re: tOfficial Manchester United 2018/2019 Thread: Rollercoaster ride is over....Europa Lg smh

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Mourinho walks out on media, demanding respect

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he is incredibly overrated as a manager

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I hate to have to defend Jose here, simply because he shouldn’t need defending based on his record, but the man has won literally everywhere he’s gone.

8 league titles
• 3 in England
• 2 in Italy
• 2 in Portugal
• 1 in Spain

2 Champions League titles
• Porto
• Inter

2 Europa League titles
• Porto
• Manchester United

That’s not even including his domestic titles, of which there are plenty.

• 2 for Porto
• 4 for Chelsea (including Community Shield)
• 2 for Inter
• 2 for Real Madrid
• 1 for Chelsea (second stint)
• 2 for United (including Community Shield)


This notion by people that Mourinho is an awful manager is so naive. Mourinho is one of the best managers of the 21st century, and could very well go down as top 10 all time. That’s not opinion, that’s facts.
Yes, he does do some absolutely insane things and make you shake your head at times, but the man knows what he’s doing.

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The day he was hired by United was a sad day for me

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I was actually excited by his hire. He’s a proven winner and one hell of a character. You either love him or hate him, and I personally love him and his antics.

I come in peace.

I agree - he's a top manager. But he clearly has had some issues with his players/team the last few years. I'm starting to believe his time in Madrid changed him, and not necessarily in a good way. He's always been entertaining (and usually brilliant) at delivering messages through the media, but it seems to be blowing up in his face more.

Do players need a less stiff hand than they used to? Or he's just been unlucky with some of the personalities he's coaching?

My thoughts coming into the season were, its a possible year 3 curse (his last few teams seemed to turn on him in year 3) plus, in his desire to try to push for some purchases, he completely undermined the confidence of his defenders. And low and behold, the defenders are making a lot of mistakes.

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Last season United finished better than everyone in the league other than a historic amazing City side.

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He also dropped a massive amount of points against sides that didn’t finish in the top 6 though. We did have a historic season, but United also dropped a lot of points they shouldn’t have.

Looks like United have offered Martial a new contract....he may actually outlast Jose at Old Trafford

You are 100% correct and I agree.

However this start has been dreadful. I’m not screaming to sack him, but he is progressively treading on thinner ice. It wasn’t only the 6 points dropped, it was the fashion he dropped them. We haven’t strung together 60 minutes of impressive football yet.

Going into the season, anyone who loosely followed United knew defense was going to be trouble. However 0 goals against Brighton and Spurs with our attack gives cause for concern.

I am willing to give him more time, but it wasn’t looking good. Until the players tweeted about unity after the game, it seemed as though he may be losing the locker room.

The story of his early career was doing more with less. His peak (even currently) he is a world class manager. I just hope we aren’t seeing the beginning of the end. Even though he finished 2nd last season, 3/9 points compared to the fixtures hasn’t looked promising.

Ronaldo is coming home!