I reckon he'll retire and stick to it this time, extolling his wisdon via the media and his sychophantic mates. In terms of his public persona I think he's had his fingers burned far more than he ever thought he would by this job and will go before he gets sacked.
Looking at next season I can't see who'd employ him:
Palace, WHU, Newcastle - clearly a no-go
Southampton, Swansea, Bournemouth, Watford - not their type at all
Huddersfield - Deutsche Girls
Brighton - hmmm maybe
His time is up, the game has moved on. Interesting that questions are now being asked of Mourinho and how dated his style is also. Football moves on, we need to employ coaches on the up.
Probably and hopefully you are right mate.
As for Mourinho being outdated, think he has been for a whilst - just he was at such a high level that it takes a whilst before the decline in effectiveness becomes apparent.
Change Mourinhos name to some other managers and 2 seasons at United finishing 24 points off the title and then maybe 20+ again this season, a last 16 exit from the CL to a 'average' Spanish side, and 'only' a league cup and Europa league to show for it, then think they'd be sacking him personally if it was many other managers with that record.
Situation for him would have looked even grimmer had they lost in the semi of the EL last year - when in reality his tactics 'should' have cost them right at the end save for a god awful miss from Villareal (think it was them anyway).
Ones a managers bubble has burst - it becomes more and more apparent, Chelsea his last season destroyed the mystique the media/himself has built up surrounding him, once gone it's incredibly hard to get that aura back.
Ferguson was a rare manager in he insulated himself from becoming outdated in many ways by constantly changing his assistant every 3-5 years - and bringing in a more modern one each time, but perhaps the biggest thing was that he actually gave the assistant real power and influence in the club so they where respected and could function well.