It's the understatement of the century to call Jose Mourinho "outspoken", but the problem here isn't with Mourinho. I don't agree with Mourinho's accusation that Frisk was biased, but if he holds such paranoid beliefs, that's his problem. At the end of the day he saw something he perceived to be an injustice and spoke out against it. We actually need more Mourinho's in football. Mourinho didn't make any threat himself, unlike certain British Media Organs last summer he didn't even encourage the fans to hound Frisk with complaints. The ultimate responsibility for this incident lies with the morons who made the death threats. As misguided as he may have been in his beliefs, in a perfect World Mourinho should be able to give a frank appraisal of a referee's performance without expecting the said referee to be bombarded with threats on his life.
Quoting real_mardin@yahoo.co.uk in rec.sport.soccer:>It's the understatement of the century to call Jose Mourinho>"outspoken", but the problem here isn't with Mourinho. I don't agree>with Mourinho's accusation that Frisk was biased, but if he holds such>paranoid beliefs, that's his problem. At the end of the day he saw>something he perceived to be an injustice and spoke out against it. We>actually need more Mourinho's in football. Mourinho didn't make any>threat himself, unlike certain British Media Organs last summer he>didn't even encourage the fans to hound Frisk with complaints. The>ultimate responsibility for this incident lies with the morons who made>the death threats. As misguided as he may have been in his beliefs, in>a perfect World Mourinho should be able to give a frank appraisal of a>referee's performance without expecting the said referee to be>bombarded with threats on his life.
I predict Mr. Mourinho to become "less outspoken" in the future.
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Subject : Mourinho: An Enemy Of Football> From : anders t <anthu_001@No€SPaM€_hotmail.com>
I predict Mr. Mourinho to become "less outspoken" in the future.
Chelsea have zero history in Europe. In European competition the 50-50 decisions favour the bigger clubs. Now the perception is Chelsea are a big club so they'll get the same breaks as everyone else, as we have already seen. Do you think he's bothered about fines and the criticism that comes his way? Of course not, he's done exactly what he set out to do i.e. the pressure on a referee officiating a match involving Chelsea will be the same as the pressure an official is under when officiating Real, Barca, Juve or Milan. I agree, he won't do it again because it could backfire.
<real_mardin@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1110733820.946331.238740@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...> It's the understatement of the century to call Jose Mourinho> "outspoken", but the problem here isn't with Mourinho. I don't agree> with Mourinho's accusation that Frisk was biased, but if he holds such> paranoid beliefs, that's his problem.
That was a strong accusation against the ref. Mourinho should have been suspended.
Next time a coach might say the same against Chelsea so they can get favours from the ref when they play Chelsea. This is why I believe Mourinho is arrogant, a bad sport, and stupid.
What you obviously haven't read is that UEFA realizes fines won't bite on> the Mourinhos in the sport. They have signalled using heavier artillery.
My guess (as good as any's): the Mourinhos to find themselves banned from> coaching for some weeks, or months. Or perhaps their teams to lose> points/games.
My guess: John Terry won't be lifting the UCL trophy next May...
