Mourinho Gone

[Member 113277]

I don't celebrate his sacking, but I am relieved he's gone. He was never the right fit for this club and it was an ill thought out appointment. Wrong man, wrong time, wrong place.

Normally I feel sorry for people who lose their jobs, but the severance package means I don't, in this case. He's entitled to it and it will keep the wolves away from the door for a while.

 

[Chairman Steve]

Ideally the next guy to come in has to be the new full time one. The new guy can treat this next 5 months as his analysis period and then know exactly who goes, who stays and who’s needs to brought in during the summer.

So Jardim would be great for me. Pochettino is a vastly expensive and hard to get pipe dream for me. I’d move on from him.

 

[Booga Benson]

He's going to talk a lot of shit about the club in coming months.

I doubt it. He will have signed a non disclosure agreement to get his payoff.

 

[Ban]

People saying he should have been sacked at the end of last season. Madness

 

[Giant Midget]

It's because we took so long to do it. It should've been done months ago. It's like months of frustration let out in one big sigh of relief.

Just like my sex life.

 

[meamth]

Shame to see our own fans disrespecting our former manager.

Yes, his time here can be associated with failure, but he certainly brought us back to champions league.

Thank you Jose, good luck on your future endeavors.

 

[Skills]

I can't get excited about his football if I'm being honest. Spurs play some decent stuff but it's definitely towards the efficient and of the scale, compared to some of the other options out there.

 

[Chief123]

In any other business if a person gave an indivdual in a company a 6 year contract based on their judgement and then sacks him just months later, surely has to be questioned and removed themselves? Ed woodward will only continue with further chaos!

 

[klsv]

Zidane is not taking an interim role.

The man has won 3 straight CL titles.

This. Also nobody will leave their current job to take interim place at United, so that is another bunch of names to cross out. I think people might not know what interim manager means.

 

[GarrinchaNZ]

Phil Neville may be tempted out of International Coaching duty...

 

[spud u like]

It must be true then

 

[Salus Populi Suprema Lex]

At this stage it really does feel like an early Christmas present. It had to happen.

 

[The Brown Bull]

What an amazing business the football business is.This is more or less the same thing that happened with Jose in his last two jobs at Chelsea and Real Madrid.He makes an impression in his first year or two and in his 3rd year he turns on everyone and gets the sack and the big payday that goes with it.
You would almost think he did on purpose,Certainly even Mike Bassett couldn't have made bigger 'pigs breakfast' out of our team than Jose has in the last few months.

 

[DRM]

What's moyshie up to these days?

 

[balaks]

If Utd want him, he will go. As much as Spurs have done well, they are not challenging for the title, a potential cup win aside Spurs' progress has bottomed out.

He wasn't even allowed to buy anyone in the summer, that's not progress from his perspective. To say that there is zero chance he will go is utterly delusional. We of course don't know whether he will even be in the running.

10 years ago this was certainly true however it is nearly 2019 and things have changed.

 

[GBBQ]

Things started so well, its hard to remember now cos of how dour things have been but that summer bringing in Mkhitaryan, Pogba, Zlatan and Bailly really seemed like we had finally sorted our shit out.

For all our under performance I do think the squad is in better nick than when Mou took over. And we might see some lasting changes to the decision making and a DOF brought in.

 

[Loon]

It would be totally up to Pochettino. If he said yes, then United would pay the clause money.

 

[Mastadon]

Specialist in failure. Took over the biggest job in the EPL, spent 400 mil and completely screwed it up beyond redemption.

 

[Cloud7]

Holy shit. Didn't know that such a thing exists. Interim manager looks weird by itself, but acting interim is even weirder.

Job description is probably “Stand there so the players have someone to look at during training until the new boss comes in”

 

[ThierryHenry]

thank him for feck all, the miserable bastard.

Fantastic.

 

[Thomasvo]

How much is Jose's severance?

22.5 million pounds if I read it correctly.

 

[Rhyme Animal]

He won us our first European Trophy since 2008...

He won a Domestic Cup...

He finished above Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea, Arsenal last season.

I have respect for the positives that he did achieve, but they should've let him go in the Summer and should have never given him that silly contract extension.

Then we'd be able to look back at his time and the trophies won without the sourness of this half a season.

One thing I would add is - do not count him out as a manager in the future. He'll be determined to prove everyone wrong now and win big again, and with time to reset his mindset, I wouldn't be surprised if is winning titles and competing in the CL again with another club.

 

[Foxbatt]

I hope this Pochettino story dies down or else it will be like Moyes going after Fabregas.

 

[GM K]

Trophies, second place finish and some good signings aside, I thank Jose for exposing our problems at United. I thank him for moaning about the need to sign players and spend more to compete.

Good thing he is gone now. For me, the solution is not just in hiring a new manager. Like Jose said repeatedly, we have to spend more. This team needs to be fixed and the footballing part of the club should be in the hands of a DoF or new manager. Players also need to be checked. In the United I know, the boss is the boss, period. This is what I want to see in our next phase. A new manager who plays attacking football and is totally backed in the transfer market while his authority in the dressing room is indisputable.

 

[Berbaclass]

No

Not suggesting him simply he’s got United ties which the journos are saying this Interim manager will have.

 

[meamth]

Zidane to fulfill Pogba's and Martial's potential. I'd take that in a heart beat.

 

[Hammondo]

100% Poch.

 

[Decomposing In Paris]

It better not be Antonio Conte...

This. Don't care if he's worked with Pogba & Matic before, I simply can't stand the man.

 

[Vadim]

Not Big Sam as we are not in the relegation zone. I don't think Rafa is going to come as Interim Manager anyway.

Rafa, Sam and Mourinho all play the same shite football. No thanks!

 

[Patrick08]

Pity, he chose his own demise, with pathetic football and incredibly biased management.

 

[Ban]

Shame to see our own fans disrespecting our former manager.

Yes, his time here can be associated with failure, but he certainly brought us back to champions league.

Thank you Jose, good luck on your future endeavors.

Just Cafe and people for you.

 

[Toad]

Moyes. LVG. Jose.

Woodward next please.

Just looking at the three managers, it’s madness what has happened in these last 6/7 years, unbelievable for a club of this stature.

 

[Moriarty]

Sounds like it will be Carrick

A man with only half a season of experience in the job? Hell of a chance to take if it's true.

 

[Fosu-Mens]

What's moyshie up to these days?

Talking to Woodward.

 

[Carl]

Absolute madness.. We've turned into a fan-pleasing circus which doesn't stick by it's own decisions but knees to this modern hype ..

Yeh. Nothing to do with us being 6th in the league and 19 points off the top.

Absolutely the right decision and the only problem with it being it's come too late.

 

[Born2Lose]

Thank god he's gone, other things need to change of course, but Mourinho's childish behaviour was sucking the life out of the club.

Can actually be bothered now to have a look when we're on over Christmas on the TV.

 

[Berbaclass]

Solskjaer or Blanc, methinks.

Will be if the ‘United ties’ thing is true.

 

[LARulz]

He's got a reputation to lose. If he cannot improve the team, it might be a while before he gets another good chance.

I don't think so. Unless we drop even further, he won't really be considered a failure I think. We have nothing to play for (CL nobody is expecting, maybe FA Cup) and people are looking at the players and saying they are underperforming/shit themselves

 

[Robbie Boy]

The Caf Civil War can end now. We can all be best pals, yay

 

[Salus Populi Suprema Lex]

22.5 million pounds if I read it correctly.

Seriously? Bloody hell, that isn't bad. Nice work if you can get it.