he's my guilty pleasure. i think he's ace. can't quibble with his record to be fair.
It's not him so much the stupid twats who make up the majority of football supporters in this country. He's a media darling so he's their darling. As a manager he's top class of course. Even as a person he makes me laugh (although I don't know if I'm laughing at him or with him).
This is the same media who villifies Rafa at every opportunity. Despite the fact their records are very similar, their styles are very similar (ugly but effective) and they're even from the same rough part of the world and are true scholars of the tactical game. Yet one gets shat on by the press and ingrates like Andy Gray and Redknapp, but the other held up as some sort of deity.
That's why I'd love Van Gaal to show Mourinho up. Even if it confuses the poor press gang for a week or 2 before the world cup talk kicks off. I don't mind Mourinho, but the love in would be horrendous if he won.