halamadrid2 wrote:

Ordinho10 wrote:1st of all you have to take bote of the credibility of the author. Sid Lowe works for Real Madrid TV, though I doubt many Madrid fans will know that.

He would not come out with something which turned out to be a load of rubbish because he would be sacked for bringing the name of the company, i.e. Real Madrid, in disrepute. It's like putting that you work at KFC on your facebook page and then saying that the staff and manager are terrible and the food is disgusting, your employer has the right to sack you in that situation. Those of you who are still in school will not know this, but it happens, a mate of mine got sacked 2 months ago for calling his boss a prick on facebook, not on his boss' profile, but he posted it, and as a representative of his work, he was held responsible.

The other point is that Sid Lowe is not Balague, he doesn't have made up sources, he actually works for the club. He is the most likely out of any journalist apart from people like Kay Muarry to know exactly what is going down there.

the press are NOT allowed into our training ground..... why do you think even our website doesnt state whether someone is injured until the squad announcement??

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:How do we know that Mourinho is treating Marca like crap?

You guys know that Inda is a mourinho fanboy right?

Ordinho10 wrote:

halamadrid2 wrote:

Ordinho10 wrote:1st of all you have to take bote of the credibility of the author. Sid Lowe works for Real Madrid TV, though I doubt many Madrid fans will know that.

He would not come out with something which turned out to be a load of rubbish because he would be sacked for bringing the name of the company, i.e. Real Madrid, in disrepute. It's like putting that you work at KFC on your facebook page and then saying that the staff and manager are terrible and the food is disgusting, your employer has the right to sack you in that situation. Those of you who are still in school will not know this, but it happens, a mate of mine got sacked 2 months ago for calling his boss a prick on facebook, not on his boss' profile, but he posted it, and as a representative of his work, he was held responsible.

The other point is that Sid Lowe is not Balague, he doesn't have made up sources, he actually works for the club. He is the most likely out of any journalist apart from people like Kay Muarry to know exactly what is going down there.

the press are NOT allowed into our training ground..... why do you think even our website doesnt state whether someone is injured until the squad announcement??

Do you really think the clubs very own media never know whats going on? Oh boy do you have alot to learn.

There is always someone, someone within Mou's ranks who will talk. Whether it's one of the coaches of the kit man, one of them is friendly with a journalist and will spill the beans. How naive must you be not to know this?

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:How do we know that Mourinho is treating Marca like crap?

You guys know that Inda is a mourinho fanboy right?

Ordinho10 wrote:
Do you really think the clubs very own media never know whats going on? Oh boy do you have alot to learn.

There is always someone, someone within Mou's ranks who will talk. Whether it's one of the coaches of the kit man, one of them is friendly with a journalist and will spill the beans. How naive must you be not to know this?

Doc wrote:TA level headed? That Mad Madristista level headed? Maybe Crims but TA? That man is completely bias. Lovely poster but level headed is not his cup of tea.

And Nick is more of a PSG fan nowadays so he doesn't count anymore...

halamadrid2 wrote:@nick

in all his interviews he has been snapping at them at every chance

even the time when he ignored them, they got p!ssed off nobody has done that to them before

you do know THEY used to be Mou fanboys before he started letting karanka take press conferences thats when all the Mou this Mou that came from

José Mourinho on defensive as Real Madrid prepare to meet Barcelona

For once José Mourinho appeared lost for words. On Wednesday night Real Madrid face Barcelona in the Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg at Camp Nou trailing 2-1 from the first match and the pressure builds on the Portuguese coach. Asked if he was happy at the Santiago Bernabéu, during his edgy, tense pre-match press conference, Mourinho merely shrugged and muttered: "Uh-huh".

The coach, who maintained a steely stare and rarely broke from monosyllabic answers, also hinted that cliques had indeed developed in the Real Madrid squad – but that it was not down to him. He added that, despite suggestions that Pepe would be left out of the Camp Nou clash as a punishment for his stamp on Leo Messi's hand, he intended to play the defender "if he is fit".

Madrid are 2-1 down from the first leg and that result against Barcelona saw a shift in Madrid. Defeat, an extremely defensive display and the behaviour of Pepe saw the pro-Madrid media turn. On Sunday morning, the newspaper Marca revealed a training ground confrontation between Mourinho and the defender Sergio Ramos; that night a section of the Santiago Bernabéu whistled fans who chanted Mourinho's name; and during a late night debate show on Spanish TV, one journalist claimed that Mourinho had decided to leave the club in the summer.

That was the subject of the first question as Mourinho prepared for the visit to Barcelona. "My colleague said that you are going to leave Madrid in the summer," the coach was asked. "Are you?" The response was short and sharp: "Ask your colleague." It was to prove the model for much of what followed. "Will you stay until you win the European Cup," he was asked. "I don't know." And so it went on.

"Why have you lost the support of the fans?" "I don't know, you'd have to ask them."

"The leaks from the club." "I don't know anything."

"But do you think they are designed to damage you?" "I don't know."

"Are you happy at Madrid?" "Uh-huh".

"Do Madrid have a mental block against Barcelona?" "Ask the players."

"Have you found Madrid to be different to Portugal, Italy and England?" "All countries are different."

"Could tomorrow [against Barcelona] represent a before and after moment?" "No respondo. I'm not answering that."

"Is this the hardest moment you have had since being at Real Madrid?" "Buen momento." A pause: "Good moment. Good moment."

Mourinho was also asked: "You have always stood out for being a good man-manager, someone who handles groups well. But are there cliques in the Madrid dressing room?" The response was so sharp that many missed it. "I don't provoke cliques." When the penny dropped, it appeared his most revealing, pointed response.

Even when it came to the purely footballing, the coach was not much more forthcoming. Asked what his approach would be against Barcelona, he replied: "I have no idea: I have lots of doubts over players and will have until the end."

"What kind of doubts?" "No respondo. I have doubts but even if I had certainties I wouldn't respond."

"So, how do you expect to play?" "No respondo. I am the coach and it is my responsibility. I have no reason to say."

Mourinho did, though, add: "If Pepe is 100%, he will play. I think we have a chance of getting through to the semi-final but we are aware of the team that we have in front of us. It will be difficult but we will try everything."

Only once did Mourinho expand and seek to make his point – and when he did, he did so forcefully. Asked what he could do to improve his relationship with the media, Mourinho replied: "Maybe have a point more advantage over Barcelona?"

"[In the league], we are five points ahead of the team many say are the best in the world. We had a tradition of going out in the Copa against teams from lower divisions [Manuel Pellegrini's Real were defeated 4-0 by Second Division B side Alcorcón]. We won it and if we go out this time it will be against the champions of Spain and Europe. We were not even seeds in the Champions League. Now we have won six out of six and have such good results that we will be [seeds] for a few years to come. Maybe it's not so bad as they say."