Mourinho’s not so Special Anymore

So, as Inter barely scrape to first place with a 1 point lead over my team, Milan, Gazzetta dello Sport reports that Mourinho not only wants to get rid of Adriano come January, but Crespo, Jimenez, and Dacourt as well. Of course, we have those Chelsea supporters that haven’t watched the league and think Mourinho will take it with ease, but I will give you reasons why he won’t:

1.) Italy is far more competitive than England. Any team has a real chance of beating any team. Genoa and Bologna have proven that against the big dogs.

2.) Mourinho’s side couldn’t beat Anorthosis and barely scraped by Udinese. People can blame it on it being his first season, but if he’s so special, it shouldn’t matter! He is supposed to be the Special One after all. The only special thing he’s done this season is rack up fines for Inter.

3.) No harmony within the team. We saw this in the game against Milan (1- 0!!!!!) in which the meltdown of squad members on and off the pitch as well as management was quite obvious with Materazzi being red carded on the bench. A slew of the players are unhappy and if things keep up, Mourinho will have no subs for his starters. If you don’t have a bench, you’ll get nowhere.

He whines and complains about comparisons to Mancini, who is reportedly on a shortlist to replace Real Madrid’s manager, but what does he expect? Every manager is compared to the previous manager, even moreso when they’re not doing as good of a job. The Scudetto winners can’t be determined yet, but do I think Inter will win it when the likes of Milan, Udinese, Napoli, Lazio don’t have Europe to worry about as well and the likes of Juve are rising week by week? No. They have the least chance. I’m not saying this because I hate the paper falsifying scum that is Inter. I’m saying this because the other clubs can give their full attention to Italy, won’t have to rest starters, and have a squad that is on the same page. Adriano’s in lala land. Cruz is more worried about whether he’s getting an extension or not, Ibra is off doing kung fu.

In my opinion, Mourinho is just another manager, no more special than the likes of Ancelotti or Scolari. He came to Italy thinking it’d be all about him and that he could do and say what he wanted, but this isn’t the land of dainty accents and spots of tea, Jose. This is a land where respect isn’t given, it’s earned.