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Time will tell, but if I had to guess what time was going to tell, this would be my guess.
Cant expect Mourinho to come in and win every game until the end of the season and play well all the time.
Tonight is a symptom of the issues that have festered for at least a year with this squad, a bad performance was bound to happen sooner rather than later.
It's still Poch's team not Mourinho's so it's not going to drastically change in less than 5 games
Tonight is a symptom of the issues that have festered for at least a year with this squad, a bad performance was bound to happen sooner rather than later.
It's still Poch's team not Mourinho's so it's not going to drastically change in less than 5 games
It's not one game. It's been like this for around 14 months. The team has aged in places that are vital in modern football. We look like what we are out moded. Fullbacks are the life blood of modern sides. Why we allowed this baffles me. Then there's the lack of brain for the side ACM is also critical and ours is already playing for Madrid. Throw in a broken Wanyama/Dire protecting old slow CB and is so much more than changing a coach. There are no magic spells for Jose or anyone. We have to buy or make what we need and fast. Time to try Foyth at CDM.
I’m not worried. Unlike Poch, Mou will simply drop people who don’t do what they are told. He already dropped Rose, one of our worst and most bigheaded players. After today, he will be questioning some others as well. Poch was too soft and too loyal to some of them, to win you need to be ruthless.
Too true. We have much to be thankful of off field. On field has been neglected though. Whether it's Levy's or pochs fault we might never know but I think we'll find out in January
The lads looked low on confidence again tonight. 11 individuals not a collective moving, knowing where to move, how to manipulate space for their teammates etc it was back to ball to feet, back to not wanting to take responsibility.
Old wounds looked reopened because of the early goals both halves of the game. We have to remember that the players are still new to the manager, they are still testing the waters as is he. He'd have seen the flaws in Gazzaniga, Aurier, Sissoko, Winks, Lucas tonight no question. Jose will get it right, we forget that he hasn't got the added advantage of living and breathing this team like we have over the past 15 months, he's playing catch up on the issues we face but if he's worth his salt, he'll see the cracks like we've been seeing during the end of the Poch tenure. It's just a heavy one as that was a shit Man U team and I'm sure he knows it.
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What on earth are you guys on about - the tactic from the special genius today was hoofball- early, mostly blind long balls into no-mansland. If you are not a Burnley player such tactics can make you look poor, don't mistake that for all sorts of personell problems etc. etc.
At the moment it's damage limitation mate. You can't win the Kentucky Derby with a donkey but you can take him to Blackpool to earn yourself a few quid along the way.
Our fullbacks and our CM assist wise is a shambles all over compared to better teams so the manager is cutting them out to utilise the ball elsewhere. We are limping a team the moment, if management was as easy as saying do this and people did it, we'd all be polishing winners medals and writing books about our success.
If you go on transfermkt and look at the assist return from Aurier, Rose, Foyth, Davies, Winks, Sissoko & Lucas since they became lilywhites, you'd probably see enough evidence to show just why we are cutting this lot out as often as we are from time to time until we get a pattern or a replacement or two in place.
He got out witted tactically by ole. Worrying times.
It's weird, this type of performance reminds me of AVB, we have such creative players yet we seem so static at times
totally agree
If you believed that Poch deserved the full blame for our poor run of form, you were probably way too unfair to him. Likewise, if you think that it was all on the players and he was blameless, you were blinded by your affinity for Poch.
If you think that with Mourinho coming into this and grinding out three wins on the bounce that all of our issues were fixed, your expectations are likely way too high and haven't been realistic about some of our deficiencies.
The cracks were still visible in the past two games, the wins were just able to paper over them.
I am not traditionally a fan of Mourinho but I am giving him a chance to show a new side of him, and to give him the time to do what needs to be done to address our issues. He has an outstanding base of players to work with but there are clearly weaknesses in the squad. January will be a very interesting time for us, and despite this loss I'm feeling more optimistic that I have in a long time.
If you think that with Mourinho coming into this and grinding out three wins on the bounce that all of our issues were fixed, your expectations are likely way too high and haven't been realistic about some of our deficiencies.
The cracks were still visible in the past two games, the wins were just able to paper over them.
I am not traditionally a fan of Mourinho but I am giving him a chance to show a new side of him, and to give him the time to do what needs to be done to address our issues. He has an outstanding base of players to work with but there are clearly weaknesses in the squad. January will be a very interesting time for us, and despite this loss I'm feeling more optimistic that I have in a long time.
For me the answer is yes. It is just whether Jose is making them because he wants to prove Poch's methods wrong, or he is genuinely at a loss, or he would not have made the same signings Poch did in the summer.
I agree the players are not good enough, defensively, but as a manager you are paid to put that right.
I’m a novice and have a genuine question. What’s the difference between Aurier and Trippier? Same defensive mistakes, same inability to give a decent cross the vast majority of the time, etc. And are we sure that Aurier is better than Rose?
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Good post.
I am fcuking hacked off today.
Straight after the game I shut down. Not going to listen to the excuses or the reasons. Not talking to anyone at work about it. Head down.
I am not going to look forward to playing Burnley or how it will be fine as it was just one game.
Last night was the question and answer. We are rank average.
I await the next chapter with limited expectation regardless of the manager and one or two quality players.
The squad needs dismantling and recharging because it has well and truly run its course.