It's incredible how stories and contexts changes from time to time.
I remember vividly during Jose's second summer transfer window here when he bought matic, lukaku and lindelof the general narrative from media and pundits was that he had no more excuse not to deliver, even Ryan giggs openly predicted that the tittle race would be between the Manchester clubs but fast forward two years later and we were lucky to finish second and we were never considered good enough to compete?
Jose mourinho has won a lot in football but his time here was a failure and 90% was all on him. His tactics and pattern of football was horrendous.
Why did he buy sanchez when our left side of attack was already filled with attackers who were performing at the time? what was his tactics against Sevilla(home and away),Valencia, derby county,west ham (away)?what was he trying to achieve when he started pogba in one of the most shitiest starting line up I have ever seen against Valencia(away) after he openly said it's would be a test for who starts against liverpool?or when he started mctominay at center back against westham?his tug of war with the board wore everyone at the club down.
I also dislike how he's trying to make pogba the face of the bad attitude he's campaigning around,wasn't that what he did at Chelsea and madrid? the same Chelsea team that won the title the next season and the same Madrid team that won 4 champions league in 5 years? yes the club has it's own issue like everyother club but Jose was an even bigger issue,there's a reason he never last more than two seasons in a club.
I have been watching football long enough to know when a team is underperforming because of players or because of manager.
We are yet to get a good manager who can coach his team to play cohesive football since Fergie,solkjaer is a nice guy who says and make a lot of nostalgic statement but we need a good coach or else Jose will continue dropping this interviews on how it was all the club and the players but not him heck even Moyes is trying to save face,we need a good manager and we need it now.