Sunday 23 May 2010

Is Mourinho A Real Winner???

I think some of the comments on http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/philminshull/2010/05/is_mourinho_making_a_real_mist.html#postcomment are ridiculously biased. They say, Mourinho wins because the foundation and money was already there at Chelsea and Inter Milan. Well they how come Chelsea have never won the Champions League and had not won the premier league for 50 years till Mourinho came and showed them how to? Infact, Chelsea have come close to winning Champions League when Mourinho left and have won the Premier League this season because Mourinho had laid the winning foundation. The same goes for Inter Milan. How come Mancini couldn't even take them beyond Quarter Finals in Champions League, if his foundation was so good?

The fact is Mourinho know how to win. Period. He had done with Porto when nobody knew that a team called Porto even exists. (no pun intended). He had done with Chelsea and would have won them the Champions League had Mr. Abramovich not interfered. Now he has done with Inter Milan. Every one knows, had Mr. Moratti not replaced Mancini, they could never even have dreamt of Champions League finals. Forget winning it.

So guys, show some Respect. Just talk makes you look foolish. You may love him or hate him, but don't forget to respect a person who knows something about winning and creating winning teams.

Finally, He Comes, He WINS & He Moves On....St. Jose Mourinho!!!

Regards,

Pradeep Kabra

Saturday 8 May 2010

Why men shouldn't write advise columns & Long live the Queen!!!



Infact I would say, they shouldn't be allowed in politics as well.

For instance, before the elections in the UK none of the three musketeers in the British politics explained how they will reduce the budged deficit. Infact they behaved as if the word deficit doesn't exist.

Now with the hung parliament around their neck, they scare everybody by saying, deficit reduction is the priority. In the national interest, keep the differences aside and let's sleep together. Even if it happens that one side is the Tories (super-quick deficit reduction, anti-Europe, anti-immigration, pro-nuclear) and the other side is Lib Dems (no-idea what deficit reduction means, pro-europe including joining Euro, pro-immigration (remember, fair-society shit), anti-nuclear including nuclear power)

Long live the Queen!!!

Re: Fool's Gold

Dear Gillian,

In your admirable book 'Fool's Gold' you point out all the reasons behind the financial crisis. But the main cause is 'lack of political reforms' in the US and other places. How can lobbyists get away with ludicrous claims in their own interest in not just the financial industry but from software to food to pharma to you name it.

The fact is, all the big corporates are big donors to the politicians. So the politicians face the same conflict of interest as faced by the rating agencies or by Goldman Sachs for instance.

Unless the political funding is not centralized from a common pool and distributed based on some criteria, it is fair to assume that this is just the beginning of all the future 'jungle-raj' for the few, all in the name of democracy, free-markets, globalization and what not.

Regards,

Pradeep