What's weird is how many people are impressed by it. His kind of football is the easiest way of playing there is. Put ten men behind the ball. Most of the bottom clubs do it, it's just that most clubs, especially among those with an unlimited budget, don't accept that style.

marv3llous wrote:

http://www1.skysports.com/watch/video/9760505/kastrinakis-mourinho-not-special

The cuts to John Cross are painful to watch. He has lately been one of the biggest rimmers of Mourinho. Bit rich that he's supposedly an Arsenal fan.

I love how prepared that rant was - must've been planning that for some time. Well researched, well delivered. 

He has fallen out with the press in every country but England. And now the tide is starting to turn here too. Once that happens, he's off. He desperately needs his minions like John Cross that tolerate (and praise) his bullshit. They're the ones that have the power to turn his hissy fits into genius mindgames. Without them he's just a nasty, bitter little shit. 

Actually, what turns his hissy fits into genius mind games are the results he gets and the trophies he wins.

It's the unlimited chequebook that does that legwork.

Its easy to see too why journos like 'Crossy' act like do they towards him. Mourinho is much closer to their intellectual level than, say Van Gaal or Wenger, and probably acts all chummy with them (this is so called being 'charismatic'). Cross and many others probably get the feeling of being part of the 'lads' and sharing the 'banter' instead of actually analyzing and asking the hard questions from him.

Imagine, if Wenger had gone on Goals on Sunday and claimed that there is a campaign against Arsenal? He would have been ripped to shreds.

Cross has been exactly like that with Wenger for years. Journalists just have to be sycophants to keep the ear of the powerful.

It's seriously all about the results his teams get. That's why he gets away (more or less) with saying whatever the hell he wants.

I think I'll feel sorry for him the day he stops winning because literally everyone will turn against him.

ludovic van zis wrote:

It's seriously all about the results his teams get. That's why he gets away (more or less) with saying whatever the hell he wants.

Thats exactly right Ludo, in the whole football world (except the Arsenal boardroom) results are all that matter, everybody revered Ferguson and everyone revered Wenger (including me) when they were successful- Thats the whole reason for their being in charge of big football clubs.

Burnwinter™ wrote:

Cross has been exactly like that with Wenger for years. Journalists just have to be sycophants to keep the ear of the powerful.

Sports journalists are not proper journalists anyway. Most of them are fanboys who want to be close to the stars. Just look at all the cycling journalists licking Armstrong's arse for all those years and refusing to ask any difficult questions (with the exception of David Walsh). 

Its the same in any field, if you go hard on certain politicians you're branded a stooge for the other side etc....

Gurgen wrote:

Sports journalists are not proper journalists anyway.

Definitely not, with a few honourable exceptions for the handful that get to write proper features.

Was Fabregas actually getting jeered? 😆

Yes 😆 
Same as that other prick van Persie who Utd fans have turned on too, was it worth it fellas?

So hated by Arsenal fans, disliked by Barca fans and looks like Chelsea fans are prepared to make him their scapegoat. He can't be happy with how his career has panned out, relative to his talent of course.

Ricky1985 wrote:

He just doesn't have players as good as those that he used to have. That's the thing, so much is made of the manager, and, don't get me wrong, he's plenty important, but good players, especially in the spinal positions, is what decides football matches.

This, this and this. So many people talk about football like as if the manager has a control pad on the sidelines and he's controlling the game. It's ridiculous. I blame this mode of thinking on Fifa and Football Manager. 

When we had money to spend and could buy top players, we won trophies.

When we had no money to spend and couldn't buy top players, we didn't win trophies.

We now have money to spend again on top players, and guess what, we are winning trophies again.

Yet, the fan base would have you believe that it was Wenger that changed, that his tactics are now shite, or whatever.

Biggus you're defending Mourinho by calling Wenger a "sour, classless, c***"?

Merely pointing out that Mourinho isn't the only sour classless cunt in charge of a football club.
But at least he's not a specialist in failure.

Lock this embarrassment of a thread.

Klaus wrote:

Lock this embarrassment of a thread.

It was created to prevent the glorification of Mourinho from derailing other threads.
If it's causing embarrassment can people discuss this in the Steering Committee forum please?

Maybe the stupid twat should have shown Wenger the respect of shaking his hand before running into the pitch and celebrating? Tosser.

Well thats a good point Ricky, but as I pointed out- Wenger has form for this.
But being a bad loser is not necessary a bad thing to have in players or managers as they strive for the highest achievements, Ferguson was also a bad loser.
But if its used as a stick to beat Mourinho with why not apply the same rules to every bad loser?

Because being a bad loser has nothing to do with why Mourinho is despised by basically everyone in world football and very little to do with what has been said in this thread.

Mourinho poked some guys eye out while standing in the dugout - as far as bad losers go, he's far ahead of the likes of Ferguson, Wenger and whomever else you care to mention. He's not even a gracious winner either - he's just a prick.

It was the late Tito Vilanova, btw.

Just look at him, cold blooded and mediated attack, convinced that he is a psychopath. Probably has a few corpses buried under his house back home in Portugal.

Absolute scum is what he is. Moron and Chelsea is a perfect match.

He's a horrible little coward too. Who the fuck pokes someone in the eye like that? If he had that big a problem he should have manned up and just punched him.

He truly exposes himself as the spiteful little freak that he is in that clip.
I do wonder at anyone who spends time and effort defending him.

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How has it worked out for Wenger when he's played Mourinho then?

Can't see anything wrong there Tone, there is no such thing as anti-football- I'm not saying it should be used all the time in every situation but its a tactic, another weapon at your disposal.

"José Mourinho 'cried' after being overlooked for Manchester United job."

😆 What a sissy.

TBF I think not a few Man Utd fans cried too when Moyes was given the nod.

We dodged a real bullet there.

My Manc still keeps an eye out for Moyes at Sociedad, he reckons United treated him harshly.
He's too kind 🙂

Your Manc's a bit different though, most of them would have been delighted with Mourinho.
It would have been a disaster for us.