Jose Mourinho | 2017/18 Assessments | Poll Added

Your stance

  • Top manager in charge of a major rebuild. Needs more time and/or money.

    Votes: 684 43.8%

  • Made improvements but we've stagnated. Sack him if we drop out of top 4

    Votes: 377 24.1%

  • He's not the right fit. Sack him and get someone else who can get more out of our squad

    Votes: 502 32.1%
  • Total voters
    1,563
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engulfing said:
The tactics were all right. We were totally in control until pogba came on. We were getting chances while minimising risk. The moment pogba came on we just lost control and balance because pogba wasn't pressing hard enough. Mou made a mistake sending pogba on.
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We had 150 mins of football against a 5th place side before he came on and were mostly dominated. It's all on the manager.
 
They had numerous chances prior to Pogba coming on that they could have taken.
 
Incredibly poor over two legs against Sevilla, who weren't that impressive either. Tonight was a shocking first XI and then the performance/tactics that followed, for the most part, was shambolic.

Jose must shoulder a lot of the blame for tonight. The players showed intensity in patches and then after going down, but that's never good enough in Champions League.

It was always going to be difficult to bypass their midfield with only two central midfielders. It just boggles the mind, especially tonight.
 
Mourinho is the guy you sacrifice everything for in exchange for winning. If you're miles off the top of the league, going out against Sevilla, he isn't worth it. That's my take on it.
 
Donnie Brasco said:
No, if you watch the game they have technically better players than us. Players that can play under pressure or when pressed.

We have a bunch of limited technical players. The world richest club and you have failed wingers starting as fullbacks. Rashford shouldn't be starting for us.
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I don't think he should be sacked, or even under huge pressure yet because we have improved under him and surely the club knew about most of the failings we've seen, but do you really think he's going to bring in 2 attack minded, vibrant full backs and get us playing as slickly as the 5th best team in Spain? Look at the fact he's never bothered trying to buy one since he joined, look at the fact that he sneered at City spending big on full backs because he doesn't appreciate the use of them in the modern game and look at the fact that he has generally put one centre back there and it all suggests to me that he doesn't really value full backs, it's where you put the centre back or winger who isn't good enough to play in their primary position.

He has spent so much money and yet his main attacking plan is to go long and work from there, it worked well at the weekend but it is very ugly to watch and is reliant on the ball bouncing for you. It's also very basic for a team that has spent £300m in 2 years. The worry for me is that his strength has never been playing exciting football or even his tactics in general, it's been getting players to buy into absolutely everything he tells them to do. That was so impressive at the weekend but it was completely absent this evening, the team was so flat, and Pogba's cameo was that of a player who is bereft of confidence and generally disengaged.
 
He's lost me.

Firstly, we should not be getting knocked out to Sevilla with the players we have. Sometimes you're unlucky and don't take your chances, a bit like Spurs and while I'd still be upset, at least we gave it a good go. Our approach in both games however was awful.

Tonight, we looked like we had no clue and just hoped Sevilla would make a bad mistake and we were punished.

I'm tired of him. I didn't like LVGs football either, and it pains me to say it but at least their was a philosophy we were working towards. We play like we're not coached going forward.
 
Hasn't a clue how to play attacking football, we're not going to get up to the top level with this style of football!
 
Got knocked out by a truly awful team, he probably thought that after some spirited wins against tough opposition the team would be up for it, but that backfired because we basically played like a pub side until they were 2-0 up.

Not good enough.
 
Said it recently, i've given up on Mourinho delivering the kind of attacking performances that I want from United. The main measure is success on the pitch and if we're not competing for the league, out of the CL in the round of 16 against a mediocre opponent then we're not successful so what is he bringing to the club? I cant see us getting rid of him now but his job is on the line next season, deliver results (winning the PL, deep CL run) or out the door he should go.
 
engulfing said:
The tactics were all right. We were totally in control until pogba came on. We were getting chances while minimising risk. The moment pogba came on we just lost control and balance because pogba wasn't pressing hard enough. Mou made a mistake sending pogba on.
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Tactics were right? Long balls to Fella and Lukaku against Sevilla. At OT. Are you joking? No intensity until we realize that we needed to score goals to win. If this was right then god bless the remainder of the season.
 
PlayerOne said:
You're giving him a pass here mate, his approach to the whole tie has been utter shambles.

I'm happy for him to get another year, but this looks very bad on him. Fans even turned on the team tonight, not a good sign
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I’m not giving him a pass at all - I’m just not going to piss and moan because my team lost.

Mourinho was dreadful tonight, and so were the players.
 
Fully expected result with how we have performed recently. Eeking out wins over average sides like Liverpool and Chelsea should never have papered over the cracks to be honest.

Ah well, we go again.
 
Zoo said:
I still can’t believe what we just witnessed.
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Feel the same, i just cant understand wtf we were trying to do, we should not be producing performances like that with this group of players, yes some are not up to standard but they’re all better than that shite.

Certainly ot the performance i was expecting after beating Liverpool, i mean, the first tie was shit, but this was indescribable.

Not sure what to vote in the poll because yes we need more investment but if hes going to use those tactics, it wont matter who we get.
 
Have been a proponent of Mourinho at Utd since he came - Had my first doubts tonight though. Thought he mangled the selection today.

Who would replace him?
 
Over reaction which is typical of this forum. Sacking him? Seriously? We've just beaten Chelsea and Liverpool recently ffs.

We are making progress under Jose but it's slow. Sacking him and replacing him with yet another Manager who will want to bring in yet more players just starts the cycle all over again. It's knockout football, Jose fecked up, it happens. Recover from the game, finish 2nd and push for the FA Cup. Then go again next season with more signings under him. What the club needs right now is some stability after Sir Alex, Moyes and Van Gaal, we'll get that with Jose. We might not get to the domination we had with Sir Alex but tough shit. Footballs moved on since then and we were fortunate to have one of the best Managers of all time.

Alternatively we gamble on another Manager who might drag us back down to where Van Gaal/Moyes had us. Or they might push us on. Personally, i'd go with the safe option for now and then gamble in a few years.
 
Really need to work on attacking in training. Goodness me we are awful on that side of the ball.
 
Infra-red said:
I'm generally a defender of his, but no question about it, these two legs vs Sevilla have been 180 minutes of shitehouse cowardice.
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This.

I'm also unsure on what to do with him. He won't change. He'll prefer this shithouse cowardice approach more often than not.
 
Oddboy said:
Have been a proponent of Mourinho at Utd since he came - Had my first doubts tonight though. Thought he mangled the selection today.

Who would replace him?
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Zidane or Poch for me. Both are big risks in different ways but young and hungry.
 
Maybe it's the fact that he's always struck me as a complete and utter bellend thus admittedly I'm far from his biggest fan, but I personally would sack him. Brings too much baggage compared to the gutless football that's displayed almost every week. Not as bad as LVG or Moyes, but I just think he's past it like we saw his last season at chelsea.
 
Cheesy said:
To an extent, yeah, but I'd say he's shown enough so far to be given another year in that he has gotten us back on track again, and we're on course for our best league season since Fergie left. But I do worry his tactical approach is extremely outdated and unlikely to win us the PL at all except for him a very poor quality year. Which isn't going to be coming soon since the league's in its best state for a while.
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Another year would be a disaster. Fans are already starting to get restless and frustrated. Things never usually get better at this point. We seen it with Moyes and we seen it with LVG. There are clear signs Mourinho won't change his ways and we'll continue to play dreadful football, so what will another year achieve? We should get rid before he has a chance to alienate the team, sell our best players, and destroy morale at the club.
 
Wonder if he lost the players before the game - with his tactics and selection.

Interesting to see if he throws them under the bus or takes some responsibility.
 
Thanks for getting us back in the top four and Champions league Jose..

Can you now please depart and allow us to get a manager wanting to win matches by beating teams rather than containing them in the hope of snatching a victory.
 
2 years and £300m later to discover he’s not the right fit. Cannot honestly say he can get us back to competing for the big trophy’s.
 
ayushreddevil9 said:
Tactics were right? Long balls to Fella and Lukaku against Sevilla. At OT. Are you joking? No intensity until we realize that we needed to score goals to win. If this was right then god bless the remainder of the season.
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This is the way mou plays. The opponent has next to no good chances and mou jabs enough to get a goal. But you can't do that if there is a big hole in your midfield because someone isn't running.
 
Such an un-Mourinho like decision selecting to start Fellaini after he's played 15 minutes of football in 3 months. I'm speechless.
 
Treble said:
2014 Atleti at home 1:4
2015 PSG (10 men) home 2:2
2018 Sevilla home 1:2

He's well past it in the CL. Can't beat good teams even at home. Very doubtful he can win the EPL too.
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He does look busted in the CL knockout rounds.

Even last year, Anderlecht took us to extra time at home in the EL QF. He's too cautious.
 
It will take some coming back from that performance. Fans aren't happy, the board won't be either. A gimmie tie and he blew it with negativity.

The players looked half-arsed as well, which is perhaps even more worrying. Sanchez, for example, showed none of the guts he did against Liverpool... was he simply not being professional? Was he restrained? Or tired (if so, why is he picked?).

We've got the FA cup and 2nd place to play for now, he should change his methods and start to play with the handbrake off for the remainder of the season.
 
Can’t see this result being a catalyst for change. Sanchez and Pogba won’t show half their potential playing under him in my opinion. Unless we make some wholesale changes again in the summer, specifically two full backs and a centre back and possibly another CM to replace Fellaini and Herrera (is he injured?).
 
Oh come on. Don't start this 'sack him' bullsh*t

Back him. Suddenly he can feck off? Why no criticism of the same 'style' after liverpool game?
Im sure this will hurt him as well. Lets see the reaction
 
He really can't for the life of him set up a team that plays to our players actual strengths can he? To me a side of:
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DDG
Valencia - Bailly - Smalling - Shaw
Matic
Herrera/McT - Pogba
Sanchez/New RW - Lukaku - Martial/Rash
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Why do we have to always play with players out of position? Fecking play to our strenghts instead of trying to force square pegs in round holes, it's not going to work.
 
Hope he goes, he’ll never change.

Not a surprise every attacker we have has been wildly inconsistent and have all went through phases of looking like Championship footballers.

No pattern of play, dull football and mediocre results. He won’t take us any further forward.
 
I've lost faith today. I'm officially Mou out. Pochettino is the better manager and I hope we can get him in. Spurs were unlucky to go out, we deserved to go out.
 
OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:
This.

Not at the stage where I want him gone, I don't know who is out there who is better that we can get, and starting the rebuild/clear out process again for a 4th time sounds horrendous. I still have faith in him, but this is all on him. We got a favourable draw, weak side with the 2nd leg at home, and we pissed it up the wall due to a poor and sluggish approach. Inexcusable.
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This is how I feel, too. I fear years of recycling through failing managers. Horrible approach to both legs with no will to win. I have defended him all season but today I lost a little hope in Mourinho.
 
When the "win at all costs" manager fails to win there's really not a whole lot left to like.

As a general rule, "bypass midfield with long balls" is an awful plan to watch a Manchester United descend to. Against a poor side like this it's extra grim.
 
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