Mourinho's post match comments

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I don't mind so much the comments about the players, he can't afford to hang them out to dry with at least 9 matches still to play. SAF would always create that siege mentality and deflect criticism from the players with some mumbo jumbo after the game. And on that level he has succeeded, people are more shocked by his comments than by some of the performances.

In terms of the comments about United being knocked out before, that was a pretty stupid thing to do. His support is wavering and stuff like that has already put people over the edge. I doubt he was slagging the fans or the club off, probably more deflection / diffuse the hysteria of being knocked out but worded pretty badly.
 
Inigo Montoya said:
Wow! The comments in this thread are laughable!
He’s a Cnut
No it’s football- it happens
He doesn’t get it etc

We’re beginning to sound like Arse Fan TV. One knee jerk reaction after another

Think I’ll take a break until the FA Cup game. The negativity isn’t good for anyone’s health
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To be fair people have every right to be annoyed. We really should have gone through and nobody in their right mind can say the football we play is great.
 
People are taking it way out of context.

All he is saying is Man Utd have been knocked out and lost before. He doesn't want to dwell on it because we have a big game at the weekend. That’s all.
 
Inigo Montoya said:
Wow! The comments in this thread are laughable!
He’s a Cnut
No it’s football- it happens
He doesn’t get it etc

We’re beginning to sound like Arse Fan TV. One knee jerk reaction after another

Think I’ll take a break until the FA Cup game. The negativity isn’t good for anyone’s health
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fans are angry , posters on here are angry, getting beat is not OK , but getting beat in the fashion we did and his comments are totally unacceptable.
I would be have been better of he had come out and said yes I cock up the players did not perform, just admitted we were shit, but no he come put with the we played well and I did my best bollocks.
 
The guy likes to ride his own dick too much. A little humility never killed anyone, especially after that shit show of a performance.
 
rpitchfo said:
My fantasy post match comments.

"Look I got this wrong. I've just been into the lads to apologise. They are exhausted and gutted. They did everything I asked them to do to the letter. But we are out and that's the reality. I need to show some humility, on reflection I've got this wrong...big time. In asking the players not to lose I've lost sight of how to win. I'm not going to change everything but I'll show more intent going forward. This is Manchester united and somewhere along the way I'd forgotten that. I'm sorry."
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That's terrible. :lol:

It sounded like he had no clue what he was doing.
 
pauldyson1uk said:
fans are angry , posters on here are angry, getting beat is not OK , but getting beat in the fashion we did and his comments are totally unacceptable.
I would be have been better of he had come out and said yes I cock up the players did not perform, just admitted we were shit, but no he come put with the we played well and I did my best bollocks.
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I think he did say he made mistakes on Spanish TV. Other than that he is protecting the players.
 
Inigo Montoya said:
Wow! The comments in this thread are laughable!
He’s a Cnut
No it’s football- it happens
He doesn’t get it etc

We’re beginning to sound like Arse Fan TV. One knee jerk reaction after another

Think I’ll take a break until the FA Cup game. The negativity isn’t good for anyone’s health
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Yeah because last nights game was a pure one off wasn't it? You say negativity isn't good for anyone but there are absolutely no positives from last night (barring maybe Lukaku). We have been knocked out of the CL by a very poor team playing absolute horse crap football. I think people can be excused to rant on this occasion, silly or not.
 
Two sentences that shook me from Mourinho:

"Being United manager and losing at home is not disappointing." - what?

"Everything together needs to change here. Everybody spends money - it's not just us." - Don't understand what he's saying here, money had nothing to do with the performance in both legs. Everything needs to change? He acquired Alexis Sanchez, Romelu Lukaku, Paul Pogba, he really has some amazing players at his disposal. How much money Sevilla spent? Weird comment in the context of this game.
 
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On the face of it the comments are infuriating given how abysmal that performance was over the two legs, but it's hard to think what he could say in public other than stuff that makes him/us look defeatist, small and quite silly.

If he told the truth; that we were dire and that we were unable to rise to the occasion in two important games (something both Jose and the club have always prided themselves on) that would cause more fires than it douses.

The bigger worry for me is that I don't suspect he'll perform the necessary reading of the riot act in private. Yes he'll have been unhappy with how poor we were in possession and perhaps worried by our lack of ideas and direction, but he set the team up in two big important games against very beatable opposition to essentially bore them to death when he has the players to tear them a new arsehole. That is a far more pressing concern to me than a few throwaway comments the manager is contractually obliged to feed to the media.
 
GBBQ said:
I don't mind so much the comments about the players, he can't afford to hang them out to dry with at least 9 matches still to play. SAF would always create that siege mentality and deflect criticism from the players with some mumbo jumbo after the game. And on that level he has succeeded, people are more shocked by his comments than by some of the performances.

In terms of the comments about United being knocked out before, that was a pretty stupid thing to do. His support is wavering and stuff like that has already put people over the edge. I doubt he was slagging the fans or the club off, probably more deflection / diffuse the hysteria of being knocked out but worded pretty badly.
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Yeah, he’s not exactly enamoured himself to the fans all season long. The stuff about them being too quiet (admittedly true) and now this. Considering he was a fairly divisive appointment to begin with he needs to be more careful with his words. Unfortunately, I don’t think he has it in him. He’s just a very self-absorbed, unpleasant man. Which is fine so long as his team is playing well. But in the context of games like last night he will quickly seem insufferable.
 
haram said:
People are taking it way out of context.

All he is saying is Man Utd have been knocked out and lost before. He doesn't want to dwell on it because we have a big game at the weekend. That’s all.
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And he could say that, simple, if he wanted but nope, he said it in a way how he said it on purpose, to highlight something different and thats the issue people having it.
 
haram said:
People are taking it way out of context.

All he is saying is Man Utd have been knocked out and lost before. He doesn't want to dwell on it because we have a big game at the weekend. That’s all.
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Perhaps he should dwell on it. Nobody gave Sevilla a chance when we drew them out the hat. We should have walked over them, especially at home.

It wasn't even like we got unlucky either, a silly deflected goal or something like that. We had 4 SHOTS ON TARGET in 2 legs. I'm sorry but this is Man Utd, there isn't any excuses for that.

He's had long enough now to work with the team and shape it how he wants, he clearly isn't fussed about possession or attacking, this style of play will only take us so far.

I don't see us progressing under Jose, giving him a new deal was a mistake and it'll come back to bite us in the ass. We should be aiming for the next Klopp/Pochettino.
 
Inigo Montoya said:
Wow! The comments in this thread are laughable!
He’s a Cnut
No it’s football- it happens
He doesn’t get it etc

We’re beginning to sound like Arse Fan TV. One knee jerk reaction after another

Think I’ll take a break until the FA Cup game. The negativity isn’t good for anyone’s health
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What do you expect people to talk positively after that performance and these post match comment from our manager? Praising him for knocked us out twice and take a dig on us after we lost?

You are beginning to sound like Wengerin campaign as well. Blaming other fans who are anger of his negative approach and comment.
 
Adam-Utd said:
Perhaps he should dwell on it. Nobody gave Sevilla a chance when we drew them out the hat. We should have walked over them, especially at home.

It wasn't even like we got unlucky either, a silly deflected goal or something like that. We had 4 SHOTS ON TARGET in 2 legs. I'm sorry but this is Man Utd, there isn't any excuses for that.

He's had long enough now to work with the team and shape it how he wants, he clearly isn't fussed about possession or attacking, this style of play will only take us so far.

I don't see us progressing under Jose, giving him a new deal was a mistake and it'll come back to bite us in the ass. We should be aiming for the next Klopp/Pochettino.
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I’m sure he is thinking about it. To the press he is saying we need to move on. To the players he is saying we need to move on because Brighton is important. That’s all this is. If he makes out like our season is over our players will believe it.

Yes, he got it wrong against Sevilla. Probably the worst decisions he has made tactically at United so far.
 
All this talk of mega signings in the summer, it wont change anything. This guy's approach and tactics are negative, the players dont look like they are enjoying playing for him, and we the fans are not enjoying it at all. We are not a team, we need someone to come in and galvanise this bunch of individuals and make them a team.
Mourinho is not the person, he has neither the character or the people skills to do this. He falls out with players, publicly vilifies them in some cases and has lost my trust.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Yeah, he’s not exactly enamoured himself to the fans all season long. The stuff about them being too quiet (admittedly true) and now this. Considering he was a fairly divisive appointment to begin with he needs to be more careful with his words. Unfortunately, I don’t think he has it in him. He’s just a very self-absorbed, unpleasant man. Which is fine so long as his team is playing well. But in the context of games like last night he will quickly seem insufferable.
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I think Pilib summed it up well:

 
JoaquinJoaquin said:
Yeah because last nights game was a pure one off wasn't it? You say negativity isn't good for anyone but there are absolutely no positives from last night (barring maybe Lukaku). We have been knocked out of the CL by a very poor team playing absolute horse crap football. I think people can be excused to rant on this occasion, silly or not.
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You’ve just proved my point re negativity
 
Axkiko said:
What do you expect people to talk positively after that performance and these post match comment from our manager? Praising him for knocked us out twice and take a dig on us after we lost?

You are beginning to sound like Wengerin campaign as well. Blaming other fans who are anger of his negative approach and comment.
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I blamed someone???:lol:
 
haram said:
People are taking it way out of context.

All he is saying is Man Utd have been knocked out and lost before. He doesn't want to dwell on it because we have a big game at the weekend. That’s all.
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Ssssh! Before the baying mob comes and swallows you up.
 
JoaquinJoaquin said:
What do you expect? Everyone to be happy? We have just been knocked out of the CL for feck sake.

As you are Mr.Joy obviously, what are the positives from last nights game?
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:lol::lol:Mr Joy!
Sorry I take great hilarity in reactions like yours.
 
Red Katie said:
I think he means it's happend before and the club has come back stronger.
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Those are bad games to mention there. We were poor for two years following our exit to Porto and after our exit to Madrid we have done only worse in CL.
 
Theonas said:
Probably the smartest thing Scholes said as a pundit. The problem is after games like Saturday's or the Arsenal game earlier in the season or that famous Chelsea win away at Liverpool to end their title hopes, when pundits and fans applaud performances like that as some sort of grand plan and tactical brilliance. The assumption that every win means the tactics were right and every defeat the opposite contributes to these silly narratives. It is like Conte being killed for his tactics against City at the Etihad but applauded for his tactics against Barcelona few days before. Both were the same tactics, one had Willian on fire, the other didn't. Us against Liverpool and today, the only difference is a successful Lukaku flick early on and a great finish. What followed is the natural result of having the confidence and momentum of a team in lead married with fans who got behind the team to see the game out and use the spaces left behind of the opponent because they had to risk more. The tactical approach and its limitations and strengths are however exactly the same. It is as likely to get wins as it is to produce performances like tonight's.
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Thats true if he plays the same team in the same positions, which he didnt.
 
Inigo Montoya said:
I blamed someone???:lol:
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You are saying the people who criticize Mourinho becoming like Arsenal fan TV things. Understandable reaction from the fans after those Mourinho comments.

I would rather see the fans anger on the team because they cared about the club then someone like you judging other fans emotion.
 
JoaquinJoaquin said:
Glad I can entertain, the forum needs it.

As you can't name any of the positives though, proves my point.
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Which further proves mine; you revel in negativity.

Positives from last night: we have another game to look forward to.
Mourinho wont be manager forever though he might get some success.
We are still Man Utd and I’m still proud to support this club.
 
DomesticTadpole said:
People chuckling at Spurs going out. At least they went out to a Juve side that look like they could win their league and have vast experience. We went out to a side who are a distant fifth in La Liga and are on a negative goal difference, which should tell you that their defence could be got at.
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Does that make Chelsea a better team if they go out to Barcelona tonight? ;)
 
Sarni said:
Those are bad games to mention there. We were poor for two years following our exit to Porto and after our exit to Madrid we have done only worse in CL.
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You're right but I just thought that was what he was alluding to.
 
Axkiko said:
You are saying the people who criticize Mourinho becoming like Arsenal fan TV things. Understandable reaction from the fans after those Mourinho comments.

I would rather see the fans anger on the team because they cared about the club then someone like you judging other fans emotion.
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Who am I judging?

Coming from the so called fan who’s judging me:lol:
 
haram said:
People are taking it way out of context.

All he is saying is Man Utd have been knocked out and lost before. He doesn't want to dwell on it because we have a big game at the weekend. That’s all.
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Yeah, but he had to make it about himself didn’t he. His team have just served up one of the worst European performances in the history of the club, he should be issuing a grovelling apology for getting it so spectacularly wrong, not highlighting that his teams have knocked us out in the past. What’s he trying to prove? That he was once a good manager? Nobody gives a crap that he won it 14 years ago. There were Utd fans watching that dross last night that weren’t even alive in 2004, much less remember it. His whole “I’m the best, look at what I’ve won” schtick doesn’t wash when his here and now is such a fecking failure. I don’t give two shits what he won previously in his career, I care about Manchester United like every other fan. If he doesn’t understand this he should find employment somewhere else.
 
The guy really is a self-serving, small mentality manager. He is also slyly washing off this failure from his hands by saying failure for Manchester United is nothing new, whereas it's new for him by pointing out his previous victories(undeserved and lucky IMO, Porto offside call, Nani red card) against us.
 
Red Katie said:
You're right but I just thought that was what he was alluding to.
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He was.

A different perspective: he looked shattered and disappointed but he did say they have only 24 hrs to get over it then prepare for the Cup game

If he was like some of the posters in here then we’ve lost to Brighton already
 
Terry Apogee said:
Mourinho is a saboteur. He's also a born winner. His primary focus is ensuring we get as many points as possible in the league so it doesn't look like we're too far off City by the end of the season, and we finish second.

He also wants the cup and will go all out to win it. I think he knows we're not good enough to win the champions league so he's sacrificed it. Yes, that's right he's sabotaged his own team. Most of the time he sabotages the opposition but sometimes if he thinks it will be better in the long run he will sabotage his own side. Why be so blasé about going out to Seville? Why drop McTominay and start Fellaini? Lingard hasn't played in the league much, why start him? Why swap Rashford out to the right? Why drop Mata? Why? It's because he knows it's better to save the legs for the league and FA cup. At the end of the season we will be second and might win the FA Cup. In the summer he will add the players he wants and next season he will win the league, league cup, champions league and FA Cup. This is Mourinho's mentality. People shouldn't underestimate him.
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If thats true Woody should fire his ass today. We should be going out to win every throphy, especially the big 2. And winning all 4 trophies next season..what have you been smoking :lol:
 
El Zoido said:
Yeah, but he had to make it about himself didn’t he. His team have just served up one of the worst European performances in the history of the club, he should be issuing a grovelling apology for getting it so spectacularly wrong, not highlighting that his teams have knocked us out in the past. What’s he trying to prove? That he was once a good manager? Nobody gives a crap that he won it 14 years ago. There were Utd fans watching that dross last night that weren’t even alive in 2004, much less remember it. His whole “I’m the best, look at what I’ve won” schtick doesn’t wash when his here and now is such a fecking failure. I don’t give two shits what he won previously in his career, I care about Manchester United like every other fan. If he doesn’t understand this he should find employment somewhere else.
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Watched the video, it does not seem like that. He is just using examples of when United have lost at home in the CL before and how they moved on. Like I said, if he makes out like this is the end of our season, our players will believe it.

We have an important game against Brighton coming up.
 
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