Jose Mourinho

[bubble07]

I always wanted Jose as he is still a genuine elite manager. I knew he doesn't play the most attractive style of football but I hope in time if we recruit right, we can start to play better football. Next season will be the true test for that

 

[bubble07]

i wonder when we will start chanting his name?

 

[Gareth88]

Does anyone else think if Jose is a success with us this will further steer people away from Utd?

 

[dagraham]

Does anyone else think if Jose is a success with us this will further steer people away from Utd?

Not really.

 

[freeeki]

i wonder when we will start chanting his name?

We were singing his name when I was in the away end at United

 

[Gspurs11]

Does anyone else think if Jose is a success with us this will further steer people away from Utd?

I know a few Utd fans who now think with hindsight he overachieved there.

 

[Hakkz]

Does anyone else think if Jose is a success with us this will further steer people away from Utd?

£

 

[sausage]

Interesting update to the usual one that's been shared...

How the PL table would look if it began when Spurs appointed Jose Mourinho - Planet Football

Since taking over from Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, Jose Mourinho has got the club back on track and silenced the critics once again.

www.planetfootball.com

 

[VegasII]

Interesting update to the usual one that's been shared...

How the PL table would look if it began when Spurs appointed Jose Mourinho - Planet Football

Since taking over from Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham, Jose Mourinho has got the club back on track and silenced the critics once again.

www.planetfootball.com

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Lol West Ham worse than they are now

 

[sausage]

For you cheapskates...

Mourinho has won over his squad's Pochettino loyalists

Spoiler: click

It was Tottenham’s best win since Ajax, the night that started with them going 3-0 down on aggregate and ended with Mauricio Pochettino running around the pitch crying buckets of tears.

This 2-0 win over Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City was their best of this season, the best since they replaced Pochettino with Jose Mourinho and one that felt like it made sense of that decision in late November. For the players, who like Mourinho, feel trusted by him, and want his football to work, it felt like a sign.

Take one quick glance and this might look like a Mourinho masterclass, a 2020 version of the 2010 Champions League run, an object lesson in how you don’t need the ball to win the game. “Football favours whoever provokes more errors in the opposition,” as the old ethos goes. “Whoever renounces possession reduces the possibility of making a mistake.”

Look in more detail and you see how unlikely this win was. Spurs went in with a similar approach to their 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on January 11. But despite the scoreline, they defended far better against Liverpool than against City. By every xG model, they were battered on Sunday afternoon and only a long list of little details saved them from defeat: plenty of bad finishing, errant final balls, one predictable penalty from Ilkay Gundogan. On another day, City would have been out of sight by the time Oleksandar Zinchenko, on a yellow, pulled back Harry Winks.

So when a win leans this much on randomness and contingency, can it be used as a springboard for the rest of the month? Or was the combination of factors so unlikely that it cannot be turned into a game plan to be deployed again next week?

Spurs have some huge games coming up — Southampton in the FA Cup, Aston Villa in the league, RB Leipzig in the Champions League, Chelsea away — and by the end of February, we will know far more about whether this will be a good season or a bad one. But then, Liverpool and City offer a different threat to anyone else in football. Mourinho will not play this way against Southampton on Wednesday night, when a different approach will be required.

“We are going to keep working on different tactics,” Dele Alli said after the win. “Every game, you have to change the tactics a little bit. You can’t play the same style against every team because every team is different. The tactical point changes a lot because he’s a very tactical manager. You have to work on things in the week.”

The biggest legacy of this win might be something more intangible.

It has been easy to criticise Spurs’ performances in recent weeks and the obvious change in philosophy from the Pochettino era, the dialling-down of ambition on the pitch. But the reality inside the club is that Mourinho is very popular with the first-team squad. He is still in the stage of trying to lift his players’ confidence, sending them encouraging text messages praising their performance as he watches back footage of their games.

Even those first-teamers who were most loyal to Pochettino and most sad to see him go are understood to enjoy working for Mourinho and to enjoy his style of play. The players who have been the building blocks of Mourinho’s team in recent weeks feel fit, full of confidence and determined to maintain the trust of their new manager.

The first half of this season has been dominated not only by the transition from Pochettino to Mourinho but also the long-overdue resolution of the clear-out that never happened. The failure to refresh their squad in the summer of 2018 remains one of Spurs’ costliest errors in recent years but finally, in recent months, they have achieved some clarity. Toby Alderweireld has signed a new long-term contract, Christian Eriksen has gone to Inter and Danny Rose to Newcastle United.

When Tottenham lost to Colchester United in the Carabao Cup in September, Pochettino bemoaned the problem of “different agendas” at the club, insisting that he was trying to get everyone on the same page. That comment went down badly with senior players, who felt that they were being blamed for bad results that should be the responsibility of the manager. But in his analysis, Pochettino was correct. Players who did not want to be there needed to leave and only now, two months after his dismissal, has that started to happen.

Even as the football itself is moving tentatively on — half a step forward, half a step back — there is a new feeling of freshness on the pitch that has not been there for years. Giovani Lo Celso is in great form, Tanguy Ndombele is back involved again and gave another fantastic cameo on Sunday, Japhet Tanganga is growing by the game and Steven Bergwijn started his Spurs career with a brilliant debut volley on Sunday. Finally, they have some players who are not all veterans of the early days of the Pochettino era.

The challenge for Spurs now will be taking some of these positive feelings, the belief from beating City, the trust in Mourinho, and converting it into something more robust and repeatable. “This is a massive result for us in terms of confidence,” Alli said afterwards. “This is a great result. We know we have a lot of work to do. It definitely gives us good confidence going into the next games.”

The circumstances of Sunday afternoon will not happen again any time soon and Spurs will not want to play like that again in a hurry. If they do, then February may not go well for them. But if they can move on from the performance, while retaining the positive feeling from the result, then they may be able to turn their season around this spring after all.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Anyone else think the fitness levels of the squad are a lot better now, the old fitness coah was brought back under Jm i think that has been mentioned

 

[Lo Amo Speroni]

Are people seriously complaining about us having a lack of possession against Man City? One of the most expensively assembled and successful possession/pressing teams of all times, coached by the guy who’s MO is constant pressure and possession.

Do people really expect us to dominate them? What fucking planet are some of you lot on?

You point is? ?

 

[Shadydan]

Are people seriously complaining about us having a lack of possession against Man City? One of the most expensively assembled and successful possession/pressing teams of all times, coached by the guy who’s MO is constant pressure and possession.

Do people really expect us to dominate them? What fucking planet are some of you lot on?

First time on Spurs Community ^

 

[McFlash]

Need someone to start the old Batman theme tune when they both run from their seats.

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[TheHoddleWaddle]

The signs of improvement are there. Team looks more cohesive as each game passes and the cm is starting to gel.

Da na na na na na na naaa na Mourinho....(to the rescue) )@McFlash Saw yours after I posted. )

 

[PLTuck]

I voted "Meh see what he can do". I have to admit despite actively not wanting him, I am now 100% on board the Jose train.

Love his press conferences too. He doesn't bullshit or skirt around issues. He gives great insights into football at the highest level, like when he was talking about having to train at low intensity, which was why it would take a while for his methods to start bearing fruit.

Jose Mourinhos blue and white army!

 

[spursfan77]

I feel like a big hypocrite because before he came here I did not like him at all but recognised he was a winner I now find myself liking him big time and thinking he will turn us into a trophy winning side ,

I voted "Meh see what he can do". I have to admit despite actively not wanting him, I am now 100% on board the Jose train.

Love his press conferences too. He doesn't bullshit or skirt around issues. He gives great insights into football at the highest level, like when he was talking about having to train at low intensity, which was why it would take a while for his methods to start bearing fruit.

Jose Mourinhos blue and white army!

Glad you're on board. Its' not going to be a quick fix and he might not be here until the end of it. I agree on his press conferences, they are a breath of fresh air compared to Poch's ones. I wonder if he's always been like this, I'll discount the man u time as I don't think he liked that job at all, but was he like it first time round at chelsea. I cant bring myself to do it but it would be good to see some press conferences of him then and see if they are like he is now. Might give a good insight into his current psyche.

 

[spursfan77]

Unreal

The reason why I love this is because it shows to us that its all an act to him. Everything in front of the camera is done for a reason and has meaning about it. I bet behind the scenes and in private he is a completely different person to how he is in front of the camera before an after games, in press conferences and by the side of the pitch.

 

[southlondonyiddo]

Glad you're on board. Its' not going to be a quick fix and he might not be here until the end of it. I agree on his press conferences, they are a breath of fresh air compared to Poch's ones. I wonder if he's always been like this, I'll discount the man u time as I don't think he liked that job at all, but was he like it first time round at chelsea. I cant bring myself to do it but it would be good to see some press conferences of him then and see if they are like he is now. Might give a good insight into his current psyche.

I remember when the team were doing well and Poch was motivated he was absolutely fantastic during his press conferences. Especially around the time of the new stadium build being heavily delayed

Thought to myself how lucky Levy was having this guy holding everything together for all of us!

 

[yido_number1]

I remember when the team were doing well and Poch was motivated he was absolutely fantastic during his press conferences. Especially around the time of the new stadium build being heavily delayed

Thought to myself how lucky Levy was having this guy holding everything together for all of us!

Surprising how he seemed shorter and more deflated around the time of us signing no new players.