I watched the whole lot and agreed with everything he said tbh.
Do I agree with his style of play and management? No, but I can see his point.
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I watched the whole lot and agreed with everything he said tbh.
Do I agree with his style of play and management? No, but I can see his point.
Well it's his image that comes under attack, so he's right to defend it IMO.
Everyone knew what it'd be like with him at the helm...
Exactly this. When he's going through Utd's performances in Europe over the last few years he makes a point of point out he was the manager that won the Europa League and how well they done in this seasons group but when running through Utd's recent PL finishes he forgets to point out he was the manager when you finished 6th. Any success is Mourinho's success, any failure it's the clubs and he's at no fault.
Mourinho always does this but usually not to this extent - he can't face criticism and whenever some comes his way he'll come out blaming other people.
Lol oh come on you can’t be that gullible can you??
He doesn’t give 2 figs about any club, to him it’s all about his image and ego.
Its also blatantly true that the squad isn't good enough -I'm all for criticizing him for certain things (like negative tactics and picking fellaini on Tuesday night for a must win game) but DDG is the only player in the squad that JM didn't bring to the squad that's proven quality (arguably Martial and Rashford, while both are having very good seasons their form is very up and down, with their ages this is to be expected).
I'm not expecting (or wanting) every squad player to be a super star - this rarely ends well when it does happen - but even the squad players are far too below the quality required for Utd, even for the occasional "fill in" game - but its a direct result of the minimal investment SAF made at the end of his time at the club followed by the two disasters of managers in Moyes and van Gaal.
Valencia and Young aren't really good enough to be anything other than back fill, the fact they are 1st choice and have been accepted as such is just the start of where things go wrong. When the likes of Pogba and Sanchez drastically misfire on any given day in their performances in general even though they are probably paid between them more than 1/2 of the squad put together, its not surprising when others under-perform.
JM made a very good point about the core of Pep's side predating him
I'm not expecting (or wanting) every squad player to be a super star - this rarely ends well when it does happen - but even the squad players are far too below the quality required for Utd, even for the occasional "fill in" game - but its a direct result of the minimal investment SAF made at the end of his time at the club followed by the two disasters of managers in Moyes and van Gaal.
Valencia and Young aren't really good enough to be anything other than back fill, the fact they are 1st choice and have been accepted as such is just the start of where things go wrong. When the likes of Pogba and Sanchez drastically misfire on any given day in their performances in general even though they are probably paid between them more than 1/2 of the squad put together, its not surprising when others under-perform.
JM made a very good point about the core of Pep's side predating him
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Utd have had plenty of bang average players over the years mixed in and around the actual quality.
. After seeing the dive, he should be banned for a few games.