Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho is an enigmatic and extremely intelligent individual, a man who understands how to play with the media and with people’s minds. He is good and evil in equal measures – the master motivator and the master baiter.
Jose Mourinho has his faults – but just one glance at what he says to the press (see Jose Mourinho’s quotes) tells you that he is constantly pushing people around him and the rules in order to get what he wants. He is driven by a hunger to succeed that is seldom seen in even the best of people and it’s that winning habit that he manages to empower his players with.
Jose Mourinho – a man who wins titles, consistently. How many other managers can say that?
Football Algebra
Unless we’re watching an International friendly, the days of a football team donning the traditional 1 to 11 numbering system is long behind us. Since the Premier League switched to assigned squad numbering at the start of the 1993/94 season, you are just as likely to see a goalkeeper wearing the number 25 shirt as…
La Liga Preview: Madrid Trio Look To Bounce Back While The Basques Do Battle
Madrid might boast one more club in La Primera than Barcelona, but at the moment is is the Catalans who are coming out on top. The thrashing of Real Madrid at the Camp Nou on Monday evening was hugely impressive and, coupled with Espanyol’s win over Atletico Madrid at the weekend, gave the capital clubs…
Pep: He is the Special One
Going into last night ‘El Classico’ at Barcelona’s Camp Nou, the news had been dominated by Real Madrid coach, Jose Mourinho. The self claimed Special One was where he loves being, the focus of the event, more important that the players and the match itself. Mourinho had assured us we were going to be seeing the…
Fergie Time: Inside Jose Mourinho’s House
I’ve never been to Jose Mourinho’s house. I don’t imagine I ever will. But I do imagine that somewhere in The Special One’s abode one would find a full length mirror inscribed with the following…
Real Madrid’s Reds – Right Or Wrong?
Oft accused of play-acting and theatrics, Real Madrid appeared to fall a long way short of their own ‘high’ standards against Ajax last night. For once, Cristiano Ronaldo was not at the heart of the action, instead, the central characters were Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso, both of whom managed to pick up red cards…
Manchester United Begin The Hunt For Sir Alex Ferguson’s Successor
We always knew this day would come. Manchester United, like any major other organisation would, is preparing for the day that Sir Alex Ferguson retires by putting together a short list of candidates to succeed the great man. It is no great secret that Sir Alex Ferguson will retire in the not too distant future….
Mourinho v Preciado Round 2
The row between José Mourinho and Manolo Preciado looks as if it might rumble on. The Real Madrid boss had accused the Sporting Gijón manager of fielding a weakened team against Barcelona in September and gifting them the match. Yet after Real’s late winner in El Molinón at the weekend Preciado seems to have lost…
Mourinho under fire ahead of Sporting Gijón clash
José Mourinho has carried on his tradition of getting under people’s skin wherever he goes, but this week he came under fire from two sides as he was labelled “ill-mannered” and a “rogue.” First up was boss of Mediapro, Jaume Roures, whose company has the rights to televise El Clásico on Monday, 29 November. Roures…
Mourinho gets his marching orders
José Mourinho’s ambition of doing the treble in Spain is still on course after Wednesday night’s 5-1 annihilation of Murcia in the second leg of the Copa del Rey. However, it was a night of mixed emotions for the ‘Special One’ as he was sent from the bench in the 38th minute for insulting referee…
Manchester City could be perfect for Jose Mourinho in the long term
It was inevitable wasn’t it? Jose Mourinho being touted as the man to succeed Roberto Mancini at Manchester City just as he did at Internazionale where he delivered what his predecessor couldn’t –the European Cup. Mancini has come under more scrutiny these past two weeks following the club’s three back to back defeats along with…
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