It has emerged this morning that José Mourinho’s penchant for mind games hasn’t diminished any over the years. The Royal Antwerp loss really annoyed him, and rightly so, the mindset that says, ‘aw heck, it’s only a Group game‘ is not acceptable. These boys need to get into the habit of winning every single time that they play. This is the fundamental of a wining mentality – the mentality that the footballing world applauds Harry Kane for having…
Despite what the gaffer had posted on Instagram after the previous game and his snarled comments to the press, it would appear that he didn’t waste his time going into detail with his players – that was until the day if the Ludogorets match, in fact, just before the game.
The impact of this would have been sizeable, and the speed with which Mourinho has rotated the squad will have left nobody in any doubt as to the process. José made 9 changes from the Royal Antwerp game, and 6 changes when we played Brighton. Two games on from that Royal Antwerp loss and José has recorded two wins. Spurs are back on track.