More of the 'Mourinho only can succeed with big money and great squads' rhetoric I see? *Yawn*
Mourinho takes over clubs who are either rich or already have a great squad, so if he had lost 6-0 then the reaction would be more extreme, and rightfully so. Wenger's Arsenal may have lost by large margins to rivals this season, but they have been solid defensively in most of their other games, which is impressive considering the price of the squad.
I personally don't remember everyone expecting Arsenal to title challenge after the Ozil signing, although I may be wrong of course. However, Ozil is only one marquee signing, where the likes of City and Chelsea have a number of players of his stature, so it's unrealistic to expect Arsenal to challenge for the title just because they've signed him.
Mourinho takes over clubs who are either rich or already have a great squad, so if he had lost 6-0 then the reaction would be more extreme, and rightfully so. Wenger's Arsenal may have lost by large margins to rivals this season, but they have been solid defensively in most of their other games, which is impressive considering the price of the squad.
I personally don't remember everyone expecting Arsenal to title challenge after the Ozil signing, although I may be wrong of course. However, Ozil is only one marquee signing, where the likes of City and Chelsea have a number of players of his stature, so it's unrealistic to expect Arsenal to challenge for the title just because they've signed him.
I figure you need something to cheer you up after getting raped, so here it goes:
[video=youtube;2NGLIECgzg4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NGLIECgzg4[/video]
Lovely run by Gibbs to create that 1st goal
Whilst he was good at Leiria, he wasn't exactly world-class, was he? So the point about his success there is irrelevant. At Porto, he did very well on limited resources, I'll grant you that, but Benni McCarthy is a bad example - he was also clinical under Mark Hughes at Blackburn, so are you saying that that makes Hughes a top manager?Absolute rubbish mate! What he done with Leiria and then Porto! Winning the Champions League with Benni McCarthy as your main man! He spent well and bought in un-known players at Porto, went to Chelsea where yeah he did spend money but not 1 "world class" player. His main strength is making players better not signing world class players.
Whilst he was good at Leiria, he wasn't exactly world-class, was he? So the point about his success there is irrelevant. At Porto, he did very well on limited resources, I'll grant you that, but Benni McCarthy is a bad example - he was also clinical under Mark Hughes at Blackburn, so are you saying that that makes Hughes a top manager?
And even if he didn't sign 'world-class' players at Chelsea, he still spent a massive amount, so it's irrelevant who he spends it on. That's like saying that the success of Fernandinho, Navas and Negredo this season make a Pellegrini a world-class manager, because none of them are 'world-class' (even though he has still spent lavishly).
Where's Oezil? Injured or?
New signing diaby with a new contract and is starting against everton...
Ugh
I love diaby but glass is glass...He won't last long.
What new contract? Diaby's been refusing pay since that latest injury due to his religion. Even still I think it would be for the best if he went back to France next season.