RedRabbit
21-09-2007, 18:04
I was shocked and I'm going to sorely miss Jose. What are the rest of us going to do if that's not good enough? I'd settle for back-to-back titles and a few cups.
It's all gone mad hasn't it? Abramovich got rid of the Tinkerman when Chelsea were second in the table, which at the time I thought was a bit harsh. Then he brings in Mourinho, the bloke turns it around and wins the title in his first season.
Never mind how much money he had to spend - the spirit that they had was absolutely outstanding. He was unbelievably good tactically and Chelsea should have had it made for years. Then all of a sudden the owner wants to start buying players he likes - don't tell me Shevchenko wasn't one of his signings. The trouble is the bloke can't run - and you can't play in the Premier League if you can't run, even if you were the best goalscorer in the world.
I'm sorry, if you think you're good at what you do and you're undermining your manager, you're not - you're rubbish.
The manager has to have the power and if you can't see that Mourinho is one of the best - if not the best - managers in the world then maybe you shouldn't be in football.
I'm devastated. Mourinho added so much to our game - some edge, some trickliness.* I was learning from him from afar and I thought every interview he gave was spot on.
I spoke to Brendan Rogers, who manages Chelsea reserves. He was amazed at the news. He said Mourinho made you feel 25ft tall. His players won't like it, that's for sure. Let's see what they do.
The scary thing is if you've got people buying clubs and they're trying to run the business the way they run their other businesses, then football's going to be in trouble because they don't know anything about it.
I watched the game the other day and Abramovich didn't look that bothered when Rosenborg scored, he was too busy trying to pull that new bird of his by the looks of it.
You concentrate on that and let the manager do the job. A football club's not a toy, it belongs to the fans.
source :BBC SPORT | Football | Holloway column (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7006489.stm)
I think he is 100% right :nod:
It's all gone mad hasn't it? Abramovich got rid of the Tinkerman when Chelsea were second in the table, which at the time I thought was a bit harsh. Then he brings in Mourinho, the bloke turns it around and wins the title in his first season.
Never mind how much money he had to spend - the spirit that they had was absolutely outstanding. He was unbelievably good tactically and Chelsea should have had it made for years. Then all of a sudden the owner wants to start buying players he likes - don't tell me Shevchenko wasn't one of his signings. The trouble is the bloke can't run - and you can't play in the Premier League if you can't run, even if you were the best goalscorer in the world.
I'm sorry, if you think you're good at what you do and you're undermining your manager, you're not - you're rubbish.
The manager has to have the power and if you can't see that Mourinho is one of the best - if not the best - managers in the world then maybe you shouldn't be in football.
I'm devastated. Mourinho added so much to our game - some edge, some trickliness.* I was learning from him from afar and I thought every interview he gave was spot on.
I spoke to Brendan Rogers, who manages Chelsea reserves. He was amazed at the news. He said Mourinho made you feel 25ft tall. His players won't like it, that's for sure. Let's see what they do.
The scary thing is if you've got people buying clubs and they're trying to run the business the way they run their other businesses, then football's going to be in trouble because they don't know anything about it.
I watched the game the other day and Abramovich didn't look that bothered when Rosenborg scored, he was too busy trying to pull that new bird of his by the looks of it.
You concentrate on that and let the manager do the job. A football club's not a toy, it belongs to the fans.
source :BBC SPORT | Football | Holloway column (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7006489.stm)
I think he is 100% right :nod: