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[charlierc]

José Mourinho wants Newcastle manager’s job if Eddie Howe leaves | José Mourinho | The Guardian

 

Well, this is a turn. Even if I would've been way more excited about the idea of Mourinho at SJP before his difficult spells in Manchester and with Spurs, and just seeing him sulking in Turkey still in the same funk as he has had for a while now.

[thetime]

30 minutes ago, charlierc said:

José Mourinho wants Newcastle manager’s job if Eddie Howe leaves | José Mourinho | The Guardian

 

Well, this is a turn. Even if I would've been way more excited about the idea of Mourinho at SJP before his difficult spells in Manchester and with Spurs, and just seeing him sulking in Turkey still in the same funk as he has had for a while now.

 

His arrogance is crazy and makes him look pretty silly nowadays.

 

It was all very well 15 years ago when he was a top manager. He hasn't won a league title in 10 years or champions league in 15 years.

 

He is just another manager who couldn't move from 1 generation to the next when football moved on. 

 

It's why Ancelotti is the best in my lifetime for me. Has there ever been a manager who has won European cup/champions league 20 years apart. 

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[charlierc]

6 minutes ago, thetime said:

 

His arrogance is crazy and makes him look pretty silly nowadays.

 

It was all very well 15 years ago when he was a top manager. He hasn't won a league title in 10 years or champions league in 15 years.

 

He is just another manager who couldn't move from 1 generation to the next when football moved on. 

 

It's why Ancelotti is the best in my lifetime for me. Has there ever been a manager who has won European cup/champions league 20 years apart. 

Right? It's wild how much he thinks he's above the Turkish league having only managed there for 4 months, being five points behind early leaders Galatasaray having also lost to them a few games ago and when that was literally his best offer after being fired by Roma in January with the team way off the pace to qualify for the Champions League.

 

Once, I liked the idea of him coming to Newcastle - as has been noted, he worked with club icon Bobby Robson when Robson worked in Spain and Portugal and it is seen as an error that the board at SJP refused Robson's request to bring a young Mourinho to Newcastle in 2001 when we had a coaching staff reshuffle. But now? He's past it and it just seems to be too much of a "me, me, me, me" show

 

... admittedly I can talk given I make so many comments in this thread and they are nearly all about Newcastle United.

[thetime]

1 hour ago, charlierc said:

Right? It's wild how much he thinks he's above the Turkish league having only managed there for 4 months, being five points behind early leaders Galatasaray having also lost to them a few games ago and when that was literally his best offer after being fired by Roma in January with the team way off the pace to qualify for the Champions League.

 

Once, I liked the idea of him coming to Newcastle - as has been noted, he worked with club icon Bobby Robson when Robson worked in Spain and Portugal and it is seen as an error that the board at SJP refused Robson's request to bring a young Mourinho to Newcastle in 2001 when we had a coaching staff reshuffle. But now? He's past it and it just seems to be too much of a "me, me, me, me" show

 

... admittedly I can talk given I make so many comments in this thread and they are nearly all about Newcastle United.

 

Would it be a bad choice for Newcastle? Added exposure to the project is perhaps what they need. As they seem to have stagnated somewhat.