How Many Players Did Mourinho Try and Kill?

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Hes long gone. Cheer up.

Its not actually that long, tbf. But it seems longer

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Hes long gone. Cheer up.

switchers still heartbroken his choice of manager is gone

Originally Posted by sa7

Solskjaer showed more enthusiasm for both the job and the club in the first minute of his first press conference than that grey, mood hoovering twonk managed in two and a half years.

harsh. no fun has always got behind the shirts.

Originally Posted by Lazlo Panaflex

switchers still heartbroken his choice of manager is gone

Always looking forward

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Yep. Can’t argue with his stewardship over the last seven or eight months.

Telling Mou to get back in his box when he wanted to bin Martial is up there with the great shows of leadership.

Creating the situation for a predictably shit season and letting it linger for 6 months. Yeah, great stewardship. A good steward would have dealt with the situation the moment he decided the manager was the wrong man for the job.

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

Creating the situation for a predictably shit season and letting it linger for 6 months. Yeah, great stewardship. A good steward would have dealt with the situation the moment he decided the manager was the wrong man for the job.

Regardless of who the manager is, the club suits either back them fully or get rid if they don't think they can do that.

Doing neither of those things last summer was always going to end up the way it did.

Some on here will claim this post is an attempt to exonerate Mourinho, they might as well claim I am trying to "exonerate" gravity.

Originally Posted by Jammy Dodger

Creating the situation for a predictably shit season and letting it linger for 6 months. Yeah, great stewardship. A good steward would have dealt with the situation the moment he decided the manager was the wrong man for the job.

If they'd sacked him last summer after the 2nd place finish I doubt you'd have supported that decision either.

They were entitled to see if he could get more with the players he had before backing him further. It was the briefing sessions that made little sense. Though Mourinho created the environment where others clearly felt they had to get in first.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYpx8oDMQBU

Ole's a miracle worker with what he's done to bring the players he has back onside and playing for the team.

Originally Posted by Neo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYpx8oDMQBU

Bought him and didn't play the lad for 10 months.

Martial, a survivor...

https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/28/antho...ring-11968898/

Originally Posted by Cream

Bought him and didn't play the lad for 10 months.

Why do people assume Jose did the buying? I am of the opinion that Fred and Lindelof were signings by the club and not at Jose’s request...

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

Why do people assume Jose did the buying? I am of the opinion that Fred and Lindelof were signings by the club and not at Jose’s request...

That was the theory at the time.

But there's also the theory that he sidelined them out of spite and/or to make a point to Ed.

JM played Lindelof a fair few times and he was generally £#%&!ing awful tbf

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

JM played Lindelof a fair few times and he was generally £#%&!ing awful tbf

He also bought him, just like he bought Bailly, Mkhitaryan, Sanchez and Lukaku.

God-awful transfers from a God-awful manager and a God-awful man.

Thank £#%&! he’s now poisoning some other club and not ours.

Originally Posted by Neo

He also bought him, just like he bought Bailly, Mkhitaryan, Sanchez and Lukaku.

God-awful transfers from a God-awful manager and a God-awful man.

Thank £#%&! he’s now poisoning some other club and not ours.

I don’t believe he did Neo..

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

I don’t believe he did Neo..

Who did then?