Mourinho would consider replacing Sir Alex

Monday, July, 27, 2009

Jose Mourinho has indicated that he would consider becoming the next United manager once Sir Alex retires. The Inter Milan boss was a huge success in English football during his spell at Chelsea, winning back to back league titles before his relationship with owner Roman Abramovitch turned sour. 7ndqeag398

“I would consider going to Manchester United, but United have to consider if they want me to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson. If they do, then of course,” he’s quoted as saying in The Mail.

Jose Mourinho - Future United boss?

There’s no doubt he’ll be one of the favourites for the job once Fergie decides to call it a day, but is he really what we want in a manager?

He’s obnoxious, arrogant, egotistical and can never admit when he is fairly beaten. Should we put up with all of his character flaws for the sake of success?

He’s an excellent manager who has won trophies at every club he’s managed, but his teams often play boring football due to defensive tactics and a solid, rather than fluent formation. When he arrived at Chelsea he got rid of the flair players like Damien Duff and Arjen Robben, replacing them with John Obi Mikel, Michael Ballack and Michael Essien. he then set the team up with four central midfielders, one attacking midfielder and a lone striker. Attacks consisted of lumping a long ball up to Drogba who nodded them down to Lampard and Ballack. I don’t want my club to play that kind of football.

United is famous worldwide for it’s attractive flowing football and has been since the Busby Babes era. It’s that kind of football that has earned us such a massive fanbase and turned us into arguably the biggest club in the world. Can Mourinho carry on that attacking philosophy? I have my doubts.

I suppose it boils down to what’s more important to you as a fan. For me, attractive football is the number one priority, with trophies a close second. I’d rather watch some brilliant football through the season and finish trophyless, than play dull, robotic football and win the league. What’s the point in winning trophies if you don’t enjoy watching the football anymore?

Would you take Mourinho as a manager?

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Yeah I do agree with you. His style doesn’t fit the club and i don’t think he thinks much for the club like what Sir Alex always does.

kel Jul 27th, 2009 -

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Whilst Mourinho may have built a few teams from playing a more cautious style of football I think to label him as a manager with a boring style is a bit unfair. Remember Chelsea played some good football in the 04-05 season when they first won the league and if he was to manage United I doubt he’d put us in much different formations from Sir Alex because of the way the Premier League is played and the way many teams set themselves against us (usually parking the bus). He’d have to attack, and make use of our many attacking players.

He’s a proven manager at the top level who’s won the most important trophies there are, and he’s still pretty young for a manager. I’m not saying we should definitely get him, but I wouldn’t object too much if we did. Managing United is probably the biggest club managerial job in the world, and it’s going to need a highly experienced manager with a record of success in the Premier League and the most difficult tournaments. Mourniho has that.

DaisyChain Jul 27th, 2009 -

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Whilst it may be true that Chelsea did play some attractive football in 04/05, they did it mainly with a squad that Mourinho inherited from Claudio Ranieri. As soon as that season was over he got ride of the flair players and brought in efficient, boring players as I mentioned in the article.

Mourinho’s teams don’t attack as a rule. They either play long balls up to a big front man or sit and soak up pressure and play on the counter. in terms of building teams to play attacking football he’s not even close to Sir Alex or even Arsene Wenger. He gets the results, that’s without question, but at what cost?

Another aspect I failed to mention in the article is the longevity of his stints with each club. Or lack thereof. He would most likely spend two or three years at United and then move on again in search of a new challenge. I’d prefer us to bring in a manager who’s in in for the long run, just like Sir Matt and Sir Alex were.

-zuco- Jul 27th, 2009 -

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I see your point zuco, I know that he attacks much less as a rule to Fergie and Wenger, but I just think that if he was managing United he’d attack. Picking cautious line ups probably wouldn’t do him much good with the fans and coaching staff, not to mention players, and like I said, because of the way most teams line themselves up against us and mainly defend when we play against them I feel he’d have to attack to get a result.

With regards to his longevity, remember he was managing a club that gets rid of its managers very easily. Chelsea have gone through a number of managers in very quick succession recently, and that’s very different to United. We tend to have managers for a good few years, and I think the successor to Fergie would be given time and would be brought in for the long haul.

DaisyChain Jul 27th, 2009 -

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mourinho didn’t get rid of robben, its robben who wanted to leave
infact jose is the one who bought robben

i don’t want mourinho for few reasons

1. he will be the first foreign manager to manage united
2. he is a big spender and love to buy greats every season
3, he don’t give the youth the fair chance fergie or any other manager would give

abo. Jul 27th, 2009 -

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attractive football is the number one priority, with trophies a close second. I’d rather watch some brilliant football through the season and finish trophyless, than play dull, robotic football and win the league.

So basically you would rather man united become like Aresnal and winning nothing and be ridiculde world-wide for winning nothing instead of man united playing boring yet effective football and winning trophies after trophies you 4get that under mourhinho chelsea hammered man united 3-1 even at center-back scored afta an amazing run Caravelho…wen England player route 1 any hoof it up to crouch or heskey i don’t see any1 complaining when they win

kevin Jul 27th, 2009 -

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“So basically you would rather man united become like Aresnal and winning nothing and be ridiculde world-wide for winning nothing instead of man united playing boring yet effective football and winning trophies after trophies”

No, I’d rather us win trophies the United way. We have a tradition of playing some of the most exciting football in the world. This tradition has been with the club for decades and hopefully will be with it forever. In my opinion Mourinho would have us playing boring football and change the philosophy of the club.

“you 4get that under mourhinho chelsea hammered man united 3-1 even at center-back scored afta an amazing run Caravelho…wen England player route 1 any hoof it up to crouch or heskey i don’t see any1 complaining when they win”

What does this even mean. Use full stops, I’d run out of breath reading all that. I believe Chelsea were already champions when they beat us 3-1 so the game meant nothing. Our players had nothing to play for except pride and they failed to do so. The fact that his team won the game is completely irrelevant to the topic. My point is that he does in, but he wins by playing boring football.

And I couldn’t care less about England. This is a United blog, not an England blog.

-zuco- Jul 27th, 2009 -

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Mourinho being foreign doesn’t matter in the slightest. Being British definitely isn’t a necessity to being the United manager. We should look at how experienced and succesful they are as a manager, not at their passports.

DaisyChain Jul 27th, 2009 -

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me wants bruce the manager :teeth:

abo. Jul 27th, 2009 -

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Heck NO! Mourinho will never be United’s manager. The guy is all that United is not and i doubt Sir Bobby Charlton and all will ever want him. I definitely wont want him to be associated with us.

United is not for mercenaries !

Kelly Jul 27th, 2009 -

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No, Mourinho is not for us. I know he would love to manage United, and I find that quite sweet realy , but the Jose way is not the United way. We want and need attacking football, sure, he probably couldn’t make us love his style- but more than that, we want a dynasty-builder. Jose is not that kind of animal.

So, no way, Jose.

The sad thing is, I think he’s in love with United.

Gus Jul 27th, 2009 -

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If Steve Bruce managed to do what he did with Wigan at Sunderland, He’ll be one of my top candidates..

That’s obviously if we cant land David Moyes, who in my opinion the most worthy manager so far to replace SAF..

And I’ll not consider Mourinho a candidate personally.. I rate him highly as a manager.. But his ego is not one that United want in my opinion..

darron Jul 28th, 2009 -

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no moyes , i don’t think either him or rooney like each other and i will be sad to see rooney leaving

abo. Jul 28th, 2009 -

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Well, I don’t think that Moyes is going to let his hate get to him.. He’s a terrific manager and I think he’ll get to understand why Rooney chose to left in the first place..

If Moyes isnt wanted, my next target would be Brucey, if and only if he leads Sunderland to success this year.. Not trophy success but something that he did with Wigan..

darron Jul 28th, 2009 -

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he’d consider it would he???? wow you think he might do us the honour of having him if we ask him?? what a pompous wart on the bottom of humanity this man is.

someone should happy slap this mofo with a baseball bat. nuff said.

scottsati Jul 29th, 2009 -

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i think moyes leads the race of contenders, what he has done at everton is fantastic. He has great man management skills and I think that’s all that is required at Man U, the football part i think the players can handle themselves.

Asutosh Tiwari Jul 30th, 2009 -

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