Both manager who somehow modernized the game at their times. Amorim brings this modern leadership where players treat him by Ruben and not by boss or mister. He's very close to all players. Phisically Sporting seems top of the crop and in terms of consistency things are running smooth.
This title race is going to be decided by the derby’s I think this year as I don’t see the big 3 dropping many points against the smaller teams. All three seem pretty consistent.
Sorry. It's harder to review a post when written on the smartphone (smaller screen and all). I was referring to Muring, so clearly the present tense is not well deployed here. Going to correct it
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For the win streak? No this is in club history.
I don’t think anyone thinks he should leave Sporting now. As you said their is still so much to prove and improve.
Time will tell. If anything he should follow the steps of Steven Gerrard who is now at Villa after a sucessfull spell at Rangers. The last thing he needs now is a lot of hype, would be a massive mistake for him to leave the country so soon.
The Ajax game does not matter and I don’t think anyone will pay attention too it.
I actually feel him and Conceição are probably the 2 best coaches currently we have, unfortunately I don’t like that much the current level of coaches we have abroad.
Not Fonseca biggest fan, but if you looks at Roma transfer (and injuries) history during his stint at Roma, I actually think he did a very positive job.
My biggest disappointment with him was related to the fact I expected much more from him, and particularly his last 6 months for Roma were terrible, I even saw his teams trying to man mark all over the pitch in Serie A, and those who know him over the years know he never played like that.
We certainly were forced to pay him yes. And deservedly, stupid Sousa Cintra sacked him.
Man-marking is still a popular thing in PT. Sometimes if a defender does not have enough awareness to read the game in order to apply zone pressure, managers have to rely on individual instructions to cover the gaps.
Not to mention with much more investment Mourinho already has less 8 points at this stage of the season than Fonseca the last one. And players like Villar or Mayoral under Fonseca at least performed at a good level. How Tiago Pinto thought Mourinho would be a good idea for Roma is incredible. But then we know who is behind them we don't feel so surprised with those decisions. Poor Roma fans, they deserved better.
Mou needs to the come back to Portugal and coach or NT. He's done besides that.
No he doesn't need to coach the NT. He actually needs to stay fecking away from it. After 7 years of shitness under Santos the last thing we need is another washed up has been coach.
That would be nightmare inducing. We have a generation that is very strong on the attacking players and less solid on the defensive players. It should be clear the direction the portuguese federation should take when appointing the next technical staff.
Knowing the President of the Federation who hired Santos because they are friends, I wouldn't be surprised if he would hire Mourinho because they actually think he still is a great coach. It's a joke the Federation has Zé Couceiro as a Technical Director, he was a nobody as a coach, the only thing who qualifies him for that role is the relations he developed over the years with several entities, not what he has done in the pitch.
Waiting for the United gig?
