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by **Stan Laurel** » Tue May 25, 2004 11:21 am

Mourinho to Anfield

by **Starbridge42** » Tue May 25, 2004 11:58 am

If chelsea sack ranieri (which i doubt has been decided just yet as abromovich doesn't seem the sort to sit on his ****** after making a decision) then Jose Mourinho will go to Chelsea. If they don't he will come here its as simple as that.

by **Stan Laurel** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:01 pm

To be honestly I cannot see Jose to take over at Chelsea for next season because Jose want to bring some of his players like Deco, Costinha etc, so Roman is not keen about it and he want bring World Class Players like Roberto Carlos will be Chelsea in next 24 hours for fcuking 20m quids. So, Jose is not keen about that. Roman hasn't got a clue about football, I don't think Jose will be Chelsea boss next season.

by **ckay** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:02 pm

IMO I don't think he'll go to Chelski. He won't be in control at all. He'll be told who to buy and who to sell. If he want's to buy a player he'll have to make sure they fit into Romans fantasy football grading system.

by **Paul C** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:05 pm

Mourinho said he'd prefer to join us cos he feel abramovich will be putting his noise in too much and he didn't like the way ranieri was treated, he actually said that Liverpool is his ideal project

by **Stan Laurel** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:05 pm

ckay wrote:IMO I don't think he'll go to Chelski. He won't be in control at all. He'll be told who to buy and who to sell. If he want's to buy a player he'll have to make sure they fit into Romans fantasy football grading system.

IMO, what's that mean, ckay?

by **ckay** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:13 pm

Stan Laurel wrote:
ckay wrote:IMO I don't think he'll go to Chelski. He won't be in control at all. He'll be told who to buy and who to sell. If he want's to buy a player he'll have to make sure they fit into Romans fantasy football grading system.

IMO, what's that mean, ckay?

In My Opinion mate

by **LFC #1** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:27 pm

we should do everythin possible to get Mourinho, take some money out of the transfer kitty if need be, he can turn us into Porto.

by **stmichael** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:29 pm

any liverpool fan who thought that the champions league final between milan and juventus last season was dull, you won't like jose mourihno one bit. his teams play very much on the counter attack like us. porto don't score many goals at all. the guy is very tactically astute, so you are not going to see all out attacking football under him. people tend to forget that the guy is still relatively inexperienced and has a history of falling out with his players.

by **LFC #1** » Tue May 25, 2004 12:37 pm

true, but if Mourinho brings us the coveted premiership then i couldn't really care how we play. Also if he has had success in Europe with Porto, who have a squad not much better, if any than ours, why not with us.

The man demands respect, and if the players don't have it then there will be a fall out no question, and if a player can't support their boss then are they supporting the club and fans?

by **anfieldadorer** » Tue May 25, 2004 1:24 pm

stmichael wrote:any liverpool fan who thought that the champions league final between milan and juventus last season was dull, you won't like jose mourihno one bit. his teams play very much on the counter attack like us. porto don't score many goals at all.

They scored the highest and conceded the lowest in their domestic league. The aggregate looks good as well.

Pos Team PTS Pld W D L GS GA
1 FC PORTO 82 34 25 7 2 63 19
2 Benfica 74 34 22 8 4 62 28
3 Sporting 73 34 23 4 7 60 33

by **ckay** » Tue May 25, 2004 1:28 pm

I'd be happy with 1.85 goals a game.
We only scored 55
Arsenal scored 73.

by **woof woof !** » Tue May 25, 2004 1:42 pm

anfieldadorer wrote:"There are attractions in taking on a British manager, but in the end the prime criterion is quality. That's the watchword. We'll think British and we'll think foreign, but we'll pick who we think is best.

Notice Parry says "British" not "English" hmmm

Could be down to O'Neil or Mourinho.
Either way I'm happy

by **Woollyback** » Tue May 25, 2004 2:20 pm

woof woof ! wrote:
anfieldadorer wrote:"There are attractions in taking on a British manager, but in the end the prime criterion is quality. That's the watchword. We'll think British and we'll think foreign, but we'll pick who we think is best.

Notice Parry says "British" not "English" hmmm
Could be down to O'Neil or Mourinho.
Either way I'm happy

As long as he's not thinking Strachan! Aaaarrrgh!!

by **JBG** » Tue May 25, 2004 3:48 pm

I think Mourinho would be mad to go to Chelsea because:

1. Abramovich interfering.

2. Abramovich's Russian sidekicks interfering: apparently this is an even bigger problem than Abramovich himself. Ever see those short and stocky guys in the Chelsea directors box? Worse than the Russian mafia apparently.

3. No real control over transfer policy.

4. Unrealistic expectations: if he doesn't win the Pemiership in his first year he's probably be sacked.

I think Ottmar Heitzfeld is a better candidate for the Chelsea job as he his far more experienced than Mourinho and is used to interference from above at Bayern.

IMO opinion the Liverpool job is perfect for Mourinho.

Apparently Martin O' Neill is not a contender becuase he had a bit of a row with Rick Parry over the telephone a few months ago in relation to the O' Neill/Houllier spat.

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