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Jose Mourinho Replies To Paul Pogba’s Comments: “I Would Like To Say I Couldn’t Care Less With What He Says.”

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I’m sure you thought you had seen the last of the Jose Mourinho Paul Pogba beef when the former was sacked by Manchester United.

In an interview he did with Sky Sports this week, Paul Pogba resurrected the conflict by criticising Jose Mourinho’s man-management. Mourinho was asked about it in his post-game interview after his team’s 2-2 draw with Everton last night. The Portuguese tactician expressed his disinterest in entertaining any of the negative comments made by Paul Pogba.

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Spurs Players Getting Fed Up Of Jose Mourinho Blaming Them

Paul Pogba felt Mourinho “went against players”. Something that new Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer doesn’t do.

Jose Mourinho’s old school managerial style of calling out his players in public doesn’t seem to resonate well with the millennials. Maybe he thinks being critical of his players in the media is a motivator. But it isn’t. It instead causes friction in the dressing room and news for us bloggers. 

‘Losing the dressing room’ has been an issue Jose Mourinho has had to deal with in his past couple of managerial jobs. He left Real Madrid, Chelsea, and Manchester United under those negative circumstances. And it seems as though the axe is not so far away in Tottenham because players are apparently ‘fed up‘ with his constant blaming.

If Paul Pogba stays at Manchester United and Jose Mourinho escapes the employment reaper and Spurs, this isn’t the last instalment of this beef. 

By Cheez

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Premier League Clubs To Boycott Social Media

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It seems as though every week we read about racial abuse being directed at a footballer on social media. A simple misplaced pass could land in hot water with the racists online. According to the UK’s Daily Mail, Premier League clubs are set to unite to boycott all social media for a full weekend of fixtures as they make a stand against racist abuse of footballers.

Swansea City, who are in the Championship (the second tier of English football), became the first club to ditch social media last week for seven days. 

The Premier League has been late to the party. They have sort to engage social media companies on how they can assist. A solution isn’t forthcoming. So they have decided to take matters into their own hands. It’s clear when the Premier League clubs plan to have this boycott. The clubs, however, want to do this in uniformity. 

“What we don’t want is a situation where some clubs have their own boycott while others do not,” a source at one Premier League club explained.

“This is very much all or nothing. If every club decided to do a blanket ban at the same time – and if that was around the same round of fixtures – it would have the maximum possible impact.”

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It’s unfortunate that Premier League clubs have to go this route to put pressure on social media companies to do something. This may impact some clubs financially as they may have commercial agreements with firms that include promotion on their social media channels. 

If you think of it logistically, what can these realistically social media companies do? Create an algorithm the detects racist words and automatically block accounts that use them? The racist fool with simply create another account.

Racism sucks. I’m a black South African, I know all about it.  But I feel the media gives it too much airtime. The amount of racist abuse has increased ever since it became a hot topic on the internet. I bet you some of these idiots aren’t even racist but post racist things because of the attention they will get. Let’s ignore these dumb asses and maybe they will stop.

By Cheez

Don’t forget to tune into ‘The Soccer Podcast With No Name’ podcast every Thursday at 17h00 pm. Also follow me on Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. 

Solskjaer on Mourinho: You can’t say second is an achievement

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, unlike the dude he took over from as Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, doesn’t feel finishing second in the league behind Manchester City is an achievement. 

“You can’t say that is an achievement. Our ambition is a lot more than second place. I said that when I wasn’t at the club – you can never be happy with that. Our ambition is to catch the team in front of us.”

To be fair, when Jose Mourinho made the statement Manchester United had a back four of Young, Jones, Smalling and Valencia and City were aiming for 100 points that season. 

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Harry Kane says ‘Tottenham are going nowhere’

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer talks about ambition but just last month he said ‘trophies are for egos for some manager’.

Say wha?

That’s a strange statement to make for a manager of a club that was built on winning trophies.  Well of course Jose Mourinho couldn’t resist taking a dig at Solskjaer. 

Mourinho said: “It’s his opinion. I’m pretty sure his big boss Sir Alex had a different opinion about it. But I respect what Solskjaer thinks. I think different.

“Freedom of thinking, freedom of ideas, and if that is what he thinks that is fine by me. It’s not a problem for me, he’s not being disrespectful to anyone.

“But I repeat I believe his big boss, and the biggest in Premier League history, has a different view in relation to that.”

Tottenham host Manchester United this afternoon in the Premier League. Solskjaer is ironically trying to keep his side second spot whilst Mourinho is trying to qualify his team to the Champions League. 

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Harry Kane says ‘Tottenham are going nowhere’

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Sources (aka snitches) say Harry Kane went on a rant with his friends on how Tottenham stink and how he wants to leave at the end of the season. 

He summed up his feelings in just four words “Tottenham are going nowhere” and he is ”100 per cent thinking of moving on”.

Of course, he won’t say this publicly because he is club captain and he has to remain politically correct.  But I don’t think this comes out if Kane and representatives didn’t want it to come out. Kane turns 28 in July. He has been England’s best forward for at least five years but has not won a trophy at Spurs. He cannot waste any more of his prime on a team that lacks ambition. 

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Harry Kane has three years remaining on his Tottenham contract and only a small group of elite clubs would be able to afford the £125million-plus valuation. He is sort of the black guy in the movie Get Out and Tottenham is the white family. He wants to leave but unlike the black guy, I doubt any of his friends will be there to save him. 

Jens Lehmann Says Arsenal Supporters and Board Have Lowered Their Expectations under Arterta vs Wenger

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Former Arsenal goalkeeper and legend Jens Lehmann is great for the media. He doesn’t censor his comments. He speaks his mind even if comes across as harsh. Recently when he was asked if he thinks Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta can turn things around at the faltering Gunners, Lehmann said: “I don’t see enthusiasm”.

Translation: “Neh.” 

Jens Lehmann wonders why the Arsenal seems to have lowered their expectations under Mikel Arteta manager vs Wenger.

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Some onlookers have found it strange how a rookie manager has the entire football establishment propping him up. He is a media darling. It seems as Mikel Arteta can do no wrong. But Arsenal is 10th on the Premier League table. If it were Arsene Wenger who was managing a team that is not even in Europa League contention he’d have a squad of the AFTV guys waiting at his gate with pitchforks.

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Even his contemporary at Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solkjaer, has had the media and his own supporters throwing shade his way. Solkjaer’s team is 2nd on the Premier League standings. The media, Arsenal board and supporters should have higher expectations for Mikel Arteta.

Maybe the Arsenal hierarchy is lowering their supporters’ expectations on purpose.  Keep wearing them down until fans slowly get accustomed to Arteta finishing deep in midtable.

Far inferior squads were led to the Top 4 by Arsene Wenger. It’s been a decade and the winning mentality is still not there. Unai Emery was more experienced, didn’t get the signings he wanted, and still managed to finish higher.

No senior player steps up game in game out. Arsenal has to rely on Bukayo Saka and Kieran Tierney to drag their squad up away from the relegation zone.  One game without them, a Liverpool team in the worst form of their life dismantled Arsenal with utter ease.

 by Cheez 

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‘Not much respect for Arsenal…’ – Pep Guardiola

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Watching Pep Guardiola on the sideline against Arsenal in their FA Cup clash was sad. He was clearly shocked at what he was witnessing. His team, full of superstars, were failing to penetrate Arsenal’s double-decker London bus.

Yesterday Pep Guardiola came out with a statement saying he doesn’t respect Arsenal… “off the pitch” 

“The opponents always deserve my respect and credit, and Arsenal, they have it..

“I have all the respect for what Arsenal are on the pitch – not much off the pitch, but on the pitch a lot. So I congratulate them and good luck against Chelsea in the final.”

Pep Guardiola and City reportedly believe Arsenal are one of a number of clubs to have previously called on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) not to agree to any delay to their two-year European ban, which has since been overturned.

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UEFA had accused City of breaking their Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules. They apparently overstated sponsorship revenue in their accounts and in the break-even information submitted between 2012 and 2016. They also failed to co-operate with its investigation.

It’s funny how Pep could take aim at Arsenal when managers like Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp and Tottenham head coach Jose Mourinho have been the loudest in their criticism of the decision by CAS to overturn City’s ban.

Guardiola is mad. Mad at the fact he lost to an Arsenal side who his team should be beating 9 times out of 10. He is made Arsenal snatched Arteta from him. He is mad Arteta went on to knock him out of the FA Cup.

Frank Lampard’s spending would go over R3.2b if he secures Kai Havertz

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Frank Lampard has been on a post-lockdown spending spree. I guess he is one of the very few people who can afford to break the bank in times like these. I, on the other hand, have been ignoring my landlord’s phones calls. Enough about me and my pending eviction. Frank Lampard began his series of purchases with £50m (R950m) forward Timo Werner and midfielder Hakim Ziyech, who joined from Ajax for £37m (R570m), with the probable arrival of Kai Havertz taking spending to over £170million (R3.2b).

The fee, according to the Sun, would cost the London club £63million (R1.2b) upfront, with add ons taking the overall cost to over £90million (R1.7b).

After their transfer ban, Chelsea would have finally blown through the £150million (R2.8b) they received from Real Madrid for the sale of Eden Hazard.

Frank Lampard has done a good job for a rookie manager. He had to make do with a squad of talented but green youngsters, a few top-quality players, and older players who are past their prime. 

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Lampard’s team is currently third on the EPL log. With only a couple of games left, they are only four points away from a guaranteed champions league spot. The squad, with their new exciting talented young signings, is only going to get better.

However…

All three signings are attackers. Chelsea hasn’t had problems scoring goals. They have issues with keeping them out. Their current crew of centre backs of Antonio Rüdiger, Kurt Zouma and Andreas Christensen are good but not great. Frank may have been best suited to purchase two to three backline players. 

The transfer window isn’t closing anytime soon. But the Chelsea board won’t be eager to hand Lampard their credit card after he already put R3.2b on it.

Even though they are probably out of this year’s champions league, I’m confident Chelsea will qualify for next season’s competition. They are in the final of the FA Cup against a below-average Arsenal so I’m pretty sure they will win that trophy too. That would be a very good first year for a first-time manager in the EPL. Next year though, his Chelsea side needs to compete for league honours and go deep in the champions league. There will be no excuses of a transfer ban or being an inexperienced manager at this level. 

What Should Be Considered A Less Than Crappy First Season For Jose Mourinho?

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Breakups are never easy. I remember when I got dumped by my girlfriend, it was one of the saddest days of my life, I was 10. She found a new boyfriend the next week, the guy happened to be my best friend. I got over it, but I’ve been wishing death on that prick ever since (you’ll be glad to know he is still alive, according to Facebook). Tottenham did the same thing my girl did to me when they parted ways with their manager of five years Mauricio Pochettino. But, instead of waiting a week, they waited around 12 hours to show off their new lover: Jose Mourinho

In fairness, Tottenham stank over the past 12 months. Spurs had won just six of their 24 Premier League matches this calendar year.  It was time for Poch to go. Manchester United legend and now talking head on Sky Sports described the Tottenham and Jose Mourinho union as a “marriage of convenience” saying, “Mourinho needed to get back into the Premier League to re-establish himself. Levy needed someone who could get the football club quickly back up to a level that is acceptable and into the Champions League. This is a marriage of convenience.”

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Jobless Jose Mourinho has Unai Emery Looking Over His Shoulder

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I don’t know if the supporters of the Gunners should be flattered or should be worried. Unemployed Jose Mourinho is said to be interested in the Arsenal job if they decided to axe Unai Emery. The Spanish manager has been under pressure due to his team’s below-par start to the season.

Unai Emery has a problem. A defence problem. David Luiz and Sokratis are, to put it mildly, shite. Does Unai Emery know how to coach defence? from what we’ve seen this season so far it seems as though a. he doesn’t care, b. he doesn’t know, or c. all of the above.

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Top 10 Premier League Transfers Of The 2019 Summer

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The Premier League transfers window shut a couple of weeks ago so I figured it would be cool to make a list of the best deals made. Of course, as with every list, there are criteria.  We’ll measure each transfer by three factors: ability, need, and value for money.

Premier League Transfers Criteria

1. Ability

This should be the easiest. How good is the player? I’ll be judging each player from what is called the eye-test,

Simply put, the eye test is a way to judge an athlete as they compete within their sport based upon your own observations. Not by statistics, but by the media or any other means other than your own two eyes. – Domenic Scarano from Bleacher Report

…that is, of course, if I have seen the player play. if not, I’ll do my rigorous research on YouTube.

2. Need

Did the club in question need the player? Sometimes, clubs buy players because of availability, affordability, or the need to weaken their rivals. I’ll be judging whether or not the team was in desperate need of the player’s services.

3. Value for money

Unless they are Neymar, Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Lionel Messi, a player’s marketability isn’t going to match the amount of money the club shelled out for them in the first place. This is football in 2019.  That being said, they are still some great deals you can find in the premier league transfers market.

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