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*Official* English Football Season 2015-16
- Thread starter Furball
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
And 6 months later was flirting with relegation. That alone constitutes an enormous failure.
He's gotten absolutely nowhere near winning the Champions League either.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
I don't see why not. The same group of players won the league last season, they're obviously good enough.
Hopefully there's plenty of backstabbing and infighting as the result of this.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
This season is a failure. But no way can you call the whole spell a failure, when they won the league last season.
Especially if you're Arsenal fans
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
He was meant to come back and manager at Chelsea for a decade bringing constant success. Not two and a half where he delivered one PL, one COC, sold some of their best young talent and replaced them with people now past their best, and has made it 90% certain they'll not qualify for the CL for the first time in about 15 years.
He's done a much worse job than Pellegrini and no one seems to be losing sleep over the fact he'll be out of a job in 6 months.
He's done a much worse job than Pellegrini and no one seems to be losing sleep over the fact he'll be out of a job in 6 months.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Winning the league 1 season out of 3 and getting nowhere in the Champions League isn't exactly a success though. Particularly when you get sacked with the team in relegation trouble.This season is a failure. But no way can you call the whole spell a failure, when they won the league last season.
Especially if you're Arsenal fans
Should go for Tony Pulis, he's got a track record for this sort of thing
Furball
Evil Scotsman
I said this elsewhere but Mourinho is increasingly becoming damaged goods and trading on his reputation from 10 years ago.
I still reckon he's a good manager, however 2 titles in his last 6 seasons and getting sacked twice compares pretty poorly to 6 titles in his first 7 full seasons at Porto, Chelsea and Inter (as well as 2 Champions Leagues to boot.)
Something's evidently changed in his man management. His first Chelsea team and his Inter team would have run through brick walls for him. He completely lost the dressing room at Real Madrid and he's quite clearly done the same thing this season with his antics at Chelsea. Maybe his style of management (create a siege mentality, everyone hates us, play negative football) just isn't suited to clubs like Real Madrid or Chelsea c. 2015. It worked at Porto who were underdogs in Europe, Chelsea first time around who although rich, were an underdog team who had won one solitary title in their history, or Inter Milan who hadn't won the big cup for almost 50 years and who had been in the shadows of their city neighbours and Juventus for 20 years before the calciopoli scandal.
Funnily enough, it's the 2 Liverpool clubs who I think would best fit him in England. It'll be interesting to see what his next move is given how much he fell out with the press in Spain and Italy though.
I still reckon he's a good manager, however 2 titles in his last 6 seasons and getting sacked twice compares pretty poorly to 6 titles in his first 7 full seasons at Porto, Chelsea and Inter (as well as 2 Champions Leagues to boot.)
Something's evidently changed in his man management. His first Chelsea team and his Inter team would have run through brick walls for him. He completely lost the dressing room at Real Madrid and he's quite clearly done the same thing this season with his antics at Chelsea. Maybe his style of management (create a siege mentality, everyone hates us, play negative football) just isn't suited to clubs like Real Madrid or Chelsea c. 2015. It worked at Porto who were underdogs in Europe, Chelsea first time around who although rich, were an underdog team who had won one solitary title in their history, or Inter Milan who hadn't won the big cup for almost 50 years and who had been in the shadows of their city neighbours and Juventus for 20 years before the calciopoli scandal.
Funnily enough, it's the 2 Liverpool clubs who I think would best fit him in England. It'll be interesting to see what his next move is given how much he fell out with the press in Spain and Italy though.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
PSG might consider him in a quest to win the Champions League. And from that perspective, he's a pretty decent fit for them in terms of underdog status.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Yeah I'd say partial failure. First season decent despite lack of trophy. Second excellent. This one disastrous.
Tangles
International Vice-Captain
I can't see the United fans unhappy at Loopys boring football being happy with Jose. There's others who wouldn't want him on principle having coached a rival and being a dick.
Would be good for him though. All you have to do is get top 3/4 for CL football to keep the owners happy.
Would be good for him though. All you have to do is get top 3/4 for CL football to keep the owners happy.
Cabinet96
Hall of Fame Member
Don't like linking Ashton/the Mail but can live with it when the dirt is on Mourinho.
Jose Mourinho told Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after the defeat by West Ham in October: 'Pay me and I will go' | Daily Mail Online
Jose Mourinho told Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after the defeat by West Ham in October: 'Pay me and I will go' | Daily Mail Online
Niall
International Coach
Supposedly Bobby Charlton was hugely against hiring him when Ferguson left due to his behaviour not been what is associated with a Man Utd manager . Obviously a little hypocritical when you consider that Ferguson was no angel in his era and loved a siege mentality as well, looking at all the off pitch rubbish this season whether you agree or disagree, don't think Bobby will have changed his mind.