Isa Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ultimately Mourinho says what he feels is in the interest of his team. I think some people waste too much time back-referencing his every statement to evaluate it's consistancy and thus seem to forget this. He has always been the same with his comments throughout his career and it has served him well so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Ultimately Mourinho says what he feels is in the interest of his team. I think some people waste too much time back-referencing his every statement to evaluate it's consistancy and thus seem to forget this. He has always been the same with his comments throughout his career and it has served him well so far. Mourinho has no right to bully and intimidate officials or others, it is inexcusable Isa. Hopefully the FA will make an example out of his behaviour. For the record, nobody's doubting his managerial ability/success, it is his disgusting conduct towards the competition that irritates and upsets people. I am sorry, I do not like bullies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I'd agree to an extent. I think he has to right to voice his own opinion of the Willian sending-off though as it was a debatable yellow. Also, looking at your grievances, surely then the same applies to Ferguson? Probably the biggest bully of them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I'd agree to an extent. I think he has to right to voice his own opinion of the Willian sending-off though as it was a debatable yellow. Also, looking at your grievances, surely then the same applies to Ferguson? Probably the biggest bully of them all. All the decisions were theoretically correct, it is time Jose admitted defeat and moved on. I disliked Ferguson for the same reasons. It is no coincidence Mourinho returned when Fergie retired, cut from the same cloth those two and the league is not big enough for the both of them. There should be grace in losing and winning a game, I believe more managers should conduct themselves like Brendan Rodgers and Roberto Martinez. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 That's a fair opinion to have. It doesn't bother me personally but I can see why he irritates others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 29, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2014 He's spoken out about the Villa match in his press conference today, saying that the refereeing performance in that game could cost them the title. He's also said that PSG should be investigated about FFP. I used to like the bloke and thought his mind games were clever, now he's just an absolute tosspot who seems to have become a parody of himself. Just read about this. He really is a whiner now. All this putting pressure on the refs is really going to have to be clamped down on now, it blatent. Mourinho hits out at Foy again 2014-03-29 10:03 Jose Mourinho (AFP) Related Links Everton could haunt Wenger City aim to add to Arsenal woe Fellaini denies Zabaleta spat London - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has again criticised referee Chris Foy, despite facing a charge of improper conduct by the FA following his comments about the official after the 1-0 defeat at Aston Villa earlier this month. The Portuguese, who will contest the charge, was sent to the stands for encroaching on the turf and approaching the match referee at the end of the match on March 15. Mourinho had been angered after Foy showed Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Ramires a straight red card for a stamp on Villa's Moroccan international Karim El Ahmadi. The manager said after the match that Foy, who also sent off Brazilian Willian, should not be allowed to take charge of any more Chelsea matches. On Friday, Mourinho fanned the flames by stating he could "never accept" Foy's performance. "What happened in the defeat against Aston Villa I never accept," he told reporters. "I have a lot of experience in football and I learn a lot of things, and one of the things I learn is that you can win and you can lose and if you lose in the right way you have to move on, try not to lose again and try to learn from the mistakes, but I never learn from and I never accept losing that way. "I accept and learn how to lose because of the bad performance or because the opponent was better. I learn to lose when the referee makes a mistake because we can also lose with my mistake. I learn everything. "The only thing I didn't learn is to lose with that kind of refereeing performance because it is not a mistake, it is a performance." Mourinho hinted that Foy was solely to blame for the defeat at Villa Park. "Other matches we lost because we didn't play well, because the opponent played much better than us. Against Stoke we had chances to kill the game and we didn't. Against Newcastle in the second half they played much better than us," he said. "If you go to the other matches you find natural reasons to lose the match. If you go the Villa match, it is difficult.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 29, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2014 He conveniently forgets how he was tactically out-thought for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityRoadSteps Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 And they only had two shots on target all game. Suck it up Jose. You got beat. Get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) Rafa Benitez has branded Jose Mourinho a specialist in European failure – and mocked the Chelsea’s boss’s claims that he needs to spend more money to build a winning team. The Spaniard hit back after Mourinho claimed the Blues had underperformed under Bentiez, despite winning the Europa League. The two have a running feud from the Portuguese’s first spell in English football when Benitez’s Liverpool twice knocked them out of the Champions League. Mourinho has twice won the competition – with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010. But Benitez, who won the Champions League with Liverpool in 2005, said: “Mourinho talks a lot about a lot of people, but I prefer to talk about facts. At Liverpool, with a squad half of the value of Chelsea, we twice knocked his Chelsea side out of the Champions League. “Later, with the most expensive squad at Real Madrid, he did nothing in the Champions League. Now he says if there is an offer of hundreds of millions for Hazard and Oscar, maybe he can build a strong squad to win something.” Asked about Chelsea’s weekend defeat after his Napoli beat Juventus, Benitez told Italian TV: “I am happy for Liverpool – I have lots of friends there.” http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/rafa-benitezs-feud-jose-mourinho-3320329 Edited April 1, 2014 by av1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Rafa for Manure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Rafa for Manure. Not sure that would go down well mate. These are the FACTS ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 but I prefer to talk about facts. No one would have guessed, Rafa. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Mourinho a specialist in European failure. Champions League win with FC Porto 2004, Champions League win with Inter Milan 2010 and a UEFA cup win with FC Porto in 2003. Oh and 4 Champions League semi finals too. That is an impressive record. How can that be classed as a failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 It could be argued that he succeeds when his club are the underdogs, not the favourites. At Chelski and Madrid, he had two of the most expensively assembled squads in history, and with the latter he had the second best player in the world in his ranks. He failed with both to win the prize they really wanted. It's a different game when you are expected to win everything, and few managers really thrive under that sort of pressure. Arguably Mourinho has a better chance of winning the CL with Chelski now because his team aren't expected to do as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) Yep that does seem to be true, just like with Inter and Porto as well.. He seems to thrive on being the underdog. Edited April 1, 2014 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted April 1, 2014 Moderator Share Posted April 1, 2014 It could be argued that he succeeds when his club are the underdogs, not the favourites. At Chelski and Madrid, he had two of the most expensively assembled squads in history, and with the latter he had the second best player in the world in his ranks. He failed with both to win the prize they really wanted. It's a different game when you are expected to win everything, and few managers really thrive under that sort of pressure. Arguably Mourinho has a better chance of winning the CL with Chelski now because his team aren't expected to do as well. Pretty sure Messi was at Barcelona 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I fully understand your point but I beg to differ. He has won the Champions League with 2 different clubs, hardly any managers in the history of the game can say that. Ferguson in all his years has only 2. Marcello Lippi, Carlo Ancelotti, Fabio Capello. None of them have done it more than twice. Rafa has only done it once so he can't say much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yes, winning the Champions League on a regular basis is easier said than done. There is a good reason why no team has ever retained it, even Pep's Barcelona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 1, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) It could be argued that he succeeds when his club are the underdogs, not the favourites. At Chelski and Madrid, he had two of the most expensively assembled squads in history, and with the latter he had the second best player in the world in his ranks. He failed with both to win the prize they really wanted. It's a different game when you are expected to win everything, and few managers really thrive under that sort of pressure. Arguably Mourinho has a better chance of winning the CL with Chelski now because his team aren't expected to do as well. Pretty sure Messi was at Barcelona messi was 3rd. Marlon Harewood was first Edited April 1, 2014 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 (edited) I fully understand your point but I beg to differ. He has won the Champions League with 2 different clubs, hardly any managers in the history of the game can say that. Ferguson in all his years has only 2. You didn't differ with my point at all. Differing with my point would be saying that he can thrive under pressure, and does succeed when his team are the favourites. But whatevs. Edited April 1, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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