Yes, although his football is of the same school as LVG I do believe he has a clear vision for his squad, he will buy a good 23 for the next one in 3 years time.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Jose talking about United/LVG etc when he first arrived:
Looks dignified here
Looks dignified here
One of the best posts I've read on here
The overly-defensive argument doesn't even feature on the radar when it comes to scrutinising Mourinho for me.
Did the people waving that stick ever see how SAF set us up against City, Chelsea, in all four games against Barca and two against Real?
It's a hallmark of a manager with common sense. Even Pellegrini is willing to set City up to defend and nick goals on the counter, just look at how they approached their last two visits to OT.
Did the people waving that stick ever see how SAF set us up against City, Chelsea, in all four games against Barca and two against Real?
It's a hallmark of a manager with common sense. Even Pellegrini is willing to set City up to defend and nick goals on the counter, just look at how they approached their last two visits to OT.
I'd like to see Guardiola try those expansive tactics without the star-studded teams he's inherited at Barca and Bayern.
Guardiola's philosophy is Van Gaal's philosophy when executed by world class players.
Henry quotes recently that Guardiola's message was always that he would take them up to the final third, but it was always their job to come up with the goals. Basically the root of all our problems this season. When you don't have Messi, Villa, Henry, Lewandowski and Muller at your disposal is when that kind of philosophy hits the rocks.
Very classy. He can come across well at times.
The longevity argument doesn't come in to it for me. He wants to settle in England, this is his footballing home. He'd just signed a four year deal at Chelsea and surely would have extended that for as long as they were willing to have him. Regardless of what happened to Chelsea this season, he's an elite manager and we need to move now to secure him or be left with the Giggs experiment for the forseeable future.
Yep, agreed.
This weird idea that van Gaal would stifle a trio of Lewandowski, Muller and Robben (for example) baffles me.
What would he tell them?
Stop taking up positions in tight spots where you can hurt the opposition most? Stop being really accurate while also playing at a faster pace than everyone else? Stop dribbling past people with ease? Stop executing quick passes with each other?
If we appoint Jose, I just hope we can have the patience till the summer and start from there.
Lets say he comes soon, the results are bad and we even drop to midtable and there's more trouble with players not liking whatever. We really have to give him a fresh start no matter where we finish and I don't think he should accommodate Ryan Giggs. I feel everyone who is linked to Fergie are too quick to shake their heads and not all pull in one direction and there's a lot of backchat and undermining going on.
Lets say he comes soon, the results are bad and we even drop to midtable and there's more trouble with players not liking whatever. We really have to give him a fresh start no matter where we finish and I don't think he should accommodate Ryan Giggs. I feel everyone who is linked to Fergie are too quick to shake their heads and not all pull in one direction and there's a lot of backchat and undermining going on.
Tomorrow could be an interesting atmosphere.
Both Chelsea and United fans singing for Jose Mourinho.
Both Chelsea and United fans singing for Jose Mourinho.
Our pathetic board are going to give him a lot to do when we 12 points behind the top four teams and then sign him up.
My number one choice when Ferguson left. Now I'm absolutely terrified at what might happen if he comes, but what's going on at the club now is pretty horrific anyway.
Article sent to me by a City fan in the newbies: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-exploring-a-rapid-return-to-Real-Madrid.html
Sunday Times (via Duncan Castles - isn't he a noted Mourninho mouthpiece) ran something similar this morning
Talking up chance of Mourinho to Real Madrid, my guess is someone's agent has spoken and is trying to put pressure on United to remove LVG and bring in Mourinho, there can be no doubting he covets the Old Trafford job
Talking up chance of Mourinho to Real Madrid, my guess is someone's agent has spoken and is trying to put pressure on United to remove LVG and bring in Mourinho, there can be no doubting he covets the Old Trafford job
he's our only hope IMHOHe has 'another LvG' written all over him. Time for Giggs.
Giggs has Moyes 2.0 written over him.
The club can't take that risk.
And I know Mourinho would be a risk too after the current season Chelsea had, but it's most likely an anomaly and not the norm. He guarantees trophies. We need that now.
And LvG wins the title in his first season.
I think I'm one of the few Utd fans who actually likes Mourinho.
Few? It's been Mourinho/KloppCafe on here for a while. Vocal support went down temporarily during the Eva stuff but then some caf members said she was sleeping with the players or something and stood up for him and the support for him has increased again
Lulwut
Work harder. Or think harder and you will find the answer to that question.
What?
In the minority at least if the poll is an accurate sample.
Or he could flop just like LVG with possession tactics in the PL.
LVG encourages pointless possession, Pep's has a purpose.
Isn't LVG Moyes 2.0? So Giggs would be Moyes 3.0?
MoyesX-360.
More than half voted yes in the poll 'Would you want Mourinho as manager of Man Utd'.
Which I think is batshit crazy. If we were near as wise as we claim to be, it should have been well over 90%.
No white text?
I think the main reason it's that low is because many still think we'll be able to get Pep.
Great post by Invictus yesterday.
People keep saying that Mourinho will last only three years here if appointed. If that materialises, that will be better than having two managers in the last two and a half years, who had six and three year contracts respectively!
People keep saying that Mourinho will last only three years here if appointed. If that materialises, that will be better than having two managers in the last two and a half years, who had six and three year contracts respectively!
Yes you're right.
Well, Pep has worked with a much better players than LVG has last few years so we never know.
Lol. He just won the league by extracting every last bit of force left in an aging squad.
6 months later and he's 'another LvG'. Jesus. It may be good for some of us to go another few years without a trophy to realize how batshit crazy it has gotten.
Messi, Iniesta, Henry, Zlatan, Robben, Robbery, Lewandowski are about as good as Depay, Rooney, Martial, Mata, and Herrera.
So, Pep will do just fine. Our 70% possession will rise to 75%. Brilliant.
Exactly. How anyome can call mourinho's tactics similar to van gaal's is simply idiotic.
Other than Terry and Ivanovic who else in that Chelsea squad was "aging".
Lol. Thats the freaking core of Chelsea. Their Captain and Vice-Captain. The entire system depended on them. Its why he bought Matic and played Willian out wide.
Once those two dropped off, the whole thing fell apart. Jose wanted players to replace them but was denied by their board. They overestimated their players.