bigmick wrote:I'll keep everyone up to date how the attempt is going as the season progresses.
Oh I've got no doubt you will mate
(you seem to be a very big fan as with Bent, and again I'm not knocking you for it in any way rest asure, I just find it a bit funny how often you seem to highlight them two is all 
).My two pence regarding Mourinho is something which also applies to another discussion elsewhere on here about Ibrahimovic.* Both seem to very much divide opinion in two camps (I know there are also some people in "middle ground" but they seem a minority), in that they are either world-class-awesome or completely-overrated-can't-cut-it-without-money(Mourinho)/on-the-big-stage(Ibrahimovic).
The above is all very black and white imo, and while I won't go further into the Ibrahimovic debate (a very good striker but somewhat behind the best group imo), I won't mind saying Mourinho is a very good manager who could one day prove to be regarded amongst the best of an era (especially if he keeps winning titles of course), even though I personally have quite a disliking for him from his time at Chelsea. He seems to have very good man-management skills (which is where Rafa seems to be lacking) and also takes a lot of the flak for his players (in all fairness Rafa is pretty good at this as well imo), whereas tactically he is pretty sound as well (though I definitely do believe he's a bit inferior to our own Rafa in this particular department of the game).
Where am I going with this (well, I don't quite know myself tbh
)? I guess I'm just saying that you have people slating him because they simply hate him, and then you have others seemingly going in the complete opposite direction and praising him as if some sort of messiah who can't do much wrong. In my opinion he is very good manager and definitely one of the best around atm, but I would still find it very hard to see him managing our beloved club due to his past antics. This doesn't blind me from the fact that he has done well at other clubs however, and were he to one day manage us** and win us the title (I really hope Rafa succeeds at this though), I guess I wouldn't begrudge him too much *Disclaimer: I'm not saying both are as good or bad as each other at what they do. Merely that the discussions about both seem very alike imo.
**Disclaimer: I'm not in any way saying I want him to replace Rafa, as I still very much have faith in the latter
).
. I can't even really remember the (clever?) thought(s) behind it, but I like to think it has become a part of me and thus I can't find it in myself to go change it (and I really can't be bothered either) 
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