Pizy 19,374 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Wonder if the tiger will be able to change his stripes. When he comes up against the other big sides will he set out to play attacking football or will he do what he has always done and play the pragmatic, counter attacking style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,754 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 From sounds of it been a done deal for a while so can definitely see the budget being big and having time to think about players as well.. Just hope we don't try and skimp through as we have.other teams have a knack of buying cheap but still quality players. Us however cheap and kinda crap. Gana be interesting season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petre.ispirescu 4,928 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Defeats against Guardiola, Klopp and Conte and behind the likes of City, Chelsea, Arsenal come January and he'll crack up sooner than everybody expected. Last Sicarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tautvix 1,321 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 17 minutes ago, petre.ispirescu said: Defeats against Guardiola, Klopp and Conte and behind the likes of City, Chelsea, Arsenal come January and he'll crack up sooner than everybody expected. Well I think we all know it won't happen in his 1st 2 seasons. After that it could be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superblue 6,372 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 You roll the dice with Mourinho. He gives you short term success and trophies, but his ways will always leave problems long term by which time he is long gone. It's hard now in hindsight to decide whether bringing him back was a good idea. On one hand we won two trophies including a league title we hadn't challenged for properly since we last won it under Ancelotti. On the other hand he has let seriously talented young players leave and left huge holes in our squad which we are paying for now. United have rolled the dice though and I think rightly so. Their brand and appeal needs trophies and Jose will get them back up towards the top of the league challenging them to make sure short term they don't fall further behind and end up like Liverpool. Long term though it will be interesting to see what damage United suffer for the chance they are taking. Blue-in-me-Veins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Colored Sky 1,807 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I don't know if it was pointed out yet but Gianluca Di Marzio absolutely killed here. Called this in January and not jumping on gun but revealed this as soon as he got his info. What a man, I'm a fanboy. Blue-in-me-Veins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_firstlove 178 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hope Mourinho sell Rashford (Lukaku), sell Martial to Chelsea( De Bruyne, Mata), break some young talents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. 2,742 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 "When you join a rival, the love story is over." - José Mourinho, 2014 Tautvix, petre.ispirescu and raven8472 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,864 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Just now, Chelsea_firstlove said: Hope Mourinho sell Rashford (Lukaku), sell Martial to Chelsea( De Bruyne), break some young talents. The last bit will happen for definite....not sure on the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,374 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I notice the inevitable Zlatan rumors are heating up alongside the Mourinho news. Would be a shame to have to hate one of my all time favorite players if he signs for them. Hopefully he'll find the PL much more difficult to succeed in than Ligue 1. Who am I kidding, though. He'll terrify most sides here before even stepping on the pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,407 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 traitor crashed CFC and now going there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwan92 217 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 This season is going to be SO fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamilton 2,120 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Now get Mata back ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,187 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Think that ship has sailed where Mata is concerned. Great player and is a top bloke as well but I think we should look elsewhere. We sold him for 37 million quid what would United accept for him ? Essien19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topico 165 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 8 minutes ago, Iggy Doonican said: Think that ship has sailed where Mata is concerned. Great player and is a top bloke as well but I think we should look elsewhere. We sold him for 37 million quid what would United accept for him ? 20-25? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Doonican 4,187 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, Topico said: 20-25? Sounds about right but going back to your former club rarely works. It's more or less a lifetime ago but when Osgood came back it was painful to watch. Essien19, Tautvix, Fulham Broadway and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,754 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Hamilton said: Now get Mata back ? No thanks, he isn't even half the player he was in 2012. Essien19, Styles and Tautvix 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 19,374 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 If Mata wasn't right for Mourinho-ball there's no way he would be for Conte's style of constant pressing. Similarly to José, it seems Conte prefers his midfielders to be powerful and athletic and able to get around the pitch. The exact opposite of what Mata is in other words. Honestly feel bad for the guy. He has probably made a nice life for himself and settled perfectly in Manchester after being put out of the club and city he appeared to love when he was here. Now the guy who sold him is coming and will probably sell him again. He's going to have to uproot his life once more. I think José will play nice with him initially and say he'll use Mata, but after a couple of months of Mata being unable to play to Josés liking he'll be gone in the January window after riding the bench for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mak 4,459 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Who likes satire? Jose Mourinho Selects Man United For His Next Long, Drawn Out Meltdown Quote WITH news emerging that Louis Van Gaal has been sacked by Manchester United less than 48 hours after winning the FA Cup, Jose Mourinho has all but confirmed the Manchester club as the location for his next overblown meltdown. Mourinho’s infamous meltdowns, which occur once every three years, are long drawn out affairs and are immensely enjoyable for neutral fans of football. The Portuguese manager’s insistence at dousing all his hard work in petrol before setting it alight for no apparent reason has been blamed on everything from the gravitational pull of the moon to Eden Hazard forgetting how to play football. Mourinho has remained tight lipped so far on what seemingly inane incident will spark a slow and painful decline in his relationship with his new players and club, but it is believed it will be highly entertaining. Manchester United CEO Ed Woodward’s search for a new manager proved exhaustive with a total of one candidate being considered. “Once we got the DNA test results back, and he had the United way strand of DNA we knew Jose was a perfect fit,” explained Woodward. “And Jose’s agent Jorge Mendes agreed to return my family unharmed once I’d sacked Van Gaal,” Woodward concluded before spending £20 million for a salad in the Old Trafford canteen. The Chels, petre.ispirescu, lucio and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,864 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 It wasn't long ago the United fans sang "Fuck off Mourinho"....Now they are embracing him. But that's football fans, fickle.... Let's shove up him and United, hate the cunts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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