Tired of all the Mourinho bashing. I don't think United are as bad as the media and the media driven sheepish fans believe it. Much as I have enjoyed Mourinho and United losing in the past, I seriously feel sorry for their current state. Truth is it is not as bad as most of the emotional clueless pricks with zero objectivity masquerading themselves as fans believe it to be. LIke I said in all my previous posts, this game came too early for a out of form, late to pre-season united team.
Even still United played very well in the game until the goals. Tactically they were very good and could-should have been 2-1 by half time. They just didn't take their chances in the first half. A typical Mourinho team would have scored 1 and shut up shop waiting to kill the opposition in a counter. But the ineptitude of Lukaku in front of the goals followed by the terrible defense is the main reason why United are in this spot.
The failure of the defense in Smalling and Jones is not Mourinho's fault. These 2 were abject from time immemorial. If you could blame Mourinho it would be for the failed Lindelof /Bailly replacement buy which is a legit mistake (Still think Bailly is out of form and will come good). But then with the amount of money United make, not getting a replacement, especially in the form of the awesome Toby Alder or the Flying Maguire makes absolutely no sense. This decision has nothing to do with backing Mourinho or not. These are money decisions made by the stingy board. Any manager coming in would want the utter tripe championship class CBs in Smalling/Jones/Lindelof out of the club. I don't understand how United fans justify not buying CBs over the summer whatever the price may be or whoever the manager. It's an area United needs to strengthen no matter what.
People blaming Mourinho for creating lack of confidence in the players etc., must be joking. Players such as Lukaku (who Mourinho has never criticized) and the sulking world cup winner Pogba are some of the main reasons United lost today. Lukaku missed number of open chances while Kane took them. Pogba is dilly-dallying on the ball for hours till any tom dick and harry nicks the ball from his feet. Together these 2 players cost United 170 million. Are they really worth so much money? Pogba was a statement signing to bolster a flagging united reputation. He was never the finished article worth 100 mill. The 70 mill on Lukaku was purely because of the Chelsea competition and the general dearth of world class target man (aka Lewandowski mold). You could see Chelsea pay similar amount on another overrated player in Morata. If you ignore their inflated prices to realistic numbers you could see United under Mourinho have hardly spent the kind of investment on the much needed world class players to make it a world class team.
Also number of people in the forum continue to think United plays like Stoke. I have had similar posts from "cluless fans" (the likes of amolbhatia50K, Borden) stating the manager plays like stoke. Its as stupid as saying City is playing like Southampton or Swansea. Just because both City and Swansea play the ball on the ground doesn't mean they are the same. Similarly, just because United and Stoke play the the ball to the target man doesn't mean they are the same. I have had this tactical discussion in my other posts. You may not like Mourinho's boring style but its not his style or tactics why United is doing bad right now.
A poor pre-season where many key united players sat out due to injury and late world cup return are responsible for the slow start and the incoherent attack. But I genuinely feel the Board's lack of investment on new CBs over the summer is the chief reason for the terrible start of United in the PL. How United fans cannot see this is beyond me. A Mourinho team might lose without attacking. But shipping 3 goals in two games, that is never a Mourinho team. Thats plain bad CB's. For fans to support Ed Woodward not buying CBs in the window sighting Mourinho's failures in getting poor CB replacement is ridiculous. United makes a billion dollars in commercial revenue, money spent by billion fans around the world. This is as much as sugar daddy Sheikhs provide City from their pockets. Both team can easily afford to buy top class players and replace them if they turned out to be duds. But only United continues to pocket this money without finding CB replacements in the summer. And all the fans hating United's boring style, are blinded to the daylight robbery from the Glazers.
[Also please stop quoting me with non-football abusive comments like newbie, liverpool fan, condescending etc. I am not going to bother. I will continue to respectfully speak my mind. Also I cannot help it if this post makes you feel intellectually intimidated, so don't waste your time with uncalled personal abuse. I enjoy football replies and discussions - Thank You]
Even still United played very well in the game until the goals. Tactically they were very good and could-should have been 2-1 by half time. They just didn't take their chances in the first half. A typical Mourinho team would have scored 1 and shut up shop waiting to kill the opposition in a counter. But the ineptitude of Lukaku in front of the goals followed by the terrible defense is the main reason why United are in this spot.
The failure of the defense in Smalling and Jones is not Mourinho's fault. These 2 were abject from time immemorial. If you could blame Mourinho it would be for the failed Lindelof /Bailly replacement buy which is a legit mistake (Still think Bailly is out of form and will come good). But then with the amount of money United make, not getting a replacement, especially in the form of the awesome Toby Alder or the Flying Maguire makes absolutely no sense. This decision has nothing to do with backing Mourinho or not. These are money decisions made by the stingy board. Any manager coming in would want the utter tripe championship class CBs in Smalling/Jones/Lindelof out of the club. I don't understand how United fans justify not buying CBs over the summer whatever the price may be or whoever the manager. It's an area United needs to strengthen no matter what.
People blaming Mourinho for creating lack of confidence in the players etc., must be joking. Players such as Lukaku (who Mourinho has never criticized) and the sulking world cup winner Pogba are some of the main reasons United lost today. Lukaku missed number of open chances while Kane took them. Pogba is dilly-dallying on the ball for hours till any tom dick and harry nicks the ball from his feet. Together these 2 players cost United 170 million. Are they really worth so much money? Pogba was a statement signing to bolster a flagging united reputation. He was never the finished article worth 100 mill. The 70 mill on Lukaku was purely because of the Chelsea competition and the general dearth of world class target man (aka Lewandowski mold). You could see Chelsea pay similar amount on another overrated player in Morata. If you ignore their inflated prices to realistic numbers you could see United under Mourinho have hardly spent the kind of investment on the much needed world class players to make it a world class team.
Also number of people in the forum continue to think United plays like Stoke. I have had similar posts from "cluless fans" (the likes of amolbhatia50K, Borden) stating the manager plays like stoke. Its as stupid as saying City is playing like Southampton or Swansea. Just because both City and Swansea play the ball on the ground doesn't mean they are the same. Similarly, just because United and Stoke play the the ball to the target man doesn't mean they are the same. I have had this tactical discussion in my other posts. You may not like Mourinho's boring style but its not his style or tactics why United is doing bad right now.
A poor pre-season where many key united players sat out due to injury and late world cup return are responsible for the slow start and the incoherent attack. But I genuinely feel the Board's lack of investment on new CBs over the summer is the chief reason for the terrible start of United in the PL. How United fans cannot see this is beyond me. A Mourinho team might lose without attacking. But shipping 3 goals in two games, that is never a Mourinho team. Thats plain bad CB's. For fans to support Ed Woodward not buying CBs in the window sighting Mourinho's failures in getting poor CB replacement is ridiculous. United makes a billion dollars in commercial revenue, money spent by billion fans around the world. This is as much as sugar daddy Sheikhs provide City from their pockets. Both team can easily afford to buy top class players and replace them if they turned out to be duds. But only United continues to pocket this money without finding CB replacements in the summer. And all the fans hating United's boring style, are blinded to the daylight robbery from the Glazers.
[Also please stop quoting me with non-football abusive comments like newbie, liverpool fan, condescending etc. I am not going to bother. I will continue to respectfully speak my mind. Also I cannot help it if this post makes you feel intellectually intimidated, so don't waste your time with uncalled personal abuse. I enjoy football replies and discussions - Thank You]
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