What a revelation. A two-bit blog going on about how good a manager Jose Mourinho is. However, two points have been raised over the last 24 hours that I feel deserve attention. First, that to leave Inter would be a mistake, and two, that Real Madrid wouldn't like his style of play.
To the first point - Phil Minishull's latest blog claims Mourinho is leaving Inter prematurely. Why? The Italian league is rubbish - the teams who finished behind Inter include a Roma team who couldn't beat Fulham and a Milan side whose quickest midfielder is David Beckham. It's too easy. And any side who have enjoyed success recently have more often than not been found to be bribing referees. The fans may adore him, but that's because they know he's created the only genuinely good side from Italy in the last decade. Why limit yourself to walking Serie A each week; that's like Scorcese focusing solely on commercials. As much as I'd like to see that.
Second - the argument was made several times yesterday that Inter play dull football. Wrong.
Inter had barely 40% of possession last night, but still scored twice, had all of the meaningful chances and seemed to play totally within themselves. This season they have scored the most goals in the league and conceded the fewest. When they break, they do so in waves of five players and it looks like Barcelona. It isn't boring - it's effective. They won the treble.
Plus, what's boring about good defending? As the great (well) Julian Dicks once said, making a big tackle is just as thrilling as scoring a goal, a sentiment I totally subscribe to. In this light, Lucio and Samuel are Messi and Ronaldo. They would score 50 each a season.
If Mourinho does take over at Madrid - he will stop Ronaldo doing everything on his own, buy some giant centre-backs (sorry Pepe) and have Alonso slow the pace down in the big games, allowing the team to wear their opposition down. Will Madrid fans accept this? Well they scored 103 goals this season, finished with 96 points and won bugger all, so I don't see a choice.
The current Madrid manager Pellegrini has done a good job - apart from choking on the big occassion with a team of players who are supposed to get off on these games. Mourinho is hands down the best club manager in the world right now - and he wins for breakfast. And Barcelona hate him. If both Inter and Madrid can't see that he now belongs at the Bernabaeu, they clearly don't know as much about football as I do.
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