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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    The buck ultimately stops with the manager, but it doesn't entirely explain the whiff of mid-season season 'LvG' about this disinterested performance.
    I think his shitty way of treating players explains it. They've had enough of him.

    Shaw has been excellent this game. He's clearly still always had it in him. I'm sure a manager who hadn't acted a total cunt towards him would have got that out of him about a season ago. Martial looked a potential world beater two seasons ago. Now he's basically frozen out with Mourinho actively trying to bin him off in the summer. It's a mess.

    I honestly believe that at this point we have an excellent squad and with a manager who got the best out of them we'd do great.
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    TEARS. Lovely

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    Even when United were ok in the first half hour it just felt like that was as well as they could play. But, Spurs always looked like they had another couple of gears and were still pretty comfortable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    I think his shitty way of treating players explains it. They've had enough of him.
    Luke Shaw seems to be doing alright, having almost been bullied out the club three months ago. They want to get a grip. Pathetic cunts.

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    This is bad for United. The atmosphere around the club is absolutely toxic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewis View Post
    Luke Shaw seems to be doing alright, having almost been bullied out the club three months ago. They want to get a grip. Pathetic cunts.
    But like I said, with a decent man manager he'd have shown that ages ago. Part of being good is knowing how to handle different players. If Mourinho had become manager just after we signed Ronaldo I bet he'd have had a public feud with him sold him in his second season at the club.

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    His attitude has been questioned by every manager he has ever played under, so that seems unlikely. Bearing in mind that 'LvG' and David Moyes had problems with the players, who do they all want to play under?

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    Someone who plays progressive football perhaps, as your man Neville was alluding to before the game.

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    Someone who doesn't want them to play horrible football?

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    The only good news about all of this is watching Ed Woodward publicly looking like a twat

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    What a wonderful start to the season these first weeks have been!

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    They aren't even doing that. Whatever else they are, Mourinho teams are generally organised and 'hard to beat'. This team isn't. So either he's sending them out there to walk around like dickheads, and take up whatever positions they want, or they're taking it upon themselves to do so. It was the same with Moyes. If nothing else, he can organise a team. But then he took chips off the menu and they all turned into mongs.

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    Sanchez looks like a terrible signing in hindsight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    The only good news about all of this is watching Ed Woodward publicly looking like a twat
    Has he had a hair transplant? It looks thicker, but not thick enough to be anything but a crap one if so.

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    Watford are unbeaten and fourth.

    End the season now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by randomlegend View Post
    I honestly believe that at this point we have an excellent squad and with a manager who got the best out of them we'd do great.
    Really?

    Other than De Gea (and most of the rivals have competent alternatives) how many United players would get into the City team? Or the Liverpool one? Or even Spurs? Any? Chelsea? The mercurial Paul Pogba? That's probably about it, and considering his performances half the time, even that is possibly pushing it.

    I now that's a crappy comparison because if you have 10 players who are 5% worse then you aren't 10/11ths worse as a team, but this United squad is pretty average at best and has been treading water (remarkably well) for a good few years.

    Getting done 3-0 at home is fairly serious business.

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    Where would Mourinho go after this?

    He used to win the biggest competitions going whilst also ruining your club for the next 3 years. Now he just wins shit competitions whilst still ruining your club. Who’s left that would tolerate the cunt?

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    Maureen leaning right into 'fake news' is a fun turn.

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    I don't think they were that bad. It wasn't a 3-0 game. They just have utterly terrible individuals at the back. Why wasn't a centre back signed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spikey M View Post
    Where would Mourinho go after this?

    He used to win the biggest competitions going whilst also ruining your club for the next 3 years. Now he just wins shit competitions whilst still ruining your club. Who’s left that would tolerate the cunt?
    Moyes.

    Oh wait...

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    absolute scenes


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    The man with the red face won those titles, Mourinho just rode on his coat tails.

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    'Three for me, and two for them'. Who is the other one apart from 'Pep'?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soldier View Post
    absolute scenes


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    Mister Pellegrino.

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    I forgot him winning it. What a lol season that was.

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    I have a funny feeling that it's going to be 3-3 by the end of the season.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Soldier View Post
    absolute scenes

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    This time next year, he'll be managing us.

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    US coverage had a crazy stat - United have never lost a Premier League at home by 2-0

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    Mourinho is a despicable man; nothing about his personality is likeable. He’s probably a worse person than Nigel Pearson, which I never thought I’d say.

    I absolutely love him for making United this terrible though.
    I'm a twit

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    That's the thing though, whenever you see or hear/read anything about him on a personal level he seems a complete legend. It's his football manager persona which is hateful.

    He should definitely go to one of Bobby Robson's former clubs next. Either complete the circle and go to Barcelona, or win something with Newcastle. I reckon his 'outdated methods' can probably still work, just not at United (even though they sort of have).

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    Yesterday it looked to me like United were playing with some sort of last ounce of borrowed energy. They started out pretty well I thought and kept winning back the ball and dictating the game, making a lot of runs, etc. Phil Jones was doing OK in defence - all up until he didn't when Kane scored, and after that United seemed a lot like a punctured tyre or something. It's like they are all playing driven by fear of failure rather than strive for success - and as soon as one little adversity hit them, it all collapsed.

    So for whatever tactical astuteness that Mourinho may have, I guess it still doesn't work if all your players basically are completely terrified all the time.

    Looking at Lindelöf for instance, there really is a palpable difference to how he seems to carry himself when playing for Sweden compared to how he plays for United.

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    Quote Originally Posted by niko_cee View Post
    That's the thing though, whenever you see or hear/read anything about him on a personal level he seems a complete legend
    What like?

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    Tips the staff well at Manchester Hilton.

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    I think he's just a genuinely nice guy and the chip he has on his shoulder about not being a proper football man means he's very generous towards those he views as being similarly disadvantaged. I'm struggling for specific examples as every search result about him now is about the last 6 months or so. Not just stuff like giving his watch or money away, I'm sure there are things I've read where he's gone (surprisingly) out of his way to help people out.

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    Saying Man City lack class and then fining Martial for taking paternity leave was a particular highlight. Especially considering City flew David Silva to and from Spain on a private jet so he could be with his family last season.
    I'm a twit

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Arne View Post
    Tips the staff well at Manchester Hilton.
    *Travel Tavern

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    Mourinho is a difficult bastard but I somehow doubt that the arse-covering gimps on the board are better human beings than him.

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    Aside from murderers and the other obviously much worse people, I don't think I dislike many people in football more than I do Mourinho. His time is running out, if was he there next season it'd rank among Leicester winning the title in football surprises.

    Glad I didn't go to our game tonight. Nothing ever seems to happen in these early League Cup rounds. The youth players I've never heard of can't be too bad as Southampton put out a pretty decent team.

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    Did Molumby play? Livescore doesn't have lineups.

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    Nah, didn't make the squad.

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    Another one that can be written off then.

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    The young centre-half and the right back (Collar) were decent enough.

    Locadia is absolute bobbins. Seriously, what is he supposed to be good at? At this point I suspect he might even lose a footrace with Glenn Murray. Maybe he just isn't suited to having the ball hoofed at him, but he's shite. The Iranian looked awful as well, but maybe put that down to settling in. My Brighton man said he was lightning quick, but he didn't look much pacier than Kayal to me. A worry. Southampton absolutely bossed it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Did Molumby play? Livescore doesn't have lineups.
    get Fotmob lad

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