Yeah there's no way we're as poor as we were under LVG. But given the money Mourinho's spent and the time he's had, we should be better than we are.
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There was nothing easy about this game though was there?
He's had just over a season. Spurs finished 17 points ahead of us last season. We won and we deserved to.
It's clear some here are counting the days till Jose leaves even if he wins the quadruple, for those " ignore " is the best option.
FAO whiney bitches.
Not my opinion. Taken from Guardian minute by minute.
Not my opinion. Taken from Guardian minute by minute.
Because you seem to take issue with posters that are (quite rightly, in my opinion) unhappy with the quality of attacking football we play. It wasn't a smash and grab, you're right, but it was a game lacking in attacking quality. Had we drew the game without scoring then the criticism in here would be fierce and it's understandable why. We seldom looked like hitting the net for much of the game. I personally think you would expect better.
Tottenham never really looked like winning. Despite them dominating posession, we created the better chances. Wasn't easy by any means, but Spurs are the best team in the Country imo. We did what we had to do, we were the better team imo and created the better chances and won.
Very similar philosophy. Mhki is Jose's di maria, but he has a much better striker in Lukaku over Falcao. This plaec would be completely different if Alli had taken his chance, and rightfully so. It was an even game unless for some reason you completely ignore the first half and only go by the second.
Weren't unhappy when we were blowing teams away 4-0 were they?
And was it supposed to be a 3-0 win to be an easy one ? We were playing against one of the best defenses in the league without our main creator.
Aren’t you the one who said LVG made you dislike watching United and football?
Now anyone complaining (or questioning/discussing to be exact) is a little whiny bitch? Pretty childish stuff.
Yeah agreed. Just trying to silence anyone who disagrees with childish name-calling is pathetic, to be honest.
He has a valid point, though. The whining from a large portion of the forum, especially in match day threads is ridiculous.
Had us playing with great intensity and focus today. Football will improve when injuries clear up. Personally I quite like our somewhat cynical style, we're looking like proper warriors at times. I would not want to play against us at all, really loved the frustration of some of the Spurs players.
Not sure if we can match City for individual quality this year, but in terms of mentality we look ready.
Not sure if we can match City for individual quality this year, but in terms of mentality we look ready.
Depends who you're referring to. Personally, I wasn't too impressed because in spite of the late flurries I still wasn't all that convinced about our ability to score goals against well drilled sides. I don't think some of those score lines really reflected the overall quality of each performance either.
On the whole, I'm not convinced about us and (even though I'm pleasantly surprised we won today) I think there's some real struggle to come.
There’s a large area for reasonable conversation from both ends without trying to insult people and their opinion.
Stating that we were hoofing the ball an awful lot in the first half is not extreme or whining. It’s what we saw.
He's been here a little over one season and 3 of his signings have been out injured. Don't really know what more you can expect so far.
Again with the baffling comments. Blows my mind that anyone could have watched us this season and compared the entertainment value with life under Van Gaal. Like what the feck??
That's not what he's talking about, though. "Player A is shite, we're shite, etc, etc."
No perspective whatsoever.
See, there's bits of this post I agree with. I just don't think any of those complaints are at all relevant to todays game which was a standard tussle between two sides gunning for honours.
Completely irrelevant to my point. Well done.Again with the baffling comments. Blows my mind that anyone could have watched us this season and compared the entertainment value with life under Van Gaal. Like what the feck??
That’s not what’s going on in here.
Aimed at all his critics, classic Jose.
Love it! Get Pogba back and grind out a win against Chelsea and they'll be flying.
I specifically mentioned the match day threads.
If Pogba had been playing today I think we would have won much more easily.
His return will be vital for our system.
but but Mourinho hates Martial...
Shhh take him out of context, fuel the agenda machine!
He hasn't really changed from what he was a few years ago when a lot of people were creaming themselves whenever his name was mentioned. The difference is he's been around for over a decade now.
I definitely think so too.
Impressive. He's made OT into a fortress again after being shite at home under Moyes and LVG.
Can't understand the moaning here. Spurs are one of the toughest oppositions we will face this season here at Old Trafford and we won against them.
If you look at the game tactically, they had 4 v 2 in the center and made the pitch very narrow for us to play out in the first half. Naturally, Matic and Herrera had a hard time sticking the passes together in that congested area. Micky had to come deep to receive the ball and had so many bodies to go through or thread the ball to the forwards. That's why we miss Pogba so much.
The problem for us in the first half was that we weren't able to switch the wings quickly, a lot of our build-up is so slow that gives these high pressing sides to cover the field rather easily. We did switch the play better in the second half and created few decent opportunities from wide areas. We looked like the only team who is going to win it in the second-half, which we did.
I will take this result and performance any day of the year.
If you look at the game tactically, they had 4 v 2 in the center and made the pitch very narrow for us to play out in the first half. Naturally, Matic and Herrera had a hard time sticking the passes together in that congested area. Micky had to come deep to receive the ball and had so many bodies to go through or thread the ball to the forwards. That's why we miss Pogba so much.
The problem for us in the first half was that we weren't able to switch the wings quickly, a lot of our build-up is so slow that gives these high pressing sides to cover the field rather easily. We did switch the play better in the second half and created few decent opportunities from wide areas. We looked like the only team who is going to win it in the second-half, which we did.
I will take this result and performance any day of the year.
That's incredible, albeit a few too many draws last season. We've come a long way since the dark days of Moyes when we could never win at home.
Quite the opposite I believe, seems like you have forgotten LVG times.
Thought it was a bit of a boring performance and we lacked creativity once again. Fair enough, Spurs have a great defence. Happy with the result I guess but next week vs Chelsea is more important IMO.
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