Well said Sir, it was unacceptable when Moyes did the same.
Jose Mourinho's press conference - Brighton (FA Cup) - 14:00 GMT
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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Happy to see the boys coming back on my page.
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He talks about our squad being poor and then gives Rojo an extension
I think the answer to that is simple, mourinho's football is results based with no value attached to how we get the results, most fans who want him out are following the same rules, if he can't get the results he isn't worth keeping. Until mourinho's football improves every time he loses a big game people will call for his head.
Exactly!
Why comment about City players! We had 4 shots at goal compare to Seville 22 shots.
That is solely based on his pattern of play n not what Pep inherited from city.
I only hope our so called board are keeping notes.
Why comment about City players! We had 4 shots at goal compare to Seville 22 shots.
That is solely based on his pattern of play n not what Pep inherited from city.
I only hope our so called board are keeping notes.
People are not turning against him because of the results, it is the football and the experience of watching that turns so many off. Dull, uninspiring football with the occasional moment of individual quality and knowing that as soon as we play a good team you should forget any hopes of Utd taking the initiative.
Think the point is more that City have spent years building up their squad, whereas we had under-investment for years and have been forced to try and put a squad together in three/four seasons since Fergie left.
It's a fair point tbh. City's squad management has been great in recent years but they've been spending ridiculous amounts for years, and made loads of mistakes along the way, to get to this point.
I don't know if he really believed the crowd booed cause we were knocked out or he's intentionally deflecting.
Not quite sure what his point was - except that he's not to blame for Sevilla beating us, obviously.
Think a lot of fence-sitters have jumped already!
If the team was good enough we would have beaten them, quite simply.
Sorry mate but this is just 'top red' nonsense.
No-one has the right to tell other fans how to support the club.
I know the people who were going mad then are all oh well said Jose now. How is it different? How is a manager disrespecting the history off the club ever acceptable. He wont say that he made a mistake because his ego is to big for that so he lays waste to our history to show that he has done well.
Well with the CL being the major trophy in club football David Moyse took us further so what does that say about him?
He was brought in to improve the record, not do the same as his predecessors. That's the whole fecking point of his appointment, so what's the purpose of giving us a history lesson?
Look, his heritage point makes perfect sense with respect to league position, but if he is telling us that a team with Lukaku, Sanchez, Martial, Pogba and Rashford cannot beat a team over two legs that lost 5-1 to Eibar in their league, then he can do one.
Hyperbole much? He is going nowhere and is under no pressure other than some heat for Sevilla. We are 2nd and in FA Cup, not 10th.
I did. From made improvement but stagnated to sack him asap.
The Champions League is the pinnacle of club football and Moyse took us further.
Probably the latter, despite living in his own little bubble he can't be unaware of how he is viewed and how the football we play is viewed, basically the entire press conference was about avoiding all of the real issues and just listing off various scapegoats from previous managers to players to the investment at other cllubs, to avoid taking any responsibility for his shortcomings.
Exactly. Anybody can be knocked out of a competition, but you want them to fight for the cause. As said we went out because he made mistakes, but he will not admit he made mistakes. Because of this his next bad result, again he will not take any blame it will be the players who well and truly cop it.
He and his supporters here will never get that. Despite the horror showing, if we went through it would be papering over the obvious tactical flaws in that game.
If he thinks he will be here for a long time, then he is wrong. I give him next season, then he will be gone.
"Same page" = same sad reactions.
"..the boys coming back again on my page" = back to listening and following his coach and instructions in trainings.
Maybe.
We were still in the tie when Fellaini was on the pitch, fans clamouring for change brought Pogba on and pretty soon he was back to his usual not tracking back and letting Sevilla midfield pass through him as he stood and admired the goal
Has he ever taken any blame in his career? He will blame the neighbour's dog before admitting to getting it wrong. He is an awful people manager but is even worse when it comes to looking inwards for ways to improve.
If our team isn't good enough to beat Sevilla, then he should be done for wasting £300m.
We are good enough to beat Sevilla ffs!
I wish people would stop believing this crap that our players are complete duds.
I just think some people feel like players are plug and play and expect instant success. How often since AS joined the squad (and earlier this year for that matter) have we seen players making hand gestures indicating - thought you were going this way, you should have gone that way, play the ball to my feet, etc.? Our best CB has been out for months, our 2nd best (PJ - arguably) is in witness protection again. We have no consistency at LB, our mid-field still needs help (and has been hit with injuries to compound the agony) and our attack is made up up mostly under 25 y/o players who are still learning their craft. And, this doesn't even address the amount of players that are new to the team either this year or last. I just think it takes more time than some seem to be willing to give. How is a manager supposed to "get them playing a certain way and bringing the best out of those players on an individual and collective level" when he is still introducing them to each other?
Listening to the press conference before the game, not sure he thought we were not good enough to beat Sevilla, more that we are not good enough to go further than that.
Agree, the Pogba change definitely hurt us. Fellaini wasn't great either tbh.
It was the Sevilla change which his fans seem to completely forget. Had they had Yedder on from the beginning the tie would have been over before half time.
Of course perspective is necessary and he is correct in many of the points he makes but he would gain far mor credit with the fans by accepting that the other night was an abject failure from every perspective.
A bit too hopeful.
Mourinhos recent Champions League record is even worse than PSGs. The only reason they've made it out of the last 16 in the last 3 years was when they beat him with 10 men
Epic 12-min rant. Felt a bit Benitez....
Have you two only just started watching football? How often do managers own up to their mistakes following a loss?
The great man himself acknowledges the loss as "our" fault.
I don't think it is. I think the people who want him out hate his style of play. And they are invigorated when we have poor results. He had close to 60% support on the Caf up until the Sevilla game, now that's dropped to around 45% with a quarter wanting him out. I don't enjoy the defensive setup myself, but I also think that the defense needs sorting as well as the balance in midfield on on the right. I think he can do this and I don't see much point in getting him out when he's a few players from getting the team he wants.
If it were simply about results, then people would take that defeat on the chin but acknowledge that we are 2nd in the league with quite a healthy points tally, with a chance of winning the FA Cup.
No the tie changed when they brought someone on who could put the ball in the back of the net. They had a mass of chances before that but their starting striker was beyond useless.
I'm convinced he thinks there was nothing wrong with our approach to the game... absolutely convinced of it.
Has SAF ever said that the team isn't good enough after every poor performance? Jose distances himself completely when we lose. He never owns up.
That was part of Sevilla's tactics. They brought their best option late so that they could seal the match and not give Utd enough time to do a comeback. They might have seen Utd in last few matches and knew that the team sleeps till someone wakes them up.
This is an odd remark. Some of those players were bang average before Guardiola came in and most of them have improved significantly. If anything, it begs the question: what has Mourinho done to improve the existing players already at the club.
Another fairly desperate media performance. The sort which Moyes and Van Gaal were lambasted for.
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