Didnt you decide to fully focus on Europa in the first place because you couldn't get out of 6th?I like your way of thinking and I’m gonna pretend I’m a millionaire tomorrow night as I’m hitting town so will let you know how that works out for me
Do you really think we would have finished 6th in Jose’s first season if we weren’t gunning for the europa?
Honest answer as you asked for earlier then preceded to mock my answer
He left us in the Europa League.
I didn’t decide anything but Jose took the decision to focus on europa for sure.
Yeah because we had a fecking semi final second leg right after that game.
Thanks for making my point.
Us resting players around the semi final is not why we finished 6th. There is no guarantee that we would have won those games even at full strength anyway, your point is flimsy.
No it isn't. We were 6th and 2nd through most of both seasons. You're talking bollocks.
It’s exactly why we finished 6th and also, flip flopped a good reason why we finished the next season
No Europe from February
Chelsea Europe till April
Arsenal Europe till April
Liverpool all the way to to the god damn final
City were a mile clear these clubs focused elsewhere
Please for the love of god tell me on this forum I am not the only one that sees this.
Of course they started, Phil Jones and Rojo are always injured.
So you see no correlation between being out of Europe from February to us finish second whilst all of our competition is still playing in Europe as a reason we managed a sad 2nd place?
We were in Europe during March. We were 2nd the entire season, even whilst we was in Europe, had a very good home record and won the big games. We finished 2nd because we deserved it.
We went out in March pathetically, if those other teams we weren’t concerned about Europe we wouldn’t have finished have second.
Yes we would have. We finished almost 20 points ahead of Arsenal. Chelsea and Spurs went out the same round as us. Liverpool had a 5-0 lead against Porto, rested players, played us, and lost. You also seem to forget we rested players around our FA Cup semi and final, difference is we still won our games.
Whatever it is ,Bailly and Lindelof can't possibly be Mourinho first choice , he gave shortlist of players to Woodward for probably about 5 players for each position he wanted and woody bought him the 5th name on the that list since they must be the cheapest.
We finished 4 ahead of spuds and 6 ahead of a champions league contending Liverpool team who took 9 points from their last 6 games - do the math.
Thank god someone sees the lunacy, I should be asleep now
We went out the same round as Spurs so how does that prove your point
. We played Liverpool when they were focussed after resting players against Porto and beat them. We had the FA Cup semi and final to think about, but still won game when we rotated players. Your point is crap.. Sorry but they were behind us the entire season for a reason.A season we had no European action of real note - it was a bum 2nd, like I said similar to 1988 and no united fan (I was a proper regular then) took no satisfaction from.We went out the same round as Spurs so how does that prove your point
You are also assuming that they would have won games around the European ties if they had been knocked out
So I proved your point was bollocks now you are trying to talk about 1988
. It's not about satisfaction, you are saying we only finished 2nd because other teams were playing in Europe which is bollocks.No your just being impoliteSo I proved your point was bollocks now you are trying to talk about 1988
They are capable of dropping points just like they did throughout the season, which is the reason why they were behind us the entire season. End of discussion, this is off topic anyway.
So you don’t think we got an easy ride and you don’t think Liverpool dropped points because they had a champions league final?
Guess how many premier league games a champions league final team won for their last premier 5 games by the way?
I think you missed my pointThank god someone sees the lunacy, I should be asleep now
,I'm on the opposite side of your argument.Fantastic- god speed JoseI think you missed my point
I think you missed my point
The FA cup final loss against Conte's absolutely dreadful Chelsea side was the ultimate proof Jose is done at the top level. An early penalty scored and we had feck all to come with. That was probably one of the most frustrating final losses I've ever had to watch. We should have won that final and we would have if it was Jose from two years earlier but as I said, he's finished much like my hairline.
Ahh yes, when people were crying for Rashford to play up front, Lukaku got injured, he got his chance and surprise surprise we fail to score. Somehow it was always Jose's fault, but now everyone will freely call the players shit.
The Chelsea side that was the English champions.
You know, that is actually a good thing. Better late than never, although I do get your point. That is the only positive thing with our clear out is that a few players like Matic, Lingard, Rashford, Mata etc has been getting an easy ride while the managers have been blamed. There is nobody left to blame, unless we stick with the argument that the manager doesn't get enough out of them, once again.
Of course it was his fault. It was his bloody team. I suppose it was LVGs fault that he lost that final and shat the bed in his last season. Or even more amusingly, a 20 year old striker. Poor Jose.
Best coach and season you guys have had since Ferguson left. He made some mistakes yes but the board did not help either.
It's fine, but weren't you the one praising ole for progress this year despite... you know...
