‘The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.’ Proverbs 15:2

The Portuguese football manager Jose Mourinho moved to Chelsea Football club in June 2004 becoming one of the highest managers back then with a reported salary of £4.2 million. He announced himself as the ‘special one’. In his spell there he won many titles including the Premier league title twice before leaving in 2007 to manage Inter Milan in Italy and Real Madrid in Spain where he won the Champions League title with both clubs. Touted as one of the best and sometimes most controversial football managers in history he returned to England to manage Chelsea for a second time in 2013. A season later he had again guided the club to the league title.

This season however has been a totally different story. He has played 11 games and lost 6. He has never lost more than 6 games in a season with any club. From being the special one he has now been re-labelled the ‘grumpy one’. The English press are having a field day as this is the first time in his career that he has been put under serious pressure. There has even been talk about him getting the sack. Bearing in mind that he is currently managing the Premier League champions, this is almost unthinkable.

I believe the mistake he made was one of over confidence. He regularly scoffed at his rivals calling them names like ‘failure specialists’ and accused another manager of playing football from ‘out of the dark ages.’ All these comments are coming back to bite him.

You see once those words have left your lips you cannot take them back. They will find themselves back at you doorstep.

Where is the lesson for us all? Learn to hold your tongue.

'Unworthy' by Commissioned is today's song. Click on the picture to listen.