I am amazed how managers and fans alike keep falling for Mou's antics, anyone who has listened to him for any period of time should know by now that he pretty much says anything to deflect attention from his teams to himself its pretty much why his players usually end up loving him so much, the media spends so much time analyzing his sometimes outlandish remarks that the players are free from scrutiny.
He's fucking brilliant at it. I don't see many complaining about the fact that A. Cole hasn't featured for many games with the World Cup round the corner, and yet if he was playing at any other team that manager will be lambasted by the press by now. The Mou Effect.