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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

Gb160

Well done boys. Good process
Jun 20, 2012
23,646
93,315
There's some amazing bump material in here.

It would be very unfortunate if those posts resurfaced wouldn't it, very unfortunate :sneaky:
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.
 

Shadydan

Well-Known Member
Jul 7, 2012
38,247
104,143
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.

Absolute Massive agendas and massive ego's cannot mix
 

Wadec

Well-Known Member
May 14, 2014
1,761
5,434
Do we think he'll be on the blower to Levy saying "Get me Škriniar and I'll win you the league"?

Ally G thinks that is what he is implying when talking about his attacking depth. I wouldn't be surprised if he did, Jose is a winner he is happy to put his balls on the line.
 

easley91

Well-Known Member
Jan 27, 2011
18,721
53,768
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Tucker

Shitehawk
Jul 15, 2013
31,134
146,042
Weeks like we have had can define a team, coming through this hellscape of fixture congestion with the results and performances we have is massive.

Jose got every game spot on in this run. Amazing squad management.
 

LeParisien

Wrong about everything
Mar 5, 2018
3,212
8,169
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 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.

But since the Everton game we’ve been getting better and better and we’ve got depth now the squad we’ve never had. Exciting times! Well done mourinho.
 

UncleBuck

Well-Known Member
Aug 20, 2003
9,188
11,151
Why would Lamela have been sent off?
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!
I’ll leave it there as I’m now in the wrong thread, just glad Jose is coming up trumps, I was really excited about his appointment and probably more so now!
 

Phomesy

Well-Known Member
Aug 20, 2013
9,188
14,102
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!
Lamela never touched his face. Martial did.

stupid law but it’s the law.
 
May 17, 2018
11,872
47,993
Mourinho so far has brought back Harry Redknapp style football, which is more than fine by me.

I'll say it again, after saying it the other day, but I prefer counter attacking football. As much as you play from the back and pass your way up, you just don't get the other team panicking and picking up yellows or making mistakes when you're building up slowly.

Hitting teams on the break is great to watch, and it also nibbles away at their weaknesses. It just makes total sense when, as we saw tonight, they push right up to Lloris so he just boots it over them and they crap themselves.
 

dudu

Well-Known Member
Jan 28, 2011
5,314
11,048
Heroics from the entire setup this week. 4 games in a week and winning 3 after a pretty soul destroying end to the Newcastle game is huge.

The players have bought in, they want to win.
 

GMI

G.
Dec 13, 2006
3,091
12,128
Looking at the results today I think Jose will really think there is a sniff of league glory this season. He’s going to be in his element in this crazy season.
 

Locotoro

Prince of Zamunda
Sep 2, 2004
9,328
13,927
I just saw that Bein Sports interview with Mourinho before he took over and one line stood out to me.

"When you have the best players and the best team in the world...it's easy to play to a philosophy. But when you don't have the best players and the best team you need to play with strategy"
 

freeeki

Arsehole.
Aug 5, 2008
11,836
69,426
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.

So as I was saying...
 

DCSPUR64

Well-Known Member
Dec 2, 2018
1,476
2,349
Jose has a completely different attitude since he joined us compared to when he was at ManU.
Much more humble.
The ball boy last season, the coach in Slovenia and taking the photo.
During the pandemic, he took food to food banks.
He has turned our team into a winning team, with his management skills.
I find him very sincere, may this continue.
 
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