When has this ever been the case with footballers?
The players are being heavily criticized by ex united players like neville and keano among other pundits, for not giving their all regardless to how they felt towards mourinho. For as long as I've been watching football, performance levels have always dropped the moment the players stopped believing in their manager.
Personally speaking, through out my career I've worked for managers that believed in me and managers that didn't, and the difference for me was huge. When you trust your manager you come to work feeling good, you work harder and you tend to go the extra mile because you know it'll be noticed and you'll be appreciated for it. It's completely different when your manager doesn't think you're good enough and you're constantly trying to prove a point, you're always stressed, you make more mistakes, and there's no motive for you to do more than you should. I don't know why we assume that footballers are somehow different than us, if anything, they're usually less mature, and being rich and famous at this young age comes with a lot of challenges and distractions, so having a manager you trust that can guide you through all this is crucial. Mourinho was never that kind of manager.
It's easy to play for the shirt when you're managed by Fergie, but it's something else with Mourinho. I don't know why is this coming as a surprise to people that's been around the game for decades.
Do you guys actually think that it's normal to expect footballers to be at their best regardless to how good/bad their manager is?
The players are being heavily criticized by ex united players like neville and keano among other pundits, for not giving their all regardless to how they felt towards mourinho. For as long as I've been watching football, performance levels have always dropped the moment the players stopped believing in their manager.
Personally speaking, through out my career I've worked for managers that believed in me and managers that didn't, and the difference for me was huge. When you trust your manager you come to work feeling good, you work harder and you tend to go the extra mile because you know it'll be noticed and you'll be appreciated for it. It's completely different when your manager doesn't think you're good enough and you're constantly trying to prove a point, you're always stressed, you make more mistakes, and there's no motive for you to do more than you should. I don't know why we assume that footballers are somehow different than us, if anything, they're usually less mature, and being rich and famous at this young age comes with a lot of challenges and distractions, so having a manager you trust that can guide you through all this is crucial. Mourinho was never that kind of manager.
It's easy to play for the shirt when you're managed by Fergie, but it's something else with Mourinho. I don't know why is this coming as a surprise to people that's been around the game for decades.
Do you guys actually think that it's normal to expect footballers to be at their best regardless to how good/bad their manager is?