So in a nutshell, he's saying that he didn't inherit a great team and that we're playing catch up.
Now, he's somewhat correct. The team he inherited wasn't great, however, he's had two transfer windows now, and he hasn't rectified, what he feels, is our problem.
Our attack is still disjointed, our midfield still has creativity issues, and our back line is still inconsistent.
He's bought Lindelof, Bailly, Matic, Pogba, Lukaku, Mkhitaryan and Sanchez since being here. That's 7 players!
You'd expect all of the above to be starting under Mourinho. I mean, he did buy them. Apart from Lukaku, Matic and Bailly, when fit, the others have all been underwhelming this season.
Lindelof - Doesn't play him much. Probably won't be here for much longer.
Mkhitaryan - Sold him.
Sanchez - Not been here long, but haven't been impressed as of yet.
Pogba - Seems to have regressed from last season. Still not getting the best out of him.
Now, as I said, those are the players Jose bought, so he's got no excuse there. I understand every player he buys is not going to be a success, but apart from Matic and possibly Lukaku, I wouldn't say I've seen the best from any of these players. On a consistent basis anyway. Again, that's all down to the manager, in my opinion.
Hate to say it, but since Pep has joined City, yes, he's signed some players who have proved to be unsuccessful, and has gone on to sell them, but he went to City with a plan. Identified what players he needed, the style in which he wanted to play and implemented it. They're reaping the benefits now.
I mean, I wouldn't exactly say he inherited a great team either, to be honest. Prior to Pep taking over, City won the league once in five seasons, which was the same as us.
There were a lot of dead wood in that team, and players like Silva, Toure, Kompany, etc, were all said to be coming to the end of their City careers. Since Pep joined, he got rid of quite a few players and obviously brought a lot of players in too.
I think the main difference between Pep and Mourinho is the ability to get the best out of the players they have.
Pep's regular starting lineup this season consists of Aguero, Sterling, De Bruyne, Silva and Fernandinho - all of which were at the club before Pep. The aforementioned players are all top players, however, I personally feel Pep has taken them to another level since joining.
Mourinho, on the other hand, 'inherited' Martial, Rashford, Herrera, Mata, Shaw, Smalling and Valencia, who all regularly started under Van Gaal in the season he got sacked. Apart from Valencia, who is normally consistent, I wouldn't say Jose has improved of these players.
Going forward, I honestly don't know if I trust Mourinho spending more money.
I don't know if he know's how he wants to play. 4231, 433, etc. Two years and we've still not got a settled team. Going into the Brighton game tomorrow, I haven't a clue what team he'll put out. 9/10 I know what City, Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea are going to play, though. You can't expect consistency if you're not going to consistently play someone. For example, dropping Mata and McTominay to the bench against Sevilla, despite arguably being our best players in the last few games. Also, shoving Rashford to the right - a position he's not comfortable in, just to accommodate Sanchez, who has been poor since joining. Putting Fellaini in arguably our biggest game of the season, having been our for a number of months. It's decisions like these that are slowing making me lose faith in him. This, and the fact that he's coming up with nonsensical points.
For example, there was no need for him to talk about the team we inherited and where we've been in the competition in recent years. Who cares? He was employed because we felt he was the guy to change this for us. Otherwise, what was the point of joining?
Klopp has got Liverpool to a quarter final of the champions league. Want to know their recent history, Jose? Well, the last time they made the quarters was in 08/09. Some facts for you!
Fact is, we have a better 'heritage' than Sevilla and we lost to them at home. No excuses! We should have beaten them and progressed to the quarter finals. We didn't, and that lies with the manager and his tactics, not the fact that we didn't spent another 200M.
I'm sick of the excuses!
