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A quick look at the teamsheet in the CL final reveals only Deco and Carvalho as names worth a mention....
Ferreira
Nuno Valente
Pedro Mendes
Maniche
Portugal Derlei
Carlos Alberto
...which makes you an idiot in my view.

I really appreciate Croydon's wholehearted and informed critique of Mourinho. And let's be honest - it ain't gonna happen. But at Spurs it's not like we're used to having only the very best managers around is it? I just could not say no to Mourinho, I'm afraid. Even though Steve Bruce is available...
TBH, I don't think it's that informed at all. It's long on personal opinion but short on facts and evidence.
Why do people wrongly assume that Mourinho's teams play negative football?
I used to think that but that got told otherwise and after checking out stats etc realised I was wrong.
Well the stuff about how Porto and Milan won what they won was interesting and Croydon's assertion that Mourinho has spent loads of money at Real was challenged and he backed it up with names and numbers. I think most of what he's said is pretty well backed up.
Having said that I think that Croydon's self-confessed hatred of Mourinho as a man may, y'know, possibly be motivating his position here.
Whilst I acknowledge many of Croydon's points I just can't believe that Mourinho's success comes down purely to luck and transfer budgets. Plenty of managers spend big money but don't achieve what he has at every club he's been.
I'm sure you could analyze many cup winners' paths to success and see how often luck of the draw plays its part and how often early results don't look good. I'd imagine it is very often. (Now THAT, NSIS, is someone not backing up their argument)
Mourinho seems to get massive loyalty from his players - he's got a way of making players believe in themselves/him. Mostly, you'd imagine, cos he delivers results.
Biggest argument against him is the 1-0 style of football that we saw with Chelsea in my opinion.
.At the moment, Neil Warnock would do a better job for us than Harry.
