The Mourinho Thread: Should he stay or go? | Sacked

Is Mourinho’s time as United manager up?

  • Yes

    Votes: 2,296 77.1%
  • No

    Votes: 293 9.8%
  • Not yet - needs more time to see if he can turn it around

    Votes: 388 13.0%

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    2,977
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Robbie Boy

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@Anyone who changed their vote to ‘yes’ today, I’m really proud of you and am glad you’s have seen the light. The rest will convert soon. Amen.
 

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Maybe we could restart the poll? I mean many of the votes are probably from people who have been banned or have left, so they can't change their votes.

Would be interesting to see how many people still support him. Is it possible to do this @Damien @Raoul @Jippy ?
 

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Why the hell is he still here? This is getting fecking ridiculous now. We seem to think we're above sacking managers. We could lose every game this season and Mou will only be sacked until it's mathematically impossible to get UCL footy. Football has become such a chore to watch in the last few days. We aren't winning either to hide our inadequacies. If you're gonna play shit, you better fecking win.
 

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I remember you admitting that he had to go a few weeks ago.

What happened man? Don't be like that @santiagokinderbueno that went down with the Van Gaal titanic. There is still space on the lifeboat.
We still have plenty of lifeboats to throw out there.
 

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Then we will know our glory days are over and will never be back
Why not offer it to him on a short term deal. Once in a lifetime opportunity, take over now and see how he does until next summer. It's high risk but huge reward for him.

Things can't really get much worse because it doesn't matter if we finish 6th or 10th or 14th, we aren't getting top 4 and we aren't trying to play better football. What we have now, this is it for the season if we stick with Mou.
 

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This is why the argument that it's all due to having shit players doesn't work (although I do agree that your squad isn't great). We finished 2nd last season largely due to having a few individuals performing well, we weren't the 2nd best unit, the 2nd best coached or 2nd most coherent side but we had a goalkeeper playing out of his skin and we were more clinical with our chances than most, the fact that we don't create much and now can't defend is a symptom of bad coaching and the lack of a system.
That was down to Jose. He said so.
 

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I remember you admitting that he had to go a few weeks ago.

What happened man? Don't be like that @santiagokinderbueno that went down with the Van Gaal titanic. There is still space on the lifeboat.
I don't disagree - I just take objection to the incessant complaining, sniping and vilification.

Kinderman was nuts though.
 

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The simple question really for those who wish to deflect the blame from Jose is whether our attack is worse than Southampton's? Against a horrendous Palace side at home?

Let's be clear, if Jose had us lose to City 3-1 and claimed he wasn't backed in the summer, it is a fair point. I didn't hold him entirely responsible for the City loss, though tactics could have been better. But this stat against Palace throws his incompetence into sharp relief.

Both Ed and Jose are taking the club down. Get rid of the one who is removable at the least.
Playing devil's advocate, some are just saying he is part of the problem rather than the sole problem. There are a number of things wrong with the club.
 

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When they begin to compare you to LVG and Moyes it just tells how good you are. Pep and Klopp are lost causes I know but is there anything in the world we can do to steal Pochettino from the hands of Spurs?
 

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How long can this bullshit continue? Mourinho OUT is a part of the answer and he has to go. How the club have allowed 400 million pounds in transfer fees for mediocre players, this lot on the highest wages in the PL and a manager behaving like a primadonna is something I just can not understand. He's hardly inspiring those around him or leading by example. Bring in Eddie Howe and keep Carrick and Mckenna. Play the young players and play prober football.
 

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Playing devil's advocate, some are just saying he is part of the problem rather than the sole problem. There are a number of things wrong with the club.
From what I can see, the overwhelming majority agree with that. It doesn’t stop some of the utter garbage that’s posted in here, though.
 

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Nice to know we spent £53m on a bench player

It would be disgrace if the board don't back the manager to the time of an extra 100m in January...
 

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He's not going anywhere anytime soon mate.
This.

Woodward doesn't want to admit another defeat, plus there are no viable. Options out there.

Some clown on 606 suggested Giggs. He is too quiet to get a performance out of these muppets. We need a ranter, at least in the short term.
 

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The funny thing is that with Moyes and LVG you could see that the team was coached, you could see patterns. It wasn't good enough, in the case of Moyes it was often bad but you couldn't question that they were working behind the scene. With Mourinho, it looks like the players only meet on match day. It's just weird.
Agreed, and I’ve said this so many times. We don’t have basic competence, and do not look like a team that train together, at all. That’s why “it’s the players/Woodward’s fault” doesn’t fly with me. Where is the coaching?
 

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Klopp had a strong core of Henderson Milner and Lovren, and the club still backed him with world class signings in Van Dyke and Keita. Jose wasn't allowed to sign the players he wanted and had Pogba and Sanchez forced upon him while not being allowed to sell Martial. Shows the difference in ambition between the two clubs and where the real problem lies.
What the feck
 

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Sure it does.
Phew. There’s some fecking cretins that post utterly condescending shite from the in-camp. I can’t name them unfortunately. It’s a very two way thing. My favourite is the ‘haters’ tag and they then bitch and moan when someone comes back with ‘fanboi’. It’s all very silly really but quite entertaining at times.
 

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We have created less chances that mark hughes Southampton this season. Isn’t that a depressing statistic? Mourinho has creative players like Fred on the bench but will opt for lingard to start through the middle. We would have seen more decisive balls had Fred played. I’m so sick and tired of stressing this fact every week. Today we weren’t even tackling their players and again Fred would have been perfect for that.

I’m seriously considering Wenger taking over till the rest of the season. I don’t think we can make top 4 now that Tottenham are beating Chelsea. They and arsenal were our rivals for top 4 but it’s slipping away because we can’t beat shite teams at home. If wenger comes in we will at least play better football and players Like Sanchez will do much better.
 

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This.

Woodward doesn't want to admit another defeat, plus there are no viable options out there.

Some clown on 606 suggested Giggs. He is too quiet to get a performance out of these muppets. We need a ranter, at least in the short term.
I'd take a three-legged goat in a sombrero at this point.
 

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I think once top 4 is mathematically impossible (a matter of time) then he’s gone. Not before.
What this fascination with 'finishing top 4' is I don't get! We are fast becoming the joke that was levelled at Arsenal for years. This season is gone, accept it, but a club of Utd stature should not reward mediocrity and I'd wager is precisely the reason why so many players out in mediocre performances...lack of accountability.
 

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What this fascination with 'finishing top 4' is I don't get! We are fast becoming the joke that was levelled at Arsenal for years. This season is gone, accept it, but a club of Utd stature should not reward mediocrity and I'd wager is precisely the reason why so many players out in mediocre performances...lack of accountability.
I think - at least hope - is that people feel that’s when he’ll be sacked, when top four becomes mathematically impossible. I don’t think anyone would be happy if that’s what we were aiming for.
 
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