Such a dark day.
Mourinho to United | Officially Announced
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Such a dark day.
Mate it's time to stop posting.
So the worst kept secret in football is finally revealed. Lets just hope Mourinho can work his magic and get us back to where we truly belong!
I can't wait for the Mourinho deal to be finalized. After Moyes and Van Gaal, he'll be a breath of fresh air and will lift the entire club! I completely understand people being upset with the timing of the news today (although it seems clear that it didn't come from the club itself), but I must confess...in the circumstances I'm not bothered by it in the slightest! If anything, it has enhanced my happiness with today's win. It was a positive way to end an otherwise frustrating season, and seems a good footing upon which for Jose to take the club forward. I'm already excited for next season, which I likely wouldn't be if LVG kept his post.
Just like everyone thought hiring Ranieri was a mistake for Leicester. People hate Mourinho and they hate us, combine the 2 and people are naturally going to think the worst (or best case depending which perspective you look at it)
Jealousy is a sneaky one. This was the only appointment we should have ever made and it's making everyone sick we've done it. "Should have given it to Giggs" "Thought United were a classy club". feck off you trollies.
Alarming given how long it's been obvious he had to go.
Who would have thought the first trophy won post-fergie would be immediately followed by the sacking of the manager who won it 
Absolutely the correct decision, of course.
Absolutely the correct decision, of course.
We've been making mistakes since Fergie left, another one doesn't really matter. Unless, of course, it turns out not to be a mistake this time...
If rival fans had to make a list of managers they would least like to see take over United, Jose would have topped the list.
Even if you included the likes of Simeone, Guardiola and Klopp. Even if you included SAF returning to management. Jose would still top the list.
Even if you included the likes of Simeone, Guardiola and Klopp. Even if you included SAF returning to management. Jose would still top the list.
Exactly nothing has changed its the same reporting with no official quotes from either side.
People are just using it to have a bitch about Mourinho.
It really took them that long to see something so obvious
Exactly it.
We are the most successful club in the history of English football. Watching us be so shit has been a joy for every non United supporter. They are just scared we might actually be good again with Mourinho.
Agreed, he has a good workrate so he could be a winger at that level.
Fair play to Ed & co - they're much bolder and decisive than I assumed.
Was Ferguson a United man before he was appointed?
How about Busby who spent his entire playing career at City and Liverpool?
That was the match (West Ham) where it became certain we wouldn't make top four.
The board gave him too much time IMO but that was their decision - the bar was set REALLY low and yet LvG still managed to blow it.
The board gave him too much time IMO but that was their decision - the bar was set REALLY low and yet LvG still managed to blow it.
He was amazing on the RW during the game, really impressed
You'd think Mourinho might not sign a RW and go fullout with Rashford and Lingard for the position ?
Jose has final say on transfers? Is that true?
Exactly
You need to think about where we'd be right now if they had sacked LVG in december and replaced him with mourinho from the go.
I think chance is big we had won the Fa cup aswell and we'd be easily be in the top 4 maybay even 2nd or 3th place
The league was a joke this year only thing is with LVG we were an even bigger joke
Not a chance IMO.
Thanks to Lingard for the winner today but he isn't first team material. RW needs to be strengthened with proven quality. Rashford will get games up front, he's good enough from what we've seen so far.
We gave Moyes until he missed top 4, we did the same for Van Gaal
Depends on who is available. Unless a proper world class player is available, I see no need to disrupt the chemistry the current players have developed.
Contemplating what it would take next season for me to be converted to thinking this is a good idea.
I think top four with Martial and Rashford having good seasons would do it, if he can significantly cut down on the levels of poor behavior he was exhibiting in his last Chelsea stint. I think that's doable - I just think the worst case scenario with him is so much worse than the worst case scenarios with most managers.
I think top four with Martial and Rashford having good seasons would do it, if he can significantly cut down on the levels of poor behavior he was exhibiting in his last Chelsea stint. I think that's doable - I just think the worst case scenario with him is so much worse than the worst case scenarios with most managers.
I assume we put release clauses in all their contracts regarding Champions League football.
The decision had clearly been made long before the Everton match with Moyes, that was just when the clause could kick in. Plus, top 4 wasn't ruled out even after the West Ham match.
As opposed to the available sure thing that is...? Appointing Moyes was a 100%, no hindsight needed, mistake. The only people who welcomed that appointment supported Liverppol or City or were incredibly stupid. Mourinho on the other hand is a risk worth taking - a proven winner on a short term basis with question marks over his longer term impact plus he is undoubtedly a prick. But he is surely the best available option.
Time will tell. Like it has showed us that LVG was a mistake.
I am not sure it was, in the case of both managers we've stuck to the contract, once they'd failed to meet the target of top 4 they were out. We could have sacked Van Gaal during his dreadful run at Christmas, we didn't then because he could still make top 4, we have now as he failed to do so
OH MY GAWDDDD! I JUST SAW THIS! SOMEONE HOLD ME. IM FEELING GIDDY!
As much as this season has sucked under LvG are we really going to reward an our first post Sir Alex trophy with a sacking?
We seem to be building in the right direction, especially when you look at the past 3 years as a whole. Seems entitled to assume we are destined for 4th place at a minimum.
We tied on points FFS. Had the players not been shambolic against West Ham we'd have had it and an FA Cup which would have been a net improvement on last year.
We seem to be building in the right direction, especially when you look at the past 3 years as a whole. Seems entitled to assume we are destined for 4th place at a minimum.
We tied on points FFS. Had the players not been shambolic against West Ham we'd have had it and an FA Cup which would have been a net improvement on last year.
Without doubt, there are risks, but we had to take this risk of appointing Jose in this situation. But there's absolutely no guarantee that Jose won't be a disaster. But when I look at what he's accomplished and I look at his age, Jose makes all the sense in the world for us.
And I actually do believe he understands what United supporters want:
Trophies
Attractive football
Development of young players
I'm sure most supporters agree and I'm sure Jose intends to deliver. Trophies come above all but it can't be boring, shit football. But there will be plenty of occasions where he'll shit a game down after a lead and we have to accept that. And with so many young players on the squad already we need to be prepared for only one or two young players getting their break next season. If, say, Ibra is brought in Rashford will have to be ok with coming off the bench. That will be hard for us, but it will be good for the club and for Rashford in the long run.
The real question is what will Jose do with Rooney and Mata? I have no idea.
.. and had City not announced Pep halways through the season they'd be out of sight.
We weren't good enough
We weren't good enough
Unless they turn out to be shit, in which case they were forced on him by the owner.
Your point is well taken but you really can't argue we made any real progress this season over last.
If nothing else, it would have been madness to keep LVG for a lame duck season. He either needed to be sacked or have his contract extended. The latter would have been suicidal for club, on and off the pitch.
Juan sends huggs
Duncan Castles just blew this case wide open, Sarge.
I disagree. Last season was a reasonably comfortable 4th, this season we fell well off the pace and were only in the race due to City's ineptitude. Plus the goal difference was enormous - not the result of a flukey 10 goal head to head swing like in 2012 but just a result of impotence in attack. The question asked of any United manager should be whether he can challenge for the league title. I don't believe Van Gaal can.
Glad he's gone despite the unreal cup memories this year, the league campaign, and European campaign in particular, was pretty dire. Not just how far behind we were but the drab football too.
Water is wet type of nonsense that we've come to expect from him.
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