Robbie Boy
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He at least has a clear plan and a style..Big Sam's available. Bizarrely he'd make a more attacking and attractive style of play
At least he’s comfortable with his management style. Mourinho obviously has many insecurities about his own.He at least has a clear plan and a style..
Style and Mourinho somehow do not mix..At least he’s comfortable with his management style. Mourinho obviously has many insecurities about his own.
‘Style’.Style and Mourinho somehow do not mix..
"Undermined" ffsThis article is spot on
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...t-to-fall-ed-woodward-reign-manchester-united
If the next manager is undermined the way Mourinho was then they will also fail.
Don’t see how people can’t grasp this."Undermined" ffs
Hundreds of millions of pounds on players who we won't see a return on. I'm glad the board didn't give him any more money.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.u...ing-us1bn-wiped-from-market-value-211395.htmlTweet
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If that's true, they'll be gone within a year regardless of how they play. Rest of the squad can't be fond of either.Tweet
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Even McTominay did him in then
The mirror though, they do make shit up about Jose and us more than most.Tweet
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Even McTominay did him in then
Jose had a plan, get fired, big pay off and home in time for Christmas. GeniusHe at least has a clear plan and a style..
Not a popular view here. But right all the same. LVG was treated despicably. Will Woodward and the board let a DOF direct?This article is spot on
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...t-to-fall-ed-woodward-reign-manchester-united
If the next manager is undermined the way Mourinho was then they will also fail.
You’re right. The scouting, recruitment and training have all been substandard. Thus why changing the manager without addressing the other substandard aspects of the club will hardly reap any benefits. It starts with changing the manager, but it goes beyond that. It should not stay that way.Why do people keep saying this? There isn't a curse on the club. Scouting, recruitment, training have all been substandard in recent years. We just need to be managed better.
fecking hope notIt's going to end up being Sparky, isn't it?
Indeed. It must be a change on a much larger scale. Not just the manager.That's why Neville's right when he said the club needs to reset the structure, if we stick with the same old then we're no better off.
Hated, Adored, Never IgnoredMourinho's sacking is being covered on Newsnight:Tweet
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Which other club could ever get that kind of attention?
This is made up bollocks no one should dignify by posting anywhereTweet
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I mean it is actually reported in an article in the Daily Mirror, made up? Maybe, either way, you're way too tetchy about it.This is made up bollocks no one should dignify by posting anywhere
Can't argue with any of that. He had to go, it was gone even those you could generally trust to put in a shift were walking around the pitch heads down. I was 100% against his appointment in the beginning but he won me over. Got genuinely excited beginning of last season when we went on that run of big victories. Players have to show up now, especially those who have been complaining the loudest. We need to get some wins under the belt, 2 or 3 bad results and we'll be right back into crisis mode.I’m sad it’s turned out how it has. We have witnessed off-field incidents being played out on the football pitch which is wrong in my opinion. That’s not just Jose Mourinho’s fault, part of the blame does lie with him of course but it also lies with some of the players and the board/directors. There has clearly been a situation where different people have had issues with other people within the organisation - clearly, they weren’t sorted out and they should have been sorted out. I don’t think that anyone has been in control of the football club and I think we’ve seen individuals ‘wrestle’ to try and gain some of that control. That can’t happen in a team sport and it’s lead to the club looking very disjointed. Disjointed is the word that best sums it all up for me. You’ve got to pull together and have a common aim, that hasn’t been the case and when that happens you’re finished.
I thought he did well in his first season in that he won us two trophies and got us back into the Champions League. We had a lot of injuries, obviously there were the Thursday games in the Europa League as well. For me, that was a success.
Last season, I thought cracks did appear and Sevilla in the Champions League was a real shocker. Two dreadful performances, unacceptable performances. The football wasn’t great but we did finish in the top four. The FA Cup loss was a real blow and left a bitter taste over the summer.
Whether extending his contract was right or wrong is one question but when they did, they should have backed him IMO and they didn’t. I think it’s cost us this season in terms of results because we’ve conceded goals that have been completely unacceptable and it’s clearly lead to a lot of problems off the field as well. Mourinho will always try and save himself first and when he knew that we weren’t getting a centre half, that’s what he did and he upset certain players in the process. Had they backed him, I think he’d have been a lot happier, the players would have been a lot happier as a result and maybe things would have been different - who knows.
I think he’s suffered badly with regards to a lack of leadership amongst the players. The likes of Keane, Neville, Giggs, Robson, even Rooney and Ibrahimavic in recent years wouldn’t have stood for some of the performances this season. They wouldn’t have accepted it, their personal pride wouldn’t have allowed it. I don’t think there’s a player in the dressing room who has that character and cares about the club enough to channel it in the right way. I think there is a combination of reserved individuals and players who care about themselves more than they do the team. That’s worked against him for sure.
But..... all of the above has happened and I think sticking with him for longer would have made a bad situation worse. I think a change needed to happen, mainly because I think the atmosphere is now so unhealthy it’s become poisonous. You can feel the tension at the matches, it’s almost felt like every game is a final. That couldn’t be allowed to continue and sacking José is the easiest way to clear that atmosphere. There are players who I wouldn’t trust as far as I could kick them and I think there are players who, like José, will put themselves and their own interests before the club. I think they’ll show that again if things don’t work out with the next manager.
As I say though, all things considered, it’s the right decision for me.