Great manager, but I am so bored of his antics now.
When it comes to dealing with the media, he was a breath of fresh air the first time round, but he just does a slight variation of the same thing over and over again.
Tedious, but the press and the no-brains love him.
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What gets my goat is the generic sulky and bitter reaction whenever they get a bad result and the wholly staged incredulity he displays to EVERY SINGLE interviewer after every game, win lose or draw, as if he can't believe anyone would ask anything so stupid, then responding like a fucking teenager desperately trying to show the onlookers how cool he is. Every week there are obtuse answers and attempts to be mysterious or unfathomable. We all know it's a diversionary tactic to deflect from his players, but it's so old hat now that it's ridiculous.
Yes Jose, you're very good at your job. Well done. Now just answer the journo's questions or don't come out for the interview in the first place.
and how long has this great manager gone without a major trophy despite managing multi millionaires Real Madrid and Chelsea
Di Matteo won the Champions League with Chelsea, does that make him a great manager no,
Let Mourinho go to a West Brom or a Aston Villa and see how he gets on
Maybe the Ref should be brought before the press to offer a view on some of these decisions that are shocking.
There's leagues within leagues nowadays in football and he is a top manager in the top echelon of the top leagues in Europe.
Put it this way he wouldn't take his squad on a pre matchc jog on a northern motorway.
Like most of us, I have followed him and his ego for many years and he is a much fine-tuned individual compared to his early days.
One thing is for sure:
For a man with no history as a footballer, to manage at the highest level and get the world's top footballers to accept him without him having been a pro and to achieve such success is not just rare but exceptional.
Yes, he plays mind games but he has little choice at this level.
We could only dream of having a Manager like Mourinho.
Huge respect for the man.
It's great seeing him have a moan, we are lucky to have him providing such entertainment imo. It was the same with fergie, so many people used to slag him off and say he was a moaner and influencing refs or whatever. Was he a great manager? Yes. Was it great having him in English football? Yes. Does the premier league miss him? Yes. The same can be said or will be said about Mourinho.
It's the same with players too, hardly ever bother watching post match interviews because its always the same shit, shelvey for example the other day, scored a screamer to win it for Swansea v Southampton and in his post match interview just says how the 3 points are the important thing, good for the team bla bla, the same with Ramsey when he scored one of the best goals i've seen in the champions league for arsenal, his post match interview nearly sent me to sleep! I know if that was me i'd be bouncing off the walls afterwards! I'm not having a dig at either of them as I'm sure a lot of the clubs tell players to give these PC answers and as soon as they get back in the dressing room they're probably raving about it, but it doesn't always have to be the case. That is another reason why I really like Harry Kane, when he's scored he shows real passion even in the interviews and says how delighted he is for HIMSELF and what a lovely goal HE scored rather than straight away go on about the team and how the 3 points is all he's thankful for. I guess he is young so they'll probably have that knocked out of him soon, especially once he gets his england call up. Slightly off topic but hope you get the point.
However, I just don't think he's evolved and as a result his routine has become boring and transparent.
He's still very effective at making comments to influence the talking points in the pubs after the games, I'll grant him that. I guess that's why he does it. He couldn't give a shit if some people find him tedious now, he's got enough people jizzing in their pants over his every word that his agenda will be met every week.
For example, how many people are talking about Ivanovic's utterly disrespectful antics during the red card incident? He intimidated and tried to snatch Atkinson's red card off of him. Yet again a Mourinho player displays the inflated arrogance and misplaced sense of entitlement of their boss. Ivanovic was (rightly) booked for his actions, but nobody is talking about that because Mourinho fixed the agenda.
Also, has anyone pointed out that it might have been quite easy for Atkinson to miss the Matic incident? Why do I say this? Because Matic was the only one to react. No other Chelsea or Burnley player reacted in any way at all until Matic did and there are quite a few watching the incident from just a few feet away. I've never seen a leg breaker raise so little interest from surrounding players. Admittedly, in slow motion it looks bad, but you could argue that it looked like a legal tackle at full speed. That's not a conspiracy, that's understandable human error.
Just like Fergie and Wenger, (also great managers) he's also very good at seeing the things that go against his side and none of the things that go for them. Chelsea have had far more than their fair share of bad decisions go for them - so the 'subtle as a brick' hints (from Mourinho) and explicit cries (from the fans) of conspiracy emanating from Chelsea are entirely unfounded and not a little cringeworthy in my opinion.