This topic is so quiet after a victory... What a surprise.
Seems they’re all in the Ndombele thread using him not playing as a stick to beat him with instead. Sadly predictable.
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This topic is so quiet after a victory... What a surprise.
It's pretty obvious how great a coach he is when it comes to organizing a defense. When he finally got an extend chance to work with the team we come out looking like a well drilled defensive unit, something we haven't looked like for ages. We've conceded 0 goals from open play and only 1 soft penalty.
We do look better. You can see the team taking shape. I just hope he gets the backing we need in the transfer window as he can't work miracles.
Finding the defensive players he wants should be doable. But how will he shape the attack? I think we still miss a player who can make those defense splitting passes and chip in with goals. Bruno Fernandes was supposed to be the guy to replace Eriksen - imagine Son/Fernandes/Bergwijn behind Kane. But I don't think we've got the money now to get someone of that quality.
So does he want to integrate Ndombele, repurposed as a number 10, or in a 433? If so, that's not looking great at the moment. Or try to cash in and use that money to buy? Or perhaps there's a different way, like Liverpool, who've shown that you can win without an attacking centre mid? Anyway, with Mourinho I do feel he will have thought these things through. There will be a plan. And it will be interesting to see how it pans out.
I don't think there is an endless stream actually. Not at the required level. Can you name a few we could realistically buy?Were pursued 3 MFs... We bought 3 of the 2....
Honestly, the mere mention of this cunts name thoroughly grinds my gears at this point.... He's taking on mythical proportions amongst our fans and he's not even our player.... There's an endless stream of players like him; it's no big deal.
I don't think there is an endless stream actually. Not at the required level.
Can you name a few we could realistically buy?
Kane has been out every season through jury, we've more than coped, in fact we've found solutions whilst he was out and we went on winning streaks each time!
"A knife to a gunfight,"? I wager you had never heard of more than 80% of their team before we were drawn against them.
Before Kane was injured, we were playing shit under Jose. We played shit against Utd with Kane playing on Friday.
I think Bergwijn's great too, for the record Jose has confirmed that he didn't sign him.
The management give Levy a list of targets and the bald dwarf goes and signs the cheapest.So presumably Levy signed him but surely he received advice from someone?
The management give Levy a list of targets and the bald dwarf goes and signs the cheapest.
1 | Liverpool | 11 | 16 | 31 | |
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2 | Leicester | 12 | 21 | 26 | |
3 | Chelsea | 12 | 10 | 26 | |
4 | Man City | 11 | 24 | 25 | |
5 | Sheff Utd | 12 | 4 | 17 | |
6 | Woolwich | 12 | -1 | 17 | |
7 | Bournemouth | 12 | 0 | 16 | |
8 | Brighton | 11 | 0 | 15 | |
9 | Burnley | 12 | -1 | 15 | |
10 | Crystal Palace | 12 | -6 | 15 | |
11 | Newcastle | 12 | -7 | 15 | |
12 | Tottenham | 12 | 1 | 14 |
1 | Liverpool | 31 | 49 | 86 | |
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2 | Man City | 31 | 44 | 63 | |
3 | Leicester | 31 | 30 | 55 | |
4 | Chelsea | 31 | 14 | 54 | |
5 | Wolves | 32 | 11 | 52 | |
6 | Man Utd | 31 | 17 | 49 | |
7 | Tottenham | 31 | 9 | 45 |
Knew Kieran quite well when he was still playing and he is a brilliant guy, hope he comes back at some point and would put a large amount of faith in his opinion. As a youth player he was very mature and intelligent compared to most.Man Utd coach Kieran McKenna lifts lid on Jose Mourinho's management methods
Manchester United coach Kieran McKenna has lifted the lid on Jose Mourinho during his time at the club.
The Special One was sacked by Ed Woodward back in December 2018 following a shoddy series of results
It was during his third season in charge, a period where he won the FA Cup and Europa League.
However, Mourinho has not been remembered fondly by United fans, who grew tired of his defensive football and reported problems behind the scenes.
There was a well-documented spat with Paul Pogba, while other players have been rumoured to grumble about the Portuguese coach's methods.
But one staff member has been full of praise for the ex- Chelsea manager in the shape of McKenna.
The 34-year-old was a youth coach during Mourinho's time at the club and did not have a bad word to say about his former boss.
He said: "He's an absolutely top manager in a lot of different ways.
"A very intelligent man. A fantastic communicator across different languages and it would be impossible to not pick things up from someone like him
"I think probably one of the biggest insights that I gained was just seeing the levels of organisation around both his training process and his match preparation.
"Within the training process the level of periodisation with the training blocks, the process behind his design of training practices, the small details within the session and the transition between the practices and the flow of work and the delegation and clarity of duties from different staff within and around the session were all organised to a really high level and a higher level than I had experienced before.
"Around the match preparation just seeing how he went from that process of study in the opposition and identifying things from within them to then turning it into training practices.
"And then the analysis side of it and how that was broken down and filtered into the players and what they would need to know."
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has since taken over at United after impressing in interim charge.
And the Norweigan has elevated McKenna to assistant manager, alongside Michael Carrick.
Solskjaer's time at the club has hardly been a complete success story.
But there are signs that the Red Devils are working towards being where they want to be.
Based on what I’ve been reading on here lately - not sure if that’s good or badI think we are starting to look like a Mourhino team
In other words, we're less bad, but still nowhere remotely close to good enough. 1.63 over a season is just 62 points which would still be our lowest total in years and has no chance of getting 4th.As it stood: Poch's last game:
1 Liverpool 11 16 31 2 Leicester 12 21 26 3 Chelsea 12 10 26 4 Man City 11 24 25 5 Sheff Utd 12 4 17 6 Woolwich 12 -1 17 7 Bournemouth 12 0 16 8 Brighton 11 0 15 9 Burnley 12 -1 15 10 Crystal Palace 12 -6 15 11 Newcastle 12 -7 15 12 Tottenham 12 1 14
PPG 1.16
1 Liverpool 31 49 86 2 Man City 31 44 63 3 Leicester 31 30 55 4 Chelsea 31 14 54 5 Wolves 32 11 52 6 Man Utd 31 17 49 7 Tottenham 31 9 45
PPG 1.45
Jose's PPG : 31 points in 19 games PPG:1.63
Chelsea PPG 1.74
Wolves PPG: 1.62
Utd PPG: 1.58
JM's PPG is more than Ole's and Santo's. I don't think any United or Wolves fans want their manager gone.In other words, we're less bad, but still nowhere remotely close to good enough. 1.63 over a season is just 62 points which would still be our lowest total in years and has no chance of getting 4th.
Was anyone else interested in him?'Genius'.
.......And that's exactly how we ended up with Ndomebele isn't it.
In other words, we're less bad, but still nowhere remotely close to good enough. 1.63 over a season is just 62 points which would still be our lowest total in years and has no chance of getting 4th.
JM's PPG is more than Ole's and Santo's. I don't think any United or Wolves fans want their manager gone.
Next season his PPG will be much more.
"Slightly better than Wolves" certainly is not an achievement. I hope he gets better after his first season, but that isn't Jose's normal trajectory...JM's PPG is more than Ole's and Santo's. I don't think any United or Wolves fans want their manager gone.
Next season his PPG will be much more.
Was anyone else interested in him?
I'm not trying to cause any aggro mate, but can you give us a list of transfer targets where we've beaten off competition to secure the deal?
I'd be genuinely interested to see what you come up with, because it seems to me that unless Levy gets a clear run, he'll swiftly move on to choice #2 or choice #3 etc.