HOT OR NOT: Pep Guardiola might turn Manchester City into greatest team in Premier League era... but Jose Mourinho's whining is now just boring

  • Pep Guardiola's City might go on to be greatest team in Premier League history
  • Dawid Malan's Ashes century shows someone feels a sense of accountability 
  • Boxing has a drugs problem and Tyson Fury is certainly not a hero after his return
  • Jose Mourinho's aggression, insults and sense of superiority is just boring now 

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's RIATH AL-SAMARRAI reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week... 

 

HOT 

PEP GUARDIOLA


On his watch, this Manchester City team might go on to be known as the greatest in the Premier League era, an argument supported by their record 15 wins in a row. He now holds the longest winning streaks in the history of the Premier League, the Bundesliga and La Liga. Maybe it wasn't entirely about Lionel Messi after all.

Pep Guardiola (centre) could turn his Manchester City team into the best in Premier League era

Pep Guardiola (centre) could turn his Manchester City team into the best in Premier League era

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN

The Rocket is so good he can even win snooker matches in his sleep. He took several power naps in his seat during his third-round victory over Li Hang in the Scottish Open, which came less than a week after winning the UK Championship. Having said that, he was then thrashed 5-0 by John Higgins, which should be something of a wake-up call.

Ronnie O'Sullivan is now so good that he's even winning snooker matches in his sleep

Ronnie O'Sullivan is now so good that he's even winning snooker matches in his sleep

DAWID MALAN

Whatever else happens in this third Test and the wider Ashes series, Middlesex batsman Malan at least showed with his first-innings century at the WACA that someone in the squad/stag party feels a sense of accountability for what is going on in Australia.

Dawid Malan's impressive performance with the bat showed at least he has some heart

Dawid Malan's impressive performance with the bat showed at least he has some heart

 

NOT

TYSON FURY

Painted by droves of sycophants as a returning hero, but a hero of what exactly? He has just accepted a back-dated two-year ban for a doping violation and escaped further sanction over his refusal to take a test. Boxing has a big problem with drugs and nothing about this episode leaves a good taste.

Boxing has a big problem with drugs and Tyson Fury does not deserve hero status

Boxing has a big problem with drugs and Tyson Fury does not deserve hero status

JOSE MOURINHO

There's no novelty about him any more. The aggression, the insults, the sense of superiority — it's just boring. In following his spiky press conference this week, post-Watergate at Old Trafford, it was hard to shake the feeling that while one manager in Manchester is breaking records, the other just sounds like a broken record. He must exhaust himself with all this whining.

Jose Mourinho's aggression, insults and sense of superiority are boring now... he must be tired

Jose Mourinho's aggression, insults and sense of superiority are boring now... he must be tired

CYCLING

And down goes another one. Time will tell if Chris Froome and his crack lawyer can clear up this mess, but the disadvantage he has is that cyclists do not lend themselves to sympathy. The sport has lost that right. What is remarkable, quite aside from the number of asthmatics that Team Sky have launched up mountains, is that the sport's hardcore audience remains interested. They deserve special jerseys for that.

Cycling has lost the right to earn sympathy and it has not been a good week for Chris Froome

Cycling has lost the right to earn sympathy and it has not been a good week for Chris Froome

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