Mkhitaryan, Lingard and now Shaw

Originally Posted by Billy Redface

So now we're questioning because he's in his managerial prime?

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Three of the last four league winning managers were in their sixties. The other one WAS Mourinho.

I know it's open season on him at the moment and he thoroughly warrants it with the abject rubbish he's subjected us to so far, but come on.

It does feel like management is becoming a bit more of a young man's game, especially in terms of building something. But to just randomly draw the line at 50 is a bit weird. He's actually suggesting that Klopp being 49 and Mourinho being 53 is the factor

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

It does feel like management is becoming a bit more of a young man's game, especially in terms of building something. But to just randomly draw the line at 50 is a bit weird. He's actually suggesting that Klopp being 49 and Mourinho being 53 is the factor

Exactly. Ridiculous.

He's not £#%&!ing 70

Fergie throwing tea cups around seems long gone....this lot would bring in solicitors if they were subjected to any minor violence

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

how do you know?

Have a guess

Originally Posted by elephantstone

Fergie throwing tea cups around seems long gone....this lot would bring in solicitors if they were subjected to any minor violence

"Erm; we actually find your hairdryer treatment a micro-aggression...."

Written consent before launching a boot at Beckham's head....

Originally Posted by Billy Redface

So now we're questioning because he's in his managerial prime?

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Knives out 5 games in

Going to be a tumultuous relationship unless he starts winning, a lot, and quick. The press clearly have their knives sharpened already and are looking to go at him a lot quicker than Moyes/LvG.. Wonder if they've wanted to properly go for him for a while but were reluctant with him being synonymous with London's flagship club.. all bets seemingly off now.

Originally Posted by dunk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...d-or-has-game/

the question is not whether he is still a great coach, it is whether he was ever a great coach.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

He's actually suggesting that Klopp being 49 and Mourinho being 53 is the factor

he's actually suggesting klopp is a success.

Originally Posted by dunk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/...d-or-has-game/

That article loses all credibility with the following line:

OK, Claudio Ranieri is 64 and won the Premier League title last season in his first campaign at Leicester City. But Leicester did not need a rebuild. They just needed a shrewd Tinkerman.

As though this moron knew that Leicester were Premier League contenders in waiting all along

Originally Posted by sa7

That article loses all credibility with the following line:



As though this moron knew that Leicester were Premier League contenders in waiting all along

it's all a bit "what did the roman's ever do for us?"

"apart from all the older managers winning the league..."

Made the biggest mistake ever this morning by glancing through the back page of a newspaper that some other cabbie had left at the rank. £#%&!ing hell. Players were "shocked" that the manager tore into them after they should have lost 4-1 to Watford. Really? Shocked?

What did they expect? "Ah never mind lads, what's everyone doing tonight for dinner."

Our squad is full of absolute £#%&!ing fannies, the sooner Jose eviscerates this dressing room and replaces it with some actual men the better.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Made the biggest mistake ever this morning by glancing through the back page of a newspaper that some other cabbie had left at the rank. £#%&!ing hell. Players were "shocked" that the manager tore into them after they should have lost 4-1 to Watford. Really? Shocked?

What did they expect? "Ah never mind lads, what's everyone doing tonight for dinner."

Our squad is full of absolute £#%&!ing fannies, the sooner Jose eviscerates this dressing room and replaces it with some actual men the better.

Yup, awful £#%&!ing @#%&!s the lot of them. Seeing midgets like Silva and Sterling bouncing our lads off and first to everything in the Derby was £#%&!ing sickening bunch of absolute fannies

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Made the biggest mistake ever this morning by glancing through the back page of a newspaper that some other cabbie had left at the rank. £#%&!ing hell. Players were "shocked" that the manager tore into them after they should have lost 4-1 to Watford. Really? Shocked?

What did they expect? "Ah never mind lads, what's everyone doing tonight for dinner."

Our squad is full of absolute £#%&!ing fannies, the sooner Jose eviscerates this dressing room and replaces it with some actual men the better.

Has been for years. Was the undoing of the last manager, let's see if Mourinho can sort it..

Originally Posted by dunk

Has been for years. Was the undoing of the last manager, let's see if Mourinho can sort it..

Time was players would have faces like scared children coming off the pitch after a defeat because what awaited them in the dressing room from Fergie was far worse.

What has happened? In the power vacuum after Fergie and Gill left it seems the £#%&!ing players have seized control of the dressing room and are running it

Absolutely sickened that some of our players would go running to these same gutter rats that work for papers that sell stories about their team mates cheating on their wives.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Made the biggest mistake ever this morning by glancing through the back page of a newspaper that some other cabbie had left at the rank. £#%&!ing hell. Players were "shocked" that the manager tore into them after they should have lost 4-1 to Watford. Really? Shocked?

What did they expect? "Ah never mind lads, what's everyone doing tonight for dinner."

Our squad is full of absolute £#%&!ing fannies, the sooner Jose eviscerates this dressing room and replaces it with some actual men the better.

We've got the quietest & most timid back 4 in United history.
Keeper, brilliant though he is never says a £#%&!ing word.
Valencia is mute isn't he??
Blind, lovely footballer & all that but..
Smalling, astonishing lack of awareness sometimes & shows absolutely zero aggression in his game.
Shaw, another mild mannered nothing personality.

Midfield is even £#%&!ing worse. At least some of the defenders can actually play.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Time was players would have faces like scared children coming off the pitch after a defeat because what awaited them in the dressing room from Fergie was far worse.

What has happened? In the power vacuum after Fergie and Gill left it seems the £#%&!ing players have seized control of the dressing room and are running it

Absolutely sickened that some of our players would go running to these same gutter rats that work for papers that sell stories about their team mates cheating on their wives.

Yep. I know you all mocked me for my pro-LvG stance throughout last season, but it was in no small part due to my utter disdain for the playing staff. Someone needs to be given precedence over the spineless shits wearing the shirts. Now it must be Mourinho.

The performances they put in for LvG were £#%&!ing embarrassing at times and cannot be excused because he made them train twice a day, or be more rigid in their positional play etc. It's £#%&!ing %@#$&!s. They are employees ffs.

indeed. the only thing missing from the watford game was an interview with carrick saying "we know we've got to do better".

Originally Posted by MJ Ramone

We've got the quietest & most timid back 4 in United history.
Keeper, brilliant though he is never says a £#%&!ing word.
Valencia is mute isn't he??
Blind, lovely footballer & all that but..
Smalling, astonishing lack of awareness sometimes & shows absolutely zero aggression in his game.
Shaw, another mild mannered nothing personality.

Midfield is even £#%&!ing worse. At least some of the defenders can actually play.

after that near £#%&! up when they missed the open goal... smalling and de gea just looked at each other. No shouting, no communication.

Originally Posted by silv

after that near £#%&! up when they missed the open goal... smalling and de gea just looked at each other. No shouting, no communication.

Harsh on Smalling. Doesn't know where he is half the time tbf

Apologies for posting a tweet from this @#%&! but...

https://twitter.com/henrywinter/status/778163446634471424

He's sensitive about being told to close down?!
What the actual £#%&! are we coming to?!?

Originally Posted by silv

after that near £#%&! up when they missed the open goal... smalling and de gea just looked at each other. No shouting, no communication.

Can you imagine if that had been Schmeichel & Pally or Van Der Sar & Rio??

It's not even a point about passion & shouting!, it's about communication, organisation, focus etc..

It's not really surprising that we've crumbled after our first setback.