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And you compare this to Rafa Benitez. I get bored listening to him. He doesn't explain his stupid subsitutions (You need a win, so obviously the way to do this is to bring off Baros for Nunez) and you hear nothing about the players bond with him. Jamie Carragher chats about playing for Liverpool, not Benitez. That's the difference. I just wish we had someone like Mourinho.
Who cares if he makes a comment about Frisk? It was an unbelievable sending off. Not his fault the majority of Chelsea fans are stupid Londoners.
Sometimes I dream he hadn't turned down Liverpool. I wonder if we would've kept Stevie then, instead of being resigned to him going to Chelsea/Real in the summer and being lumbered with players like Josemi and Nunez.
> True fan? Shut up, whoever said that. Can't even be bothered to scroll
> down to see who you are. Just because I realise that our manager
> isn't the bestest man in the whole wide world doesn't mean I'd be
> taking a bulldozer to the Kop and shooting Stevie in the face until
> he dies from it.
i never said that you would, i was just saying that i think your criticism of Rafa is unfair, given that we have been unlucky with injuries and so on, and given that it takes time for mangers to adjust to english football. i also never said that i thought mourinio was a bad manager, i just think that he has an easier job than benitez does.
Wernt Arsenal favourites at the start of the season?
Dont forget Benitez has been unlucky with long term injuries to Alonso and Cisse. Plus the Liverpool squad is nothing special anyway.
Still think Mourinho has a while to go before he can be classed the best manager in the world. He's up there no doubt, but is still behind the likes of Capello in my mind and will always be until he wins consecutive titles in one of the top leagues (not saying he wont)
And its not as if Benitez hasn't bought anyone...Morientes, Garcia and Alonso are 3 key players he's bought who are all good, Alonso and Morientes are probably world class players and yet Liverpool are fighting for 4th place. IMO, Mourinho is the best manager in the world and no matter what club he would of gone to after Porto, be it Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea or someone outside the Premiership he would of brought fame and glory to that club.
Seriously don't see how anyone can claim that Jose isn't a top manager or that he isnt under much pressure.... :S
> Well as Quinty said, Ranieri tried and failed. Mourinho took over and
> how many players did he buy?
half a team!
Cech
Carvalho
Ferreira
Robben
Tiago
Drogba
Kezman
Robben, Kezman and Cech were Ranieri signings. Robben and Cech have been two of thier best players this season so you gotta pay raneri credit for that. Ranieri made a mistake by signing Veron, but i think he was just unlucky with Crespo and Mutu. He still took a team which just scraped the last CL place to 2nd in the league and the CL semi finals. Mourinho had a very strong base to start with.
> no im just saying that he has it easy at chelsea
I can promise you, Mourinho is under more pressure to succeed than Benitez.
> 2) there is no way we can judge whether mourinio is a good manager or
> not, at chelsea he has so many world-class players that any manager
> could just put them on the pitch and expect them to produce the
> results. It's not so easy at liverpool, we can't just keep buying
> better players until we win the league.
Wait...let me get this straight, you don't think Mourinho is a good manager?
Lol.