bigmick wrote:Perhaps I'm wrong Peewee who knows. I reckon one or two who have accused me of hoping we'll lose a few times over the last few years might just be keeping their fingers crossed that Mourinho doesn't do it again . I'm fully expecting some happy campers on this thread anyway if the Mancs spank Inter 4-0 or something. They'll barely be able to contain their glee .
Mind you, in the extremely unlikely event of Inter turning em over I'll be absolutely unstoppable
bigmick wrote:No chance mate, Man Utd are a miles better team. Even with the Mourinho factor, no chance IMHO.
bigmick wrote:The thing to remember about him and to consider, is that he is a winner who will do almost whatever it takes to win football matches. Was the Chelsea team which we overcame in the Champions League semi final a better team than the one which put Barcelona out? I don't think it was no, to be honest. Nor did I agree with the nonsense about the ref, and Rjiikjard supposedly talking to him and all that nonsense. It completely unhinged Barca thoug, and Chelsea won through.
bigmick wrote:I wouldn't say they (the shenanigans) were the sole reason either Bob, but they helped a bit I think. As for the half time at bernabau affair, I thought Mourinho was out of order. I've thought Ferguson is bang out of order on many occasions too, this was no better and no worse. The Chelsea fans who got hold of the referees phone number and made threats against him were of course subhuman. I'd have advised him to invite them over. In my experience despite talking a good game they are almost to a man devoid of any @rsehole. I've worked the doors with em and talk talk talk they might, but they go missing pretty sharpish when the sh!t hits the fan. That's what caused him to give up though, the threats off the t0sspots not Mourinho's suggestions (which I say again were out of order).
As for his suitability as Liverpools manager, I say it again Bob it'll never happen. I've never said he will become Liverpool manager, or even that he should become Liverpool manager. I think he would in comparison to rafa do an absolutely fantastic job it's true, but it'll never happen. I merely started this thread because he wasn't included in the original poll (he was one of the "others" behind the likes of Sammy Lee) and to counter the often touted but ridiculous notion that nobody else on planet Earth could manage Liverpool into the top four each year without actually winning a trophy, while spending huge wads of cash.
There are plenty of "others" out there, and he is but one. As for his record, I only really got into that because his was predictably dismissed out of hand by people who think Rafa is up there with legendary managers past and present. Once you look at Mourinho's record, he probably does deserve that legendary status that people are oh so keen to bestow onto the shoulders of our manager.
Last thing. If Mourinho wasn't the manager of Inter, would absolutely anyone give them a chance, a prayer at Old Trafford? Course they wouldn't. They've got a chance because he's the manager. He's the manager so they've got a real chance of beating man Utd because he doesn't lose against them. They'll probably go unbeaten at Home this season because he doesn't lose Home games (I tell a lie he's lost one in nine years). They'll probably win the league because that's generally what he does. That's the Mourinho factor. They walk onto the pitch ten feet tall and they'd run through brick walls for him.
He is out of order sometimes though, I'll give anybody that.
s@int wrote:I don't think the English "force" can be overstated at the moment. Not one English team was knocked out by continental teams in last years comp. We beat Arsenal, Chelsea beat us, and the mancs beat Chelsea in the final.
I will be very surprised if all four English clubs don't go through to the next round, even though they may all seem quite close calls on paper.
I will however be hoping that the mancs, Chelsea AND Arsenal go out, because I believe we would have an easier time in the next rounds against ANY of their opponents.
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