I agree with melbourne on this one. He didn't win anything and it was Mourinho's team out there. And most importantly you could tell that the players were not fully behind him. You can't have that with so many star players. You need an experienced coach who will have the player's respect.
The only issue I have with Scolari is his lack of English. I know he'll have a translator and that will help, but his motivating will suffer. I don't see the players getting the same motivation through translation.
I gotta disagree.
Carvalho recently spoke out about the harsh way in which Avram was treated and his dissapointment of his sacking. It's another case of Big Name manager gets in ahead of common sense and decency.
Avram didn't win anything? Look at where Mourinho left it at. Poor in the Prem and really playing quite badly with little belief.
for ANY manager to come in after such a great manager has been in charge and to do what Avram did was remarkable especially in the face of such opposition and lack of support from fans etc.
To say
they were deperately unlucky to lose the CL final. A Terry slip is all that cost them, they dominated Man United for a half and the whole of the 2nd period of injury time.
Phil will do well, but how well? I think Manure and Arsenal (depending on signings) will have better squad morale/players.
