speedy wrote:
We have all seen Jose built expensive compact sides. Push everyones buttons, put some noses out of place and generally get great results until his behaviour causes a mutany after about 2 years. Savs your not going to seen as a clairvoyant for predicting Jose will do well. Hes done well everywhere. The rest of use are hoping he won't. Were arsenal supporters we dont spend our time being Jose supporters.
This sums it up for me.
The Mourinho ticket for most clubs has been a great buzz followed by a nasty hangover.
He's had his best results at clubs which already had high-functioning, established squads, when he's had money to spend on route one players, and he's lifted those clubs up the table by making them more ruthless and negative tactically, squeezing points out the hard way as well as raking them in in an eye-catching way.
The pressure he applies and the standard he demands—not to mention the fact he seems to be a massive dickhead and narcissist—become unpopular with some players under his management. Last season he managed to coach a title-winning squad into the lower half of the table because they hated him so intensely.
My analysis is that the Mourinho of the past is a very uneven fit for United in their current state—but they are making some incredible signings now. At the moment I expect them to shoot out of the blocks, after that, unless Mourinho has truly evolved after his Chelsea debacle, it's a question of when the cracks start to appear.
