Recent content by GeneralGattuso

I don't think he ruins clubs, but my hope is that he comes here, realises he's running out of big clubs to manage and decides to make a home for himself rather than carry with his previous MO.

I dunno, the kind of cloud Mourinho tends to leave in his wake when things go wrong might just put us right back where we started post-fergie. A one-season wonder wouldn't stop people (those within football) looking at us like we are in terminal decline, we need some kind of consistent success...

Happy? Not really. I'll be happy when he wins us the league or CL every year or adapts to a more long term, exciting style of football with out imploding and failing in 3 years... then I'll be happy. If Mourinho comes, he's going to have to prove he's capable of doing the Man Utd job in my eyes.

*sigh* sorry I must have missed the part where I said that made them bad players? I said Evra was poor at defending, not a bad player; keep making those strawmen though! I already gave examples of defenders who played well into their 30s and still had it at the top level, Evra at 30 on the...

A shame but expected. I would have loved to see how Pep would have set us up, guess we will never know. I suppose it means Mourinho is the clear favourite (although I still have serious reservations), as long as it's not bloody Giggs.

Only one (in fairly recent history) that comes close is Bruce and Pallister. But I think over the years, with the defensive records they set and things they won, Rio and Vidic are the best ever.

A shame he has to retire, a proper defender - did what he did without fuss, one of the best in the world and his partnership with Rio was perfect.

So go on then... why did he fade so badly? Yes, very much so.

So, why did Aaron Lennon (who wasn't the world's greatest winger) always have a good game against him? His positioning was poor, you can go look back through matches, reports, I'm not the only person who saw it. He made up for it with pace, it's why he faded so badly as he aged. He was...

You said they were better at attacking, but they can't defend for toffee so it's a moot point. I'm not even counting Shaw, because he's done for the season, so if Darmian is the only fullback then he'd have to be the best? And I said he's been our best fullback at attacking, NOT a great...

Then you've been watching too much of Young and Valencia at "fullback", can't defend to save their lives. Everyone applauds Valencia's recovery tackles, but that's because he's always caught out of position - worse than useless, people say our defense is shite, oddly no one seems to be...

See I have two problems with this type of statement (and I'm not suggesting you personally think this way but) the class of 92 was a freaky, once in a lifetime thing, to even suggest you can produce one with any kind of regularity is madness. The main thing with young age groups is that they...

Well that's a load off...

He's defense first, which is the main job. Watch him for Italy and he's pretty damn good going forward - he's not a winger so I would expect Young and Valencia who are "converted" wingers (in other words, shite fullbacks) to be better at the attacking side. A fullback who can't defend is...

Ha, I've noticed! He ignores everything that doesn't fit his narrative, it's like talking to a militant feminist. I agree, although we need one or two more players to provide depth or a better option at certain positions, but the framework is there. In a defensive sense and when he actually...