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Mourinho has never been successful in a third season. This is the 4th time he has left the club. At Porto he was at the 2.5 year mark and the last of those was very successful, so that slightly bucks the trend. Anyway, the point is he is not a successful longer term manager so the third season is on our board for extending his contract
In his first year he steadied the ship, got us back in CL with a Europa win and also won the League cup. This said league form was not great with us ending 6th, but you could put that down to investing in the Europa. Given this all happened in a first season after coming 5th under LVG and with new players to bed in, this feels as much as you might have expected from any manager.
The second season we got to the FA Cup final and lost with a whimper. The CL we went out with a whimper. Similarly the League Cup. The league with us coming 2nd behind the most successful league team ever on lots of metrics is maybe quite reasonable given their financial doping.
So whilst it wasn't necessarily a success in SAF terms. Was it a reasonable return when looking at the two seasons combined?
The third half season has been a disaster no question.
Just an interesting alternative view.
No question of him deserving to go on anything like that. I simply think maybe he got the best of a bad bunch and his style simply wont bring success over a longer period.
In his first year he steadied the ship, got us back in CL with a Europa win and also won the League cup. This said league form was not great with us ending 6th, but you could put that down to investing in the Europa. Given this all happened in a first season after coming 5th under LVG and with new players to bed in, this feels as much as you might have expected from any manager.
The second season we got to the FA Cup final and lost with a whimper. The CL we went out with a whimper. Similarly the League Cup. The league with us coming 2nd behind the most successful league team ever on lots of metrics is maybe quite reasonable given their financial doping.
So whilst it wasn't necessarily a success in SAF terms. Was it a reasonable return when looking at the two seasons combined?
The third half season has been a disaster no question.
Just an interesting alternative view.
No question of him deserving to go on anything like that. I simply think maybe he got the best of a bad bunch and his style simply wont bring success over a longer period.