in centre defence, especially when you consider Ramos could move to right back instead of Arbeloa. So there is ample opportunity to give him game time. Comparing him to Macheda is ridiculous, he is in a different league to him.
