Jose Mourinho

[Matthew]

1). Are you happy/pleased/content/relieved or- conversely- are you beyond disgusted now that "The Special One" is taking the reign from Poch?
Relieved yet heartbroken. I loved Poch, but I love this club more and could see that things were not right. Jose is a different type of coach, he will tighten things up and as I said months ago, the thought of a clean sheet gives me the warm fuzzies.

2). Do you think his appointment will be beneficial to us in the short term? How about over the long term?
Short term I think it's a masterstroke. He's got a point to prove and winning things with a team of lesser means than the rest of his competitors will drive him to his best. This will likely result in a more focussed group of players who already have the quality to beat any team in the league. Long term however is a worry. The boom/bust cycle of Jose is well documented and could leave us in the same position we have found ourselves today.

With that said, we know this squad needs freshening up in places and if Jose gets some signing's that he wants we may see a bit more stability beyond the three year period.

3). Do you reckon he will play boring, lockdown, 1-nil to the Tottenham-style football or do you think he'll produce a good product on the pitch?
I'd have settled for a 1 goal lockdown away win to Leicester, Liverpool and Everton this year. I would expect us to still play good football, we have too many good players in there not to, but we need to see that steel in our defensive play that has been so lacking over the last year.

4). Which players- if any- do you think will benefit from his appointment, and which players do you think will suffer with him taking the helm?
The players who worked so well under Poch may all find this change in style beneficial. We have an older squad now that know more, but not enough and what Jose brings is something that a lot of them haven't had before.

I think/hope that Kane will be a huge beneficiary from this appointment. Jose knows that Kane is our biggest weapon and will aim to get Kane more goal scoring chances than he does right now. I think Winks will be one of the biggest losers as I can't see Jose sticking with him as our #6 long term and we have better #8's at the club already. Having heard what Jose had to say about the contract rebels, he will probably marginalise Rose, Eriksen and Toby. I'm not 100% sure on the Jan situation so that might be different.

5). Do you predict a trophy- or trophies- under him?
Every trophy in this league is hotly contested. The league cup and europa were once second class achievements, now they mean something and the clubs that used to put minimal effort into winning them now actually try. However, the Jose pragmatism might be what get's us through those games where we have failed in the past. The 1-2 against UTD in the semi final a couple of years back is probably the best example of what I'm talking about.

are you, are you interviewing yourself?

 

[wrd]

Why would he do that? He'll be a free agent in the summer and this is last big contract. He'll go to whoever pays him the most, and that won't be Spurs.

He's got a kid on the way, Imagine they could do with securing their future.

 

[RikkiRocket]

It’s okay. The heavyweights of Jamie O Hara and Gazza have now weighed in.

Rumours of Gazza turning up with chicken, lager and a fishing rod, looking for his pal “potchy” are said to be not true.

 

[Stamford]

I would be shocked if Toby didn’t sign a new contract #opinion

Don't care if he stays now

 

[dimiSpur]

 

[Deleted member 29446]

 

[dimiSpur]

Did anyone else think Toby was trying not to smile when being interviewed on TV last night?

 

[TheCheeseRoom]

Mourinho, now there's a name our Danny doesn't have to Google.

 

[Cochise]

That was the Jose Mourinho who was happy with Chelsea, he's not that man now. Probably not as bad as Benitez going to Chelsea.

 

[Shadydan]

This looks so strange.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

People, you don't know how Mourinho will line up. You don't know what type of football he'll want. You don't know which players he'll want to sign. People crying because Mourinho is hired and talking about morale? You don't know shit.

 

[Windwarden]

Have either of them verbally abused female doctor doing their job in the middle of a match to such an extent that it was taken to a court a law?

Or guaged the eyes of an opposition coach because they couldn't handle losing a match?

Sorry but I can't get behind that kind of behaviour. There needs to be a line drawn somewhere.

Although I have felt similarly about mourinho... Guardiola is the guy who makes a very public display of how liberal and captain Catalonia vs the big nasty nationalist state he is while working for and taking his - enormous - paypacket from an actual serial murdering, torturing, child abusing, disgusting family of despots. And I’m not sure why the doctor being female makes it any worse.

 

[Jaddas]

Tottenham major honours won since 1882 - 24 (includes 7 charity shields with 3 jointly won)

Jose Mourinho major honours won since 2002 - 25 (includes the equivalent of 4 charity shields in various leagues)

Taking out the charity shields, we've won 17 (yes 17), major honours in 137 bloody years, compared with 21 for Mourinho in 17 years. Bear in mind, he has been on "sabbaticals" for 2 or 3 years. We win a trophy on average every 8 years with only 1 this century. Jose wins 1 a year.

I'm extremely disappointed with what happened to Poch as he re-ignited my love for Tottenham, but you can't argue with Jose's record. Hopefully he's learned and comes back like he was when he first started. If he can't win with us, I'm not sure anyone else can.

 

[dimiSpur]

This looks so strange.

It's like a Simpsons Halloween Special. But I like it.

 

[felmani26]

This looks so strange.

I'll admit, the last 24 hours have been totally surreal.

 

[thebenjamin]

WEIRD WEIRD WEIRD

 

[Amo]

This looks so strange.

And here's him doing his best Tony Blair impression.

 

[Fredo]

 

[Larryfromthelane]

26 trophies. One of the elite managers in the world. Delighted he is here

 

[Snarfalicious]

are you, are you interviewing yourself?

People are really embracing the Mourinho ego.