I think there's some truth in that. Although the fact we've had so few penalties despite so many shots and so much dominance/possession is more than "bog standard rub of the green", whatever the cause might be.
Jose: "We're still unbeaten." | Denies existence of Hull's first goal.
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Surprised by the reaction of some on here. I thought it was funny
These are probably the same lot who didn't want Mourinho at United because "values."
Very funny 
I agree and SAF was no choir boy too.....that equally was a bad loser. Love Jose, just the perfect fit for us
SAF once basically called a referee out for being a fatty 
I think it was smart, charming, a little funny from Mourinho, he wants the controversy of complaining about the pen but without the punishment, in that sense he's played it perfectly.
I think it was smart, charming, a little funny from Mourinho, he wants the controversy of complaining about the pen but without the punishment, in that sense he's played it perfectly.
Amazing how much you miss the point if you take it literally.
Absolutely. I'd rather this attitude than Moyes aspiring to be like City!
He's clearly not denouncing the goal, it's just a pointed way of having a go at a terrible decision, without actually saying anything that he can be sanctioned for by the FA. It's clear the FA will jump on Mourinho as soon as he says anything directly, so don't give the f0ckers chance!
We're definitely seeing the better side of Mou these days, he's much more himself and settled for whatever reason.
I'll never understand why a manager can't comment on a decision post-match.
I'll never understand why a manager can't comment on a decision post-match.
It's Trump esque and petty and we'd be mocking it if it was a rival manager.
Laughed my head off at the Klopp reference.
Exactly. Jose knows exactly what he is doing making comments like this. He clearly doesn't actually believe his own statement but is such a wonderfully cynical approach.
You're aware that that's exactly the argument used in Trump's favour by his supporters? 'Oh, he's just joking, don't take it literally, he doesn't mean it like that, it's just a bit of fun'.
No it's not
Trump actually believes or wants others to believe the lies he says, Jose knows that the score was 2-1 and that everyone else knows, he merely wants to cause controversy about a terrible decision and the daft FA rules mean he has to do it this way else face a ban/fine.
Denying blank facts is the definition of Trump esque.
What a sad kunt
I definitely think the rules are wrong. It's ridiculous that a manager can't flatly state that he disagreed with a decision without being banned. I don't think these kind of responses are the solution, however.
Do you disagree that the reactions on here would be universal ridicule if it was Pep or Chelsea José who said this?
It was. People are tense.
i think it's both clever and funny. He's managed to: make his point the penalty was bullshit, do so without getting into trouble, indirectly mock the FA by choosing his words in such a way as they can't do anything about it. Which is the point, because he feels he can't do anything about it when referees have brainfarts that hurt his team.
And the windy thing, that's funny.
And the windy thing, that's funny.
i saw the penalty decision. I agree with Mourinho.
Oh my god, HE'S NOT BEING SERIOUS, how hard is that to grasp?
So where did he actually say that? I watched his post-match interview with Sky Sports, post-match interview with MUTV and post-match press conference that lasted 3 minutes (when he made the wind comment) before the communications officer stated that it was time to start the pre-Wigan part of the press conference. In none of those did he make the "It was 1-1, we're still unbeaten" quotes. Unless he referenced it in the Wigan part of the press conference, which would be weird, and even if so, I'm not sure how Sky can publish anything from the Wigan part of the press conference because it's supposed to be embargoed until midnight tonight.
Keeping momentum alive
That is actually very funny, especially the dig at Klopp
Jose is a winner, whether you like him or not. He does not like it when he loses, he hates it with a passion. Find me a champion who is NOT a sore loser and I will show you a loser.
And believe me, he was not happy with his team, NOT happy. He was absolutely disgusted with the way we played, you can see it in his face.
The only way to vent his frustration is to be cynical.
The dig on Klopp was epic. Klopp obviously losing the plot and running out of excuses. Next game he might blame the cleaning lady.
And believe me, he was not happy with his team, NOT happy. He was absolutely disgusted with the way we played, you can see it in his face.
The only way to vent his frustration is to be cynical.
The dig on Klopp was epic. Klopp obviously losing the plot and running out of excuses. Next game he might blame the cleaning lady.
I thought it was v funny, especially the little reference to the wind. I want to see more proper rivalries form in football. Makes it so boring if everyone is reserved and just goes through the same post match script in interviews.
I don't understand how ppl think he is being serious, obviously he knows we lost 2-1 but it's his way of having a dig at a shit decision and a little dig at Klopp as well.I want us to hate losing, SAF was a real horrible ba*tard when we lost usually so I don't get what the issue is. Some fans will just never praise Mourinho.
I don't understand how ppl think he is being serious, obviously he knows we lost 2-1 but it's his way of having a dig at a shit decision and a little dig at Klopp as well.I want us to hate losing, SAF was a real horrible ba*tard when we lost usually so I don't get what the issue is. Some fans will just never praise Mourinho.
We still laugh and mock when Pep or any manager speak some sense.
There is nothing new, we don't need to think what other fans think about us,
We are most hated club so don't give a dam what other fans thinks.
Well @Jev, I ridicule Pep occasionally even when he says sensible stuff so the answer to your question is certainly yes.
No idea what that has to do with anything though, this was Mourinho making a point in public about a shit decision without getting into trouble, and he has most certainly succeeded in doing that.
I actually think he was very clever saying what he did, because now the media focus is all on his comments and not the team's poor performance. He doesn't care what's said about him and by shielding the players from the media (something he is very good at) hopefully we can keep up morale and momentum and not dwell on last night's performance.
It's Mourinhos own fault we haven't won in the last 3 games and lost yesterday.
He found a winning XI and now he's decided to try rotating it and tweaking it when it wasn't broken and didn't need fixing
Splitting up Rojo and Jones is one of the most idiotic things he could have done, but he did. And not even for Bailly. Nope, for Smalling.
Poor from Mourinho and he only has himself to blame
He found a winning XI and now he's decided to try rotating it and tweaking it when it wasn't broken and didn't need fixing
Splitting up Rojo and Jones is one of the most idiotic things he could have done, but he did. And not even for Bailly. Nope, for Smalling.
Poor from Mourinho and he only has himself to blame
I think the point he was making was that if the comments were made by Klopp, Wenger or Pep the words 'losing it' and 'pressure's getting to him' would be used as opposed to 'genius' and funny'.
There is clearly a long-standing issue with Jon Moss. When you see that pathetic penalty given to Hull and then the Smalling one not given you can understand why Mourinho was looking to take aim.
Wayne Rooney got kicked in the face against West Ham which drew blood. He's stood there appealing for a penalty with fecking blood dripping down his face and the ref looks at that and thinks "nah no penalty".
That's when it became obvious to me that there was something going on with the refs and us this season. I mean this must be the first season in decades where we've had more penalties given against us than for.
While I see the point Jose's making, talking about the incident by not talking about it, and that he is trying to draw the media's focus away from a poor performance I think it was a pretty needless exercise. He could have answered all the questions: penalty incident, poor display, losing our unbeaten streak, diplomatically and always bringing it round to the fact we got the job done and are in the final.
Meanwhile he knows he has problems to fix. We have question marks hanging over various players and positions and we're not playing well enough to put a sustained run of wins together.
Meanwhile he knows he has problems to fix. We have question marks hanging over various players and positions and we're not playing well enough to put a sustained run of wins together.
Agree. Off topic but I hate seeing that word used on the internet. I know someone with Down's Syndrome and he's a great guy, goes to loads of Utd games with me.
Smart move by Jose.
He gets to highlight a refereeing howler without giving the FA an easy way to victimise him.
He gets to highlight a refereeing howler without giving the FA an easy way to victimise him.
If you guys want to see how stupid people can be then just go read the match of the day facebook comments on this story. Not one person seems to understand it was a dig at the referee without being direct, and there's one person who said if we're talking about goals that shouldn't have been then Liverpool would have beaten us 1-0, without realising that the penalty they had was a bad call too.
What a pathetic man. Like Pogba on the pitch, he's a kid in a man's body.
I'm just imagining the outrage on here if Wenger, Klopp or Guardiola had said this.
Never change, 'Caf. Never change.
Never change, 'Caf. Never change.