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100% He’s been reading this thread.
There's some amazing bump material in here.
It would be very unfortunate if those posts resurfaced wouldn't it, very unfortunate
100% He’s been reading this thread.
Why would Lamela have been sent off?And Lamela should have been sent off as well, I don’t understand the point of VAR if it’s not used for stuff like that.
Both the same imo, none should’ve been sent off, but lamela was cleverAnd Lamela should have been sent off as well, I don’t understand the point of VAR if it’s not used for stuff like that.
There are some absolute belters, but I’m keeping my powder dry until we lift a trophy.There's some amazing bump material in here.
It would be very unfortunate if those posts resurfaced wouldn't it, very unfortunate
There are some absolute belters, but I’m keeping my powder dry until we lift a trophy.
I still just don’t get how so many people were so eager to write him off though...baffling.
Do we think he'll be on the blower to Levy saying "Get me Škriniar and I'll win you the league"?
He’s with Nathan crying into a tub of Haagen Dazs and looking over at their framed picture of Poch, blowing their noses in an Argentinian flagAnyone check on Windy? Fearful for him tonight
I mean there were very good reasons to think he was a bad fit before he arrived. It’s just as much an agenda to say he was always going to be great for us.There are some absolute belters, but I’m keeping my powder dry until we lift a trophy.
I still just don’t get how so many people were so eager to write him off though...baffling.
I totally disagree with how the game is managed and played these days but lamela’s arm comes up first and makes contact with martial’s chin which resulted in him pushing Lamela in the chin.Why would Lamela have been sent off?
Lamela never touched his face. Martial did.I totally disagree with how the game is managed and played these days but lamela’s arm comes up first and makes contact with martial’s chin which resulted in him pushing Lamela in the chin.
It wasn’t even handbags and if martial walks for that then they should have both gone for raising their hands.
Martial got schooled but then we’ve had so many bad decisions go our way, especially up there, so I’ll gladly take any decision that favours us for a change!
When you look at what Mourinho and Levy have achieved this window in terms of signings - and that's without CL football, and with the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and ongoing revenue streams - it's hard not to get excited about the players we could attract if/when we get back into the UCL and have 60,000 fans in the stadium again every week.
The suggestions that Mourinho can't work on restricted budgets are starting to look unfounded - of course we're yet to see if it pays off, but so far so good. His stint at Manchester United is beginning to look like an anomaly more and more as time progresses. Jose has had a lot of criticism for spending huge money at United and not achieving much, which is a reasonable criticism on the surface, but unfair when you dig into the detail IMO.
Firstly, United have been splurging money up the walls since the day Ferguson left, to try and remain competitive. David Moyes spent £70m combined on Mata and Fellaini - huge transfer fees when you consider that's now over 7 years ago. Van Gaal... well, where to begin? LVG signed 14 players at United, for a combined total of around £320m, and won... 1 FA Cup (not to put a dampener on it, a trophy is a trophy, but in that FA Cup campaign they faced Derby, Shrewsbury, Sheff Utd, West Ham, Everton and Palace...).
Then you reach the Jose era - 11 players signed, for a combined total of just over £400m (bear in mind that quarter of that went on Paul Pogba, who Mourinho allegedly never wanted in the first place). An astronomical sum of money, but the one massive purchase Jose wanted - Romelu Lukaku - was a great success at United, despite tiresome media spin against him. Played 96, scored 42. And of course, there was Zlatan on a free - played 53, scored 29. Jose's overall record - three trophies (including the Community Shield), a 2nd-placed finish, and the only manager in United history to win a trophy in his first season.
Finally - Solskjaer. To date, he has spent £229m on 5 players, and achieved... well, very little. A 3rd placed finish, sure. but 15 points off 2nd and 33 points off 1st.
In summary, United's record in the post-Ferguson era... 4 trophies, just over £1bn spent in transfer fees, with a net spend of just over £700m.
My point is this - throwing money at problems in order to become successful is not a Mourinho trait, as many like to believe. It is very much a Manchester United trait. Not only do Woodward and the United board have to answer to a spoilt, entitled fanbase for whom a Europa League and League Cup win in the same season is considered a failure; they also have to answer to the New York Stock Exchange, while being seen to "keep up with the Joneses" where their oil-rich neighbours are concerned. If United don't spend, they are crucified for it - the local press in Manchester are going ballistic over their current window. If they do spend, the minimum expectation is that they win the league, anything else is considered a failure.
As we're now seeing at Spurs, Jose can and will work to a limited budget, and I think he has a renewed determination now to prove to all the naysayers that the issue in Manchester was, in fact, Manchester United - not him. He never liked it at United, you can see that when you look at the difference between his press conferences then, and his press conferences now. In truth he didn't even like Manchester much, hence never buying a house here and living in the Lowry Hotel for over two years.
What we're now seeing is a fired-up Jose with a point to prove, at the helm of a club with many points to prove. This is the best transfer window I've ever seen us have, if we manage to get Skriniar in then that's a massive bonus. Jose on his day is still the best in the world IMO, the one thing he's never really done is built a lasting legacy somewhere. I'd love this to be the place he does it.