Mourinio sacked!

[MacAdder]

Re: Mourinio sacked!

three year contract as well

Job offer
Given war chest
Spends big
Initial success
Players eventually become disillusioned with him and/or his tactics
Results plummet
Sacked with nice payoff
Nice few months break
Repeat

No wonder he always has that smirk on his face.
He keeps being rewarded for doing a crap job :facepalm:

[Der Kaiser]

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Think there's still a place for Mourinho in the game, but the chances for success are becoming increasingly slim. He needs a team choc full of horrible ****ers, no surprise his style failed at Spurs. More of an indictment against Spurs' players and their culture than Mourinho himself.

[The Hooded Claw]

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It’s the three year contract that is baffling. He rarely stays that long!

[Rjk]

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Think there's still a place for Mourinho in the game, but the chances for success are becoming increasingly slim. He needs a team choc full of horrible ****ers, no surprise his style failed at Spurs. More of an indictment against Spurs' players and their culture than Mourinho himself.

His style of football is increasingly getting left behind.
He had some really good players at spurs and they would go ahead in games and then tried to grind out a 1-0, but the attacking quality throughout the premier league is just too good to do that these days.

He also at every club scapegoats individual players and publicly lambasts them. Look at luke shaw at manu since he left - he's probably the best left back in the league this season. It usually ends in the entire dressing room hating him.

At the last few clubs he's managed he's left their squad in a worse state than he took over. His trophy count is very impressive though - he's very much a "win now" manager, he might get you a trophy in the first season or two, but he'll spend a shit load of money, alienate all the players, not bring any youngsters through and leave you with an ageing squad that hates him and each other.

[surge]

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Parkin has been quite clear on his podcast that when Malky came in he created an in-group and an out-group with the latter not getting a chance. It appears that Jose does this as well, except players pushed aside are usually more talented than Jon Parkin and on longer/more expensive contracts so less likely to leave quietly, which suggests they're either of same managerial school or Malky was directly influenced by Jose at the time.

Not a surprise his next (last?) job is in Italy where all the usual criticism doesn't apply to his previous time there. Make or break time for his reputation as a manager though.

[goats]

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three year contract as well

How many 10 million quid pay offs can you get in 5 years

[life on mars]

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'Mourinho to join Roma next season'

http://www.skysports.com/share/12296636

Some people just never learn

Perhaps is cheaper risk than buying players for many more millions and failing , bearing in mind Vaulks is worth 6 million

[NYCBlue]

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He first won the Champions' League in 2004. He last won it in 2010. He's had a phenomenal career. It's just not his time anymore.

[the other bob wilson]

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I think Mourinho is one of the best examples of the view that managers get more cautious as they get older - that said, he was always more cautious than the group of younger managers that emerged about fifteen years ago and one in particular, Pep, seems to have become something of an obsession with Mourinho. I think he's lucky to get such a good job (albeit, rather like Spurs, at a level down from the sort of clubs he managed in his pomp) because it seems like five years plus since he's won anything worthwhile.

[surge]

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56985925

It's a very different club that he's joining in a country where he's achieved his greatest success and has his reputation most intact. Will be very interesting to watch what happens next.