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Sun, 16 December 2018

Betson

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I’m not advocating having Keane at the club but we need someone with his mentality badly.

We certainly need a leader on the field with his mentality , but even with that we would probably still struggle. As Keane said a few minutes ago , that there are just too many players at Man Utd these days that are not Man utd quality players.
 

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...and why the hell does Lukaku get to start games against Valencia and LFC?
We are playing with 10 men.
 

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Not sure why everyone is continually attributing all our problems to Mourinho.

The players we have on the field are very poor. They have poor technique, both controlling the ball and moving it to where they want it to go. They have poor movement on and off the ball. The static play phenomenon has been going on for years pre-Mourinho. An MU team that is competitive will need a change of at least half the outfield players.

The board and the player acquisition/retention strategy is by far the biggest problem with MUFC today
 

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Robbie Earle is right, but the top 5 is boring anyway. 6th to 13th is seriously heating up, only 5 points separating us from Brighton. 6th to 13th is the best league in the world.

Still in 6th, pressure is off from our big rival Bournemouth as they drop down the table. But we've found a new enemy in Wolves, and we've already seen that they can match us on the day.

Bournemouth at home on the 30th will be the biggest 6 pointer of our season.
They said it did United good getting relegated. Maybe we are actually aiming for the other end of the table?
 

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Jose looks like a defeated man in the interview. I think he's a goner.

He's harping on about how we were limiting Liverpool to long range shots. Also as predicted, Liverpool's two goals were 'lucky' :lol:

"For sure, for sure we are going to finish in the top six", he says. This is what he has resorted to.

He's being rightfully grilled by Shreeves, and he's squirming.
 

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Last season Utd conceded a total of 28 goals, this season they have already conceded 29 and have a zero GD, and it's not even halfway yet.
 

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Shreeves actually asking Jose some tough questions and not letting him off the hook. Tbf to Jose, probably one of his better post match interviews
 

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This Jose interview is extremely awkward. I want him out and think he's made bad mistakes himself but he's being hung out to dry here to an extent, as are the players (their own obvious failings aside).
 

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This Jose interview is extremely awkward. I want him out and think he's made bad mistakes himself but he's being hung out to dry here to an extent, as are the players (their own obvious failings aside).
Don't feel sorry for him. He doesn't care when he sh*ts all over other people.
 

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I think we need to make changes now to give us the possible chance of next season being potentially competitive.

If our front runner is available, get him in now so he can evaluate the squad for the second half of the season and then he has the summer to make changes... not wait until June comes round where all he has to judge is a few pre-season matches.
 
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This Jose interview is extremely awkward. I want him out and think he's made bad mistakes himself but he's being hung out to dry here to an extent, as are the players (their own obvious failings aside).
Good! He does it to our players all the time
 

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He deserves to be hung out to dry he is a miserable self serving - club destroying - whinging defensive has been. I literally can’t wait for him to be sacked. The sooner we get a new manager the better. I think I’d enjoy a grenade sandwich more than listening to José self preservation bollocks! #Joseout
 

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Keane is right. How on earth is so much dead wood taking the pitch in a Manchester United shirt?
 

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Not sure why everyone is continually attributing all our problems to Mourinho.

The players we have on the field are very poor. They have poor technique, both controlling the ball and moving it to where they want it to go. They have poor movement on and off the ball. The static play phenomenon has been going on for years pre-Mourinho. An MU team that is competitive will need a change of at least half the outfield players.

The board and the player acquisition/retention strategy is by far the biggest problem with MUFC today
False.

I promise you, the exact same team but with different coaching/mindset will be in the top 4 conversation. The amount of potential quality in this team is INSANE - DDG, Pog, Fred, Rash, Martial - hell even the big man and Lingard - with the right coaching, this team can be scary.
 

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Pathetic stuff, what else can be said that already hasn't been said? Is it any wonder we play like this when we seem to focus on stifling the opposition rather than actually trying to actively win a game of football.

All the focus on DoF and having a footballing structure in place to facilitate a manager has just highlighted how truly blessed we were for 27 years with SAF. A man that was ingrained in every facet of the club and perfectly in tune with football year in, year out.

Where we go from here is just hard to even think about. Will we ever get back to the glory days? How long is it going to take to erase the toxic stain that has been left behind by Mourinho and Woodward in the last year.
 

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Few things hurt more than losing to this lot. 17 games in. 19 points behind. 0 goals difference. Damning really. Unacceptable is an understatement. Manager looks shot. Too many players not good enough for the club. A right royal mess...
 

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Not sure why everyone is continually attributing all our problems to Mourinho.

The players we have on the field are very poor. They have poor technique, both controlling the ball and moving it to where they want it to go. They have poor movement on and off the ball. The static play phenomenon has been going on for years pre-Mourinho. An MU team that is competitive will need a change of at least half the outfield players.

The board and the player acquisition/retention strategy is by far the biggest problem with MUFC today
While I agree we need a lot of new players, having a more attack minded manager would do a lot. We really would be challenging for top 4 if we had a manager who gets the best out of Pogba, Martial, Lukaku... Mourinho is the biggest problem.
 

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I came into the game expecting us to lose, not wanting us to lose. However when we drew level, as usual my hopes were built up. Just to be dashed as usual.
 

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Go on then...
We've had these type of owners for quite some time, nothing new to it. Liverpools owners are hardly hardcore Liverpool supporters, they're businessmen as well.

Mourinho has spent a shitload in transfer fees, then there's the additional "free" signings of Alexis Sanchez and Ibrahimovic. Most money spent on wages in the league. He's had more than enough money to create "his team". I honestly fear for anyone who watches Manchester United play and think the issue is money spent, not tactics and what we're trying to achieve on the pitch.

Klopp took over Liverpool a season before Mourinho, insisted that the team plays a specific way, didn't always work due to some players being more limited at others, but there was a clear pattern of what he wanted to achieve, slowly they've been buying players that fit the pattern of football they aim to achieve and now he's pretty close to achieving it, he's built a side that looks like it can compete with a very strong Manchester City side.

Mourinho on the other hand has built nothing, he's busy complaining about lack of transfers because we didn't buy a new central defender to replace one of the two he's already signed. We've reverted to hoofing the ball up to a striker that's not even suited to that type of football. Whenever a player has the ball there's zero movement around him, there's no passing triangles so that the player with the ball always have two passing options.

The main problem is that Mourinho's ideas are outdated.
 

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How many transfer windows has he had now? Surely buying Toby Alderwerald is not the answer to all this malaise. Jose has bought 8 players and he has shown no idea as to how a team can play a football match.

Is he a fraud? Is it Rui Faria who is the brains behind all his success?
 

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Keane is right. How on earth is so much dead wood taking the pitch in a Manchester United shirt?
Because our most talented players who can actually do something with the ball are on the bench.
 

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We certainly need a leader on the field with his mentality , but even with that we would probably still struggle. As Keane said a few minutes ago , that there are just too many players at Man Utd these days that are not Man utd quality players.
And that is the bottom line. Too many of our players are simply not good enough.

Just listened to Roy Keane summary and he makes that point. At best we are a mid table squad.

We can all apportion blame as to why that is and it is not just about money.
Shaqiri demonstrates that.
It is about attitude and desire obviously coupled with the necessary skills.

We don't have either and that is the reality.
 

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Ouch! But fair
Mate, completely wrong. "Big 6" refers to the size of the club in which United are by far the biggest. Big 5 refers to the best teams of which United are currently not.
Leicester were never in the big 6 when they were Champions so people should never conflate "big" with "best"........totally diffetent argument.
 

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Pool players are nothing special, never has the League been so poor..

A goal was wrongfully taken from us and we never got it going.. Smalling in the squad would had changed a lot.
 

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