Its odd I didn't like Jose but now he is ours he is quite likable.I can imagine, feels surreal just watching it as a Liverpool fan.
Jose Mourinho | Spurs manager
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Wouldn’t be the best idea for him, he’s capable of producing good football but he’s not an exponent of attractive attacking football. For spurs fans the hope will be he’s found a new way to be even better at what he was rather than completely changing.
WelcomeThis is how it starts. All sunshine, light and dull football. Enjoy it before the darkness, foreboding and dull football takes hold.
He’s a person capable of extracting maximum emotion out of you, I absolutely despised him following 13/14 and all the subsequent digs, but then as a pundit any time I heard him speak it was almost like you were entranced, sometimes you just know when someone absolutely knows their shit.
I know many fans would deny it but they’d feel the exact same with Jose in charge.
Meh it will be exciting anyway, lets she how he does.
The Jose process in a nutshell.
Mourinho on how Tottenham will play under their new manager:
"Very similar to [Pochettino]. Of course I will try to add details, and sometimes details can make the difference. Progressively we can arrive at a fingerprint. The style of play must be adapted to the club culture and also the players here."
"Very similar to [Pochettino]. Of course I will try to add details, and sometimes details can make the difference. Progressively we can arrive at a fingerprint. The style of play must be adapted to the club culture and also the players here."
Mourinho on sealing the deal to take over Spurs:
"I've been smiling for two days."
I hope he doesn't just mean the cash.
"I've been smiling for two days."
I hope he doesn't just mean the cash.
This has been one of the key points Mourinho has tried to drive home over this press conference, that the quality of the players were ultimately what attracted him to the job.
"I like this squad very, very much. It is not something new I say to make a point."
"I like this squad very, very much. It is not something new I say to make a point."
Sky Sports are pathetic. They promote the Jose press conference 24 hrs before, telling you it’s at 2pm. When it’s 1:55pm they tell you it’s a few minutes away, after the break. It gets to 2:20pm and they say the presser is live and they’ll bring you the best bits/highlights when it’s finished... absolute twats
All it takes is a few things not to go his way and They'll add up over years.
That's how Jose works. It's always him vs the world.
That's how Jose works. It's always him vs the world.
Mourinho on his pledge never to manage Spurs:
"Yes, that was before I was sacked [by Chelsea]." Can he bring the Premier League title to Tottenham? "We can’t win the Premier League this season. Next season, I’m not saying we will win it, but we can win it."
feck you Chelsea
"Yes, that was before I was sacked [by Chelsea]." Can he bring the Premier League title to Tottenham? "We can’t win the Premier League this season. Next season, I’m not saying we will win it, but we can win it."
feck you Chelsea
Is the West Ham spurs game on sky or BT.
Love him or hate him but he's talked about and is always one of the biggest news.
Mourinho is in jovial mood, having a little bit of banter, for want of a less awful word, with everyone who asks him a question.
Mourinho has been praising Scott McTominay and now he's talking up his relationship with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, who he says he exchanges SMS messages with. Get Whatsapp, Jose.
At least a Messenger!
Mourinho on whether he would ever return to Chelsea a third time, he says if would only be to win another title,
“because that’s what always happens.”
“because that’s what always happens.”
Mourinho on why he chose Spurs:
"The potential of the club is huge, the potential of the club is great. The vision that Mr Levy put in front of me and the quality of the players, of the squad were the main reasons why I decide to come."
"The potential of the club is huge, the potential of the club is great. The vision that Mr Levy put in front of me and the quality of the players, of the squad were the main reasons why I decide to come."
Not sure about cynical, cnut definitelyAnd I thought I was a cynical cnut
Mourinho hints that he wants to calm down the intensity of Tottenham training:
"It is not about myself, it's about the players, and to try and go forwards from a place of stability. I need a good control of the intensity of the training sessions to try and go from a base of some comfort for the boys."
That's telling, some of the players must not have been that happy.
"It is not about myself, it's about the players, and to try and go forwards from a place of stability. I need a good control of the intensity of the training sessions to try and go from a base of some comfort for the boys."
That's telling, some of the players must not have been that happy.
Aha, the style of play adapted to the culture 
He will park the bus as soon as he has to. It wont be from the start, i imagine he will try more attacking football and then revert back to his usual methods once the results are missing.
He will park the bus as soon as he has to. It wont be from the start, i imagine he will try more attacking football and then revert back to his usual methods once the results are missing.
You mean the lazy bastards didn't like the physical side of it. Says a lot really.
His Utd side looked way off the pace in many games, must have been because he toned down the intensity of the training
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Oh and the money of course...
Poch's Spurs sides in the past always faltered at the end of the season.You mean the lazy bastards didn't like the physical side of it. Says a lot really.
His Utd side looked way off the pace in many games, must have been because he toned down the intensity of the training
Lack of depth not the lack of quality. He just couldn't freshen things up let's be honest. Now you are seeing injuries and no one to replace them
Mourinho on taking time off:
"It was the first summer I didn't work, it was not easy, I felt a little bit lost during that pre-season period. After that was a learning period, I even learned how to be a pundit."
"It was the first summer I didn't work, it was not easy, I felt a little bit lost during that pre-season period. After that was a learning period, I even learned how to be a pundit."
Look I like Poch a lot, these are just the things I have been saying since he was appointed. He is a good manager and I honestly do wish him well, but his time was up at Spurs. What injuries?
Mourinho on being happy:
"When I do not win I cannot be happy. I cannot change that in my DNA. If you are happy losing matches then it is difficult to be a winner. The people who learn from me have to learn: sometimes you have to work with people you don't love, and work well. And the other thing is that the people who work with you have to share my principles. I have principles I cannot change my whole career and one of them is I don't like to lose."
"When I do not win I cannot be happy. I cannot change that in my DNA. If you are happy losing matches then it is difficult to be a winner. The people who learn from me have to learn: sometimes you have to work with people you don't love, and work well. And the other thing is that the people who work with you have to share my principles. I have principles I cannot change my whole career and one of them is I don't like to lose."
BT Sport 1, from 12 noon.
But draws are fine. 0-0 preferably.
Mourinho on the dwindling contracts of Vertonghen, Alderweireld and Eriksen:
"I have no time for individual cases. Mr Levy didn't have time to go around this. The first thing is for the players to feel good. If they are going to leave in January, in June, or sign a new contract, everything has to be feeling good. To feel good is to be ready for September, to be ready for the team – which Jan cannot to because of injuries – but fundamentally you have to be happy. Let's go on the short term which is we have to get results in the next matches."
Door not closed on new contracts.
"I have no time for individual cases. Mr Levy didn't have time to go around this. The first thing is for the players to feel good. If they are going to leave in January, in June, or sign a new contract, everything has to be feeling good. To feel good is to be ready for September, to be ready for the team – which Jan cannot to because of injuries – but fundamentally you have to be happy. Let's go on the short term which is we have to get results in the next matches."
Door not closed on new contracts.
Mourinho on the January transfer market and what is on his Christmas list:
"Christmas list. I'm thinking about gifts I have to give to the people I love. I always try to be analytical and give the best gifts. I don't need players, I am happy with the ones I have. I always say you only know a player when you work with them. My gift is this squad."
That's it I think
"Christmas list. I'm thinking about gifts I have to give to the people I love. I always try to be analytical and give the best gifts. I don't need players, I am happy with the ones I have. I always say you only know a player when you work with them. My gift is this squad."
That's it I think
I heard the phrase "The recycled one" on the radio the other day.They played it on Talksport and they said it was like music you would go through the curtains for the last time.
He just said he loves Manchester United - the club, the fans, the people and the club occupied his heart when he was there.
This is a winner - I miss having a winner as a manager.
He had soooo much more in common with Fergie than most Utd fans care to admit.