MooseTheMooche
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it's been the oddest season I can remember in my 40 years
on the face of it we've amassed a great points today. The standard of football is better than under Van Gaal and all those wins in the big games since Christmas show we are a force to be reckoned with on our day. We are back in the top 2 and it's the best finish since Fergie with a cup to be won, after winning 2 last season. He's spend a lot but we've a talented squad.
when you dig deeper though we are still over reliant on De Gea. We only play well for spells in games and we've very very rarely played well for more than 45 mins in games with our dicky tactics and selections. The stench of Mourinho is overwhelming for me. It really is. Every good thing we've done like our great start to the league or good results end up having a sour taste due to his cowardly tactics or him attacking our players. I'm sick to the back teeth of his vindictiveness in ripping into players like Martial, Rashford and Pogba, whilst he heaps praise on players who follow his line. He's outright nasty to some at times but he seems to be passive aggressive and sarcastic, taking sly digs at his own players constantly.
His attitude stinks and 99% of the time takes no responsibility. Even the one time he took the blame against Sevilla,at home, he was so over the top in an attempt to act like he was protecting the players - it was his pathetic negative attitude and startibg Fellaini over Pogba which cost us.
Rashford and Martial play under incredible pressure for kids. Martial in particular was in great form when he was dumped for Alexis. Jose justifies their exclusion by questioning therir ability - great management there- whilst others like Lukaku, Sanchez or Matic were able to have long spells of poor form. Now they get 45 mins and if they don't hit the ground running despite their rustiness they are slammed.
Our collective poor performances against Brighton, West Brom, Huddersfield, Sevilla and a few other others indicate that something isn't right in the team as a whole. It's clearly something to do with coaching and motivation when all the players play poorly. Does Mourinho take any responsibility? no chance- he cries for more money to replace players. In a years time I seriously doubt Rashford, Martial or Pogba will be anywhere near the club. We get excited about the prospect of new players but there is certainly no guarantee they will do well under a manager like Mourinho.
I go back to the term stench when it comes to Mourinho. His attitude and the stuff he says stinks and there is a cloud of negativity surrounding the club I feel. It constantly feels like we are a couple of results from a crisis because of the way he plays and conducts himself.
Personally I worry for us and I look forward to Jose pissing off. I remember the 80s when we hoped for a cup run and a c couple of scalps at times before anyone calls me spoilt. We're second, we've a chance of a cup, we've beaten City in great fashion, smashed the Scousers for 45 and had some other great results.
In all honesty though, how many of you have actually enjoyed this season apart from some moments. I know I haven't.
Rant over
Spot on. We have a talented team that is capable of playing some nice fluid, attacking football, yet most of the times we resort to some weird form of hoofball usually associated with relegation fodder. I don't think that the addition of two fullbacks and one center-mid will change our "style" dramatically, it is just wishful thinking.