I have a suspicion that no matter what anyone says or presents as far as evidence would change your mind or minds of many who have been calling for Jose’s sacking.
I'd love for someone to change my mind - but they can never really provide me with any evidence from his history that tells me it'll end up working out well.
- 3 year max life expectancy at most clubs
- Usually spends a fortune or takes over a club that had previously spent a fortune
- Usually manages the clubs with the best resources and chairman willing to spend money
- Usually manages the biggest clubs in their domestic league
We tick none of the last 3 boxes - and we're nearly half way into the first one and we're actually getting worse.
I trust individuals such as Jose, who has all his life proven to solve problems and have gone on to win things. Sometimes, it doesn’t work out to the levels he would prefer but I do believe that with any constraints that he might have to deal with he will get the best out of what he has to work with. These successful people hate to fail!
I'm almost expecting a League Cup win with Mourinho - that's why he was brought in, no? To bring success to the club? For 15,000,000 a year it's the least I expect.
However, I don't think he'll win it regardless of his previous achievements at bigger and better clubs.
And even if he does. Well done him. He'd be the most successful Spurs manager of the last 30 years alongside George Graham and Juande Ramos.
Successful individuals like him know how to get it done but they have to be allowed time to get there if they don’t have the ability to get the set up required to be successful right away. If you look at Porto and Inter, he had the ability to find the puzzle pieces he needed eventhough they weren’t record type signings. Key is to get the right pieces together. You gotta give someone with his track record a chance to get those puzzle pieces together before you can judge how he is performing. Klopp needed his pieces. Pep needed his pieces. Jose had most pieces but not all while he was at United and won things. If he only got the additional backing he needed that summer.
Again, where's the history of 'being allowed time' coming from?
Porto - first season, he won league, domestic cup and UEFA Cup.
Chelsea - first season, he won league and domestic cup
Inter Milan - first season, he won league
Real Madrid - first season, won domestic cup with most expensive squad ever assembled
Man Utd - first season, won domestic cup and Europa League.
Average time spent at a club over his 19 year career = 2.5 years
So far, he's been here for 15 months.
- Knocked out of Champions League by RB Leipzig
- Knocked out of the FA Cup by relegated Norwich City
- Knocked out of the FA Cup by Everton, conceding 5 goals
- Finished 6th in the league
- Currently sitting in 9th in the league.
However he has a cup final to look forward to and still in the Europa League.
If he doesn't end the season with a trophy or qualification for Champions League football next season -we have ZERO reason or ZERO proof that he should be given a second full year and a total of 30 months. When his average expectancy at a club is about that in the first place, but usually with the grace of having provided trophies for those previous clubs.