- Aug 25, 2011
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You can see it in the match threads.I think that it’s in no small measure down to the fact that many didn’t want Mourinho and are determined to be proven right so every situation, every game, every word said by Mourinho will be contrived in such a way to paint him in as negative light as possible and where possible to ‘prove’ that he’s the wrong choice and that he will be on his way very soon.
5th Minute - "Well this is shit"
"We look so flat"
"This is so depressing"
etc etc
Many are waiting for the first negative thing to happen, whether it be a poor pass or corner giveaway and they jump all over it.
Even under Poch in the early days it could be a real chore watching us. Hull, Villa, Stoke, Burnley, Leicester, West Brom, West Ham..loads of games we were pretty appalling.
I'm really struggling to think of a coach who came in and immediately improved the whole outlook of a club from the day they arrived.
Klopp, Poch, Pep, Wenger, Fergie, Jose...they've all had to go through the tough process in order to have a stronger team and become successful. Why are people expecting different here?
At this point id much rather grind out a 1-0 win, showing stronger mentality, than win 4-3 in a game where we show plenty of craft in attack but are wide open at the back meaning we can concede at any moment.
In fact Jose tried that and it resulted in getting beat 3-2 by Wolves, 3-1 Sheff Utd, Chelsea 2-1, drawing 2-2 Norwich, beating 3-2 West Ham, Bournemouth 3-2, Villa 3-2.
Plenty of goals conceded, plenty of games in which it could have gone either way. Proper Tim Sherwood style. I'd much rather go into a game knowing our defence is reliable and knowing we have cut out the stupid mistakes.