My point was political hang up or not ( and I gave a leftist example of the same thing) I get why he makes the parallel. They are just a growing weird part of not only our fan base they everywhere! And they are in every arena.
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Manager Jose Mourinho
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I just couldn't do it with Graham. With Ramos there was probably a bit of emotion left from Jol getting sacked, which was one of the darkest nights in club history.
Interesting to watch his BBC interview, at the end he complains that many times when we are on the ball in midfield he knows the ball is going to go back to Hugo via the CBs instead of forward.
Why can't he stop this from happening if it's so obvious to him that it's going to happen? I do believe that he is trying to move away from his traditional Mou-ball (even though our best results came with that football) but for £15m a year he should be able to translate his instructions to the team. If Ndombele, Hojbjerg and Lo Celso keep playing backwards when they should play forwards, that's on him.
There is such an obvious disconnect between the way he wants us to play and his fundamental principle of not taking risks. Right now we are stuck in this mindset of safety first x attacking football, which leads to us just faffing around for most of the match, too scared to attack the game in case we give the ball away. We selected a very attacking team today yet were outshot 22-11 by Newcastle, so something is clearly wrong.
Why can't he stop this from happening if it's so obvious to him that it's going to happen? I do believe that he is trying to move away from his traditional Mou-ball (even though our best results came with that football) but for £15m a year he should be able to translate his instructions to the team. If Ndombele, Hojbjerg and Lo Celso keep playing backwards when they should play forwards, that's on him.
There is such an obvious disconnect between the way he wants us to play and his fundamental principle of not taking risks. Right now we are stuck in this mindset of safety first x attacking football, which leads to us just faffing around for most of the match, too scared to attack the game in case we give the ball away. We selected a very attacking team today yet were outshot 22-11 by Newcastle, so something is clearly wrong.
Oh shit, I just spotted that it's Dan Kilpatrick reporting that.
That's as good as an official club brief as you'll get. The clock's ticking for sure.
I said a while back get harry in for the rest of the season with Jordan to kick a few arses. He’d get them fired up withOut having to keep saying “play like c*^+*”.
no way we would be worse in fact he’d get most of the players to flourish and you wouldn’t get crypto BS from Harry. He would love managing our squad he’d be like a kid in a toy shop.
Don't believe a word the tool says. It means the exact opposite is happening in training.
I remember being at that game, really strange. I think the general atmosphere was best under Jol. That was a period I genuinely could say we had one of the top 5 best support in the country. The team and supporters were just in sync (Edit: not Van der Vaart lol he was 2010
) Even Ramos said the Sevilla game (where we lost) was one the best atmospheres he has experienced. Unbelievably cold from Levy in how he sacked Jol.
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I can't remember who (Ozil?) but wasn't there an interview where a player under him at Real said there was basically no attacking coaching and it was more of the Fackin Run Abaht a Bit philosophy?
Yeah there is something going on there. Might develop but even if not if the club are questioning his version of events over something like that then this nightmare might be over sooner rather than later.
Every time he opens his mouth it's a usually a lie or a distortion. He can't help himself.
If Levy is under any illusions that the weird feeling around the fanbase right now isn't being massively hidden by covid lockdowns and the lack of crowds, then he's genuinely deluded.
I dread to think what NWHL would currently be like with a full house. It's sparing the club so many blushes, frankly.
There’s a breaking point though. IMO When it becomes blindingly obvious that something isn’t good for the club, I will recoil. I can't be the only one.
Likewise with Graham I just can't do it with Jose. He's done nothing at Spurs to make me budge. I hate him with all my football loving being.
Right now, it's apathy. But if I was paying what it cost to attend a match at the NWHL, I'd be furious. Some people who have been following Spurs since the 50s/60s have said this is one of the lowest points for the club, at least for them personally.
I don't know how it can continue. Even Levy, a dyed in the wool Mourinho fanboy, can surely can see there is no way back for Jose now.
The empty stadium has got to be the only thing that is saving Mourinho at this point
Honestly he's that good at it and built up such a cult following that thank god he put these skills into football coaching and not politics,
He's definitely capable of manipulating his way into becoming a fascist dictator
He let Bale have a go and look what happened!!!
And he was chewing gum at the time!
Get rid asap
Treating us like cunts
If he gets sacked without winning us anything he is going to bang on about what a shit smalltime nothing club we are for the rest of his life. It's clear.
Who cares? No-one will take any notice.... hopefully the little fuck keels over in the summer and that’s the end of that
Guy is a prick. His comments are, at best odd, but mostly horrible.
"I don't want to say indiscipline,” Mourinho added, when pushed on the absence of Alderweireld and Aurier.
“I don't want to say that. This is what it is. The players that landed in London on Wednesday after internationals and the ones that played in London – as in the case of the English boys – they had the tests and they could immediately be in training on Thursday and so Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
“And they [Alderweireld and Aurier] couldn't. They appeared only yesterday.” (btw Spurs posted pictures of Toby in training on Friday)
Alderweireld and Aurier missed Spurs’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break through illness and Mourinho stuck with the same XI against Newcastle, with young defenders Japhet Tanganga and Joe Rodon starting.
Asked if the experienced pair would have been involved had they reported to training sooner, Mourinho said: “Maybe, but I'm not saying yes and I feel a bit strange because what are you trying to say? That Davinson Sanchez and Rodon were very bad?
“If you want to say that, then you say that but I'm not going to say that. If you want to say that Serge and Toby every time they played they were phenomenal, if you want to say then you say it.
“But don't put me with questions that you want an answer to but I don't have an answer to give or at least the answer you want.”
Let's not forget he said this about Shaw:
"He [Shaw] had a good performance but it was his body with my brain," said Mourinho. "He was in front of me and I was making every decision for him.
"The communication was possible because we were very close. I was thinking for him, when to close inside, when to open, when to press the opponent, I was making every decision for him.
I posted the above quote a while ago and it was ignored, but he is literally claiming Shaw's good performance was because of his brain. Remember the context of this was that Jose was digging out Shaw at every opportunity. He plays well and Jose still feels the need to dig him out because it goes against his decision to drop him.
"I don't want to say indiscipline,” Mourinho added, when pushed on the absence of Alderweireld and Aurier.
“I don't want to say that. This is what it is. The players that landed in London on Wednesday after internationals and the ones that played in London – as in the case of the English boys – they had the tests and they could immediately be in training on Thursday and so Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
“And they [Alderweireld and Aurier] couldn't. They appeared only yesterday.” (btw Spurs posted pictures of Toby in training on Friday)
Alderweireld and Aurier missed Spurs’s 2-0 win over Aston Villa before the international break through illness and Mourinho stuck with the same XI against Newcastle, with young defenders Japhet Tanganga and Joe Rodon starting.
Asked if the experienced pair would have been involved had they reported to training sooner, Mourinho said: “Maybe, but I'm not saying yes and I feel a bit strange because what are you trying to say? That Davinson Sanchez and Rodon were very bad?
“If you want to say that, then you say that but I'm not going to say that. If you want to say that Serge and Toby every time they played they were phenomenal, if you want to say then you say it.
“But don't put me with questions that you want an answer to but I don't have an answer to give or at least the answer you want.”
Let's not forget he said this about Shaw:
"He [Shaw] had a good performance but it was his body with my brain," said Mourinho. "He was in front of me and I was making every decision for him.
"The communication was possible because we were very close. I was thinking for him, when to close inside, when to open, when to press the opponent, I was making every decision for him.
I posted the above quote a while ago and it was ignored, but he is literally claiming Shaw's good performance was because of his brain. Remember the context of this was that Jose was digging out Shaw at every opportunity. He plays well and Jose still feels the need to dig him out because it goes against his decision to drop him.
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