14 May 2018 15:39:06
Good evening folks. The curtain has come down on the premier league season and the managers future again is causing a split. I get the football has been dour. At times its a chore watching us instead of it being a pleasure. I agree with most of the points from the supporters who want to play the Man Utd way and would be happy with seeing the back of Jose. And I also agree with the supporters who see improvement's and want to stick instead of twisting.
Progress is the key. If you can improve every step of the way, then success won't be far away. Like him or loathe him, Jose has improved us. Scored more, conceded less, more points in total, more points against our top rivals. The basics are more than there. The foundation's are nearly laid.
I seen a stat that blew me away. In the 21 games in the league we scored first, we went on to win all 21. That's a manager who knows how to win. That is extraordinary.
I do get that the football is tedious, but we are evolving. The team is learning how to win again. To win ugly. To grind out results. To come from behind. To keep going until the last minute. To hold onto leads.
I was in the pub last week. Having a chat about the world of football with some opposition fans. The stuff they were saying about our manager and our club was the same vitriol that was said when we were winning titles under Sir Alex.
Our perch was supposed to be destroyed. We were supposed to spend the next decade or two fighting for European football at best. Well it's not working out like that.
Give the Special One another year. That's nothing in football terms. With improvements in the squad, I can see us winning the league next year!
14 May 2018 15:54:34
Can't see past city next year to be honest .
14 May 2018 16:25:28
Mumbles. Good post, but City won the league by 19 points and a good of 39 more than us. They also played with style and aggression that will see them win the league quite comfortably for the next two seasons. If we continue being dour, unadventerous, boring, we will not be in top 4 next year. Liverpool and chelsea will improve further. So there's no way we're winning the league with mourinho in charge.
14 May 2018 16:52:26
And man city will bring in a few more players in the summer.
So they might be that bit stronger next season.
We are a long way off the top teams in Europe.
14 May 2018 18:10:24
AAA. So everyone will improve except for us? Can we not sign players? The league hasn't been retained in nearly a decade. Peps methods are strenuous on his players and near the end of the season when they played their 3 most important matches against us and two against Liverpool they fluffed their lines.
Liverpool have the best player in Europe playing for them and they only finished 4th. Spurs are at the end of their cycle, that team has peaked. Depends who Chelsea get in but their squad needs major work. Every team has flaws. You'd swear we fluked our way to second this year.
We have no divine right to win anything and finishing second and improving from our disastrous finishes over the last few years shows me we're on the right track.
14 May 2018 18:22:23
Mourinho’ s football bores me, his whole persona these days bores me. We need fresh ideas and attacking entertaining football but he won’t be going anywhere not for another year at least. God help us.
14 May 2018 18:27:55
Well said Mumbles. Our football had been pretty dull, but the amazing Liverpool and Spurs (and Chelsea) finished comfortably behind us. We will strengthen, Jose will see to that, and will be better next season. If not, Jose is a goner.
14 May 2018 18:35:32
Very good post and expresses my feelings mostly, great record 21/ 21, my worry tho is when we fall behind most often we don’t seem able to recover, ok City and Palace was great comebacks but be interesting to see what our record in that department is.
14 May 2018 21:37:43
Class mumbles.