Jose Mourinho

tttcowan said:

And herein lies the problem. I guess we're just hoping now that Jose accepts that it's our expectation to do more with less. To compete and come higher than clubs like United. A club he's just had a bust up with over not spending enough. With the least cash in the top 6. We're asking him to do what Poch did, do more with less. 6th isn't enough. How is he gonna take that wonder... Honestly how long is he likely to be OK with that? 1 year? 1.5 years? 2 years?

Some people are being negative because they don't like the guy. He's Chelsea, he's a dickhead etc. I never gave a shit about that stuff, it's what goes on on the pitch that's most important. And having pissed off players or manager, as we well know, screws that up. I never cared about Poch being nice really, I didn't care about his press conferences.

But then we've not had a Jose type, if he starts slagging off players for no obvious reason for example I'm gonna pissed with him because clearly that won't help us on the pitch. If he starts clearly doing things in his own interests rather than the clubs I'm gonna be pissed with him. He's got previous with both of these. But otherwise, don't care if he's nob.

My real problem with him, is I don't see how he rebuilds us with our level of resources. Porto was a long long time ago. And ever since then he's spent bucket loads. For the first time since Stratford I'm really questioning whether Levy knows what he's doing. It feels like a vanity signing, or at least one based on building Tottenham as a brand and not Tottenham as a football club.

I guess we can all just hope that Joe Lewis has decided we've got some money to burn and he wants to see some fireworks at his age. And he him and Levy are about to do something they've never done before. Unlikely. Otherwise I think we're probably fucked one way or another, just a matter of when.

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ILS said:

I think the treatment of Martin Jol was far worse.

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Spursh said:

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EJWTartanSpur said:

Stayed at the training ground hotel last night according to the dude outside on SSN

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yankspurs said:

He lives at hotels in England. Wonder if Levy gave him a cut rate to stay there until the one opens by the new ground.

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yankspurs said:

He lives at hotels in England. Wonder if Levy gave him a cut rate to stay there until the one opens by the new ground.

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yankspurs said:

He lives at hotels in England. Wonder if Levy gave him a cut rate to stay there until the one opens by the new ground.

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yankspurs said:

He lives at hotels in England. Wonder if Levy gave him a cut rate to stay there until the one opens by the new ground.

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Nerine said:

The way I see it is that it’s all a fucking drama nowadays anyway and we’ve just secured front row seats.
If Jose does indeed become our next manager, I’ll back him.

I think teams will be fucking shit scared of us with him in charge.

If we get him in, I’d say that next season we’d be looking to get some silverware.
Fucking hell even CL winners this year is a possibility.

Not only that, I think we’ll see the attitude of the players change. He can make or break players careers such is his ruthless nature.

And that’s what we’ve lacked. Ruthlessness.
I welcome the angry, shithouse, ruthless Tottenham.

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JUSTINSIGNAL said:

I'll get behind the club and the players, not the manager. Thanks.

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Shadydan said:

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Hakkz said:

It's going to be a new experience for him, no doubt. I just think it's unfair to judge him on the conditions he had at previous clubs.

Mourinho can be called a lot of things, but he isn't stupid. He will be aware of our expectations, and they will be lower than he's been working under for a long time. I really think he relishes this chance to do something different. How he views it one year from now, no one knows.

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bubble07 said:

What Mourinho said about us

"At the same time, they don’t feel big pressure from United, from Chelsea, from the teams that could stay ahead of them so they have the fourth position more or less under control. ‘One point here, one point there was enough for them to keep that control. Probably the Champions League becomes step after step the dream for them. Maybe it took away the focus from them. I think this is quite a linear way to look at it. ‘But, I am afraid that I’m wrong but also I’m afraid that I’m right.

Maybe, this season they are not having that kind of chemistry that I felt that they had in the team. I don’t know if I’m right, of course. ‘I always felt that Spurs in the last years, of course they were not buying or not buying a lot, but they were doing something that for me is even more important which is to keep all the good players that they have. ‘Somehow, with Mauricio, with Mr [Daniel] Levy, with everything around the club, they persuade the players to stay and to stay happy. That was my feeling… perfect chemistry.

They managed to give some new contracts to Harry Kane and to other players and they looked happy to belong to that project, to that club, to that dream. ‘Maybe now, the feeling that I have with what is happening with Eriksen, with Vertonghen at the end of last season, with Alderweireld, it looks like probably now, some of the boys are not so happy to stay. ‘They have their eyes in bigger pictures. Other players getting more money to them, other players winning titles. Look to Kyle Walker winning trophies. Looking to the possibility of playing for Barcelona, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain. ‘Maybe in this moment the team is not that focused family full of chemistry. It looks to me like the relationship with Mauricio is fantastic, they are more than happy to work with him. ‘The club grew up, amazing stadium to play, Champions League again. But maybe some of the boys they want something different. ‘Sometimes, even in the perfect group, it is only one that is not happy, is something that can create a situation where step by step they lose a little bit of focus.’

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spursfan77 said:

The bit about his future is from 34ish minutes.

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fishhhandaricecake said:

Like you say he isn’t stupid so I don’t get why he does seem to fall out with some players or has that 3rd season drop off, other than that I’m nothing but optimistic about this.

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