José "The Special One" Mourinho

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Started his gradual downfall since the day he was hugging Materazzi after the CL final. He needs the right environment for him to peak (like the one he's had at Inter). Instead he went to places like Madrid and Manchester. Come on.

Downfall is such a harsh word. Mourinho is simply incompatible with high profile modern football. Those with real money also need real time to win, and Mou is not the type to last 5 years on the same bench. He owns the locker room until he doesn't, and he is cozy with the management until he isn't, and then it's game over. We are endlessly lucky that he abruptly left because it would've gotten very ugly with him during banter era and it would remain sour to this day, be assured.

Time is already showing what a feat Mou's EL trophy with United was, and it will only go on to show what an achievement the Roma conference trophy is, as Roma will go for another 10 years without winning anything most likely.
 

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I meant downfall for his career and reputation. I still think that he's a top coach. He's been joining the wrong clubs that don't suit his philosophy. Yes he did get them some achievements, but it's not his potential. Maybe he should take a step back and coach a Portuguese club again or a mid table Serie A club with less demands and pressure I don't know. Good luck to him in Turkey anyway.
 

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I meant downfall for his career and reputation. I still think that he's a top coach. He's been joining the wrong clubs that don't suit his philosophy. Yes he did get them some achievements, but it's not his potential. Maybe he should take a step back and coach a Portuguese club again or a mid table Serie A club with less demands and pressure I don't know. Good luck to him in Turkey anyway.
Midtable? Mourinho?

This move is fantastic for him. He rejected my local team because he had already agreed terms with them. It's exactly where he thrives.
Competing for a championship with aspirations for European glory at any level.
 

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Could be a good move indeed. Like I said he should take a step back and this is one. I think it will benefit him. Also the atmosphere there is very competitive which suits him.
 

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Lost the Derby to Galatasaray 3-1.
 

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what is it with him? just outdated tactics? refusal to change with the modern game? or is he burnt out?
 

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what is it with him? just outdated tactics? refusal to change with the modern game? or is he burnt out?
Galatasaray has far better players than Fenerbahce. At a good age as well, Fener's best players are 36 and 39 or something.

What's "outdated" about his tactics? How do up-to-date tactics look like? And what makes people think that players do exactly, at 100%, what managers instruct them to, at all times?
 

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Didn't modernise his game post 2010.
 

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Didn't modernise his game post 2010.

Yet beat what was considered the greatest club team of all time, who were beating his side 5-0 like it was nothing, won the Spanish title in a record breaking manner, returned Real Madrid to semi finals (3 years straight) when they hadn't been there for a decade, went back to Chelsea and won the Premier League, went to a Manchester United side in disarray and still managed to finish 2nd, won them their last European trophy and is one of 3 managers post-Ferguson (that's 11 full seasons now) that won something there.... At Roma he took them to two consecutive European finals which is almost as many as they had before he joined them.

His biggest mistake was Tottenham. He saw the stadium project and a whisper of ambition and thought he could do something. Still managed to take them to a mickey mouse final and they didn't let him play it. It's like Ancelotti with Everton. If football was really like you think it is, Ancelotti had no reason to be hired by Real Madrid again, yet he won them 2 Champions Leagues and 2 league titles ever since...


I get the anti-Mourinho from clueless people and PL fanboys, but for people here to come and say such nonsense, honestly I don't know what to say.
 

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Galatasaray has far better players than Fenerbahce. At a good age as well, Fener's best players are 36 and 39 or something.

What's "outdated" about his tactics? How do up-to-date tactics look like? And what makes people think that players do exactly, at 100%, what managers instruct them to, at all times?
No. It's literally match fixing.
 

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If there's match fixing I doubt Mourinho would be involved in something like that.
Doubt all you want. Gala is literally under investigation in Turkey for match fixing. They aren't even doing a good job at hiding it.
 

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FENERBAHČE won the derby of the 11th round of the Turkish championship away from home against Trabzonspor 3:2 with a goal scored by Sofyan Amrabat in the 12th minute of stoppage time. The coach of the winning team, Jose Mourinho, wildly celebrated the victory in the match with numerous twists and turns, five goals, 19 corners, and as many as 34 shots at the opponent's goal. After that, he criticized some things in Turkish football.

Let us remind you that the visitors took the lead in the 42nd minute with a goal by Fred, but Trabzonspor turned the score around at the beginning of the second half with goals from Simon Banza from the penalty spot (59th, 67th). Edin Džeko equalized in the 75th minute, and Sofyan Amrabat brought victory to the guests in the 12th minute of stoppage time.

It's worse than they told me"
"The main man of the match was Atilla Karaoglan (VAR referee, op. a.). The invisible man. The main referee is just a child. Atilla Karaoglan is the man of the match. We don't want to see him in our matches anymore. We don't want him as a VAR referee. A lot that's what I was told before I came here. I didn't believe it, but now I see that it's even worse than what they told me," Mourinho said after the game, adding:

"We are playing against the system. I speak for all Fenerbahce fans when I say this. That's why we celebrated the victory like this. Before I came here, they told me half the story. If they had told me the whole story, I wouldn't have come."

"I started watching the Turkish league to get to know my team"
His criticisms were followed up by the world media today. The video from the press conference after the match reveals what he really thinks about the Turkish championship.

"I didn't watch Turkish football before I arrived, because nobody wants to watch it. Who outside of Turkey wants to watch it? There's the Premier League, the French league, the German league, the Portuguese league, the Dutch league. Why would anyone watch this?" he said and added:
"I started watching it when I was invited to Turkey. And that was because of the perspective, to meet my future players. My focus was not on the matches, but on getting to know them. I also met some other big Turkish clubs, but I couldn't believe what that's all. Too dark. It stinks."

Post on Instagram
On his profile on Instagram, Mourinho also published the moment at the end of the game when the penalty kick was not played for his team. He called it the biggest scandal at the match and explained why he published it.

"Like I said, many people abroad don't follow the Turkish league. I think my son is the only one who watches it in London. Nobody else. That's why I posted a video on Instagram, which has, I think, more than five million followers. So everyone can see what is the Turkish league like," he concluded.
 
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