Rio would never get promoted - he can't even sign his name without using 45 exclamation marks.
Mourinho to United | Officially Announced
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Its going to come as a shock when Rio finds out thats all he is now.
Hope he doesnt go full Bruno when the realisation sets in.
Yes, waiting for my call from BT Sport. Should be any moment now.
Richard keys is a cnut
Wolverine hands
Yes that one!"monster club"
Rooney.
“I love José Mourinho, but in terms of the type of football he plays I don’t think he is Manchester United,” Cantona says. “I love his personality, I love the passion he has for the game, his humour. He is very intelligent, he demands 100% of his players. And of course he wins things.
“But I don’t think it’s the type of football that the fans of Manchester United will love, even if they win. He can win with Manchester United. But do they expect that type of football, even if they win? I don’t think so.”
“Guardiola was the one to take. He is the spiritual son of Johan Cruyff. I would have loved to have seen Guardiola in Manchester [United]. He is the only one to change Manchester. He is in Manchester, but at the wrong one.”
I'm glad Cantona has done this. I'd love for more former players to speak out against Jose's style and then have him set out to prove them wrong.
I hope Fergie and Charlton are there when they announce Mourinho as the manager.
I hope this announced todat so i can get some productive work done. For past ciuple of days all i do is check twitter all the fecking time.
Yup. We need more doubters to voice their opinion so Jose comes in and wrecks havoc with a team of youth players attacking with flair and unpredictability.
He'll work his bollocks off to ensure he and United are successful. It's the job he's always wanted.
We lost 4-0 to Mk dons last year on mine.It would be a better present than what I had - a 3-2 loss to West Ham
Expecting some to have a go at Eric in 3,2,1
Yes, we have to show a united front.
Did King Eric fall out with SAF recently? This sounds like he didn't see us play during SAF's last few years.
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So long as Jose does not follow the LVG philosophy in that "my captain shall always play".
If he were to pick an existing player in an effort to not upset the dressing room and it was not Rooney, I'd go for DDG. He has the best chance of staying for several years if he's happy.
Jose could totally turn shit upside down and give it to a new player like Zlatan.
Rooney will remain captain for the first season at least.
Guardiola's type of football isn't always great to watch and it isn't a lot better than Mourinho's, a lot of people don't like possession football particularly in England.
Nothing wrong with giving him a new challenge. He's already proven he's a winner.
His next challenge should be to prove he can continue winning with more focus on attractive football and a good helping of youth. It'll keep going here.
For me, I have always thought of the Mourinho United relationship as similar to the one Cantona had with the club here.
In that individually, we were both in a bad space, but together, we could become something quite special.
Even our rivals realize that too. I dont think it will be without its Selhurst Park Moments, but it will be a great ride.
Exactly, pretty baffling words from Cantona, wondering if he's in somebody else's camp. Bringing up Mou's biggest rival is pretty weird, given that he 'likes' Mou.
Maybe he just enjoyed watching Barca play more than Chelsea?
Baffling that he has an opinion?
I would also much prefer Pep to Jose and I doubt I am alone
So he ignored Inter and Real Madrid or when Chelsea played really well?
It's more about Guardiola. The media see him as the shiny new manager who is exciting and different. I think he'll get more time before the papers start to question him, whereas every little thing Mourinho does will be scrutinised and compared to his Chelsea meltdown.
It's obvious that United are a bigger story to write about than City, but Guardiola was always going to get more leeway in his first Premier League season from the media than a returning Mourinho, regardless of where they were managing.
Yea but I'm talking about our perspective, we've never been a possession based team under Ferguson, our possession was down to teams defending deep down, giving us the ball rather than having a goal to sit at high possession like Pep's teams.
In some opinions none of them played as well as that Barca side did, again its just preference. My main point was that there was likely no conspiracy or allegiance to a certain camp.
It's a given that Eric is correct in that Pep's thinking is arguably more in line with United's ethos; but it doesn't help Eric's argument that the example he cites of that Romantic thinking is from Rijkaard's time at Barca, not Pep's. And we won't truly know if Guardiola is one of the greats - and not a glorified tinkerman - until he manages an underdog club.
Did you bother reading the comment that I quoted or not really? Especially the possession part.
Pep's football bores me, and I honestly expect him to find it difficult to adapt, he'll have to change his ways quite a bit.
Kostur is right, it's baffling because I have defended Barcelona against so many people, so many people were claiming that Real Madrid were a lot more fun to watch, but now Real Madrid weren't good to watch while Barcelona were great.
Barcelona were the better team, the most dominant team but half of the planet was claiming that they were boring.
Its not about possession, the perception is one in big games likes to be pragmatic and the other likes to be more attacking and adventurous.
In both cases though there are examples of them going in the other direction, but their defaults are those.
In any case Mourinho has shown he can be very attacking, I liked his Real Madrid side tbh
Then why Eric brought up "Manchester United" way? Pep is very good first team manager, but in no way he was the one who build the whole Barcelona system up from the ground. Manchester United is both similar in some ways but quite different in some other ways. This club loves athletic players and prefer a more fast pace, direct football than possession, super slow build up, short corner, backward passing from opponent box to the defense line football. A multi dimensional approach like Heykences Bayern Treble team is ideal based more on fast pace direct football than heavy possession style.
yes I always enjoyed Pep's brand of football
Personally I really wanted to see Father Christmas appointed manager of Manchester United. Unfortunately, while the likes of Cantona and myself can fantasise about our dream managers, Woodward has to choose from the ones that are actually available.
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