It's important we don't overreact but I think we'll get relegated this season.
Man United v Liverpool Post Match
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I agree, I just think these friendlies are exposing Jose a little bit that's all.. A great manager gets the best out of what's available, this doesn't seem to be a strength of Mourinhos which is a bit telling. I know it's pre season etc, but it defeats the purpose of a friendly if we aren't allowed to evaluate and judge.
I haven't watched a single preseason game and I'd recommend it to most on here going by some of the reactions. We're an awful team to watch when we actually try so we're going to be even worse when we don't try. I'm missing the World Cup already. It's going to be a long season....
If this carries on into the new season, we're fecked. I can't watch another season of that tumescent crap football while winning feck all. There's no end in sight. How do we stop the rot? We can't just keep sacking managers.
How so? Bailey, Darmian, Mata, Sanchez, Herrara still on the pitch.. Its almost like liverpool youngsters are better than those players.
Thing is,if we assume the missing players to be part of our main starting 11,then we effectively have no quality on our bench.This is just so disappointing on so many levels.Glazers need a reason to sell our club.We are falling ever behind.
So predictable, the anti-moaners who show up and pretend like everyone's worried about the pre-season result rather than the shite football.
The last time a Mourinho team did not work a preseson match, we all know what happened.
Yeah LVG beat Liverpool and others with goals galore then lost to Swansea. Moyes pre season in Asia was poor, relying on Zaha to equalize against sides I've never heard of.
I'm struggling to see how people can miss this point...
Yes. We were fantastic that game.
I really do like Andreas Pereira. I hope the guy sticks around and gets some playing time. He's a tenacious player in the middle of the park. Could be very handy for us this coming season.
Darmien can feck off though tbh. The guy is useless
Darmien can feck off though tbh. The guy is useless
Mourinho had a similar pre-season in his last season as Chelsea boss.
Was at work so didn’t see the game, but at least Pereira scored.
But we have a disjointed pre season squad.I'm struggling to see how people can miss this point...
Is this a surprise to anyone?
Oh damn, Jose is not happy. Threw shade at Martial, think he also kinda took a dig at Smalling.
Yeah but it's only a friendly mate.
We didn't attack because we had two midgets up front that the keeper kept pumping long balls towards, which were inevitably headed back. We couldn't build through the midfield because Herrera was a bit cack and Sanchez was getting fouled all over the place when he touched the ball.
We had a reserve side that's just playing for fitness, it's a meaningless game that wasn't really any indication of our intentions to attack or not. It was hardly a cowardly brand of football.
But did you expect something completely different this (pre)season? I mean, come on, Mourinho is the manager for the third consecutive season, and our "style" of play is not going to change anytime soon. I've had enough of him after the last season, which in my eyes was shite, and watching United play was like a chore to me, but even I in my pessimistic, grumpy nature can't be half-arsed to rage about the result and the style of a preseason friendly. Maybe I am just becoming indifferent to the whole situation, and am not expecting anything special this season. The only hope that I have is that we don't end up like Chelsea, when they were fighting for their lives in December.
Interview sounds like a stinker.
Ffs, just get rid.
Ffs, just get rid.
City down 2-0. <preseason>
I’m actually not even that pissed off about the result. Liverpool and all. Very bloody depressed at the way we played the game though. All too familiar from the second half of last season. Soul destroying stuff.
It's not your fault. Jose seems to bring the worst out of everyone.
This.
There was a 20 minute spell in the 2nd half where the ball didn't make it to their box.
What did he say?
No, you’re exactly right. I expected nothing different. I also expect this season to be a train wreck.
That's what people have an issue with. Put Lukaku etc into the team and yeah we might win the game by a goal or something but it'll still be the same pragmatic stuff.
Just not enjoyable at all.
But it's just more of the same from last season and I think if we had the full squad we'd still see same incoherent football.
Even taking the meaningless nature of the game -
Listening to that Mourinho presser, can his cheerleaders possibly stand by this utterly negative and derisive individual?
Seriously, he's making me hate football
Listening to that Mourinho presser, can his cheerleaders possibly stand by this utterly negative and derisive individual?
Seriously, he's making me hate football
Being part of Team Mourinho since day one but this can’t continue. Zero intention to keep possession and our game plan is totally dysfunctional.
Biggest club in the world and we can’t keep the ball longer then four seconds. It’s depressing!!
It the moment I have no clue how we should move forward. The board must act and use their power.
Biggest club in the world and we can’t keep the ball longer then four seconds. It’s depressing!!
It the moment I have no clue how we should move forward. The board must act and use their power.
I hear you. As i replied to another poster- this game hasnt really provided new insights. This team gives away chances to easily- if anything- if there was any desire to strenghten the defense this game would hasten that desire.
How is today any different to any of the stuff we've played in the last two seasons? The only difference is we had largely no big names playing that. When things get tough, we are a hoof ball team, as demonstrated today, whether you like to admit it or not. No hint of plan B.
He literally got on like a lunatic in the pre-Brighton (cup) presser after getting knocked out by Sevilla and his backers lapped it up (really stuck it to the press). They'll not be bothered.
He said that he can trust some players but not others. That Bailly played injured but that Martial had a baby but should have been back in time for the match.
What did he say? More complaining and negativity or what?
No he wasn’t apparently
This, it’s like they don’t realise they are the ones that turn threads in to absolute sess pits with their constant moaning and need to comment on every single negative post. Added a few more to the ignore list tonight, saw some threatening to leave, please please be true.
It’s fair that we have a lot of people in the team that won’t feature, won’t even be part of the squad come season time but you’d expect these people who have been training for 3 weeks or so together now to have a pattern of play together. We just seemed to be hoping to hit a long pass in to Sanchez. It doesn’t bode well for the season, but we’ve seen us have great results before and be rubbish so no reason can’t go the other way.
So basically the tactics were nonexistent. Why is that not cause for concern?
Didn't see the game. Did we park the bus? Parking the bus in a friendly would be the most Mourinho thing of all time haha