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Jose Mourinho

How do you feel about Mourinho appointment

  • Excited - silverware here we come baby

    Votes: 666 46.7%
  • Meh - will give him a chance and hope he is successful

    Votes: 468 32.8%
  • Horrified - praying for the day he'll fuck off

    Votes: 292 20.5%

  • Total voters
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As a said it has nothing with simply not liking Mourinho. That would be pathetic.
So you can't see the problems he is facing? You'd sack him at the end of this season because he lost his two leading scorers and that's an excuse?

haha.
 

alfie103

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Jun 4, 2005
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Winks
Skipp
Ndombele
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Lovely set of mids comfortable on the ball really. Good to great technique all of them.
I understand not scoring but this cowardly all out defence direct to moura stuff is hurtful

Winks isn't comfortable on the ball under pressure and Ndombele didn't seem comfortable on the ball under pressure today. Lo Celso is the only player I feel is comfortable on the ball under pressure.
 

King of Otters

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Jun 11, 2012
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Absoloutley no chance of that mate. Levy will lose too much face if so also CL qualification was almost mission impossible when Jose took over and now we’ve got son and Kane out it really is so no chance he’ll get sacked whatever our results are until the end of the season.

But if the performances are this fire consistently then I can certainly see the fans turning if results aren’t going well either

I wouldn’t be so sure personally. Jose was brought in as a short term manager, there’s no doubt about that. If it’s obvious by the end of the season that he’s unable to get a short term tune out of this squad I wouldn’t be surprised if Levy pulled the trigger.
 

alfie103

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Jun 4, 2005
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Nothing to do with it being Jose Mourinho. It’s to do with the style of football he deploys. Or the distinct lack of it.

What style of football should he be playing? Our defenders aren't comfortable on the ball enough to play out from the back. Every time we do try to do it we end up lumping up because they don't have any options.

Our forwards can't hold the ball up and most of our midfield can't control or pass the ball under pressure.
 

Danny1

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Dec 6, 2006
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Same could be said of the last 6 - 12 months - probably tells you more about the footballers at the club than anyone cares to admit.

Or maybe we actually think our players are better than they are. I’ve been thinking about this and actually look through our squad and wonder who would get into the other top 6 teams. Lloris maybe, Ndombele for potential, Lo Celso maybe, Bergwijn maybe, Alli maybe, Son definitely, Kane definitely. Thats it, take out the promising youngsters are we and it shows that we are not actually that good.

Maybe it’s time we realised this and take our time in rebuilding this average, ageing squad with better players. Whether we like it or not, it’s going to take time and I, unlike an awful lot in here, wasn’t expecting some Mourinho miracle where he walks in and makes us the best team in the world. We are currently 3rd in the league since he took over.....not that bad really is it? Let’s give the guy some time.

The performance and results were way way way worse under the last 11 months of Poch and people tell me he is the greatest coach Tottenham have ever had, so maybe after all it is the players!

But nah, let’s blame Mourinho after less than 3 months and 21 games.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Nov 15, 2018
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I wouldn’t be so sure personally. Jose was brought in as a short term manager, there’s no doubt about that. If it’s obvious by the end of the season that he’s unable to get a short term tune out of this squad I wouldn’t be surprised if Levy pulled the trigger.
I’d like to think and hope that if that is the situation then we do part ways but we also paid a huge amount to pay off poch and being Jose in so I think it would have to go seriously wrong quickly for him to get to boot.
 

Danny1

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Dec 6, 2006
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I wouldn’t be so sure personally. Jose was brought in as a short term manager, there’s no doubt about that. If it’s obvious by the end of the season that he’s unable to get a short term tune out of this squad I wouldn’t be surprised if Levy pulled the trigger.

Sorry but absolutely no chance in hell is Jose a short term!
 

Ron Burgundy

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Jun 19, 2008
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Why are people making so many excuses? We’re playing as though we have the worst squad in world - why the massive inferiority complex? Why are we throwing everyone behind the ball from the word go?

I'm fed of playing as though we’re destined to lose every game. We’re not this bad. We’re not set up to play solely counter attacking football.

Im running out of belief that he’s someone that’s right for the club frankly
 

yankspurs

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We're screwed with Jose in the short term due to the injuries. He's not an attacking coach. Which is what we need with the situation we are in.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Or maybe we actually think our players are better than they are. I’ve been thinking about this and actually look through our squad and wonder who would get into the other top 6 teams. Lloris maybe, Ndombele for potential, Lo Celso maybe, Bergwijn maybe, Alli maybe, Son definitely, Kane definitely. Thats it, take out the promising youngsters are we and it shows that we are not actually that good.

Maybe it’s time we realised this and take our time in rebuilding this average, ageing squad with better players. Whether we like it or not, it’s going to take time and I, unlike an awful lot in here, wasn’t expecting some Mourinho miracle where he walks in and makes us the best team in the world. We are currently 3rd in the league since he took over.....not that bad really is it? Let’s give the guy some time.

The performance and results were way way way worse under the last 11 months of Poch and people tell me he is the greatest coach Tottenham have ever had, so maybe after all it is the players!

But nah, let’s blame Mourinho after less than 3 months and 21 games.
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Very very good points!
Completely agree we over rate the players but the only concern for me about Jose is the lack of football we are playing by bypassing the midfield.
 

fortworthspur

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Nov 12, 2007
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I wouldn’t be so sure personally. Jose was brought in as a short term manager, there’s no doubt about that. If it’s obvious by the end of the season that he’s unable to get a short term tune out of this squad I wouldn’t be surprised if Levy pulled the trigger.
if the 15 million pound salary is accurate, that would cost 30 million.
 

Danny1

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Dec 6, 2006
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Very very good points!
Completely agree we over rate the players but the only concern for me about Jose is the lack of football we are playing by bypassing the midfield.

This I can’t disagree with, I would like us to play more possession based aswell.
 
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My patience with Mourinho has gone already. He has had bad luck with injuries but he’s had plenty of luck getting results from games where we were comfortably second best. Ultimately I just hate his brand of football. Leipzig was the perfect example - a good atmosphere before the game - everyone’s had a few drinks - home champions league knockout game against a team we are more than capable of beating and Mourinho’s passive conservative tactics killed the atmosphere within 5mins. Even if we somehow get a result against teams, (Villa, Southampton, etc) it’s awful to watch - getting outplayed by Villa... what is to enjoy? I know Poch had a poor second half of last season and start to this but for me he had more than earnt the right to be given more time and more signings to turn things around - it’s so sad to think Poch is gone and will, I am sure, be a success wherever he ends up, whilst we are left to watch atmosphere and confidence-killing Mourinho-ball. What concerns me is there is no way our players will be enjoying playing this football - Alli’s reaction on Weds said it all for me - we have so little of the ball and so little ambition that our good players have no opportunity to shine. Lo Celso - he can’t be enjoying playing like this... the players will get frustrated and want out if we wait too long to get rid of JM. Why is he talking down Moura and Parrott when we most need them? To protect himself. Typical JM. Poch would never have done that. He would have got a tune out of them, I’m sure. The Players let Poch down and now they are paying for it. Levy has generally been great for the club but he got this one badly wrong. I would have Poch back in a heartbeat (and I bet the players would) but assuming that’s never going to happen I would cut our losses with JM now and bring in a young progressive coach and get the feelgood feeling back. To dare is to do... Mourinho-ball couldn’t me more the antithesis to that. It was never going to be a good fit. A manager who plays awful football and spends big but wins trophy at a club that doesn’t tend to spend big, doesn’t win a lot of trophies but has a fan base that accepts that if they are entertained and we take the game to the opposition. It’s such a shame.
 

Jamturk

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The main question in all of this for me.

Do the players believe in this?

Does'nt look like they do to me.

If so it's game over.
 

Danny1

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Dec 6, 2006
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In what way is he anything other than short term? Every job he’s ever had has gone south after 2-3 seasons max.

The post I replied to was taking about getting rid at the end of this season so assumed that was meant by the statement short term. I was saying there is no way at all that Mourinho was brought in with a view that if he didn’t get us playing well then we would part ways in the summer.

If anyone thinks that then they are completely incorrect.
 

THOWIG

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So you can't see the problems he is facing? You'd sack him at the end of this season because he lost his two leading scorers and that's an excuse?

haha.

I can see the problems with not having an attacking outlet. But that doesn’t explain the complete lack of style, direction etc....
 
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I can see the problems with not having an attacking outlet. But that doesn’t explain the complete lack of style, direction etc....
I think you can factor it in, especially a team with out a recognised first team striker ... Sacking him over that being an invalid excuse ... You can put me down for a no, sorry.
 
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