13 hours ago, Drogbaholic said:

What I would give to see us win the title at Old Trafford.

How likely is that looking?

3 minutes ago, Bobbywoodhogan said:

How likely is that looking?

If we win all our games up to and including United away, we'd have 81 points.  Not enough to win the title unfortunately unless Spurs and City go on an unprecedented losing streak.

Yeah I worked out that if both City and spurs lose all the games upto the Manure one and we win all of ours, that's  the only way we can win it at theirs. 

just to win there will be enough, this will be 'THE' game this season that jose will not want to lose

At one point today, apparently Jose had 7...yes, 7 defenders on the pitch. 

Talk about being defensive. 

I know Jose's moaning about fixture congestion can be really irritating but as things stand United have 8 games in the month of April with the possibility of the Manchester derby being squeezed in as well. In contrast Liverpool have only 5 games. that's going to make it tough for United to finish 4th

4 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

I know Jose's moaning about fixture congestion can be really irritating but as things stand United have 8 games in the month of April with the possibility of the Manchester derby being squeezed in as well. In contrast Liverpool have only 5 games. that's going to make it tough for United to finish 4th

He should be grateful we knocked them out the FA cup then 

absolutely, I was thinking that

i honestly believe that would finish jose 

Or motivate him further for next season.

24 minutes ago, carrickblue said:

I know Jose's moaning about fixture congestion can be really irritating but as things stand United have 8 games in the month of April with the possibility of the Manchester derby being squeezed in as well. In contrast Liverpool have only 5 games. that's going to make it tough for United to finish 4th

Managers have been moaning about this in England for years, and I think they have a point.  For one, we have an extra cup compared everyone else (League Cup).  Other leagues also get a winter break, while we pile on the games.  By the time the CL knockouts come about things start getting really jammed if you're still involved in all competitions, with April and May often getting ridiculous as it will for United this year.  It'd be nice if the FA thought about scheduling more games in the slower period before Christmas to lighten the load at the business end of the season.  Maybe then PL clubs wouldn't be so consistently disappointing in the European cups.

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

At one point today, apparently Jose had 7...yes, 7 defenders on the pitch. 

Talk about being defensive. 

“I don’t think about the gap, just the evolution of the team. The dominance, quality and beauty of our football, we are not a team that defends and waits for opponent’s mistake.

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

At one point today, apparently Jose had 7...yes, 7 defenders on the pitch. 

Talk about being defensive. 

Utd played with a back 3 apparently. I would still say Young and Valencia are more wingers than defenders but they played wingback. Then look at the bench and there was only Martial and Mkhitaryan attacking wise on the bench. Darmian came on in the 94th min to time waste.

Rojo came on for Mata with 20mins left to play after playing 90mins midweek and including all the games they have played recently. Mkhitaryan played 90mins midweek. They also had quite a few injuries and Herrera suspended.

 

Mourinho should be used to it. He has always said he wants to challenge on all fronts. Fixture congestion is something he has to live with if he  wants to do that. Roy Keane made me chuckle. 'Maybe the club is too big for him.' 

Mourinho needs to change his tactics if he wants to win the league again, in the current era you can't sit on a 1 or 2 goal lead especially with a defense which includes Rojo, Smalling & Jones

I was surprised at how defensive he got against Boro and it nearly cost them a win for the umpteenth time

Mourinho just admitted his players are slower than that of Real Madrid that he coached. 

13 minutes ago, Tibbers said:

Mourinho just admitted his players are slower than that of Real Madrid that he coached. 

man management tactics? that could go either way

 

Woke up this morning feeling fine
Got Man United on my mind
Jose's got us playing the way United should, oh yeah 
Something tells me I'm into something good.

Mourinho appears delighted with the chant, as he told Portuguese TV this week: "The song that the supporters dedicate to me, in contrast to other clubs where the chants were related to my name or Special One, or the Portuguese One; here it's something where they are feeling good and are happy with the way I am leading them."

 

Shots fired again?

Jose is and always was about winning at all cost, he would have played 9 defenders if he has that many on the bench. I found the tunnel celebration after the GK's mistake was bad taste to say the least. What's that thing about showing respect and class after a win, and not over the top celebration?

 

1 hour ago, icecoolguy22 said:

What's that thing about showing respect and class after a win, and not over the top celebration?

Yet every week we are gushing over Conte's latest goal celebration. Bit rich for us to then turn around and call other managers overdoing it no ? If Jose hung off the dugout would that be fine?

Edited March 22, 20179 yr by Stim

1 hour ago, Stim said:

Yet every week we are gushing over Conte's latest goal celebration. Bit rich for us to then turn around and call other managers overdoing it no ? If Jose hung off the dugout would that be fine?

No, it wouldn't be because he's no longer Chelsea!

Have never liked the way Jose goes and shakes opposition manager's hand before the end of the game when he knows the game is won and then disappears down the tunnel. Just not the done thing.

Looking back to our 4-0 drubbing, think Conte missed a trick. At 4-0 after 70 minutes, he should have gone up to Jose, shook his hand and said I'm just off to crack open the bubbly and run myself a bath!!

1 hour ago, Nibs said:

No, it wouldn't be because he's no longer Chelsea!

Have never liked the way Jose goes and shakes opposition manager's hand before the end of the game when he knows the game is won and then disappears down the tunnel. Just not the done thing.

Looking back to our 4-0 drubbing, think Conte missed a trick. At 4-0 after 70 minutes, he should have gone up to Jose, shook his hand and said I'm just off to crack open the bubbly and run myself a bath!!

It's just rude and classless, which sums the man up really.

13 hours ago, Tibbers said:

Mourinho just admitted his players are slower than that of Real Madrid that he coached. 

Mentally or physically?  Some of them don't seem very bright.

3 hours ago, Nibs said:

No, it wouldn't be because he's no longer Chelsea!

Have never liked the way Jose goes and shakes opposition manager's hand before the end of the game when he knows the game is won and then disappears down the tunnel. Just not the done thing.

Looking back to our 4-0 drubbing, think Conte missed a trick. At 4-0 after 70 minutes, he should have gone up to Jose, shook his hand and said I'm just off to crack open the bubbly and run myself a bath!!

I used to cringe when he did that because it was needlessly rude. There's no need to further humiliate an opposition manager whose team is already losing and probably about to get fired. Loved it when Roy keane told him to shove it during the villa game.

5 hours ago, Stim said:

Bit rich for us to then turn around and call other managers overdoing it no ?

In case of Jose, I don't think so. I mean, he was the one who told Conte that it's bad form to celebrate too wildly when you're winning. He was the one calling for respect from rival managers, so I think it's fair play to call him out for it when he doesn't do it himself.