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... because he's much better than Rafa
What's the point on you giving your opinion on who's the better manager? You've never been managed by either so have feck all insight into it.
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What's the point on you giving your opinion on who's the better manager? You've never been managed by either so have feck all insight into it.
Theres no doubt that Barca & Real were not as strong as they both are now, but fair play to Benitez, he did a good job with Valencia.
He lost loads of key players from the Hector Cuper team.
As I've stated before, Mourinho is an egotistical little cnut, who should fcuk off to Real Madrid.
1999-2000 Deportivo de La Coruña FC Barcelona Valencia CF
2000-01 Real Madrid Deportivo de La Coruña Real Mallorca
2001-02 Valencia CF Deportivo de La Coruña Real Madrid
2002-03 Real Madrid Real Sociedad Deportivo de La Coruña
2003-04 Valencia CF FC Barcelona Deportivo de La Coruña
2004-05 FC Barcelona Real Madrid Villarreal CF
Hardly any Real-Barca domination in those years...
Ah yes, since I don't know both of them personally I'm not qualified to offer an opinion on which one is better
One of them can't replicate the success he had in another country while the other one has won a championship in every country he's managed a team.
One of them won the Champions League with a team that was viewed as not having a hope in hell of winning it while the other one barely won it when his opponents decided to throw the final away.
I couldn't possibly be able to have any insight into which one is better based on that now could I...
By far the most interesing talk in the managerial world is how Wenger keeps mentioning how he'll see out his contract, which runs until 2011, at least for me.
If we're calling Valencia someone elses team, then the majority of the two premiership wins for Mourinho were with Ranieri's team. Furthermore he literally had unlimited money and spent a lot on average players. After that he's taken over Inter, an inter team which had been dominating the league, and he's currently 1 point ahead of a team we battered 4-0 with much more money than them, bought much worse players and is hated over there by everone.
Not to mention his 'please don't come and get me' plea to Madrid.
Exactly.
I'll tell you this, his stock will fall if they feck Serie A up. To lose the title against Milan would be awful really.
I fear for them in the CL. I think Chelsea will comfortably turn them over.
I fear for them in the CL. I think Chelsea will comfortably turn them over.
Well, based on the game we saw 3 weeks ago, there is no way Chelsea will "comfortably" turn them over...
It's almost as if Mourinho & all the Inter players are waiting for that game only and have not bothered in Serie A games.
Aye - quite shocking given Milan's showing vs us.
Chelsea had the better of the game. In European football, I'd say a 2-1 loss away is a fairly comfortable position to be in.
Inter are a better rounded side compared to last year, but they're still well short.
Also, it's not really in Mourinho's DNA to take his eye off the ball. How often did it happen at Chelsea, on the eve of big European matches?
Was Ranieri managing Chelsea when they won their two league titles ? If he built such a good team then how many titles did he win when he was there ? The point being - Mourinho is a winner. He's won every trophy worth winning. Coincidence ?
The second point is - What if Inter happen to win the league by one point this year. Will the Scudetto be worth any less than if they won it by ten ? And what does our win over AC have to do with Inter ? Using their narrow lead in Serie-A as evidence that Mourinho isn't as good as people claim is a weak argument, especially when you consider they could still win the league and the CL.
Based on the fact that Inter's price to qualify for the QF shortened, I'd suggest that the bookies see a 2-1 as a positive result.
A 2-1 loss away is by no means a disaster, but certainly not a positive result for Chelsea.
Indeed!
Jose: "I have, as I said before, three things to do in my career - one is to come back to English football; another thing is to win the Spanish championship, because no-one has won Italian, English and Spanish titles; and another one, when I'm old, is to coach my national team. But, for now, I would like to keep winning with Inter.''
"I feel sorry but I look forward. I feel sorry because, when I look at the big four teams while I was in England, they (the managers) are all there.
"Sir Alex Ferguson is here. Arsene Wenger is here. Rafa Benitez is here. I did more than enough to be here. But the decision was made. Chelsea looked forward. I look forward. They move on. I move on. I keep winning important things. They keep winning ... something. They won an FA Cup.
Seems pretty clear, he's off to Madrid this summer...
Also, very funny about Chelsea...
"I feel sorry but I look forward. I feel sorry because, when I look at the big four teams while I was in England, they (the managers) are all there.
"Sir Alex Ferguson is here. Arsene Wenger is here. Rafa Benitez is here. I did more than enough to be here. But the decision was made. Chelsea looked forward. I look forward. They move on. I move on. I keep winning important things. They keep winning ... something. They won an FA Cup.
Seems pretty clear, he's off to Madrid this summer...
Also, very funny about Chelsea...
No he didn't win every title worth winning. He never could deliver that European cup to Chelsea. He got merked on by Rafa Benitez's poor liverpool side instead.
And what if Inter don't win the league this year. That's shocking considering how much better thier team is on paper this year than AC Milans. He should have absolutely walked this league, and he hasn't.
He has won the European cup, with a side worse than that Liverpool one, benni McCarthy was the main striker!
And he's lived of that since, with Chelsea and Inter doing pretty average.
Chelsea won the league yes, but he was bought into deliver the European Cup and never managed it. In his third season at the club he messed up massively with poor signings and was fired. Avram Grant (a very good manager) did better in Europe than Jose ever did.
After that he went to Inter where thier team were comfortably winning the league and asked to make them better in Europe again. he was tactically outclassed last year by Fergie, and we'll see how he does against Chelsea tonight.
Nothing to be ashamed about being outclassed by the best manager in club football ever.
Don't forget Chelsea were basically cheated out of the Champions League in 04/05 when that Garcia goal stood even though it was never in a millon years over the line. I think they would have had a very good chance to win the final. Tough luck, Jose got luckier against us in 03/04.
Chelsea have done pretty average since he left yes. Bar their easy run to the CL Final.
He he, did you see Grant's run to the Champions League Final that year? Much easier than any run Mourinho had ever had. I've no doubt had Mourinho stayed, he too would have reached the final.
Yes it wasn't a great summer for signings, but he still made a few solid ones. Alex, Belleti, Malouda (Though poor in his first season, he's really come into form this).
And besides that, what's your point? So he made a few bad signings, find me a manager who hasn't. Djemba-Djemba, Miller, Kleberson et all all spring to mind here. Should we use that as a stick to beat Fergie with? No, because he's always won trophies - exactly the same as Mourinho.
So you're judging him on one season in the Champions League with Inter, when he was knocked out by the current Champions of the competition. No shame in that, is there?
And though we dominated at the San Siro, they did have a few very good chances (Ibrahimovic in particular) at Old Trafford. It wasn't as plain sailing as people like to think.
Fergie has made some incredible signings as well. And didn't Mourinho lose out twice to Liverpool in his two seasons at Chelsea? It's not exactly like he shouldn't have been beating them, he went out to two teams managed by a man we all consider laughable apparently.
And Avram Grant almost beat United in the final. If Terry hadn't have slipped he'd have done what Mourinho couldn't. And Alex, Belleti and Malouda wern't exactly performing great were they? Malouda has only shone since Mourinho left that much is clear.
I just don't think Mourinho is as good as some people say. Smurf hypothetically if he went out to Chelsea this round and lost the title to AC, would you want him still? I know it's very knee jerk, but I think Inter have shown him up as a poor coach.
I still find this an incredible statistic.
Mourinho is currently on a run of 131 home league matches unbeaten (38 with Porto, 60 with Chelsea and 33 with Inter). His last and only home league defeat came when Porto were defeated 3–2 by Beira-Mar on 23 February 2002.
Mourinho is currently on a run of 131 home league matches unbeaten (38 with Porto, 60 with Chelsea and 33 with Inter). His last and only home league defeat came when Porto were defeated 3–2 by Beira-Mar on 23 February 2002.
Yes, one was to a ghost goal, and the other wen they lost on penalties. For the record, I have always said the second time they got knocked out, Mourinho made one hell of a tactical feck up. They should have progressed that season, but Mourinho went into the game far too cautious.
But, let's not forget he is still a young and learning manager. He's going to make mistakes - it's how he deals and learns from those mistakes that will set him apart from the rest.
He's 47, he could come to United, manage us for ten years and still manager Spain and the National team. Sir Alex himself is a huge fan of Mourinho, and I think he loved the competition he provided when he was at Chelsea. And when he does step down and Gill asks for his recommendation, I'll be surprised if Mourinho is not the top of the list.
Chelsea beat us in every final under Mourinho. Mourinho had a great record head to head v Fergie. Grant did well, yes, I'm not taking that away from him, but I don't think Mourinho would have done any worse. But it's all if's, but's and maybe's at the end of the day.
Yes, because I'm not going to judge him on one bad season. Fergie had a few of those before he won his first title. If they do lose the title to AC, it'll be one mighty feck up, but I can't see it happening. I honestly think the last few weeks, they've just been concentrating on the Chelsea game. And whilst a 2-1 win at home is not the greatest result in the world, it's still a small advantage. I think they'll go through.
Now turn the tables, if they beat Chelsea and win the Scudetto, would you want him as manager? What if he goes on to win the Champions League? Whoever draws Olympiakos or Bordeux in the next round is pretty much guaranteed a place in the semi's. Then it's wide open.
Wow, that's actually very impressive.
Also Twiggy, Blanc and Bordeux had a 9 point lead in Ligue 1 earlier in the season. They are now level on points with Montpellier, albeit with a game in hand.
That is quite poor as well, but I still say he's done well with what he's done. Especially as we've seen v Real Madrid the French league is quite strong.
Laurent Blanc is my choice.
Jose's going to Eastlands next season, deal was signed and sealed in December
Whether they win it by 15 or by 1 is completely irrelevant to the fact that they won it. Even if they don't win it (which i doubt), it won't affect Mourinho's CV. He's already won everything, including every league he's managed in, and has nothing more to prove.
He's my choice also. He has a certain class about him that Mourinho can only dream of. Plus his experience and achievements as a player, a captain, a leader on both club and international level. Not to mention his achievements so far as manager of Bordeaux.
Hopefully they get past Olympiakos and we see how he handles a two-legged tie vs a big european team (hopefully a Barca or a Chelsea).
He made a fantastic press conference few minutes ago
I would love to see Mourinho as a replacement for SAF one day....
If England win the world cup it may well be Capello.
I like the way he has handled the players, the media and the entire England set up...plus he got England qualified with games to spare.
Class act...so far.
I like the way he has handled the players, the media and the entire England set up...plus he got England qualified with games to spare.
Class act...so far.
Capello's 63 years old and he's said that England's his last job. If Ferguson retired tomorrow maybe he would be good as a short term appointment, but not long term.
Mourinho to go to Real Madrid, win the title then come back to England to manage United after Fergie retires.
That's my dream.
Apart from the Real bit... but he wants to go to Spain so...
That's my dream.
Apart from the Real bit... but he wants to go to Spain so...
In case anyone hasn't voted yet, the poll has been reopened until April 3rd. Let's see how many votes Larry White picks up if Mourinho's Inter go out today.
Thanks, I voted Keano.... it would be a crime not to.
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