Yup. And Mourinho has been vindicated since then. Goes to show how little many fans who whined about that result know about what they are talking about.
And please remember to tell the other managers who finished behind the Ole to hang themselves in shame while you're at it.
For me, I'm still wondering if any of this is true, and if true, how these leaks are coming out.
He most certainly hasn’t.
He most certainly has.
What the feck?
That’s truly a ridiculous argument.
The fact that the team collapsed after the Ole revival and missed out on CL that season and then the club promptly bought the centerback that Mourinho wanted the following season proves that he is vindicated, actually.
Spurs don't have the resources, United do/did.
No need to be rude, man.
I bet you would have loved if we spanked 70m on a 30yr old Willian or swapped Martial for him. Granted he should have gotten a CB but some of the targets we refused on we did them rightfully
I would have loved it if it resulted in just one PL or a CL. If you hire a guy like Mourinho you back him 100% - if not then don't hire him at all.
For the kind of results we got under Mourinho, its not worth it to watch the kind of tepid soul crushing football we played. He created an extremely toxic culture around the club and wanted to replace Martial with Perisic. Dude might have identified some problems with Utd, but he was extremely flawed himself, and definitely not the man for the job. The post Sevilla tantrum says it all about him.
For sure, Mourinho had problems of his own. I think it's been told many times over. But he was right in his analysis of the problems.
Don't agree Ole hasn't been backed just because he didn't get a marquee name this summer. We got in 4 new players and Cavani. This notion that we are in dire need of a first teamer to even stay afloat came about this season when it became obvious Ole was going to have another struggle season. People now wanted us to throw caution to the wind to rescue the prospects of an underperforming manager when this was the same starting xi you couldn't criticise by the end of last season without cupping abuses, this was supposedly the core of the future Ole had moulded and deserved to oversee for the next 4 years. It's also not like we totally gave up on Sancho just because a fee couldnt be reached this summer. An underperforming manager is always going to look like he has never been backed
He also thought Maguire was part of the solution so let's not get too nostalgic
Yep, most of the talk at the end of last season was about squad depth and how we had a starting lineup as good as any in the league.
Why? Lampard had a transfer ban and will clearly finish above Ole this season with more than 66 points (hope not obviously) and Mourinho and Arteta came in mid-season. Rodgers and Nuno did well to make Europe. That’s a weird comeback. 66 points for Manchester United is never acceptable.
To me that was the most striking details. How's information like that finding its way to f'n reddit days before any reputable journalist has the story? This sorta thing should stay in the dressing room full stop, frankly. To be on reddit, of all places, within hours of the game..?So basically the Bruno - Harry bust up actually happened then
We've known about our poor perception around Europe when it comes to football matters and it doesn't seem the club really give a feck about making changes/restructuring.
Not surprised about the stuff about the team feeling Ole wasn't backed deservingly after the strong 2nd half of the season we had. If fans and pundits felt that way it's no shock some in the squad would feel the same.
Interesting that there already seems to be a mole/leak or 2 in the dressing room a month into the season...doesn't bode well for this season avoiding a circus I'm afraid
I know what you mean. haha. But to be fair, hindsight is 20/20.He also thought Maguire was part of the solution so let's not get too nostalgic
A lot of them inherited squads that finished above United consistently the past 7 seasons. If we want to start making exceptions, where do we draw the line?
Exactly. Standards have slipped and people are happy to let that slide, because they want to be seen to be backing the team and not glory supporting.
With a moneybags signing of a player who limped him over the line with an abysmal 66 point. More than 30 off 1st.
We got 66 points and that was mostly due to penalties to win games we had no right winning.
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Spot on mate!
How does the old saying go? In order to stab someone you first have to get behind them. Something along those lines.
Can’t see us getting either one of them now. Sancho will have more options next year and we will likely be coming off a campaign where we’ve finished outside of the top 4.
Are you sure? "But we only got 66 points. That's such a nothing achievement. We were just lucky. Previous season, we would have been 6th." I wouldn't be surprised to see these kinds of comments if the team lost a few games and got trashed 6-1 the following season.
Do Real have a sporting director? I know it was Zidane
would rather two 40million CB. He is a 40million CB so that would not be an issue
The narrative changes like the wind........
Exactly. It's such a nothing argument.
Think we will need to see how things materialise after the international break. We need to get a good result against Newcastle to build confidence, then the CL starts kicking in, then we also have Arsenal and Chelsea at home. Good results and things can build. Bad result then people will seriously start to worry. We also need to see Ole react if things do go wrong in those games. Think most fans think he is too slow to react, so that definitely has to change. He has to be decisive in those situations or things can get out of hand.
Ya think? I very much doubt any journalist knows who our transfer targets were, they’re rehashing old news from the summer.
