The nature of football? Don't try and make things more complicated than they are. The nature of football is 11 men trying to score more goals than another 11 in 90 minutes.
That Barca team was probably the best group of players to play at the same time at one club, ever. The same group finished behind Mourinho's Madrid the previous year (or the one before that - can't remember). Also, I think their style of ticky-taki can be dull and is extremely ineffective when employed with less talented players (see Arsenal). Would much prefer to watch Mourinho-style organised defence with lethal counter attacking myself, fascinating to watch. Hodgson could do with getting England to play like it - we might actually have a chance in Brazil if he did because we certainly don't have one trying to play expansive, attacking football. He won the European Cup, Serie A and Scudetto with an Inter team that had finished where the previous season? He won the Champions League with Porto. As Matt points out, his players would run through brick walls for him, he is a master tactician and expert psychologist. I'd probably hire him too - because he is the best. I think the last sentence betrays you - I agree with the sentiments but that's a separate issue from 'is Mourinho a great manager?' Sent from my iPhone > On 28 Apr 2014, at 14:35, "Ed Morrish" <[email protected]> wrote: > > ...but his team finished 15 points behind Barca? > > Again, I'm not disputing his tactical acumen or rigour in training. So we > seem to be having a rather philosophical discussion about the nature of > football. Efficiency vs Quality? > > Sure, his job is to win, and by and large he does that. But he seems to do it > by spending €100m a year on dull, counter-attacking teams, buying established > talent instead of bringing through youth players, never sticking around long > enough to have to rejuvenate his ageing teams, and whinging like a little > baby every time - eg Sunderland the other week - his team is beaten. > > If I was a billionaire oligarch who had lied and stolen my way into a fortune > and wanted to think that I had won the European Cup, I'd probably hire him. > >> On 28 Apr 2014, at 04:30, Ian Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mourinho is the best manager in the world and was the best manager in the >> world last year too. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
