I very often get the feeling that a lot of what Jose says comes from a feeling of deep internal insecurity about not being a professional footballer and therefore he ends up trying to overcompensate with his words.

Take for example what he just said about Luke Shaw. I've seen plenty of managers bark orders from the touchline but never seen any of them take credit for a player's performance. 'His body my brain' was an exceptionally weird thing to say. I get he's showing Shaw some tough love at the moment but it's still very strange.

When you compare Mou with other popular managers in the game, almost all of them very decent footballers. Their 'claim to fame' so to say doesn't come only from their management. That gives them a place of security. Mourinho I feel on the other hand, is always trying too hard to justify himself and his worth. He blames his own players and referees a hell of a lot more than he blames himself.

Another aspect of his management that bothers me is how much importance he gives to the psychological aspect of the game. Football should be a simple sport where you must aspire to play the best football you can and thereby try to win the game. I think Mourinho complicates it far too much for his own good. He creates a solid structure of defence but relies mostly on individual brilliance from players to attack and he keeps provoking them to get that brilliance out of them. This in my opinion, is why he's only had short term success so far. The provocation may yield a higher level of performance from a player for a short span of time, but the player will eventually grow tired of it.