Call it whatever you want ... It's working. If Chelsea win, the press laud us for days on the end. If we draw against West Brom, Jose spins some **** about how we are not ready and no ones gives a ****. Compare that to when City win or lose and you'll see the difference
I agree with Jose, Wenger is a failure, he's a manager and it's his job to win games/trophies, not to keep the club finances under control or whatever else.
Eh ... I think that's going too far. I think Wenger has done an excellent job but it's annoying when people put him in the same league as SAF and Mourinho. The guy hasn't won a trophy for the last 8 years. He will go down in history as an excellent manager but certainly not one of the best imo
It's not working, unless you are a complete moron who can't see straight through it. By the way, a good number of journalists are seeing right through. And its the better ones like Rory Smith, Tony Evans, Sid Lowe (who has been calling him out on since Madrid).
It is his job though. We don't have a billionaire investor, so we have to actually be careful what we spend. If Wenger had spent as much as Mourinho has, we wouldn't have a new stadium, and we would be in tonnes of debt. There is no doubting Mourinho is a world-class manager, but Wenger is too. Apart from at Porto (Where he still had alot to spend compared to the rest of the league), all Jose's success has been mainly down to exspensive signings. Which is why he will never be in the same bracket as Sacchi, Paisley, Ferguson, etc.
Thats rubbish. Even Ferguson spent big money when he needed to yet you will never say his success was down to money ... Same with Jose
Agreed except the majority of Fleet Street have been all too happy to put City under the microscope more than Chelsea ...
I don't get it. Are we commenting on the story/bullshit around it or what was actually said?
If you look at what was said, rationally it makes perfect sense. People arn't even looking at the actual exchang with the journalists but some **** and bull story made up that Wenger thinks Mourinho will fail. He speculated about the reason for the 'little horse' nonsense. And as far as I'm concerned the sooner Mourinho starts shutting his ******* mouth and starts keeping his talking exclusively to his players the better.
Exactly! Mourinho saying Wengers a failure specialist?!? Have you gone a whole prem season unbeaten Jose? No, so shut up. I mean yes, he hasn't won a trophy for a long, but if he was a failure specialist, then why would Arsenal get in the top four every year, and why would they keep Arsene?
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Wenger actually never picked out Jose. Jose assumed it was about him and went straight in. It's all a bit pathetic. Though I wish Jose would just shut up for once. It's not mind games he's just being obnoxious
I'd say Wenger came out of it looking pretty good. His original comment was rational, and sensible.
Mourinho, despite being the top of the table, has said Chelsea arn't title contenders, despite the squad and the investment he has got is pretty laughable. I've had this discussion with many fans from many sides and they all find it quite bemusing. One of the two bankrolled clubs in the league, spent the most in January, excellent squad, top of the league - yet arn't contenders...
Lastly, if you're going to use quotation marks, use them correctly for an actual quote. Or better yet link the press conference.
[video=youtube;J66DRFkBkIw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J66DRFkBkIw[/video]
At the end of the day it seems like Mourinho was called out on his bullshit, and ended up looking rather stupid. Wenger came in before the LFC press conference and brushed it off well.
It is his job though. We don't have a billionaire investor, so we have to actually be careful what we spend. If Wenger had spent as much as Mourinho has, we wouldn't have a new stadium, and we would be in tonnes of debt. There is no doubting Mourinho is a world-class manager, but Wenger is too. Apart from at Porto (Where he still had alot to spend compared to the rest of the league), all Jose's success has been mainly down to exspensive signings. Which is why he will never be in the same bracket as Sacchi, Paisley, Ferguson, etc.
Exactly! Mourinho saying Wengers a failure specialist?!? Have you gone a whole prem season unbeaten Jose? No, so shut up. I mean yes, he hasn't won a trophy for a long, but if he was a failure specialist, then why would Arsenal get in the top four every year, and why would they keep Arsene?
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Chelsea are building a side this team is not balanced yet he is building this side this season hence why he says we are not favourites or its not our main objective to win the title this season. How hard is that for people to understand???
You're top of the league and have outplayed and beaten or drawn most of your rivals, so when he says you're not favourites for the title, people think it looks stupid. How hard is that to understand???
Every team is building. No team is finished. It doesn't mean you don't have a great squad of players already who have proven over 2/3 of the season they're capable of the title.
Oh for god's sake , even if Jose came to press conference, took a dump at the table and left without saying a word, people would still try to proclaim it as victorious mind game and masterful manipulation.
He took the squad that won two european trophies back to back and comforttably finished 3rd last year. Then he strengthen it with 100m worth of new signings. Nobody buys into this underdog bullshit, not even Chelsea players themselves.
Oh for god's sake , even if Jose came to press conference, took a dump at the table and left without saying a word, people would still try to proclaim it as victorious mind game and masterful manipulation.
Oh for god's sake , even if Jose came to press conference, took a dump at the table and left without saying a word, people would still try to proclaim it as victorious mind game and masterful manipulation.
He took the squad that won two european trophies back to back and comforttably finished 3rd last year. Then he strengthen it with 100m worth of new signings. Nobody buys into this underdog bullshit, not even Chelsea players themselves.
You're top of the league and have outplayed and beaten or drawn most of your rivals, so when he says you're not favourites for the title, people think it looks stupid. How hard is that to understand???
Every team is building. No team is finished. It doesn't mean you don't have a great squad of players already who have proven over 2/3 of the season they're capable of the title.
That doesn't mean squat if we can't beat the small teams which is what we have trouble doing ... We don't have a striker. City have pretty much an amazing squad with the majority of players in their prime. Chelsea are not favourites for the title even if Jose exaggerates that part a lot. That much is clear
No you're not. United are struggling to beat little teams. You've had blips where you haven't won a game you should have, but so does every team in every season ever. City have had blips. Liverpool have. Arsenal have. You're still top, you're clear of City by 3 points. If you make it to this stage of the season top of the table, you become favourites. Simple as. Everton, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool are your only 'difficult' games left, and Liverpool is the only one away from home. And you've dropped the grand total of 4 points at home all season. If you can't see why people have made you favourites from this moment, then I'm lost for words.