
Originally Posted by
Kano
He wasn't the only fan of italian football then because it was the glamour league with most of the big stars playing there, so no wonder he wanted to watch it. no one is debating the art of defending over attacking. what is being discussed is playing a style of football you expect from a bottom half team in order to succeed every week, when your resources enable you to do so much more. at real madrid he had a team already full of attacking players, he had no choice but to. that was one club that he couldn't get to bow to his every whim. it's an institution far bigger than his ego, which is a rare thing to find. mourinho would garner more respect if he tried a bolder approach in how he set up his teams but he's too afraid to do that. it's the reason why someone like federer is loved by more people than pete sampras who was a machine that churned out wins relentlessly.