he is arrogant & egotistical BUT it also does deflect attention from his players, last year they were a team who hadn't won the title for 50 yrs and all the flak was directed at Mourinho, even now - they're facing going out of the CL tomorrow night and all the talk is still of the manager and his behaviour, not is Lampard gonna be fit, not of how they are gonna attempt to overtrun their first leg deficit, not of playing in front of 90,000 Barca fans, not of £250M spent and it'll be at least another year before they might win the Champions League... why is no-one asking John Terry the question "Do you feel your season will be a failure if you miss out on the Champions League again this season?", it's cos Mourinho's got everyone talking about him.