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Jose Mourinho

How do you feel about Mourinho appointment

  • Excited - silverware here we come baby

    Votes: 666 46.7%
  • Meh - will give him a chance and hope he is successful

    Votes: 468 32.8%
  • Horrified - praying for the day he'll fuck off

    Votes: 292 20.5%

  • Total voters
    1,426

SargeantMeatCurtains

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Jan 5, 2013
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Honestly I see no issue with what he said about Ndombele. He’s frustrated and people are falling into the traps laid by sensationalist idiots like Jonathan Veal who are trying to say Jose “piled” into Ndombele. He didn’t at all. He’s frustrated and he explained the situation.
 

Thewobbler

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Oct 29, 2016
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This is showing that we can't keep blaming the manager.. The lack of on field ambition from our fearless leaders has put us in this mess. They hide behind the same excuse every transfer window... Funnily enough we barely ever hear the same excuses coming from the other premier league clubs.

Levy says shit like 'english clubs can't keep spending like this' or 'We have to get rid of this obsession in England of spending money '

Both lewis and levy are cheap bastards who always want a bargain
 

yankspurs

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Aug 22, 2013
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This has really fucked me off. Ndombele’s got a FUCKING GROIN INJURY, of course playing him twice in 48 hours is a risk. Jose pressured him to play and should take a look at himself, yet he throws the player under the bus. He claims to have learned his lessons from his time at United but it’s clear he hasn’t, starts casting blame elsewhere for his own mistakes any time he’s under pressure. I don’t see this ending well at all.
It might end before the end of the season
 

yankspurs

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Aug 22, 2013
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Levy says shit like 'english clubs can't keep spending like this' or 'We have to get rid of this obsession in England of spending money '

Both lewis and levy are cheap bastards who always want a bargain
Well Lewis doesnt give a shit about football. He cares about 2 things. Yachts and art.
 

Timberwolf

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Jan 17, 2008
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To those saying it's not at all Jose's fault: Surely he has to take some of the blame. Lucas and Alli were both shockingly poor today but neither were subbed and our style of play looks even less coherent than under late-era Poch. Plenty of managers have taken over worse squads and done better than he has done in his 11 games. He's barely PAR for what we might expect, perhaps even a little over.

To those who think it's all Jose's fault: He's been dealt a difficult hand and hasn't had a pre-season to work with the players and hasn't been able to make any signings. Our new signings are struggling to settle and there's clearly a mentality issue in the squad. We've paid enough money to bring him in so we need to be patient. Writing him off now would be completely counterproductive.

Basically I think we just have to accept this season is a bit of a write off and just hope we can somehow fluke our way into 4th place with no real expectations. We need to back Jose in the summer (and ideally in January too) and then judge him next season. If we're still fucking shit in a year's time then yeah, it was clearly a huge mistake, but until then I'm gonna withhold some judgement and not go overboard like some of you wrist-slitting goons.
 

Ronwol196061

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Apr 9, 2018
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you have just made that up ? How do you know any of this ? You don’t.

fact is that Ndombele has not been good enough for us to date since he signed . good touches and promises but has hardly played so should be available to play two games on the trot.
He is being played out of position
 

seppo

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Feb 5, 2018
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Throwing them under the bus? So he isn't injured then? LOL you're trying so hard for the first day of a new year, you'll blow a gasket by the end of the month, pace yourself.
So what would you call it? Combine that with the fact that he publically questioned his character for the exact issue he went off for today.
 

JayB

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Aug 24, 2011
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you have just made that up ? How do you know any of this ? You don’t.

fact is that Ndombele has not been good enough for us to date since he signed . good touches and promises but has hardly played so should be available to play two games on the trot.
Fact is Ndombele has a groin strain. The injury has to be evaluated in context. If it were a knock I’d agree with you but this isn’t the 1970s where players were just more talented versions of the blokes playing pub football in between piss-ups. Sport science is a thing now.

Ndombele has an injury that needs to be managed carefully, not because he’s made of glass (played nearly 50 matches per season in France), but because he overextended himself in a challenge against Sheffield United and tweaked one of the most finicky muscles in the body. Instead of careful management he’s getting publicly dragged through the mud by a manager who has previous for this sort of thing, and for whom it ended in disaster.
 
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So what would you call it? Combine that with the fact that he publically questioned his character for the exact issue he went off for today.
He was asked today if he was injured, he is, he has hardly played for us on the back of a record breaking transfer.

As a manager he is allowed to sound frustrated with a player if he is directly asked about him, isn't he?

The mentality of this squad is fucking piss poor.
 

ClintEastwould

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Jul 3, 2012
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Player played almost a hundred games in two seasons, never had any injuries but is now being public ally thrown under the bus by our manager after being handled by our terrible medical team who seem to get paid for turning our players into crocks.
 

Gb160

Well done boys. Good process
Jun 20, 2012
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Its classic work by Jose, everyones talking about him calling that bloke an idiot, and not how shit we were lol.
 
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