One of the main things we have discussed in the caf since Jose Mourinho was hired, is his handling of players. Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial, Miki, Smalling, Bastian, etc. In the past, there was Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyn, Mo Salah etc.
No other topic seems to generate more debates when exploring the managerial ability of Jose.
Is there a trend that makes it easy to understand his actions?
A few public comments he has made provide insights into his thinking when it comes to those controversial circumstances. Recently he said this about the incident he had with Matic at Chelsea:
"Matic, I cannot say that I had better guys than him in my career,.
“And he has with me something which marks forever, which was a match where he was on the bench, I play him minute 45 and I took him off minute 70, 75.
“The press wants a story, the press wants blood.
“My blood, or his blood, or both. He was really sad. I was also sad because it’s not something nice and it’s something that I did only twice in my career.
“But the next day he comes to me and he says, ‘I’m not happy, but it’s my fault. I’m not happy with what you did to me, but it’s my fault, because the way I was playing I can understand the change. So let’s keep going’.
“We didn’t keep going for a long time because a few weeks later I was sacked.
“But again he was one of ‘my guys’, was one of the guys that we kept close during these years even not working together. So I know that the big man is there, even with more maturity.”
(The Times)
This comment is very revealing and it aligns with his comments about how Miki handled his months of sidelining last season, how Mata handled his treatment at Chelsea, how Martial has improved his attitude this season and his displeasure at AP's preference to go on loan to Valencia. It also aligns with his previous comments on Kevin De Bruyn's departure from Chelsea, Romelu's preference for a loan move and the on field event that led to his problems with Dr. Eva Carneiro at Chelsea.
He seems almost obsessed with loyalty and mental toughness when it comes to building his teams. Add that to the compulsive winning mentality he has, then all those much debated occurrences become easy to understand (though not necessarily justifiable).
The comment quoted above and the ones referred to show why he let's players leave easily when they want out; why he benches some players whose talents are never in dispute; why he clashes with some of his players in some instances and even why he walks away from his jobs at times.
What do you make of this?
No other topic seems to generate more debates when exploring the managerial ability of Jose.
Is there a trend that makes it easy to understand his actions?
A few public comments he has made provide insights into his thinking when it comes to those controversial circumstances. Recently he said this about the incident he had with Matic at Chelsea:
"Matic, I cannot say that I had better guys than him in my career,.
“And he has with me something which marks forever, which was a match where he was on the bench, I play him minute 45 and I took him off minute 70, 75.
“The press wants a story, the press wants blood.
“My blood, or his blood, or both. He was really sad. I was also sad because it’s not something nice and it’s something that I did only twice in my career.
“But the next day he comes to me and he says, ‘I’m not happy, but it’s my fault. I’m not happy with what you did to me, but it’s my fault, because the way I was playing I can understand the change. So let’s keep going’.
“We didn’t keep going for a long time because a few weeks later I was sacked.
“But again he was one of ‘my guys’, was one of the guys that we kept close during these years even not working together. So I know that the big man is there, even with more maturity.”
(The Times)
This comment is very revealing and it aligns with his comments about how Miki handled his months of sidelining last season, how Mata handled his treatment at Chelsea, how Martial has improved his attitude this season and his displeasure at AP's preference to go on loan to Valencia. It also aligns with his previous comments on Kevin De Bruyn's departure from Chelsea, Romelu's preference for a loan move and the on field event that led to his problems with Dr. Eva Carneiro at Chelsea.
He seems almost obsessed with loyalty and mental toughness when it comes to building his teams. Add that to the compulsive winning mentality he has, then all those much debated occurrences become easy to understand (though not necessarily justifiable).
The comment quoted above and the ones referred to show why he let's players leave easily when they want out; why he benches some players whose talents are never in dispute; why he clashes with some of his players in some instances and even why he walks away from his jobs at times.
What do you make of this?
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silly you! Edited. Thanks anyway.