Special 2, not so special?

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:What do you think guys?

wonder coach last season is going through some tough times at the moment with Chelsea, and even the fans are starting to put him under fire.

out of the top 4, they are receiving a blazing hot Valencia with one of Spain best CF in great form, and can potentially end up in europa league.

Was Chelsea too big of a move for him?

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:What do you think guys?

wonder coach last season is going through some tough times at the moment with Chelsea, and even the fans are starting to put him under fire.

out of the top 4, they are receiving a blazing hot Valencia with one of Spain best CF in great form, and can potentially end up in europa league.

Was Chelsea too big of a move for him?

ragbirjosh wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:What do you think guys?

wonder coach last season is going through some tough times at the moment with Chelsea, and even the fans are starting to put him under fire.

out of the top 4, they are receiving a blazing hot Valencia with one of Spain best CF in great form, and can potentially end up in europa league.

Was Chelsea too big of a move for him?

Went to the wrong leauge and the wrong team.

Should've stayed with Porto another season.......Porto of last season would've been competing for the CL this year.

Will end up managing Barca when Guardiola leaves and people will think he's special again

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:Porto president, Nuno Pinto da Costa, explained the departure of the man who was his coach until a few weeks ago, as the obsession of Villas-Boas with Mourinho.

"He has a complex and is always thinking about the ghost of Mourinho, and since Mourinho conquered the [Europa League] and the CL, he didnt want to continue for fear of not winning the same"

According to what the portuguese medias are revealing today, Pinto da Costa mentioned a converstaion he had with Villas-Boas, during which he justified his decision for leaving to Chelsea, for fear that the big clubs in europe would lose interest in him, if porto were to suffer a punishing defeat against Barcelona in Supercup, and if he didnt live up to the expectations in Champions league.

"He was afraid of losing by 3 or 4 goals to barcelona, but Mourinho received 5, yet didnt stop being the best in the world because of it."

In his opinion, the astronomical figures of the transfer -Chelsea bought out his 15M release clause and paid him 5M a year in wages- "helped", but weren't a fundamental reason for him to leave.

"I told him that in normal circumstances, at 33, he would be training Academica de Coimbra or Naval, and at 40, he would get to a great club, however, at 33 he had won with Porto already, and it would have been the opportunity to win even more titles."

Pinto da Costa, who has been heading Porto for 3 decades -the most successful time in the history of the club-, stressed that when we think about a great european club, "we dont think about Chelsea, but Real Madrid, Barcelona or Manchester."

In fact, he assured that he discussed with Villas-Boas the possibility that this season would be the last of Pep at Barcelona, and that the blaugranas would have been a perfect destination for him.

"But he was afraid of being compared to Mourinho and he left."

Irish_Catalan_Scouser wrote:

Well if Chelsea was too big, were should he have gone? Accrington Stanley?

Seriously though, his Porto side last year were excellent and I thought he would be a great manager for Chelsea. He needs more time, and a serious rethink about their defensive strategy.

jibers wrote:

ragbirjosh wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:What do you think guys?

wonder coach last season is going through some tough times at the moment with Chelsea, and even the fans are starting to put him under fire.

out of the top 4, they are receiving a blazing hot Valencia with one of Spain best CF in great form, and can potentially end up in europa league.

Was Chelsea too big of a move for him?

Went to the wrong leauge and the wrong team.

Should've stayed with Porto another season.......Porto of last season would've been competing for the CL this year.

Will end up managing Barca when Guardiola leaves and people will think he's special again

Laudrup says hi...

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:Porto's president warned him

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:Porto president, Nuno Pinto da Costa, explained the departure of the man who was his coach until a few weeks ago, as the obsession of Villas-Boas with Mourinho.

"He has a complex and is always thinking about the ghost of Mourinho, and since Mourinho conquered the [Europa League] and the CL, he didnt want to continue for fear of not winning the same"

According to what the portuguese medias are revealing today, Pinto da Costa mentioned a converstaion he had with Villas-Boas, during which he justified his decision for leaving to Chelsea, for fear that the big clubs in europe would lose interest in him, if porto were to suffer a punishing defeat against Barcelona in Supercup, and if he didnt live up to the expectations in Champions league.

"He was afraid of losing by 3 or 4 goals to barcelona, but Mourinho received 5, yet didnt stop being the best in the world because of it."

In his opinion, the astronomical figures of the transfer -Chelsea bought out his 15M release clause and paid him 5M a year in wages- "helped", but weren't a fundamental reason for him to leave.

"I told him that in normal circumstances, at 33, he would be training Academica de Coimbra or Naval, and at 40, he would get to a great club, however, at 33 he had won with Porto already, and it would have been the opportunity to win even more titles."

Pinto da Costa, who has been heading Porto for 3 decades -the most successful time in the history of the club-, stressed that when we think about a great european club, "we dont think about Chelsea, but Real Madrid, Barcelona or Manchester."

In fact, he assured that he discussed with Villas-Boas the possibility that this season would be the last of Pep at Barcelona, and that the blaugranas would have been a perfect destination for him.

"But he was afraid of being compared to Mourinho and he left."

Zealous wrote:Hands off Laudrup, he's ours

Crimson wrote:Has anyone seen the odds for AVB to be fired before the end of the season

Dropping lower than a 2 dollar hooker

Idrisozet wrote:Where is Pep going....?

I dont understand.....?

Ordinho10 wrote:

Idrisozet wrote:Where is Pep going....?

I dont understand.....?

There's stories going around that this may be Pep's last season, due to all the crap with Mourinho.

omarish wrote:

Ordinho10 wrote:

Idrisozet wrote:Where is Pep going....?

I dont understand.....?

There's stories going around that this may be Pep's last season, due to all the crap with Mourinho.

What? Becouse of Mou? Show sources... He was considiring leaving pre Mou too. He just wants to prove himself with a different team.

Irish_Catalan_Scouser wrote:

St_Nick09_of_Goal wrote:What do you think guys?

wonder coach last season is going through some tough times at the moment with Chelsea, and even the fans are starting to put him under fire.

out of the top 4, they are receiving a blazing hot Valencia with one of Spain best CF in great form, and can potentially end up in europa league.

Was Chelsea too big of a move for him?

Well if Chelsea was too big, were should he have gone? Accrington Stanley?

Seriously though, his Porto side last year were excellent and I thought he would be a great manager for Chelsea. He needs more time, and a serious rethink about their defensive strategy.