Dembele can play both Wings though.
Jose's interview - "Wish to sign 2 more players"
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Dembele can play both Wings though.
Whoever we buy, i just want us to play good football and challenge for the league. Won't be able to bear another season of dross football 
"It's not about us getting the best out of him. It's about him giving the best he has to give."
"The World Cup is the perfect habitat for a player like him to give the best. Because it's closed for months where he can only think about football, where he's with his team on a training camp completely isolated from the external world, and the dimensions of the games can only motivate."
"During the season you can have a big match, then a smaller match, then one even smaller. Then you can lose your focus and concentration. In the World Cup the direction of the emotions and the responsibilities of the big decisions is always growing. This feeds the motivation and the concentration of a player."
"Players in the World Cup really feel that extra commitment with the country, with the people, that extra responsibility that makes them sometimes even over-committed. They play for the team and only the team. The team is the most important thing, and they do everything to try to succeed. So I think it's a perfect environment for a talented player like him to fully focus on the job."
The comments on Pogba are totally fair and accurate, typical that people would spin that as a way to bash Jose.
With the fullback situation, maybe his hands are tied as we still have Shaw and Darmian, I mean he can't just keep buying players without getting rid of some. Shaw seemingly either wants this last season to prove himself or is just waiting for a freebie at the end. With Darmian it's clear that we want to sell him but it's really up to the club to negotiate the fee. It's possible and plausible to me that Jose cannot buy anymore fullbacks yet.
Why do we keep hoping in Shaw?
Whoever we buy, i just want us to play good football and challenge for the league. Won't be able to bear another season of dross football
Does 'good football' have to mean attacking football though?
Jose has a 65% win rate, which is higher than most managers.
For him, 'good football' is simply winning. That could mean playing defensive football.
Basically, 'good football' means different things to different people.
Don’t think we’re after either Maguire or Perisic. I reckon Alderweireld + surprise winger. Dembele perhaps?
It will be a big test for Pogba this coming season because its a real test of mentality to stay motivated and improve in every aspect especially the mental side after winning the world cup at such a young age as well.
This will be the litmus test I think. Hopefully, with Fred now taking some burden of both him and Matic there will be more room for him to shine consistently. I still think we need a RW to give him that option to ping it to like he showed with Mbappe. Having an actual RW is literally a 100% improvement since next to nothing came from that side. It also means that he won't just have the predictable left-wing option to look for in the pass it opens up the whole field for him to use his creativity and judgment.
haven't you seen the news? its "#Secret-winger"
As long as we stay in the title race I think Pogba will be motivated. He thrives on people doubting him, a lot like Ronaldo.
Because he has still played fewer games for Man Utd than he did for Southampton. Injuries haven't been as big a problem as people make out and his performances last season were absolutely fine. Not brilliant but certainly no worse than Ashley Young.
Ignoring the fact that LVG was awful; if he was still our manager would Shaw have suffered these past two seasons as much as he has or would he, in fact, be something like the player we saw for 4-5 games before that PSV defender smashed his leg apart?
What he seems to suggest is clear enough. Pogba needs to keep focused. When he's focused, he's very good. Whether it can be taken as a “dig” (some people will undoubtedly take it as such) isn't all that interesting to me: What José says (seemingly) is that Pogba has a problem with keeping up a consistent standard a) because he lets that standard drop when the match isn't big enough and b) because he gets distracted (by things that aren't football related). He also suggests that being committed to the team (see the role he played for France) makes him a more efficient player.
All this seems to jibe quite well with what we saw last season - and what we've seen recently at the WC. Two different players, you could say.
Yeah I don't see no wrong with that. Perfectly fair comments. Not sure why some are bashing Mourinho for it.
So it looks like it will be RW and a CB - disappointing not to get another FB, hopefully Dalot and Shaw can have a really good season and keep Valencia and Young out of the team.
I wasn't bashing him. I just thought it was an interesting insight into he thoughts and feelings on Pogba.
Not sure if it's the usual sensationalist bollocks, but on F365
https://www.football365.com/news/mo...e-signings-he-wants-to-make-manchester-united
Would you be happy if those 2 players are Maguire and William?
He looked good around the new year then just got dropped.
I would be, Yes. It isn't ideal but at this moment it is probably the best we can hope for. Maguire gives us an aerial threat we don't have and Willian is a good all round player.
They might be accurate, but seriously, what's the point in making them other than showcasing your lack of motivational skills? I really don't why he has throw out of favour players under the bus and heap ridiculous praise on his favourites all the time.
What would your expectations be? By which I mean do you think that without them we might struggle?
I'd be okay with it. I like Maguire but I don't particularly rate Willian, however he's better than absolutely feck all so he can't be that bad.
Because he has once again redirected any little criticism of him onto the player, he has basically said Pogba's performance is dependent on him completely. If true, then what's the point of Mourinho and his staff, we could hire a motivator or a cheerleader and be done with it.
I think it's his new way of preventing dressing room meltdowns, the likes of Young, Fellaini, Matic will forever be wanting him to stay.
Just watched this, and what i will say is credit to the lady, she asked literally all the right questions for this time of year. Literally every question the fans wanted answers to was addressed, and addressed clearly too.
Context is important too.
If we were a middle of the road or just under a top team not contending for trophies then I'd absolutely prefer attacking football. I wouldn't want to see a team that doesn't accomplish anything just play dull, drab, depressing football.
If you are a team competing for titles there's a higher tolerance for me, in that I'm fine with a defensive flavor if it means keeping us truly competitive.
Attacking/Winning is perfect.
Defending/Winning is fine.
Attacking/Losing is 'fine'. Relative to team's ability and standing.
Defending/Losing is unacceptable.
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tl;dr: I'm fine with Mourinho, but lost it with Van Gaal (but feel Van Gaal served a purpose for the club and stopped a freefall and steadied the ship, but we would never progress under him.)
Yeah I thought she was really good too, asked the right questions in a friendly manner. Pushed a little, but backed off when the answer was no.
I liked the part where she got him to talk about "his wish" and then tried to sneak out some names
I'm one of the few who would be very happy with Maguire. Gives us an aerial threat and also ball-playing ability that many of our current CBs lack.
Don't really want Willian. He's a pretty good player, but can you imagine what they'd want from United if they reject 70m from Barcelona? Paying over the odds for a winger who turns 30 next month or, even worse, swapping him for Martial are not exactly tempting scenarios to me.
Not signing a LB is madness. I give credit to Young for his successful conversion to full-back, but he's 33 years old ... he certainly shouldn't be first choice at a club of this size with these expectations. Full-backs are so important these days, it's infuriating that we go into the season with 32 and 33 year old converted wingers as first choice.
Don't really want Willian. He's a pretty good player, but can you imagine what they'd want from United if they reject 70m from Barcelona? Paying over the odds for a winger who turns 30 next month or, even worse, swapping him for Martial are not exactly tempting scenarios to me.
Not signing a LB is madness. I give credit to Young for his successful conversion to full-back, but he's 33 years old ... he certainly shouldn't be first choice at a club of this size with these expectations. Full-backs are so important these days, it's infuriating that we go into the season with 32 and 33 year old converted wingers as first choice.
What does that mean though? Is ‘Defending/Losing’ the equivalent of Pulis’ West Brom, or does coming second and competing in a Cup final also mean ‘defending/losing’?
Ultimately, the only way defending can be justified is if your team is literally the number one.
No, he didn't. He looked bearable.
Like Pulis' West Brom.
Coming second and a cup final can easily be considered competitive, and we came up against a special City team last season that walked the league. A cup final is a cup final, we should have won but it's one game.
Defending can also be justified in saving bottom teams from relegation.
Says ideally he wants for 2 more players but there’s no one available. Bollocks.
We really need a centre back, a left back and a winger. Ideally another centre mid too.
I’d imagine the 2 positions Mourinho wants to buy for is centre back and on the wing, though. We’ve already got a centre mid and a fullback this window.
We really need a centre back, a left back and a winger. Ideally another centre mid too.
I’d imagine the 2 positions Mourinho wants to buy for is centre back and on the wing, though. We’ve already got a centre mid and a fullback this window.
This is the point. It seemed, maybe I was wrong, that you were implying our defending was wrong given a context of us not winning.
By your definition, however, we have done well by playing defensive football (not that I personally agree we play defensive football anyway. ‘Dull’, certainly, but not defensive).
Also, I’m glad he came out and said what he said about Pogba. It’s all right. Hopefully Pogba takes it as constructive criticism and really kicks on this season.
Yeah. Arsenal always played good football. Their fans got sick of winning NOTHING.
maybe we want to have a dramatic window-closing day which we usually don't bother with
Mail reporting Barca have signed Malcom for £36.5m - maybe that means we're in for Willian, just hope we don't cough up £70m or owt daft like that..
They wouldn't necessarily be my first choice in their positions for their price (maybe Maguire would be, I'm really not sure), but I'd be happy in the sense that they'd both be an improvement.
Maguire would either partner Smalling and we could be fairly confident on having an actual proper partnership for the first time in a few years, or he'd partner one of the others by removing the reliance on Smalling both in the sense of fitness and aerial ability. I was one of the ones who was quite liked what I saw at Hull and wouldn't have minded picking him up from there, but I'm also a bit iffy on paying so much extra after just one season at Leicester.
Willian isn't really my first choice on the right, but he's certainly an improvement over what we currently have (which is basically nothing in the sense of actual wing-play). I also do like him as a player and have a lot of respect for him for continuing to try his best in Jose's last season at Chelsea when everyone else in that team downed tools.