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Originally Posted by dunk

Let's be honest, Jose isn't and never has been renowned for identifying attacking talent to add to the ranks.

He usually does a belting job with hard working, defensive types in midfield and defence.. but then, you know, Lindelof...

That's true, whatever happened to that Drogba fella?

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

That's true, whatever happened to that Drogba fella?

Top scorer in the UEFA Cup and the French League the year he bought him? Hell of a spot..

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

That's true, whatever happened to that Drogba fella?

Originally Posted by Coracao

I refer you to the response above.

There's also the point that he was more of a battering ram than the type of mercurial talent I was referring to.

Originally Posted by dunk

Let's be honest, Jose isn't and never has been renowned for identifying attacking talent to add to the ranks.

He usually does a belting job with hard working, defensive types in midfield and defence.. but then, you know, Lindelof...

He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time.

Originally Posted by Whip Hubley

That's true, whatever happened to that Drogba fella?

Who?..

Originally Posted by believe

He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time.

If only Mourinho had the foresight to add Et'oo and Milito to the Inter side, they might have gone on and become the first Italian side to win a treble.

Originally Posted by Coracao

If only Mourinho had the foresight to add Et'oo and Milito to the Inter side, they might have gone on and become the first Italian side to win a treble.

:Micdrop:

Originally Posted by Coracao

If only Mourinho had the foresight to add Et'oo and Milito to the Inter side, they might have gone on and become the first Italian side to win a treble.

Again, 28/29 year olds. Hardly talent spotting.

Originally Posted by believe

He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club's fourth highest goal scorer of all time.

Wow.

May as well talk to a wall.

Originally Posted by dunk

Again, 28/29 year olds. Hardly talent spotting.

Since when did managers have to find a 15 year old from Timbuktu?

A complete nonesense argument. It is knowing what a team requires, and addressing it correctly.

Originally Posted by Coracao

Since when did managers have to find a 15 year old from Timbuktu?

A complete nonesense argument.

The argument was that Mourinho doesn't identify, utilise or improve young attacking players, citing 2 players he signed at nearly 30 years old hardly disproves that.

Originally Posted by dunk

The argument was that Mourinho doesn't identify, utilise or improve young attacking players, citing 2 players he signed at nearly 30 years old hardly disproves that.

That’s not what you said you £#%&!ing stupid back tracking #@&%!.

Literally everyone was after Drogba at the time ffs Abramovich just blew everyone else out of the water.

Mourinho's wildcard pick during the same window was Mateja Kezman

Originally Posted by LFOD

Won the league. Fair £#%&!s to them building on their talents. At that time he thought , correctly , he had better.

You're assuming he wouldn't have won the league with them in the team. Events since have proven he didn't have better.

Originally Posted by dunk

The argument was that Mourinho doesn't identify, utilise or improve young attacking players, citing 2 players he signed at nearly 30 years old hardly disproves that.

you said attacking pal.

Originally Posted by dunk

Let's be honest, Jose isn't and never has been renowned for identifying attacking talent to add to the ranks.
.

No problem if you meant young attacking talent, just apologise and we can all move on

Originally Posted by believe

That’s not what you said you £#%&!ing stupid back tracking #@&%!.

ffs

Originally Posted by dunk

The argument was that Mourinho doesn't identify, utilise or improve young attacking players, citing 2 players he signed at nearly 30 years old hardly disproves that.

This notion that you have to go out and sign some kid who nobody has seen play football reminds me of the shite that Arsenal fans used to come out with in an attempt to claim Wenger was up there with Fergie.

Ohhh....he was 28. Who gives a £#%&!, they transformed them to treble winners and had the most successful season in Italian history. Maybe he should have signed a 17 year old from Panathinaikos reserves.

And you said he couldn't identify attacking talent...which is blatantly mental given the evidence provided. Unless there is some white text i'm missing.

Originally Posted by General Woundwort

Literally everyone was after Drogba at the time ffs Abramovich just blew everyone else out of the water.

Mourinho's wildcard pick during the same window was Mateja Kezman



You're assuming he wouldn't have won the league with them in the team. Events since have proven he didn't have better.

Quite a bit of that going on from both sides in this thread tbf.

Originally Posted by Coracao

And you said he couldn't identify attacking talent...which is blatantly mental given the evidence provided.

£#%&!er's bought Lukaku twice tbf

Originally Posted by Coracao

This notion that you have to go out and sign some kid who nobody has seen play football reminds me of the shite that Arsenal fans used to come out with in an attempt to claim Wenger was up there with Fergie.

Ohhh....he was 28. Who gives a £#%&!, they transformed them to treble winners and had the most successful season in Italian history. Maybe he should have signed a 17 year old from Panathinaikos reserves.

And you said he couldn't identify attacking talent...which is blatantly mental given the evidence provided. Unless there is some white text i'm missing.

We bought van Persie to win us the league Ferguson never identified him as an attacking talent though.

Originally Posted by Coracao

This notion that you have to go out and sign some kid who nobody has seen play football reminds me of the shite that Arsenal fans used to come out with in an attempt to claim Wenger was up there with Fergie.

Ohhh....he was 28. Who gives a £#%&!, they transformed them to treble winners and had the most successful season in Italian history. Maybe he should have signed a 17 year old from Panathinaikos reserves.

And you said he couldn't identify attacking talent...which is blatantly mental given the evidence provided. Unless there is some white text i'm missing.

It's implicit isn't it? Surely you don't have to identify Samuel Eto'o as a potential top attacking signing ffs, or even Milito who'd just had the season of his life in Spain, or even Drogba, who as mentioned had everyone in Europe after him.

The idea of identifying talent is spotting someone off the radar or up and coming.

If I took over a club and decided we needed Messi and Ronaldo I'd hardly be identifying attacking talent would I ffs