VP89
Pogba's biggest fan
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I'm not going to turn this into a LVG vs Mourinho thread, but no one can deny LVG proved far better big game pedigree with a similar or less quality team compared to Mourinho in the same amount of of time.Since 2015? I assume you're talking about when his Chelsea team were losing to pretty much everybody? I'll forgive him last season as our team was so disjointed i'm willing to see it as part of the process. And yeah, we should start to expect more but we should see how the other games pan out this season before burying him under this amount of shit.
That one game under LvG is the only time in my entire life where I can't remember it being a smash and grab. So that's the anomaly, not what happened at the weekend, that's just generally how these games play out. Also, pretty much every time we've lost to Liverpool at OT has been a smash and grab too, there was even a game under Benitez where we lost 0-4 and that useless LB Dossena scored, that was still more of a smash and grab rather than a domination.
Last season at home to City they blitzed us in the first half, true, but in the 2nd we took the initiative to the point where Guardiola took off a striker for another midfielder shortly after HT to try and hold on to the victory, and in the end we probably deserved at least a draw. So even the great Pep is capable of digging in for a result...
Under LVG we saw much of the ball and played with greater conviction...yeah sure, except we were also shit that season and it was one of the most boring periods to watch United play in our history. The beginning to this season has been far more entertaining, we've actually scored goals!
Mourinho will have to show a bit more ambition in away matches to our main rivals, but this early on in the season when you don't know how vital that point will be over risking it for 3 and getting beat...he did the right thing.
If at the end of the season we draw or lose every away game to last season's top 6 and look dire every game then I will be worried, but right now I have more reasons to be optimistic than not. I wish other people could see that too and try and enjoy our football club again while we rightly can.
When you have 5 points out of what, 24 against the big sides away, the approach is quite evidently wrong. There can't be an extenuating reason each time like "oh Chelsea were losing anyway then" or "José wasn't ready last season" etc.
Other managers tend to grow a pair and take the game to the opponents with a better points tally in the big 6 showdown. Chelsea, Liverpool City and Spurs included. Why we always go and cower before taking pride in a point (if that) is beyond me. The points taken home don't justify it.