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That was a hockey score. And he should've taken his players off the pitch because they defended poorly!
His words, not mine.
His words, not mine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4010191.stmThat was a hockey score. And he should've taken his players off the pitch because they defended poorly!
His words, not mine.
Even that does not work for him anymore. His teams are not great defensively.Think he'd do well in international tournaments where there is less emphasis on coaching. He can stink the place up and nick a 1-0 win on his way to a tournament win. He's done and has been done as a top level coach at club level though. The days of those kinds of managers are done and he simply wasn't able to reinvent himself/get with the times.
He refuses to evolve with the game. Defensive football has been found out years ago.Even that does not work for him anymore. His teams are not great defensively.
To be fair, his options in defence are Davies, Aurier, Doherty, Sanchez, a washed Alderweireld and an average Dier.Even that does not work for him anymore. His teams are not great defensively.
But we battered Everton. This is a capitulation
Atletico Madrid is only major euro team left I can see him managing and even that is doubtful as Simeone is in no rush to move and they can make big push for champions league in next 18 months.Back to Portugal and one of the big 3.
Ironically this version of Mourinho is 10x worse than Wenger ever was.Calling Wenger a "Specialist in failure" didn't age well for this guy...
The best way to be defensive now is to keep the ball, which City are doing. Keep the ball and the other teams can't hurt you. Jose doesn't like his teams doing that.He refuses to evolve with the game. Defensive football has been found out years ago.
Simeone, Allegri and Conte have been very successful in this decade with defensive football. I don't believe thats the issue, the issue is Mourinho himself, who has bought into his own image where he can do no wrong, but everyone around him does. He's living in his past glory and therefor does nothing wrong since he was so successful, for him whats wrong is his personel, sporting director, lack of spending, players making mistakes, poor signings, etc. its nothing to do with his tactics, man management, calling his club out, calling players out in public he believes thats all perfect.He refuses to evolve with the game. Defensive football has been found out years ago.
Why does Jose bother you now ? The guy is finished he can have his league cup, I hope they beat City.Loath as I am to urge City on to more domestic dominance I would love for Guardiola to absolutely dick him in the final. 5-0.
Years ago. He's with Spurs now.He'll definitely become the next Portugal manager. He's done at club level with top clubs
This. And he will go hard in the Europa.He will win the league cup, be in 6th or 7th place with about 4 games to go, bust up with Levy and leave the job. Then in the aftermath, he will claim to be one of Spurs’ greatest ever managers for bringing back a trophy. That league cup final is absolutely huge now for his own ego and brand.
Trumpian levels of your own words coming back to bite you. Beautiful
Nothing new with Mourinho, he invented the phrase 'parking the bus' as a slur against Big Sam's Bolton (I think) that shut out his early Chelsea side - when his teams have been parking the bus since day zero.Trumpian levels of your own words coming back to bite you. Beautiful
Old Mourinho tearing new Mourinho na new one.
Think it is the opposite. Teams are better defensively than they were a decade ago.The best way to be defensive now is to keep the ball, which City are doing. Keep the ball and the other teams can't hurt you. Jose doesn't like his teams doing that.
The standard of defenders has gone down over the past decade, and teams now put more emphasis on fullbacks attacking, so that's more players joining the attack which means it's going to be harder if you just content with being defensive and hitting teams on the counter.
Jose needs to adapt, I thought he would with us but he didn't and he certainly has not with Spurs. He doesn't have Terry, Carvalho, Lucio or Samuel. He needs to come up with a better plan because having your team absorbing pressure is not going to win the big trophies. It's why he's looked hopeless in the champions league the last few times he's been there. Against PSG who had 10 men, Atletico, Sevila and RB Leipzig he just set up defensively in all those games. I remember his peak, where didn't he smash Barca at home with both Chelsea and Inter. Now all he seems to be concerned with is sticking to his defensive masterclass persona.
“see I told you, it was better to defend, rather than all out attack”. You can see he’s readying his retort.Is he intentionally playing to concede multiple goals now, so he can claim a victory against "open" football? I mean, it's more likely he's just lost it, but still..
You hope City win a cup over Tottenham? What the feck is wrong with you?Loath as I am to urge City on to more domestic dominance I would love for Guardiola to absolutely dick him in the final. 5-0.
It was actually after a match at home to Spurs back in 2004 that Mourinho coined that phrase:Nothing new with Mourinho, he invented the phrase 'parking the bus' as a slur against Big Sam's Bolton (I think) that shut out his early Chelsea side - when his teams have been parking the bus since day zero.
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Or he done it knowing it will lead to a basketball game alas giving him a free excuse to justify playing as defensively as he pleases for the rest of the season. Even if they won he'd have likely pointed it to not being sustainable.I enjoy sticking it in as much as the next person but individual errors let him down more than anything last night. Probably be the end of attacking football for Mourinho at Spurs though, he's given it a try twice now and after the West Ham 3-3 game and now this I don't think he's likely to play risky again.