Spot on. What a first half of a season that was. When you think about it, Costa is some player! Mental as a box of frogs but boy does he terrorize a defense and can find the back of the net!
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Spot on. What a first half of a season that was. When you think about it, Costa is some player! Mental as a box of frogs but boy does he terrorize a defense and can find the back of the net!
Are you willing to take him back?
Yes, if Roman fecks off and a sheik like at City rocks up with unlimited funds. Absolutely. You lot will not get near us and city. Woodward will ruin you lot.
The full video is f'n ace mate.
Agree with prior poster. Top post this.
There is zero objectivity in a big part of the fan base here. Many say that our first half performance against spurs looked naive and desperate from a manager not comfortable with these risks tactics. I actually thought we played really well. If we played a solid managed game, they call it boring. There’s no winning with that fan base. This trend will continue on with whatever manager we hire post Jose. Unfortunately, this is just the signs of times we are in with generational gaps and tendencies as well as the culture of social media.
Wow. Nice post. I remember that season so well. I don’t remember Jose getting the same amount of flack from media first half of that season. He definitely resorted to playing more compact to manage the season out in the second half of the season. He knew he needed reinforcements to freshen up the squad for the following season, didn’t get it, came out to speak about it, and the start of the following season went as he warned without the investments.
I agree with this. If Jose goes to any club willing to back him to build the team he wants, the results are usually very positive. We’ve seen it from the different clubs he’s been at.
I remember when he came back for the second spell at Chelsea and they had the first game of PL season, think it was against Hull. That performance was great, looked like you could score 5 easily. Then the holes in the team became apparent and you ended the season 3rd which was still fine as you were basically in the title race until 34-35 games in and foolish losses at the end of season (including at Palace from what I remember) cost you the title.
Second season with Costa and Cesc on board it was fantastic. Slowed down at the end but definitely not to extent fans on here would have you believe. Third season was a disaster but Mourinho was also spot on about wanting to add players to that team. Surprisingly you were not really that good in Europe, managed to get to a semifinal but lost to Atletico.
Think he will be great at his next club if he gets the funds and freedom.
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I'm still in two minds with Jose. If i knew he was around long term I'd be fully behind his decisions. It just feels like he won't be, and makes you look at some decisions in a completely different light.
I doubt he will need huge funds to do great at his next club. Jose Mourinho has done his best work on a small budget (Porto and Inter) largely due to his players willing to follow his instructions to the grave.
Jose Mourinho is a strange top manager in that he is at his best in an underdog role, similar to Simeone. And that poor performances are almost always self inflicted due to disagreements between him and the players.
A lot of top players don't fit the Jose Mourinho mould, and so it is fitting that the best point in his career was in Seria A with a team full of rejects and over the hill players. A lot of top players feel they are 'above' playing the way he wants.
Aye. Well said. Me last allowed post of the day: The season after he won he allowed the players an extra break to reward them for their title exploits and his key players came back absolutely overweight!
Costa, Cesc, Hazard in particular iirc. Season never took off and he was sacked for “palpable discord.”Only blemish in his second reign, other than the start of said season, was ‘only’ getting to the CL semis. I’d take a proven -serial winner in a heartbeat over some fancy dan manager who never wins feck all. Know why? Cos you can teach a proven winner to be fancy but you can’t teach a fancy dan how to be a winner. They either have it or not.
Jose will get the results at this club, with the style to boot IF he’s backed. At present it doesn’t look like the board have a clue or desire does it.
"Normally, people that knows me...they like me."
yes, Jose.
yes, Jose.After the last couple of weeks Jose's had that was a big performance.
Mourinho was literally laughed at by the ABU media when he said the Spurs game gave an example of what he wanted to do. Jamie Paradise with his 'but you lost 3-0'.
Today he stuck to his blueprint though and nobody will be laughing tonight but United fans. Fellaini dropped in to make the third centre back when needed, the fullbacks got forward to offer width, we used Rom as a reference point in attack, the wide men played with purpose and swapped roles to bamboozle Burnley. Hats off to him. We saw the same intensity he sent us out with against Spurs and today we got the goals that deserved, even though we missed a hat full of chances.
Also, hat's off to Jose for making a point of saluting the away end at the final whistle. Its good that he knows he's got them on side and that he gives back for that. I genuinely think he appreciates it. Especially having managed in places where our recent results would have had the white hankies out. I reckon he's always wanted the United job and now he's got it I pray to God he succeeds in it.
Mourinho was literally laughed at by the ABU media when he said the Spurs game gave an example of what he wanted to do. Jamie Paradise with his 'but you lost 3-0'.
Today he stuck to his blueprint though and nobody will be laughing tonight but United fans. Fellaini dropped in to make the third centre back when needed, the fullbacks got forward to offer width, we used Rom as a reference point in attack, the wide men played with purpose and swapped roles to bamboozle Burnley. Hats off to him. We saw the same intensity he sent us out with against Spurs and today we got the goals that deserved, even though we missed a hat full of chances.
Also, hat's off to Jose for making a point of saluting the away end at the final whistle. Its good that he knows he's got them on side and that he gives back for that. I genuinely think he appreciates it. Especially having managed in places where our recent results would have had the white hankies out. I reckon he's always wanted the United job and now he's got it I pray to God he succeeds in it.
One of the best the league has seen.
Got it spot on today, shame the Rashford substitution backfired on him but I liked the intensity out there and the lineup decisions he made proved to be effective.
Good work Jose, the team was fired up for the game and worked hard. Some big performances and some who still need to give more.
He must have feared the worst after the penalty miss and then going down to 10 men.
Big win.
He must have feared the worst after the penalty miss and then going down to 10 men.
Big win.
Fully agree with everything you said.
Pretty much agreed. I was pleased with how he set us up today and long may it continue. We need less negativity and more togetherness. I pray he can turn this whole thing around.
The more and more he gets onslaughted by the media the more engrained and passionate he becomes about Manchester United. His selections and performance today screemed defiance
This post is exactly it
Absolutely I posted that earlier too. Love it. Has my full backing as long as everyone else is against him I won’t turn on him. Bully boy tactics from everyone else that I cannot stand in any form of life
Sorry but this just seems horribly cynical from both sides.
The United away support are great but are we seriously to believe they don't share the concerns of the rest of us? The sudden Jose worship smacks of top reddism.
As for Mourinho - he wasn't so appreciative of the fans before, was he? Funny how he's suddenly the fans' champion when everyone is getting on his back.
Share it or not. Their job as attending fans is to support the team and managers on the pitch and they did this fantastically well. Could have booed players and managers, shutter the whole team confidence and put the last nail in coffin for the whole season but they're standing by their team in tough times. Great support and we should be proud of them.
They're singing his name because of the unnecessarily harsh treatment from all angles of the media. There's nothing cynical about it.
It's good to see the match going fans stick with the manager at this stage.
Agree completely. Booing helps noone and we should never do that. Besides, there's no point paying for a ticket and then complaining the whole game. Just felt the Mourinho love was a bit OTT today.
Agree that the media coverage has been ridiculous. Sure they'll still find a negative spin to put on this game.
Pretty much, he is feeling the pressure so doing everything he can to get the fans on his side. Burnley have been terrible this season, so it is still too soon to be championing him. We had a great start last season, and we know how that ended.
I am taking this one game at a time, there were some positive signs there, but we have to build on it.
isn't it peculiar that Mourinho has been cosying up to the fans all of a sudden.......I'm glad to see him doing it but don't kid yourselves....the guy is in full self-preservation mode....the way he was hugging Luke Shaw was hilarious
the power players at Old Trafford are the board, the manager, the players and the fans to a lesser extent
in pr terms - Woodward almost did him a favour by not buying Toby....it gave Mourinho a lovely excuse - the plane today almost paints a narrative that Jose hasn't been backed
since the transfer window there's also been plenty of talk about poor Jose not being able to attack as we've such clowns in defence which, of course, is nonsense
Woodward's team releasing that news of a DoF and stories of trying to extend Martial's contract fly in the face of what Jose wants.
it's crazy - I'm 40 and it's the first time I've witnessed something like this from a United manager/board with leaked stories, fake news, undermining moves etc
I just hope we keep winning as it's the best way to steady a wobbly ship - I just hope a run of wins won't get rid of nice guy Mourinho
the power players at Old Trafford are the board, the manager, the players and the fans to a lesser extent
in pr terms - Woodward almost did him a favour by not buying Toby....it gave Mourinho a lovely excuse - the plane today almost paints a narrative that Jose hasn't been backed
since the transfer window there's also been plenty of talk about poor Jose not being able to attack as we've such clowns in defence which, of course, is nonsense
Woodward's team releasing that news of a DoF and stories of trying to extend Martial's contract fly in the face of what Jose wants.
it's crazy - I'm 40 and it's the first time I've witnessed something like this from a United manager/board with leaked stories, fake news, undermining moves etc
I just hope we keep winning as it's the best way to steady a wobbly ship - I just hope a run of wins won't get rid of nice guy Mourinho
Jose has to repair some relationship though. Better to do with the fans first and apparently he feels some are on his side against Ed.
Fake news, against establishment etc going around. It is very similar to you know who. Pretty amusing... not.
I really hope we can go on a winning streak and Jose proves me and plenty others on here wrong + the ABU media.
Mourinho has played this perfectly. In the space of six days - and including a thumping at home by a title rival - he has somehow galvanised the whole club to such an extent that I, for one, am feeling as positive about our future as at any time during his tenure. Ok, he’s not all of a sudden laugh a minute but he’s talking positively about us and this new found love in with the fans seems to have created a real ‘us against the world’ feeling.
If he can keep this up and ally it with the freedom in our play that we seem to have found these past couple of matches then this season could yet be one to remember. Watford next up and very winnable. A win there to end their run and get three points at a place Spurs have just been beaten will be another massive step in the right direction.
If he can keep this up and ally it with the freedom in our play that we seem to have found these past couple of matches then this season could yet be one to remember. Watford next up and very winnable. A win there to end their run and get three points at a place Spurs have just been beaten will be another massive step in the right direction.
So are all our players still shite and Woodward buys?
We play an MLS brand of football with expensive players. Even in the easy games like today there’s no excitement in watching us.
Think that’s partly down to the the style, the manager not being likeable, and quite a few players being unlikeable or out of their depth.
Think that’s partly down to the the style, the manager not being likeable, and quite a few players being unlikeable or out of their depth.
Oh piss off. No matter your feelings on Mourinho, if you didn’t find today’s game exciting you need to find a different sport to watch.
This article is from January 2017.
He has always been full of praise for our away fans. And they have always supported his team 100%.
Oops I don’t have the same opinion as you. For a number of reasons, which I gave, I’m finding it easier and easier to not watch our games.
Terrible post because it makes no sense and is factually inaccurate.
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