Man Utd Thread:

[laoislad]

Clear handball for the goal.

[Keyser soze]

Seanie why don't you go and support Liverpool or City when you're at it... real fair weather supporter.

[johnnycool]

Fellaini injury time match winner and needed that as i feel Valencia would have beaten United in the next round and knocked them out. Before that goal Young boys had the best chance of the game when De Gea made incredible save from deflected shot. Mourinho can kick the water bottles for all he likes but that yet another poor performance against a poor team is just more proof of how far they are regressing this season.

Fellaini paying off that transfer fee in spades, Moyes knows a good 'un when he sees one.

[brokencrossbar1]

In fairness lads I think a lot of you are very harsh on seanie.  Having known him for the last, what 10 years or more through the board, he is far from a fair weather supporter.  He is expressing a heart felt worry, which he has had from the minute that Mourinho was appointed and he has stuck with that.  He clearly supports the club but not the manager.  I have been there with Liverpool during the Hodgson reign (*shudders!!!) so i can see his point of view. 

However,  i think that Jose should be given more time and at least £250m to rebuild this team,  he hasn't been properly backed and must keep the rebuilding going 

[nrico2006]

I have my doubts over some players, but then again you wonder if a more positive manager came in would the like of Martial, Sanchez, Rashford, Lukaku and even the fringe players like Pereira etc could be really good but them not being selected is probably no reflection of what they show in training.

[Boycey]

In fairness lads I think a lot of you are very harsh on seanie.  Having known him for the last, what 10 years or more through the board, he is far from a fair weather supporter.  He is expressing a heart felt worry, which he has had from the minute that Mourinho was appointed and he has stuck with that.  He clearly supports the club but not the manager.  I have been there with Liverpool during the Hodgson reign (*shudders!!!) so i can see his point of view. 

However,  i think that Jose should be given more time and at least £250m to rebuild this team,  he hasn't been properly backed and must keep the rebuilding going 

Works both ways bc1 seanie can give as good as he gets, I don't remember you being as blinkered or as aggressive in your  stance on Hodgson

[Maroon Manc]

There's loads of reds like Seanie who've had enough and have never liked Mourinho. I'd have no issue with that stance and can see why they think like that especially when you factors in the poor style of football we've had to put up with for 5 years.

The club is a shambles though and there's no guarantee we won't be back to square one in 2 years time if Mourinho was sacked today.

[Milltown Row2]

In fairness lads I think a lot of you are very harsh on seanie.  Having known him for the last, what 10 years or more through the board, he is far from a fair weather supporter.  He is expressing a heart felt worry, which he has had from the minute that Mourinho was appointed and he has stuck with that.  He clearly supports the club but not the manager.  I have been there with Liverpool during the Hodgson reign (*shudders!!!) so i can see his point of view. 

However,  i think that Jose should be given more time and at least £250m to rebuild this team,  he hasn't been properly backed and must keep the rebuilding going 

You've left out Souness and Evans 

[brokencrossbar1]

In fairness lads I think a lot of you are very harsh on seanie.  Having known him for the last, what 10 years or more through the board, he is far from a fair weather supporter.  He is expressing a heart felt worry, which he has had from the minute that Mourinho was appointed and he has stuck with that.  He clearly supports the club but not the manager.  I have been there with Liverpool during the Hodgson reign (*shudders!!!) so i can see his point of view. 

However,  i think that Jose should be given more time and at least £250m to rebuild this team,  he hasn't been properly backed and must keep the rebuilding going 

You've left out Souness and Evans 

Souness was a disaster, Evans not so much as he was more out of his depth and with Houllier they did alright in due course.

[Geoff Tipps]

In fairness lads I think a lot of you are very harsh on seanie.  Having known him for the last, what 10 years or more through the board, he is far from a fair weather supporter.  He is expressing a heart felt worry, which he has had from the minute that Mourinho was appointed and he has stuck with that.  He clearly supports the club but not the manager.  I have been there with Liverpool during the Hodgson reign (*shudders!!!) so i can see his point of view. 

However,  i think that Jose should be given more time and at least £250m to rebuild this team,  he hasn't been properly backed and must keep the rebuilding going 

You've left out Souness and Evans 

Both were/are dyed in the wool Liverpool. It just didn't work out for them.
Hodgson was different. A complete embarrassment who had zero respect for the club or supporters. Some of the stuff he came out with in press conferences.......jesus christ!

[magpie seanie]

Here you go Seanie, take those red tinted glasses off; Fergie was no angel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0103jCmrjAA

Of course Fergie was no angel but do you think that (above) is in any way remotely linked to what we witnessed last night, and have witnessed from Mourinho in his time at United? Fergie was clearly trying to motivate his players and keep them hungry as he successfully did throughout his entire career. What is Mourinho's motivation? All about him.

[magpie seanie]

There's loads of reds like Seanie who've had enough and have never liked Mourinho. I'd have no issue with that stance and can see why they think like that especially when you factors in the poor style of football we've had to put up with for 5 years.

The club is a shambles though and there's no guarantee we won't be back to square one in 2 years time if Mourinho was sacked today.

Absolutely agree. And the Director of Football point is also essential....need to get any football decision making out of Woodward's hands.

[magpie seanie]

In fairness lads I think a lot of you are very harsh on seanie.  Having known him for the last, what 10 years or more through the board, he is far from a fair weather supporter.  He is expressing a heart felt worry, which he has had from the minute that Mourinho was appointed and he has stuck with that.  He clearly supports the club but not the manager.  I have been there with Liverpool during the Hodgson reign (*shudders!!!) so i can see his point of view. 

However,  i think that Jose should be given more time and at least £250m to rebuild this team,  he hasn't been properly backed and must keep the rebuilding going 

Works both ways bc1 seanie can give as good as he gets, I don't remember you being as blinkered or as aggressive in your  stance on Hodgson

The reason I'm so vociferous is that in my view this was ALWAYS going to be the outcome with Mourinho. In fact I've been pretty accurate is how I predicted things would happen. I said the game had passed him by and got ridiculed for it here in the first month he was in the job. Last night Didi Hamann stated the same. Maybe in my blinkered lashing out I just got lucky.

I'm not exactly sure what your problem is with me stating my views on the team manager of the club I've supported since 1983. Why don't you make the case for keeping him rather than being obsessed with me?

[Maroon Manc]

Here you go Seanie, take those red tinted glasses off; Fergie was no angel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0103jCmrjAA

Of course Fergie was no angel but do you think that (above) is in any way remotely linked to what we witnessed last night, and have witnessed from Mourinho in his time at United? Fergie was clearly trying to motivate his players and keep them hungry as he successfully did throughout his entire career. What is Mourinho's motivation? All about him.

There's a video doing the rounds on twitter today with Fergie doing exactly what Mourinho did last night to a Ronaldo miss.

[magpie seanie]

Here you go Seanie, take those red tinted glasses off; Fergie was no angel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0103jCmrjAA

Of course Fergie was no angel but do you think that (above) is in any way remotely linked to what we witnessed last night, and have witnessed from Mourinho in his time at United? Fergie was clearly trying to motivate his players and keep them hungry as he successfully did throughout his entire career. What is Mourinho's motivation? All about him.

There's a video doing the rounds on twitter today with Fergie doing exactly what Mourinho did last night to a Ronaldo miss.

Had he singled him out for criticism regularly and in particular before the match made an issue of his selection? I doubt it. Ferguson was brilliant with young players and especially Ronaldo. Mourinho is the polar opposite.