Mourinho has failed!

Yohan Modric wrote:He did give as an advantage over Barca, however I think any manager would have done it and Barca obviously this season aren't as good as previous seasons.

ynwa wrote:I'mma get attacked for this post but what the hell.

I called this a few years ago... infact pretty much when Mou first signed. And I was slated for it. lol. He won the league but they signed him for the CL and whilst he has improved them, he's pretty much failed his objective. He's brought the whole Madrid down with him too. They used to be a respectable club before he went there. I disaagree that he's a rubbish manager though. That's just Madrid fans being bitter...

I also said Di Maria was overrated when they signed him from Benfica, he proved me wrong for a season and then went mediocre again. Still don't understand how he plays for Argentina... they may aswell play Aguero leading the line with Messi on the wing.

Khedira is just Khedira. Useless player for them. I said it time and time again that Alonso needed a defensive midfielder next to him. Instead he was given extra responsibility to defend aswell as be the playmaker. He was always going to get called out against the likes of Barcelona etc! It's no surprise Khedira is a passenger in that side. He's pretty much Liverpool's "Downing". Doesn't do anything special but gets praised for it...

Oh, and Pepe is overrated. Now it just seems like I'm attacking Madrid... so I may aswell say Pique is overrated too. He's nothing without Pique lol.

sportsczy wrote:Not a failure. 1 La Liga, 3 straight CL semis, 1 CDR and still some things to play for in 3 years is good considering what a mess we were before him. It's nothing special for Real Madrid historically... but it's good.

My big problem with him is that he's distracted the team this year on his own + our playing style is not easy on the eyes. Mou is just not a very classy person. Very good manager though if you're into underdog tactics and results.

StevieRayVaughan wrote:The best way to answer this to realize the difference between Real pre Mourinho and after Mou. Before Mou, Real had been non relevant in Europe for 8 years or so, they consistently were getting knocked out by the Lyons and others in the Quarters. Capello couldnt do anything, Schuster or Pelle, or the other managers before him. They were usually compared to the supposed greatest team in the world in Barca, while Barca were winning just about everything. This Barca at that time was one of the top 3 greatest teams ever, so it was not like he had a easy job. In fact, he prolly had the hardest job in the world, so what if your team is worth 500 million, if you opponent has superior players in Messi, Iniesta, Xavi etc, money couldnt buy success as displayed by Madrid under Pelle.

I dont think Mou failed, because first of all he did win the copa in his first season. But the important thing was that he beat Barca in the final, while he had lost 5-0 earlier in the season. Real also reached the Semis that year after like 8 years or so, so I dont consider this season a failure. It was to change this Madrid squad's mentality, and he did so. He gave them a winning mentality.

This showed in the second season, where they were impeccable for most parts of the season. Won the league, and lost in penalties to Bayern. 99% of teams in the world would consider this season a success. In CL, the difference betweeen winning and losing is sometimes so minimal, that you cant do much about it.

Also, I dont understand you saying his inability to build a project in 3 years, did you watch Madrid 3 years ago? Becuase it seems like you clearly didnt, Lyon and Basel posed a greater threat than Madrid in the CL. The only league Madrid won inbetween was because Barca were in transition before Pep. Mou did build a sucessful project in my opinion, Madrid now are considered contenders in CL and a real threat.

Even this year, they lost the league, and they will lose the Copa for sure , but they are still in the Semis and even though I know they will lose, I consider this season a failure, but not the project overall.

I think he came here to knock Barca off the perch, and in some ways he has done that by denying Barca atleast 3 titles and winning atleast 2 of them (1 still to go, but they will lose).

Madrid fans will always look for scapegoats, thats the mentality. Sometimes its Ronaldo who ruins Madrid's style, he should be sold ( lot of Madrid fans were saying this beginning of this year), or its Perez ruins the transfer policy, but the real problem are you fans. For the least 10 years, the fans have set a standard for Real that if they dont win a CL, then not a sucessful season. What has Real done to merit that in the last decade? All the managers who have come to Real have been victims of that mentality, and Mou will be the next.

Also, here is food for thought, which other manager would have done better than Real rather than Mou? Against the greatest ever Barca side and a rejunivated Bayern in the CL?

But no he lost of Dortmund, he sucks, he always did, he is a fraud, he is tactially inept....when some of the more decent posters post such nonsense, I know its time to leave and not argue against ignorance.

Its always good to see Real fans ' breakdown, and even better to see Real fail, but its worse to see mangers between victims of ridiculuous standards set by the press or fans which Madrid have done nothing in the last decade to justify.

So get rid of Mou, spend another 500 mil, and it is just another REGULAR season for Real. Fire Mou for the right reasons because he is a *bleep* not because he failed over the last three years because he didnt.

sportsczy wrote:It didn't take him that long tbh. his first game against Barca was on the last day of November 2010. after the narrow defeat in CDR in January 2012, Madrid have not lost to Barca since. That's a little over 13 months for him to completely turn around a 5-0 defeat.

jibercus wrote:Well galacticos 2.0 has been an absolute failure

Swanhends wrote:Pre-Mou: 5 straight years of failing to get past round of 16

With Mou: 3 straight semifinals

REWB wrote:LOOOOOOOOOOOL did anyone see the interview mou did with sky?

StevieRayVaughan wrote:Madrid fans will always look for scapegoats, thats the mentality. Sometimes its Ronaldo who ruins Madrid's style, he should be sold ( lot of Madrid fans were saying this beginning of this year), or its Perez ruins the transfer policy, but the real problem are you fans. For the least 10 years, the fans have set a standard for Real that if they dont win a CL, then not a sucessful season. What has Real done to merit that in the last decade? All the managers who have come to Real have been victims of that mentality, and Mou will be the next.