Of course the board backed Martial, Raahford and Pogba over him! If it wasnt for Jose they wouldnt have to do it in the first place.
Spurs arent special. You still have this we are on to something new mentality but the players behind Son and Kane will only sacrifice their attacking instincts for so long before mental fatigue kicks in and Jose starts to buck from it.
The reason Jose prefer older and experienced player are basically that, they are mentally stronger. Backing players over manager isn't a good thing , Sir Alex wrote in his book about how manager should be the most important person and when it doesn't, then the club is finished. The great man was right.
What are you on about? Ed Woodward forcing Pogba captaincy on Mourinho? He captained two games for us his entire time here, once against some random team in the EFL in the 17/18 season and another against Young Boys in the CL. Saying we should attack is not undermining him either when the entire crowd at times was screaming the same thing. On the Spurs stuff, did you see anything that put anyone at Spurs in a negative light? Of course not, why would they show anything confrontational or negative? It's made to improve the PR around the club (which it did). Kane and Son were also already some of the hardest working forwards in the league before he came. Woodward was also completely right to not allow Mourinho to get rid of Martial and Rashford and arguably Pogba too. If you ask Levy if he'd also sell 3 of their best players for players like Willian and Perisic he would also refuse. Mourinho was also allowed to get rid of many players like Blind, Rooney, Depay, Schweinsteiger, Schneiderlin off the top of my head, and rightfully so. Why did you choose to cherry pick your examples and make up crap like Woodward forcing him to captain Pogba?
How ? What did you guys have won with them playing regularly ? United fans talk as if they are going to walk the league and winning all trophies available after they got rid of that "toxic" manager and with all their favorite player enjoying playing time. Fact is United has been trophyless since he left and couldn't even surpass his achievement there. Mourinho wouldn't ask for Perisic or Willian at Spurs, he already have Son, Kane, Lamela, Bergwijn , Lucas and Bale fighting for LW and RW position. He knows that different club needs different treatment to fix their squad and that's how he won everywhere , you just need to give him the budget ( doesn't have to be much cause he didn't really went after fancy expensive players ) , authority, trust ,support and he will bring the trophy , it's that simple.
If José finds peak José again, they'll win the league, I think.
Only think stopping him is that he seems to have lost peak José.
It's kinda confusing how defensive he goes against weaker teams. Doesn't seem to trust players.
Problem is you can trust your players and still get pumped 6-1. Ole seems to have learn though , he started 2 DM Fred and Mctominay most of the time after and start benching Pogba just like what Mourinho always want to do but not allowed because he was still popular with the fans back then. Ole doesn't trust his defense as well but that kind of narrative about not trusting players is reserved only for Mourinho right ? Finished 2nd 81 points with all the deadwood playing such as Lukaku , Sanchez, Fellaini , Young, Valencia, Smalling, Rojo , Jones and co prove that he is still in his peak.
Then why did you appoint him? He's a manager who unapologetically focuses on immediate success at any cost, appointing him for a rebuild or a long term project is a waste, anyone who appoints Mou should take the Inter approach, accept his MO and throw everything you can into getting that quick success.
He won't change either (you're starting to really see that now with his approach since the WHU game), with all due respect he wouldn't change for the biggest club the world, the club he made his name at or his supposed dream job so he won't be breaking that trend for anyone else.
I don't understand the difference between quick success and slow success. If what you meant with slow-success is winning once every decade then i rather have a quick success , maybe you can repeat that quick success over and over again to win every season like you know , Bayern or Juve.
