Jose Mourinho

[Gareth88]

genuinely gutted that weve appointed mourinho. he a classless self promoting bastard who leaves every team devasted in season 3.

Just what the amazon doc needed

 

[mightyspur]

If he has taken the time he has been away from the game to refresh his approach and how he does things tactically, it could good. He seems to have made steps towards that with a new back room team, but let's face it, he has never questioned his own abilities, always laying the blame at the feet of others. That mentality tends to breed winners, but at the same time creates a toxic environment and pretty much every single tenure has ended badly for Jose

 

[spursfan77]

Is he going to take charge for West Ham? Just trying to work out when #JoseOut is going to start trending.

If you thought fans were fickle over Poch, this is going to be another level. This guy puts one foot wrong and there's a large proportion of angry fans ready to stick the boot in immediately. This will be repeated ad nauseam.

And if we get to summer 2021 without trophies, then fuck me. Been a complete waste of time hasn't it.

I said this in the Poch thread, the thing which Levy will never get is the mob mentality of match day going fans. Remember Stratford? Is this the first time Jose has turned up somewhere where a large section of the fans don't want him? And with Levy's transfer budget as well? Sounds like a complete car crash to me.

I guess the one good thing is spurs will probably be responsible for finally ending the legend of Joses ability to win trophies wherever he goes. Having said that, we'll be getting shit from Chelsea fans for years to come about "secret agent Jose".

Yeah, sounds wonderful, can't wait.

Unfortunately we have a lot of fans that are dicks and will be delighted when we lose under Mourinho. I agree with you. If he doesn’t get off to a good start it could be terrible. We better get behind the team on Saturday then and cheer then on. Unfortunately I don’t think the fans will.

 

[EastLondonYid]

So Kane is the new Drogba, Dele is the new Lampard. Now we just need central defender who’ll shag his teammates wife.

Annnnnndddd... we’re good to go.

Jan....

 

[Dazzazzad]

what crap - no wonder we never win things.

and at Man U he won two trophies and finished 2nd - better than poch

Do you honestly think his league cup win (edging past Hull in the semis by a goal and Southampton in the final by a goal) and UEFA win (struggling past the likes of anderlecht, rostock, and finally beating the talented but pre-pubescent Ajax) comes anywhere close to our CL run last season playing Inter, Barca, Dortmund, City, and an Ajax that had come of age?

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

I sincerely hope that those of you who were happy to give Poch more time, despite him having nearly a year, will now be open to giving Mourinho, statistically one of the greatest managers of all time, a chance to be a success at this club.

 

[Typical Spurs]

Personally I'm flipping delighted. Poch has given us top 4 football but our trophy cabinet looks exactly as it did when he came. People talking about José and how the football is shit and atmosphere will become toxic.....which is precisely what has happened with Poch. The difference being we can't look back on his time with any silverware.

I honestly think he'll properly galvanise us. I honestly think it's an appointment which will prevent Kane from leaving. The top 5 clubs fans who already dislike us for being part of the top clubs in England will have reason to dislike us as we've one of the most successful managers ever.

All of a sudden playing Liverpool or City in the league and I'm not feeling they have a better manager than us. Just my opinion.

Come on you spurs! Let's get behind the team, because I'll tell you now, the players will believe they can win more than they ever have.

 

[Shadydan]

Do you honestly think his league cup win (edging past Hull in the semis by a goal and Southampton in the final by a goal) and UEFA win (struggling past the likes of anderlecht, rostock, and finally beating the talented by pre-pubescent Ajax) comes anywhere close to our CL run last season playing Inter, Barca, Dortmund, City, and an Ajax that had come of age?

What do you think Kane and Co would have preferred, a trophy or memories?

 

[Guntz]

It will be interesting to see what happens with both the players who want out at the end of the season and our young prospects Tanganga, Parott and Skipp.

I haven t been a fan of Mourinho's in the past but I can only get behind him and wish him to succeed with us.

Poch wasn’t even playing the youngsters, so you can’t hold that against Mourinho if he doesn’t.

 

[Swalien]

Will this also mean Nemanja Matic to Spurs?

i wonder who the back room staff will be?

 

[freeeki]

Do you honestly think his league cup win (edging past Hull in the semis by a goal and Southampton in the final by a goal) and UEFA win (struggling past the likes of anderlecht, rostock, and finally beating the talented by pre-pubescent Ajax) comes anywhere close to our CL run last season playing Inter, Barca, Dortmund, City, and an Ajax that had come of age?

We were pretty horrendous for most of the CL campaign.

Difference being Jose actually won the competition he scraped his way to the final of.

 

[Hakkz]

genuinely gutted that weve appointed mourinho. he a classless self promoting bastard who leaves every team devasted in season 3.

Yeah, poor Chelsea were so devastated the last time he was there that they went and won the league the following season.

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

Are Jose's transfer targets going to be any more expensive than the one's Poch would've wanted?



I think it's going to be down to expectations like you say. He was hired at United with the expectation that he would challenge City for the title, but although he spent a lot of money there he was never given enough money to bridge the gap between them. I think City outspent United during his time there.



Can't agree with a lot of that.

Dalot - Just turned 20, not sure what you expect.
Lukaku - Scored more than a goal every other game during Jose's time there. Not a great all round player, but a good goal scorer. Not sure why people label him a failure at United.
Sanchez - Complete disaster, but not sure if Jose wanted him?
Bailly - Looked good until the injury. Can't really blame Jose for that.
Pogba - No doubt about his ability, but his attitude seems to be awful. They'd probably make money if they sold him.
Mkhhitaryan - He was OK. Not great, not awful.

So Fred and Sanchez were the only really bad signings. Every club makes a few bad signings - just look at some of the players Pep brought in and then replaced within a season or two.

I'm not sure how many of United's buys are actually the managers choices, I doubt doubt one or two are but wasn't Woodward and their transfer policy being vilified before Mourinho even took over at United? It certainly has been since, which leaves enough doubt as to who Mourinho actually wanted or not so that we can't be sure. Personally, I think their approach to transfers has been awful and my guess is that both Sanchez and Pogba were Woodward/commercially driven, not to mention in a way managing the expectations of United supporters that they sign the 'best' which in Woodward's mind probably means the most expensive. And now they are looking for a DoF aren't they? That's a failure on Woodward, it's only a matter of time before he gets the Spanish archer IMO.

 

[Mr Pink]

Those people moaning will change their tune pretty fucking quickly when we start winning things, and taking big scalps away from home.

Full 180, they'll be lining up to nosh him off.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Will this also mean Nemanja Matic to Spurs?

i wonder who the back room staff will be?

I literally was about to post a joke about Matic coming to Spurs

 

[NickHSpurs]

Champions League Winners 2019-2020

 

[allatsea]

Unfortunately we have a lot of fans that are dicks and will be delighted when we lose under Mourinho. I agree with you. If he doesn’t get off to a good start it could be terrible. We better get behind the team on Saturday then and cheer then on. Unfortunately I don’t think the fans will.

Many so called fans forgot Poch what achieved and slagged him off repeatedly on here. Why should Maureen be any different ?

I sincerely hope that those of you who were happy to give Poch more time, despite him having nearly a year, will now be open to giving Mourinho, statistically one of the greatest managers of all time, a chance to be a success at this club.

See above

 

[Rout-Ledge]

I think it’s a pretty bold move on Jose’s part. It’s an incredible challenge for him and by no means an easy option. The expectations are high and the competition is fierce. It is the ultimate acid test of whether he is still up to it in management. So fair play to him.

 

[Dougal]

Jan....

 

[robhumphreys]

Can't stand the man. Spurs fan for 45 years and I've never been as disgusted with the club over how this has been handled. This could not be a worst fit.

1. Any youth players may as well go now. They'll get no chance here.
2. Turgid defensive football.
3. End of first summer transfer window there will be constant moans about how we have not supported him with 5 £80M buys.
4. Cue major sulk until December when we sack him.