Great game to watch, but we were really quite shit, let's not fool ourselves.
How is a Jose Mourinho side this much of a mess at the back?
How is a Jose Mourinho side this much of a mess at the back?
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Fucking Yanks...
The players at his disposal aren't all that.
Yes, he plays with the attitude of a man who if he misses a chance, he’ll get the next, but he knew there wouldn’t be a next chance today. A picture of concentration in netting the winner.
Perhaps not, but way shitter players than that bunch have been well organized and tough to break down under good management.
The football isn't as dreary as we might have expected under Mourinho, but the defensive solidity is also nothing like what he's been able to produce immediately at other stops.
It still very much feels like a stepfather situation. I'm waiting for the signature Mourinho performance. Wolves kinda, I guess, but it wasn't a clean sheet and the result probably flattered us.
Man City was an absolute classic shithouse smash n' grab
True, but we were awful in that game.
Vintage Mourinho ball is about stymieing and frustrating great opposition in to making mistakes and being deadly at pouncing on them.
Where have you been?
Jose’s a massive pragmatist: if your defence suck, then - to win- you have to focus on scoring. That’s why the football has been pretty ugly- just thump it to the front line and let them try for goal. I know that’s what happens in all football - but more so if your team can’t hold the ball in MF (or pass, as it seemed to be today).
Without a - mobile- midfield, it’s the only choice available. Should be better without the injuries and a fully fit N’Dombele. More like a proper Jose team when he has a MF.
We weren’t shit. We had more than enough chances to win about three matches! Unless of course if you meant we were rubbish in front of goal. Then on that basis, yeah we were shit.
At work.
I agree.
There's the "I was the true winner of the league" jibe. He will definitely be thinking he should be recognised as the winner. To a large extent I agree with him. I just hope he can use that sense of injustice to bring us glory next year.