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Jose Mourinho
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Apart from the first two clubs he managed
Finney Is Back
Luka Modric
To be fair he was stripped of his chance to actually attempt to do do by our chairman sacking him 5 days before the League Cup final.
Robspur12
John Lacy
I'm a big fan of Jose. And well done to him for reaching another European final. But there are a couple of things to note.
1) He has not made a significant difference to their League standings in the 2 seasons he's been there. So he has clearly put his eggs in the European tournament baskets.
2) I know there is a section of the fanbase who put winning a trophy ahead of finishing in the CL placings and I have sympathy with that view. However that belief is not shared by the board. They appear from the way we treat the cups to put a top 4 place as the main priority. Which is understandable from a revenue pov. It's just that we know winning a trophy and finishing in the top 4 is almost impossible within our current financial model.
Hence don't expect us to beat the odds even with great managers. Given how close Poch came to achieveing it is the reason why he is so highly thought of by fans like me.
Mikey10
Pat van den Hauwe
You can bet that’s carefully timed by him as the manager search enters a particularly ‘interesting’ phase.
afsoc4life
Vedran Corluka
The media turning the heat on Spurs with Mourinho's comments. Once you read the quotes, you realise the headline is worse than the quotes.
In summary he said that he didn't feel a strong connection with Spurs due to COVID and the manner in which Levy let him go. That IMHO is understandable. I think Spurs was his shortest managerial stint in the last 5 jobs.
In summary he said that he didn't feel a strong connection with Spurs due to COVID and the manner in which Levy let him go. That IMHO is understandable. I think Spurs was his shortest managerial stint in the last 5 jobs.
mephitis
Niko Kranjcar
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
Absolutely got his timing spot on....
I mean lets forget that the club gave him a chance when his stock was at an all time low, no one dare mention he is hated at Chelsea now because of his character, his suspended sentence for fraud, going to court for bullying a female or gouging someone's eyes on the touchline....But yeh, good old Jose
My enemy's enemy and all that...
DeanoAustin
Christian Ziege
Dunno. Think that's mentioned as a contributory factor rather than an absolute. He clearly resents Levy. That's obvious from the comment about being fired before the cup final. Think the "Mr Levy's club" also infers an awful lot.
Say what you like about Jose, he's a very, very intelligent man. His words are seldom misplaced.
ricky2tricky4city
Tom Huddlestone
I don't think he's said much tbh.
The connection thing he largely explains by the COVID and the empty stadiums. Fair and makes sense.
When he left probably irks him more than why. Anyone would be a bit tinkled so close to a final. Even moreso if your regular diatribe is banging on about the trophies you've won.
Levy took away his ball 90 mins from another potential cup.
He sees it as a blot on his CV....and holds Levy responsible.
Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
Deliberate use of Mr Levy was telling
Sympathy for the lack of cup final action for him, less sympathy for him being out coached by Scott Parker
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
Poor bloke never had a chance for the fans to boo him.
Lemonade Money
Steffen Freund
I agree, but everyone seems to forget the frothing at the mouth from 'fans' saying he has to go, leading up to that point. If the fans had supported him until the end of the season, and shown a bit of patience, and what it means to support your club through the hard times, Levy wouldn't have sacked him, so you reap what you sow.
parklane1
Vic Buckingham
Seems to me that in todays game its normal for fans to froth at the mouth so there was nothing new in that.
Robspur12
John Lacy
He wasn't sacked because of the fans what a disingenuous statement..I doubt any manager is.
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Grays_1890
Colin Calderwood
You can apply that to our entire history not just the last 10 years.