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LittlePuma
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I don’t think Mourinho will be there much longer. I also personally don’t think he’s that great of a manager.
CroJack
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I think it's because he is obsessed with winning titles. He doesn't develop himself and he doesn't develop his squad. He wants success now, and if the players don't deliver , he gets mad. That's why he is always in war with his players. One bad game and you are out.
I don't like Mourinho as a person, and I think his footballing philosophy is outdated but he is right when he requires consistent performances from his prima donnas.
Almost all big signings Manchester United have made in recent years have been underperforming: Pogba, Martial, Shaw, Baily, Lindeloff...
And Lukaku is not Drogba. Rashford and Lingaard can be brilliant but also really poor. The only players who are reliable are DeGea, Matic, Mata and Fellaini. Fred seems to be a good signing.
The question is do Manchester United players underperform because they think more about their haircuts, big cars and women, or because Mourinho has become a bad (man) manager?
Mourinho is fast becoming a relic. He's always played anti-football, and achieved the most impressive results with (relative) underdog sides. Thing is, you can't play anti-football with a powerhouse because the expectations are always to take the initiative and lead with attacking football, and his style is to destroy and negate.
Jose at powerhouse teams always goes the same way: highly talented individuals are reduced, lesser players who will sacrifice for Jose are elevated, and the result is a mish-mash of defensive collective football studded with high flair players who are barely allowed to do anything outside a stifling remit. What he gains from the collective he loses from the individual, and ends up with a side which is less than the sum of its parts, rather than more, as was the case with lesser teams.
I loved what he used to represent - a way to defeat the big boys by cancelling out all their strengths in the most tactically cynical way. If football was wordplay, he was Blackadder. The game has moved on now, and while the old maxims of "results are all that matter" and "it doesn't matter how you get them" used to be true, they simply aren't anymore. Pep (and perhaps Klopp) are proving you can get results and play incredible football every week. If you owned a powerhouse team, wouldn't you want the same?
I said before the season that Mourinho would be out of United by the end of September, and I (just about) still stand by that. Ok, maybe October.
On an related note -- Sean Dyche: budget Mourinho, or not really? They both favour defensive, collective football, and they both succeeded by figuring out how to "break" the system (see Dyche's low-block from last season). I could happily post 1000 words on why I think Dyche is over-rated (for example, I do not think it's a co-incidience that he didn't get the Everton job and instead signed a new 5-year deal with Burnley. He knew that if he went to Everton he'd have to break away from the one-trick he's ridden so well, and he knows he just can't do it), and so far -- European interference or not -- it looks like the league has figured out how to beat him, too.
Jose at powerhouse teams always goes the same way: highly talented individuals are reduced, lesser players who will sacrifice for Jose are elevated, and the result is a mish-mash of defensive collective football studded with high flair players who are barely allowed to do anything outside a stifling remit. What he gains from the collective he loses from the individual, and ends up with a side which is less than the sum of its parts, rather than more, as was the case with lesser teams.
I loved what he used to represent - a way to defeat the big boys by cancelling out all their strengths in the most tactically cynical way. If football was wordplay, he was Blackadder. The game has moved on now, and while the old maxims of "results are all that matter" and "it doesn't matter how you get them" used to be true, they simply aren't anymore. Pep (and perhaps Klopp) are proving you can get results and play incredible football every week. If you owned a powerhouse team, wouldn't you want the same?
I said before the season that Mourinho would be out of United by the end of September, and I (just about) still stand by that. Ok, maybe October.
On an related note -- Sean Dyche: budget Mourinho, or not really? They both favour defensive, collective football, and they both succeeded by figuring out how to "break" the system (see Dyche's low-block from last season). I could happily post 1000 words on why I think Dyche is over-rated (for example, I do not think it's a co-incidience that he didn't get the Everton job and instead signed a new 5-year deal with Burnley. He knew that if he went to Everton he'd have to break away from the one-trick he's ridden so well, and he knows he just can't do it), and so far -- European interference or not -- it looks like the league has figured out how to beat him, too.
Let's hope that Warnock isn't one of them!
LittlePuma
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United looking poor again today. I can’t imagine he makes it much longer. Seems like one of those dreaded “he’s lost the dressing room” situations.
LittlePuma
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I have it 2-1 Hammers in the prediction game, United better pull one back here!
CroJack
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Unlucky you. 3:1.I have it 2-1 Hammers in the prediction game, United better pull one back here!
I've recently cancelled my subscriptions to all comedy TV channels. When I want a good laugh I watch Manchester United.