25 Nov 2017 00:59:03
Mourinho: "I wasn't happy with his (Mkhitaryan) last performances. I'm not speaking about one or two, I'm speaking about three, four or five. He started the season very well and after that, step by step he was disappearing. "
Well I'm glad Jose could see what we were all seeing. Well most of us. Good player, but has struggled recently. Hope he can get his mojo back.
25 Nov 2017 08:43:37
Yep agree syd. Let's hope it inspires miki if it doesn't and we get more of the same flakey performances then sell him.
25 Nov 2017 12:52:10
Easy to attack Miki as far as the manager is concerned. Why not say exactly the same about Lukaku, more time on the pitch than Miki as well. He said pretty much the opposite when Lukaku was getting some deserved gyp recently.
I agree with everything the manager has said about Miki as a fan, but if he is going down that line then why be the school bully? He has his favourites, imagine him saying this about Zlatan, Lukaku or Pogba - all three have done well for periods and then faded very badly for long runs of games?
So I'm all up for hearing honest views of the managers so long as they don't cherry pick easy targets. Jose has shown himself to be a weasel here as far as I'm concerned, weak and wimpish.
25 Nov 2017 13:06:00
So true Beast mourinho needs to be fair with all.
25 Nov 2017 13:09:38
Agree Syd and good management from Jose. He's been coasting through games, not working hard enough and maybe thinking the odd assist, decent pass or dribble was good enough. Letting Fabregas run past him a number of times against Chelsea sums him up. Big wake up call, he's going to have to wait for his chance and at least put in the required work rate or he won't even find himself in the match day squad. Time to knuckle down and show some real desire, commitment and prove to us all he's good enough to be a regular starter again.
25 Nov 2017 13:58:05
Amount of times Lukaku has shouted at Mikhitaryan to run here or there. It's painful to watch. Hopefully it's a bit of a rut and he can get back to where he was near the start of the season. Otherwise it's another Kagawa situation.
25 Nov 2017 14:05:10
Miki has been incredibly poor. Right to be called out on as it has been a number if appearances in a row. Jose has done this with players recently and each time it has garnered a response from the player. Why not do it again if miki responds. Jose obviously feels he has to. Not a weasel move beast, this is how Jose has got the correct response from martial, miki arc.
Lukaku needs service and hasn't been getting it. Why attack a player who has been Good when given the right chances. I think lukaku has suffered a bit from a knock and Jose knows it. No sense in criticising lukaku IMO. He is there to bang the ball in the net, hard to do when he is not getting the creativity, partly the reason he has had a shot at miki right now.