What did he mean by this?

>>74428411
No-one told him that the League Cup was a Mickey Mouse trophy when he first won it with Chelsea.

Why doesn't England merge both cups?

As you get older you lose energy

>>74428450
One goes down to the 4th tier, the other all the way down to the 10th, so there's more chances for muh magic of the cup. It is the oldest football association competition in the world, so basically, for tradition mostly.

>>74428450
I personally think the EFL Cup and EFL Trophy should be merged into one competition for Championship, League One, League Two and PL youth teams. Although I don't think they'll scrap the EFL Cup because it generates additional money. Also it's probably the most likely way that teams like Stoke and Crystal Palace can qualify for European football because most big teams just field a youth team.

>>74428411
He's clearly trying to reinvent himself this season at Man Utd. He's realised that being the charismatic, enigmatic, centre of attention is not sustainable year on year at a huge club. Mourinho has always done his best work at clubs with inferiority complexes - Porto, Inter, Chelsea (first term). He went into those dressing rooms and found players with ambition to reach a milestone they hadn't yet achieved. He employed his famed siege mentality and convinced those players, that if they followed him blindly, he'd bring them success. And he did. Mourinho has struggled at clubs that have already asserted themselves as winners. Though it is true that he won Real their only league title of the last decade, when he joined that club he was met by World Cup winners, CL winners, Ballon D'or winners. His psychological tactics that worked so well at a club like Inter unravelled quickly at Real Madrid. No player that plays for Real could ever feel inferior. When he returned to Chelsea he faced similar trophies. It was not the same club he turned up to in 2004. The dressing room featured seasoned league winners and a core of CL winners. These kind of players don't run through brick walls for managers. Their egos are too big and they've achieved too much. So he's trying not to make the same mistake this time. His behaviour is less solipsistic He only has to look upstairs to see what it takes to perfect longevity. He's using Sir Alex as inspiration for his reinvention.

>>74428561
He may be trying to reinvent himself, but as soon as United go on a long losing streak, he'll have one of his psychotic bipolar meltdowns that will destroy his reputation at the club and relationship with players.

Reminder that the league cup was invented so that floodlights were used more often

>>74428561
That's a popular but wrong narrative.

His problem at Real Madrid was due to Casillas. Mourinho decided that the only way he could beat Barcelona was via murderball. Casillas, Ramos and a few others disliked that since they wanted to be friends with Xavi and other Barcelona players, so they fought with Mourinho instead. Also notice that before Mourinho, Real Madrid was basically Arsenal tier on the Champions League.

In the case of his second stint of Chelsea, most of the players there did not have a very successful career. How many titles have Oscar, Hazard, Diego Costa have won? Very few. In terms of trophies, they have won almost nothing without Mourinho. Their career was not even mediocre compared to most players of big teams. Now compare that to Materazzi. Materazzi has won much more than all of them put together, both for club and country. And there were plenty of other veteran players at Inter with many trophies.

>>74434222
Also, replace Ramos with someone who has the personality (and titles) of Pique and Mourinho would likely not have those problems. Pique really doesn't give a shit about being friends with Real Madrid players.

>>74428417
Top photo is from 2015 frienderino and he'd already won in twice before

>>74428411
You'd be equally depressed if you had to live in fucking Manchester after years in West London, Madrid and Milan

>>74434929
If there is anything I have learned from Karl Pilkington it's that Manchester is nicer than London.

"London's a bit shit, innit?"

>>74434222
You've picked Oscar, Hazard and Costa as examples because the rest of that Chelsea squad was full of league and champion's league winners. Don't forget that Costa won la liga the year before joining Chelsea and went all the way to the CL final.

Although you're right about an individual like Materazzi, it's important to acknowledge that the CL was everything for Inter. The club and Moratti were obsessed over it. Mou delivered it for them.

>>74428411
He loves Chelsea and Inter. He didn't even celebrated when he won the CL with Porto.

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>>74434222
>His problem at Real Madrid was due to Casillas.

This.

>Ramos disliked murderball

Doesn't he have the record for most reds in the history of La Liga? I don't think he minds murderball.

His team is still 6th so he doesn't want to celebrate that small trophy like he won the CL, there's still work to be done this season.

>>74434967
You've clearly never been to either London or Manchester then. London is paradise if you're minted. If you're a normal person and you don't get the celeb treatment it's hell

>>74434975
I picked them because they were the ones that were said to be fighting with Mourinho.

Let's see their team:

Cortouis (not many titles), Terry, Cahill (not many titles), Azpilicueta (not many titles), Ivanovic, Matic (not many titles), Fabregas, Oscar (not many titles), Hazard (not many titles), William (not many titles), Costa (not many titles).

The ones that had some titles were Terry, Ivanovic, Fabregas.

>>74428411
he likes to look and act more like a mafia don than he did in the past. there's nothing wrong with that. considering all the money he has hidden away in offshore accounts, it probably suits him.

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>>74435006
>The Assassination Of Iker Casillas By The Coward José Mourinho

>>74428411
>age brings wisdom
older people still feel, but the need to express feelings disappears.

Mourinho is going for the long term plan. he wants to be knighted and he knows the way to do it is the long successful stint. He's at the right place for it, and has got all the tools he needs.

he'll stay in United until people have to call him Sir, and then will only leave for a last job at Barcelona in 10 or 15 years. where he'll produce the most beatiful football ever seen without being a retarded purist and winning; even the dutch school will bow to him. the circle will then be finally completed.

>>74428411
>hey look at me, look how much I don't care

>>74435006
Murderball against Barça. The Spanish national team at that point was like 80% Barça players with Ramos

Why so many of these shitty cups in England? Why cant you make it simple like everyone else such as Spain or Germany with 1 main cup competition for all tiers?

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>>74434233
neither does Ramos. idk from where you get the idea that he does. with casillas its true, its well known that he reached out to barca players several times to mend fences. Ramos and Arbeloa gave zero fucks.

>>74435023
Chelsea's squad the year he returned:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013–14_Chelsea_F.C._season

This was the dressing room I referred to him returning to. I count 11 CL winners but there could be more.

>>74435817
In Spain their Cup is two-legs which is stupid.

>>74435090
What's happening here?

you know remember Mourinho calling Wenger a "specialist in failure" just before losing the Community Shield
you know remember Mourinho calling Rafa Benitez fat
you know remember Mourinho blaming the loss of a match on the doctor trying to assist a chelsea player

what a classless guy

>>74441665
Based Mourinho

>dribble past three defenders
>score championship winning goal
>look towards your manager
>he doesn't even smile