José "The Special One" Mourinho

[bjwam4]

I think it's his purse. Where else would he put his 9 mil euro?

 

[Ilkinio]

looks like scarf to me..

 

[Handoyo]

At first glance I thought it was a gun.

 

[minterke]

It's obviously Mancini's manual of 'witty excuses to give to the press after a shitty performance'.

Mancio passed it on to him after the sacking.

 

[Luka]

Cuper was working for Inter as well. He wasnt really treated bad by media, was he?

Do you guys think Mourinho is making a big fuss about his criticism in the media or is the criticism really too much? When Jube start losing Ranieri gets his fair share and more of criticism as well.

That is because in those days we were still the laugh of the Italy, the team who will never win Scudetto, the team where MM pumps in his money, and we still won't finish first.

We were little danger, so they were even friendly to us some time.

But after Calciopoli it changed, we became no1 in Italy, and since this moment we are the enemy number one in Italy, for that reason. If Cuper was here, we would read the same stories, but a little less of them, because Cuper is not so controversial. But the mood of the italian media towards Inter would be the same.

I wrote this somewhere else..
it takes time to adapt to 4-3-3, specially for a team that hasn't played 4-3-3 at all. The key is central midfield and how they manage to cover the field. None of your midfields has really experience with 4-3-3. Once you have that, it's over.
Mourinho does a good work. Don't know what people were expecting but the plan should be for the second half of the season and not the first.
Inter has too good of a squad for Serie A, so even with a shaky start, Scudetto should be possible, because the other teams have too many flaws. The key is Europe and that starts in February. Until then, he has to make sure the trial and error process is gone and you have a team. That requires trial and error.
Once 4-3-3 is set though, it should work fine. Just give the man some time and enjoy 90 minute wins, as from a personal experience, these are the sweetest wins.

Another great post.

I wish you would write more, as I'm not here as often as I used too, and there has to be someone who is countering what the biggest hater here is writing.

We are number 1 in a league, and we're still crap. This is really hillarious. Only a shortseighted person can say those things. If we would play magnificently today, and we were crap in February, thus exiting CL, nobody would even mention the great november period. People, ahh ?

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There was some talk about Jose in Transfers section, but I don't want to talk about it over there.

What I wanted to say, is that some people remind me of "polish mentality". No matter what, and how good things were, nothing is never good enough. Instead of looking for a good things, and in a good way, it is a constant run, to find flaws, errors and be constantly unhappy.

I mean, how the fuck can you live a life like that. Pretty much all other 19 Serie A teams, would like to be in our shoes, as number 1 in a league, but nuuuuh. We are still crap, and Jose doesn't know what the fuck he is doing.

After Palermo? Silence, in the same thread

People are so funny sometimes.

 

[thomas_inter]

When Mourinho was at Chelsea, I hated the guy. His arrogance and his whole attitude, I hated him.

When there were some rumours about him going to Inter I explored him a little more and much of this hate disappeared. I formed the opinion that this wasn't his real character but that he act so arrogant that the press would all focus on him and that the players had less presure on their shoulders.

Now he coaches us, for, how long is it? A half a year or so. I read all of his press conferences and briefings and I start to like the guy very much. Oke, he is arrogant but he also is polite. He has to be arrogant because that's part of the whole world of football.

Where I before hated responses like "My team is the best" and "I don't want players from other times because mine ar the best" I now love them. He's confident and he says what he thinks, he's honest and he has the real southern mentality.

I'm glad with the tactical decisions he makes, far more glad than with Mancini's, where there were a lot of times that I thought, how can he do that?

My opinion about Mourinho turned a 180 degrees and I love him now. I really would like to have more of his character.

Thomas

 

[szasza02]

"My team is always the best, my players are always the best. And to the question you always ask me about which player from an opposing team I would like to have in my squad, my reply is no one."

that's the spirit :]

 

[A.l.i]

That was class.

 

[JohnTheBaptist]

Bows down!

The best individual in the victory over the JVC boys today.
After this he MUST get some credit from the media, but as we know... it probably wont happen. Read Ranieri's game, weeks ago. While he was getting BJ by Claudio's wife.

Jose, you are the greatest and I am so glad that you are at Inter. With such a complete team, such determination, such mentality and with this kind of messiah... who is leading the way, CL is close. This year there is something new in the air in Milano... it stinks on Champions League glory.

 

[lonewolf19]

wonderful
Jose own Raneiri straight up the face

On a sidenote
Grande Jose

Mourinho certainly did his homework for his first Derby d'Italia, as last season Inter failed to beat Juve in both meetings.

“It was crucial having [Javier] Zanetti down the right flank, as I wanted Maicon to attack. I saw last season that Del Piero caused all sorts of problems finding space down there and this time we locked it down so he could not do that.

“I watched last season's game three times - twice by myself and once with my collaborators.

 

[Joss]

If Jose insists on this formation and style of play then in truth he has not really changed Inters playing style from that of Roberto Mancini's.

As of now, Mourinho's main contribution has been reinstating Adriano into the squad and of course maybe a boost of moral and confidence to the squad. But other then that his tactics, at least in Serie A, is very similar to Roberto Mancini's.

Whether this will change or not can only be judged later on.

 

[Khalifa]

If Jose insists on this formation and style of play then in truth he has not really changed Inters playing style from that of Roberto Mancini's.

As of now, Mourinho's main contribution has been reinstating Adriano into the squad and of course maybe a boost of moral and confidence to the squad. But other then that his tactics, at least in Serie A, is very similar to Roberto Mancini's.

Whether this will change or not can only be judged later on.

doesnt need to be judged later on. You talk like you train with the team. If you don't see the clear changes, then i suggest you should watch some ping pong.

 

[Wallace]

I
As of now, Mourinho's main contribution has been reinstating Adriano into the squad and of course maybe a boost of moral and confidence to the squad. But other then that his tactics, at least in Serie A, is very similar to Roberto Mancini's.

You made it sound easy, but they are the main reasons for Mancini's failure with us during his stay. If Jose only really needs to fix these two things to win more trophies, then so be it.

 

[Joss]

doesnt need to be judged later on. You talk like you train with the team. If you don't see the clear changes, then i suggest you should watch some ping pong.

Sorry, maybe im incompentant why dont u explain them for me?

 

[Adam]

If Jose insists on this formation and style of play then in truth he has not really changed Inters playing style from that of Roberto Mancini's.

As of now, Mourinho's main contribution has been reinstating Adriano into the squad and of course maybe a boost of moral and confidence to the squad. But other then that his tactics, at least in Serie A, is very similar to Roberto Mancini's.

Whether this will change or not can only be judged later on.

You're right. Spot on actually. Although he's kinda forced to, don't you think?
I mean, the playstyle is optimal for our players characteristcs, at least as long as Quaresma and Mancini aren't performing.

I gotta say, and I don't remember why I did, but I pegged you for a moron, but having read your posts lately it's obvious you're one of the more knowledgeable posters on this forum. You bring up very interesting discussion so I really hope you post more.

Anyways, I get the feeling Mourinho is still in experiment mode so, like you say, we're gonna have to see if he continues this style or not, but they are almost identical.

I think you missed one of Mourinho's contributions though - He's made our defensive game that much better. For instance today, the collaboration between our first and second defenders were spotless. I've never seen an Inter defence this well organized and in synch under Mancini.

 

[Khalifa]

Sorry, maybe im incompentant why dont u explain them for me?

Your not incompotent buddy, you have the right to say whatever you want, stupid or not. I'm not a poster due to the reason that I dont give myself a headache. Rarely, I decided to say a thing or two, pick on one or two.

Anyways, I'll tell you one and a half difference everytime I watch Inter play.

Today - Mourniho did his homework( you could see it, with Mancio, you barely even smell the pot) and actually adapted according to Juve. Mind you, I'm proud of Mancio, but there is a difference in their evaluation.

ciao.

 

[Ziyad]

Its great to see Jose adapt to our strenghts in this game and do his howework to the smallest detail.This the Jose we all wanted and thank God its showing...

Maybe we will have to eventually test Quaresma behind the strikers or Mancini and see how that goes because ultimately our team is built for that system..

 

[lonewolf19]

guys quit criticizing for a day would ya?
enjoy the win over our old bitter rival
even if Jose only manage to add mentality it is a lot since that is what beats Juventus today

 

[Ziyad]

I have to say that Ranieri had a good press conference after the game..He has some class after all,which makes me wonder how long Juve will have him stay?!

 

[Luka]

If someone thinks, that all coaches do in the training that last for good couple of hours evey day, is sit there, put a writing on the board "4-3-1-2", and that's it, than this person must be joking.

The system is the same, but the gameplay IS NOT. There are a lot of small things, details, that has changed. Obviously, the team still knows all the stuff Mancio taught them about this formation, and the some part of the credit goes to him - true, but Jose changed the way we play.

And let me remind you, that we used this only 2 times this season. Besides that, we also played 4-4-2 flat, 4-3-3, 4-2-4, 4-1-4-1, 4-1-3-2.

If Jose plays 4-3-1-2 whole season long, then we can start talking about our team playing "Mancio" style, although it still would be funny.