When did his methods last work though; particularly in the Champions League? Chelsea exited in the limpest way imaginable in 13/14 and 14/15, as did we v Sevilla three years later.
I don’t think he has many methods apart from total entrenchment and siege mentality. I don’t know why but I get the feeling the PSG personalities in the dressing room are a combination of stupid enough and big enough bastards to buy into his “us against the world” rhetoric, I think they’ll also see him as a ‘winner’ in comparison to the outgoing Pochettino.
Well I don’t know. The trophies are disappearing into the mists of time, and United players had no problem following his instructions v Sevilla. It was just that those instructions, which seemed to just involve hoofing it up to Fellaini, failed to work.
Again agree that he is no longer in his prime as a manager. He has gone downhill somewhat since rui faria left to forge his own career as a manager. Has the game moved on? Yes but his negative, cautious, results first approach is still the vogue with a few other notiable managers i.e. simeone and allegri.
He’ll run it past the CEO (Mbappe), who will then ask for the opinion of the joint sporting and technical director (Mbappe) who will disagree with Mbappe and suggest an alternative manager that could also be player-manager - Mbappe.
And I agree, but hoofing it up to Mbappe, Messi and Neymar, or Icardi is a different story. Especially when you consider the way Madrid won their CL this season, there's still a place for the counterattack at elite level
Mbappe doesn’t rate or like him! No top manager will take that job apart from Jose who will think his ego is still larger plus he will pay 7 defenders and Neymar, Mbappe and Messi perfect he will win the league with 100 points and probably a domestic treble telling everyone how good he is again! However the fact remains Ole knocked PSG out of the Champions league not Jose !
His biggest advantage in a multi language dressing room he speaks all languages fluently so the chance of wining the league in 4th country would appeal to him and he is a master of mind games, the Portuguese speaking influence with Neymar would get him playing some of his best football again. Could see him buying Kaine just to piss off Levy too !!!
He was in hindsight, considering two managers nearly got them relegated the season after.
They played nothing until the season was basically over. He didn't do a good job with that team
Remember this game.God thanks for reminding of that time he rocked up to a CL semifinal with this ultra defensive lineup
Oh definitely. It’s just that Jose has got so risk averse in his old age that I’m not sure a side of his is even capable of effective counterattacking these days.
And he was totally right. Since he left, we've failed to qualify for the knockout round of the CL in Ole first full season in charge and got knocked out in the first knockout stage this season. I would rather hear the cold hard truth than Ole's BS cover-up sweet-talk.
a very small portion of our recent history.
Alternatively the manager could actually do his job well so he wouldn’t have to “deliver the cold hard truth”, and could instead talk about how we won the game.
He was just copying his predecessor, LVG. Everything he said had already been said before. He was just covering up his own failures.
He inherited a experienced but aging backline on his return to chelsea 2013-2014. But I'd say hes not had his own choice of defensive lineup since he managed Madrid. The defence at Utd was a mess but that was a 50/50 split between Mourinho having to compromise his choices as the club were unwilling to buy the defendera he really wanted.
Lindelof and Bailly were both his choices and after those he wanted a finished Alderweireld, a finished Boateng or Maguire who this forum thinks is shite. His talent ID is rubbish these days.
He left Porto and Inter in the exact same circumstance.
No. He left them after winning the CL, when he was widely regarded as one of the very best around at his job, going to clubs that were ready to give him everything he wanted and saw him as the solution.
