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Because not many team gets a manager for "long term". But 3 to 5 years is good enough. Mourinho is talking about the long haul, and his attitude and way of handling don't prove it. Is more of a short term stay like to 3 to 5 years that I mention.

Consistency is key. Not having one good season and then go back to being crap. This just let me know that they are a very hit and miss. They can have a good summer next season and everyone jump on the wagon at how great they are. And then have a summer like this year and be brought down again. Consistency is key!

The club is clearly trolling us! This is the board right now:

That's one thing I don't like about Mourinho. No matter how good he is short term his way of acting is not good for long term. Always fighting, creating problems for no stupid reason. It's good for one or two seasons but it gets boring after a couple of seasons. This guy is truly boring me now with his style and moaning. Get things done, stop the shenanigans and let the your work in the field do the talking!

Ridicules. Why waste money on such a low standard option and we can't give time to some of our younger players? Yeah yeah I know Mourinho doing his stupid talk of youth.... I'm pissed, and if Mourinho does not sort this out by December I could care less what happens to him. A lot of this is his faults for his lack of rotation and youth!

Wow absurdity of the highest order!

The guys at espn think Mourinho is talking about hazard and not Ivanovic as the player he single out last time. I guess that's about right. Take hazard and continue with Ivanovic till infinity and beyond!

Yeah right, deep down inside you know that's not true. Your just like a guy in which her ex just dumped him.

Absurdity. Like I said our board and Mourinho was only good for one season. One season don't make or break the image of anything, is consistency over many years. Last year and then this year just show they are all a bunch of hit and miss. Mourinho the board and all. Not the greatest mind of transfer like say Atletico or even Porto that keep bringing good names year after year.

John Stones 'didn't mean' to hand in transfer request, says Roberto Martinez http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/9973232/john-stones-didnt-mean-to-hand-in-transfer-request-says-roberto-martinez lol this is the funniest thing I read in a while!

I don't know about you but I like this situation because it will show me if mourinho is a coach for longer term. Will he find the solution and solve the problem? Or blame, complain and get a mess on his hand? We shall see by December and more telling by the end of the season. He was in a similar situation at Madrid where he win the league a season ago, gets a contract extension and then lose everything.... This is not the way a long term manager should be. So let's see what he truly got and what are his real intentions in the coming weeks.

Pretty much. So because of that we tend to be cautiously optimistic.

There's a difference between these lot and say someone like @lionsden. Lionsden tends to have way different opinion but he is never like a troll or insulting people. That's how it should be always!

I enjoyed his performance even though it cost us in the second goal. Hopefully he gets more chances going forward. Let Mourinho give him time and space like he has done for someone like Ivan.....

He needs to give time and trust to these younger player like he did with Oscar. And even if they cost us like Ivan oh well, they are young and can improve or be sold. Someone like Ivan can't.....

Until they hit a patch in December-January and fail to perform in the CL. All the while we picking up form October till the end.

No not really this is why I was surprised him putting youth when we was losing.....

Wow seriously some people here are ridiculous wanting Mourinho out when pellegrini, Rodgers, and Wenger have stayed on for less. I hope our board ain't as delusional as some of you guys here. Mourinho just need to drop the non performance players like he did with cahill last season. And if he is going to trust youth then give them sustainable time and development like he did with Oscar.

Interesting hope it means what I think it is. But even then we have to pick up our confidence in defense since it's been crap. Hopefully by October we got this sort out.

Totally agree, MrBlueGuy and excalibur are trolls of the highest order.

Please let it be Ivanovic. But I know it's either Fabregas or hazard....

I think this is our problem. He is not up to standard and because of that everything else sucks.

I don't mind losing if we use youth. Said it before the beginning of the season if we finish 2 or 3 while using youth I will be happy. Using the younger players while we was down I'm not sure what to make of it. The only thing I can say is as long as he continues using them then today won't be seen as bad. But he needs to continue to use them not like kalas one game here and then nothing.

Don't know what to make of it using young players when down. I can see two situation. He will used it as an excuse to the poor game that he was using "youth" and then never play the kids again. Or this is the beginning of him trusting younger players. One will only hope that the second option is the one he has in mind but with Mourinho lack of youth integration we can't put it past him. Only way we will know is by sustainable time. Read this again TOMO!!! Sustainable time not one game here and there and that's it.

Another waste of money? No not really as I was not expecting anything of him till maybe December but realistically end of the season or next. He might turn out to be a waste of money but I was never in any intention that he would be a straight starter.