I've never understood why people got so angry about those comments. It's quite obvious he's aiming them at his own fans and players, trying to make them proud that they made it so difficult for us that we celebrated like that.
Clearly you do, but we're talking interpretation here. He's trying to praise his own team by bigging up how happy United were with the win. @do.ob's quote is further evidence that he's not trying to talk down United. I have no idea why you would want to interpret that as him trying to be negative about United; it just isn't there. Isn't it nicer to think that people aren't snide?
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That was brainless.
Same here. He was probably hoping for Ole to tell the players to slow down and respect the opponents.
It looked like they started doing that. I thought they came out for the 2nd half with a good attitude, and their defending form that point resembled the Sheff United game, where we were forced to go sideways. The first 20 minutes of the 2nd half made it look like the game would end 4-0.
He’ll replace Mou at Spurs and get them back in the Champions League. It’s nailed on to happen.
This.
It's only a stain to armchair managers. At competent clubs the whole resume will be evaluated and he has more pros than cons. And anyone who raises an eyebrow at a 9-0 inflicted after 2 red cards is a pedant. At best.
This.
I don't disagree with the fact that this should be looked as a one-off. The only thing is that if he makes a move to a bigger club and runs into a patchy bit of form, the 9-0's will always be used by the media as a stick to beat him with.
I'm pretty sure Wigan lost 9-1 to Spurs with 11 players
(was a while back though so memory is hazy)I think in this game eyebrows were raised at 1 red card, the reaction to that was pretty much to crumble. He has injuries etc, mitigating factors for sure, but this is a mid table PL team not some non league team playing against a pl team in fa cup 3rd round. His and the teams reaction was poor to the early red. We haven't been exactly banging in the goals recently in league, I think 7 in last 7 league games or something close to that and our home form has been patchy. We constantly bang on about how competitive our league is, teams shouldn't be conceding 9 goals regardless of the situation. This isn't the first time this has happened, they obviously haven't learned their lesson. He gets his plaudits and rightly so but he has to be called out when he gets it horribly wrong as he did here.
Yep and also Chelsea 8-0 last day of 09/10 season. Man. United also used to batter Wigan 4 or 5 nil most games in that period (bar the infamous one at back end of 11/12....)I'm pretty sure Wigan lost 9-1 to Spurs with 11 players
Had completely forgot about Liverpool 5-0 loss to Man. City a few seasons back, was that the red where Mane crashed into Ederson? Gives me another one to look up the amount of injury time played so cheers!
Answer 3 minutes. 
Bang on.
I agree that you cannot read too much into this result. However; for a team that struggles to score goals, its a big confidence boost to score goals and get some players back in the goals.
Which was also a poor narrative; more reflective of the Caf's wild mood swings on Ole than reality. But two wrongs don't make a right. (Do I sound too much like a parent there?
)Agreed, it was a poor narrative which is what I am pointing out.Which was also a poor narrative; more reflective of the Caf's wild mood swings on Ole than reality. But two wrongs don't make a right. (Do I sound too much like a parent there?
And this side gets notoriously complacent after good outings
This is the biggest worry, after every good result comes a shocker.
I think most posters were pretty understanding of the 1-6 loss and the injustice of Martial seeing red but not Lamela.
Teams have gone down to 10 men, you don't see these scorelines so I would disagree, this was a shocking result.
I’d say it’s more a case of losing so many key players at a time when they could least afford to. They were nowhere near as bad as the defeats to Villa, Arsenal and Leicester suggest, in fact they were more than even but the loss of key personnel has hurt them.
Half of his starting lineup is missing through injuries.
9 to be exact
SU had the same problem last week, they managed to get a result out of us. To say they were missing 9 starters is a lie.
That would do it!!
It's a head turner for sure but with context - weaker team, literally half the first team out, entire game with ten men and then three goals scored with 9 men - I think it's illogical to then say City 5-0 Liverpool or Spurs 6-1 United isn't just as much of a shock (if not more) because a few less goals were scored.
Didn't beeb ask him something dumb like "How do you feel?"
