Jose Mourinho

[Marty]

Jack Clarke with a classic Jose story in the Athletic today.

“Pochettino was the manager who signed me but I went back on loan to Leeds for six months and by the time I came back to Tottenham, it was Mourinho. Again, there’s uncertainty: ‘Is he going to want anything to do with me?’

“But when I went in for pre-season (in 2020) Mourinho was brilliant with me, a really good guy. He wanted the best for me and the team, especially the young lads. He wanted to see the boys develop. I think he was at a point in his managerial career where it wasn’t so much about winning at all costs — and that fitted with the club’s philosophy. Ryan Sessegnon came through the door at the same time and we both came from the Championship, really. It was about embedding us in the squad and developing us. He was brilliant for that.

“To start with, it was about him seeing what you’re capable of. I remember the first day of pre-season. We were going out to train and I was introduced to him in the physio’s room as I was getting my ankle strapped.

“I’d just been on quite an unsuccessful loan at QPR and he knew, obviously. He just said: ‘Either you’re shit, or QPR are shit. And we’ll find out today.’”

Laughing, Clarke adds: “That made me a little bit nervous.

“I went out to train, did quite well and he put me in his Europa League squad. So there were signs of confidence coming from him and I enjoyed working under him.

“People might think of Tottenham as an unsuccessful time but with people like that and the players, you can’t not learn. Even if you’re not playing, you’re developing. You’re seeing how they conduct themselves. It’s experience: a learning curve you can’t get if you’re not there.

 

[ralvy]

Jack Clarke with a classic Jose story in the Athletic today.

Yeah, just another example of him sucking the culture out of this club and being a dinosaur.

 

[richard_gleeson]

The probably with Jose was that the tactics stunk the place out. The players clearly hated it. On top of that he wasn't backed with Dias or Skriniar. But I reckon he was supportive to the players behind the scenes.

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

The probably with Jose was that the tactics stunk the place out. The players clearly hated it. On top of that he wasn't backed with Dias or Skriniar. But I reckon he was supportive to the players behind the scenes.

They did (boring tactics), but also he didn't have much of a team that could play any progressive football.

He didn't inherit the peak poch team, he inherited a shocking squad of players. If we tried to play passing out from the back with Sanchez or pressing with Ndombele we'd have been slaughtered.

I'm not saying he would ever have played good football (whatever the squad), but he did his best with the shit he was given.

He's not a spurs manager (or a united manager) but he speaks well and is certainly an excellent manager.

Let's put it this way if I had to listen to someone talk about football for an hour, he would be my top choice.

 

[RuskyM]

Jack Clarke with a classic Jose story in the Athletic today.

The baffling thing is Mourinho clearly can have a really beneficial repor with players and he's got undeniable charisma, so how does it sour so often? There's a lot of signs of him being a very supportive man, so I wonder if he just can't help himself in the heat of the moment - the Caneiro incident being, to me, the most explicit example of ego trumping sense. I dunno: people will blame the players but it happened at United, Real and Chelsea too. He's such a fascinating man, no one quite like him.

I've come to have a lot more time for him after this season (in that both his temperament and the performances were better than Conte's) but can't lie I'm still annoyed it happened at all.

 

[Hotspur33]

“ I think he was at a point in his managerial career where it wasn’t so much about winning at all costs — and that fitted with the club’s philosophy.”

welp!

 

[dontcallme]

The baffling thing is Mourinho clearly can have a really beneficial repor with players and he's got undeniable charisma, so how does it sour so often? There's a lot of signs of him being a very supportive man, so I wonder if he just can't help himself in the heat of the moment - the Caneiro incident being, to me, the most explicit example of ego trumping sense. I dunno: people will blame the players but it happened at United, Real and Chelsea too. He's such a fascinating man, no one quite like him.

I've come to have a lot more time for him after this season (in that both his temperament and the performances were better than Conte's) but can't lie I'm still annoyed it happened at all.

It's definitely a strange one.

I remember at Chelsea he had a strong bond with the players and that team, scummy as they were, was full of leaders.

At Utd they had a lot of wasters and he just couldn't manage them. I think he had the same problem with us. Kane was thought to be close to him but few excelled under him.

 

[ralvy]

“ I think he was at a point in his managerial career where it wasn’t so much about winning at all costs — and that fitted with the club’s philosophy.”

welp!

Shite, even Clarke enjoys kicking us when we're down.

 

[mr ashley]

Shite, even Clarke enjoys kicking us when we're down.

It’s the history of Tottenham

 

[RuskyM]

Shite, even Clarke enjoys kicking us when we're down.

I mean he's yet another player who's turned out to be actually quite good after leaving us. You can almost make a full squad of those now.

 

[tottenham_skriniar]

Wow a 2nd consecutive European final in two years! Just an amazing job especially considering he's had to deal with injuries to Rick Karsdorp, Chris Smalling, Tammy Abraham, Andrea Belotti, Diego Llorente, Ola Solbakken, Zeki Celik, Paulo Dybala, Marash Kumbulla, Gini Wijnaldum, Leonardo Spinazzola and Stephan El Shaarawy in the past couple of weeks. Their injury situation is so bad that a midfielder (Bryan Cristante) is having to fill in at CB and Belotti is playing w/broken ribs.

Roma fans absolutely love him already but Mourinho will become a legend at a 4th club if he is able to take down Sevilla and win the Europa League. I know that this is Sevilla's competition but genuinely think Roma can do it if Wijnaldum, Smalling and Dybala are all healthy for the final. (...also would be great if all the Italian clubs win the European finals!)

 

[glacierSpurs]

Makes Levy even more fucking stupid each time thinking how he ditched Mourinho before the League Cup final. the fucking troll of a chairman.

 

[A Bit Much]

Makes Levy even more fucking stupid each time thinking how he ditched Mourinho before the League Cup final. the fucking troll of a chairman.

Ah yes - I could've placed a bet this point would've been raised this morning .

We could've had prime Alex Ferguson and Fabio capello in the dugout, with saltbae cutting the half time oranges, and we would've been overmatched in that game.

I'm pleased for Jose he's doing well at Roma, but it doesn't change that he had come to the end of his cycle at spurs weeks before that final.

 

[Oh Teddy Teddy]

Ah yes - I could've placed a bet this point would've been raised this morning .

We could've had prime Alex Ferguson and Fabio capello in the dugout, with saltbae cutting the half time oranges, and we would've been overmatched in that game.

I'm pleased for Jose he's doing well at Roma, but it doesn't change that he had come to the end of his cycle at spurs weeks before that final.

I'm not saying we'd have won the game with Mourinho in charge, but sacking him days before a final (in a cup he's famed for winning) was madness. Unprecedented, undeserved, and done for the wrong reasons.

Not to mention City only beat us with a late goal scored by a guy who should have been sent off (not that I'm still bitter...)

 

[mightyspur]

I still don't get the rationale to sacking him the week before the final. There must have been some serious shit going on behind the scenes to make that decision

 

[E17yid]

You could have Inter, Roma and Fiorentina winning all 3 European competitions this season. Impressive if they can pull it off.

 

[dontcallme]

I still don't get the rationale to sacking him the week before the final. There must have been some serious shit going on behind the scenes to make that decision

I always felt it was to deflect attention away from the Super League debacle.

 

[-Afri-Coy-]

Anyone else remember saying that he wouldn’t do shit after leaving us? 2nd European final in 2 years (I don’t give a shit if it’s not CL, Roma were never going to compete there) and we haven’t done shit since he left.

My GOAT

 

[spursfan77]

Ah yes - I could've placed a bet this point would've been raised this morning .

We could've had prime Alex Ferguson and Fabio capello in the dugout, with saltbae cutting the half time oranges, and we would've been overmatched in that game.

I'm pleased for Jose he's doing well at Roma, but it doesn't change that he had come to the end of his cycle at spurs weeks before that final.

Despite the fact 9 out of 10 times we seem to beat Man City?

With Mourinho that game was winnable.

We’ll never know what might have happened had fans been in grounds that season. The football was awful though.

 

[-Afri-Coy-]

I still don't get the rationale to sacking him the week before the final. There must have been some serious shit going on behind the scenes to make that decision

It’s Tottenham, is anything ever rational?