El Clásico. Barcelona vs Real Madrid (21 Apr). KO 7pm BST.

[Letters]

Just like our league when he took over at Chelsea...it was only us or Mancs winning it....and he changed all that

Nope. When he took over Chelsea had already bought their way to 2nd.
Real were very clear in 2nd, and very close to Barca, when he took over there too.
He's a good manager but he's hardly transformed the fortunes of either club, they'd already done most of the work before he got there.

[Özim]

Just like our league when he took over at Chelsea...it was only us or Mancs winning it....and he changed all that

What a man

What a coach

Mourinho

Pretty much

[hobson's choice]

Yeah, sure.

Look at the quality of teams post 2006 WC, it's bad, just about every big team quality wise has gotten worse. The level players after the 2006 WC it's nowhere near the level of players from the 1998 to 2006 World Cups.

[Joker]

Whatever you think of Mourinho, he's definitely a great manager. He's succeeded in every league that he's been a manager in, taking teams that were previously unsuccessful in their recent history and then converting them into winners. Sure, he's a dickhead but tactically he's brilliant, on a different level to Wenger.

[Letters]

Chelsea hadn't won a title for years before him.

They hadn't had a billionaire for years before him either.
They'd already bought their way to 2nd before he got there. He pushed them on but most of the work was done before he arrived.
Don't get me wrong, he's a great manager. Let's see him win the league with a team like Spurs who haven't done so for yonks and don't have a billionaire backer though.

[Özim]

Nope. When he took over Chelsea had already bought their way to 2nd.
Real were very clear in 2nd, and very close to Barca, when he took over there too.
He's a good manager but he's hardly transformed the fortunes of either club, they'd already done most of the work before he got there.

Chelsea were nowhere near the title though, he made them winners and dominated the league...he's really the only guy who's been able to outdo Ferguson consistently.

Barca were the best around and arguably one of the best teams ever, to beat them is about as good as it gets to be honest.

[Xhaka Can’t]

Porto weren't exactly giants.

Chelsea hadn't won a title for years before him.

Inter were desperate for the CL after years and year of failure and he won it and topped it off with the treble.

Now he's outdone Barca.

Quite some achievement if you ask me, or anyone who doesn't hate him and refuses to give him his dues.

In Portugal - Porto were and are giants.
Chelsea - do I need to explain that to you? Really?
Inter - again resource laden
RM - it is them or Barca

He is a good manager - no doubt, he wouldn't get those jobs otherwise, but by god, you can bet your ass that when you are watching a shite game where he is involved (there are many) he'll usually come out on top.

If you don't give a fuck how ugly and how sick the methods are to win, he's your man.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Look at the quality of teams post 2006 WC, it's bad, just about every big team quality wise has gotten worse. The level players after the 2006 WC it's nowhere near the level of players from the 1998 to 2006 World Cups.

Why are you mentioning the World Cup?

[Cripps_orig]

Pretty much

Came to England at the time of the Invincibles and oversaw us at a time where we looked like ruling for years to come

And now done the same to Barca

Best manager in the world by some distance

Fergie 2nd

[She Wore A Yellow Ribbon]

I think this puts an end to all the doubts about Mourinho, he's proved he can beat the best everywhere he's gone.

Great to see Real finally beat Barca to the league title.

spot on