Mourinho

[vantage]

Be that as it may, if it happens, it happens. I'm just saying as far as a replacement goes, you cant get much better than Mourinho.

Just read something like this elsewhere. ****. ****. ****.

With this in the press, I cannot see Rafa staying.

[Craig_H]

it'd be interesting to see how he does with a limited budget in the prem, the worst thing would be of course, not giving rafa any cash, and then bringing in mourinho in and giving him a warchest - think it's take the fans a while to get used to such an idea, myself included

It'd also be interesting to see what Mourinho would do with our squad...

For someone who wasnt keen on 'entertaining' football, he certainly picked 'flair' players a lot of the time.

[FoxForceFive]

It never ceases to amaze me how many people fell for the Mourinho character...

Virtually everyone within football, who has had first had contact with JM has said what a gentleman he was, how friendly and respectful he was, and how likeable he was.

He did what he felt would give his team an advantage, and did it very well indeed. I dont for one minute think he's genuinely the villain many seem to think, he's a very intelligent bloke who knows how to say certain things which will swing things his way.

I dont particularly like him, i dont overly dislike him.

I do however respect his know-how and single-minded drive to achieve success.

I dont want Rafa to go because there are very few people out there who i feel could win the title for LFC. Rafa's one of them, so to lose him would be a loss. But Mourinho's another IMO. So if we lost one, getting another to replace him wouldnt be a disaster.

When push comes to shove, if a manager won us the title, we'd all be revelling in the glory and singing his name - regardless of who he was.

Excellent post, saved me writing it!

As for my source. Top ****ing drawer. I dont normally repeat anything I hear liek this cos I'm concerned about reliability, I only held of reporting this publicly (my co-owners on SCM knew Friday) cos if the NOTW didnt run it it'd be unfair to my source.

[Craig_H]

Ultimately though, nothing has happened yet, the yanks would rather not fork out £6m to sack Rafa i'm sure and i also think that if the situation can be calmed for 3 weeks, 2 CL wins would repair everything (providing rafa stops his public criticisms of the owners).

[AFII]

Be that as it may, if it happens, it happens. I'm just saying as far as a replacement goes, you cant get much better than Mourinho.

Yes you can.

Capello or Lippi for example.

[FoxForceFive]

It'd also be interesting to see what Mourinho would do with our squad...

For someone who wasnt keen on 'entertaining' football, he certainly picked 'flair' players a lot of the time.

People seem to forget he played a great season with wingers in the side, & it was nice footy a lot of the time (& grinding out resultss the rest of the time, as the great LFC teams always did BTW), so it'd not beyond him.

I take 1-0's all season to get a league title, then worry about the style of footy thankyou very much.

[FT9]

All bull****

[Craig_H]

Yes you can.

Capello or Lippi for example.

Sorry mate, but suggesting that two managers who cant speak english and have never coached in england are 'much better' than a back-to-back title winner like JM is off the mark.

[Craig_H]

People seem to forget he played a great season with wingers in the side, & it was nice footy a lot of the time (& grinding out resultss the rest of the time, as the great LFC teams always did BTW), so it'd not beyond him.

I take 1-0's all season to get a league title, then worry about the style of footy thankyou very much.

You're right, they played decent stuff with their 4-3-3.

It was when Shevchenko was dumped on his desk that it went tits up on the entertainment front.

[Craig_H]

All bull****

How's that sand feeling? Not too hot, i hope.

[FT9]

So all the zombies have the horn for Mourinho this morning eh?

[blacky]

Yes you can.

Capello or Lippi for example.

And both these guys have a wealth of premiership experience :whatever:

[Craig_H]

So all the zombies have the horn for Mourinho this morning eh?

No, if Rafa leaves, we'll sit still forever more and never acknowledge life.

[AFII]

Sorry mate, but suggesting that two managers who cant speak english and have never coached in england are 'much better' than a back-to-back title winner like JM is off the mark.

I don't think it's that difficult to win the league if you spend £200m+ net on players.

Mourinho won the league the seasons he could spend fantasy money. As soon as the money dried up he finished second.

[tomasjj]

Before you go to bed, take a trip via the real world

If Rafa was indeed to leave his post, what do you suggest we do? Leave the post vacant??

Did I say that?