not the new Jose Mourinho, and while he knows that himself, he seems to be fighting against the need to doing things in a very Mourinho fashion. The Real Madrid manager can command whatever he wants, demand the keys to the Bernabeu, hook his best centre-back for an important Champions League game, receive criticism from the Madrid press, yet still receive plenty of backing. It's not always about PR and giving everyone what they want, but it does take up a decent measure of the job. Villas-Boas is bold and knows where he's going. His time to make rash decisions and speak openly about topics from a questionable angle will come. But right now, the manager is really making it difficult for himself when he doesn't need to. 4 Comments November 23rd, 2012 at 7:08 pm SP says: Only he hasn't 'tried to doit his way' -- he specifically 'didn't' play a 4-3-3 because he didn't have the players for it. He specifically including older players even though everyone knows they won't be here for the long term. The griping about the way he handled the Friedel/Lloris situation started BEFORE Lloris had even been able to play for Spurs (if anyone had actually bothered to check). Spurs lost three of their best and most influential players in the Summer, adn, on top of that have been without between 4 and 7 1st team players, for one reason and another, for most of the season, and are only two points behind