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eph12:
I DO NOT KNOW!

Ephisne...... Ephizzy!!!! You always make me smile - thanks for that!

RooRuudRonSaha:
after the amount he spent, so van gaal is still selecting players for him, giving him his tactics. the same players beat city,liverpool,arsenal,tottenham last season. Jose is a failure in united, no amount of propaganda can save him.

I pray you wouldn't de-activate your Moniker very soon!

Don't bother to ask me why?!

RooRuudRonSaha:
which damage did the aforementioned coaches cause. You a mourinho fanboy. United have no time for experiments, same thing you guys were against giggs. United wont make top 4(mark my words).

The Damages they caused?! LOL! I guess it's not hidden to anyone except you intentionally pay blind attention to it!

As for the bold Part..... Noted!!!

eph12:
If we wanted work in progress we would have asked LVG to stay. You don't spend this much at once and ask for a year. You want work in progress? Buy players 20-30 million and train them for the future. You want work in progress? Look at your reserve and younger players.

This is annoying.

Noted!!!

eph12:
Pay close attention to the bolded

In terms of achievement Kloop does not even have half of what Mourinho has so why should I say Kloop is better? I am talking about style tactics that could stand the test of time and outlast you.

Even Chelsea fans don't like Mourinho anymore so why should I?

Can you tell us JM style of play?!

eph12:
Mata is supposed to have the brightest technique among our attacking players yes? Well he gets subbed first when things are not working. That's even when he gets the chance to play especially against tougher opponents.

What Kloop was able to achieve at Dortmund everyone following football can testify. Dortmund is the only top team in the world that constantly sells its best players every season and still remain relevant. A Guardiola or Mourinho cannot survive that.

I never said Kloop is better than Mourinho, I only said I prefer his style of play to Mourinho. They both have success story but they have gone about it differently.

I think only Rugby Fans can testify to what JM achieved at Porto, Chelsea as well as Inter Milan?!

Eph12 and Jam talks be like................!!!

weedtaker:
Lol you seff se am, make i follow add dose "all brawl no brain" players wey jose like

fabregas, sneidjer, robben, lampard, deco, oezill, di maria, hazard.

Eph12 is a very funny Guy! He doesn't like JM, but he should at least be criticizing him fairly!

eph12:
I have always been a long time admirer of Kloop style of play. Same with Guardiola. Not just the results but how they play. They believe in putting the ball on the ground and elaborate use of brain and not just strength which Mourinho is always tempted to go for at any slightest opportunity. It has been proven over the years that depending on brain is always better than strength.

Another thing is that Mourinho's team always have one problem or the other. Every team he goes to, he always have running battles with some of his players, the press, referee etc. From where am standing we don't need all these baggages especially that of the referee

And finally the teams he coaches always collapse just before he leaves or immediately he leaves. I wanted a system that could be maintained even after he's gone.

I hope with these few points of mine I have been able to convince and not to confuse you that Mourinho wasn't first choice for very important reasons.

You indeed convince me with the bold part..... no wonder Mata, Herrera, Lingard, Rashford, Blind and Co are playing with Strength instead of using Brain!

Also, against Stoke, Burnley, Chelsea, Manchester City and Co..... no wonder the Team was playing aerial Balls simply by ballooning the ball upandan!

Finally, you need to tell us the position Klopp left Dortmund before he left them Liverpool!

[b]HOW SIR ALEX WAS APPOINTED 30 YEARS AGO

Thirty years ago today (Sunday), Manchester United confirmed the name of the club's new manager - Alex Ferguson, the firebrand boss who had won the European Cup Winners' Cup and every major trophy in Scotland with Aberdeen. Here's the story of how Martin Edwards, then the Reds' chairman, engineered arguably the most pivotal appointment in the history of British football...

In the autumn of 1986, Manchester United were languishing in the top flight’s relegation zone - a year after being apparent shoo-ins for the league title. With the club’s demands of excellence scarcely realised since Sir Matt Busby’s abdication, the board of directors recognised the time for change had again arrived.

THE END OF RON'S REIGN

In five years at the helm, manager Ron Atkinson had won two FA Cups and had never finished below fourth in the league, but it was Big Ron’s inability to top second spot which proved his undoing.

"Manchester United is a club with exceptionally high standards," stated then-chairman Martin Edwards, now the Reds’ honourary life president, in an interview in 2011.

"Ron had been with us five seasons and had done reasonably well, but it started to go wrong the season before we decided to make the change. After the game at Southampton I think we were 21st in the league, so we had a meeting on the plane on the way back to Manchester and we all decided it was the right thing to do at the time.

“It was very difficult to tell Ron, because he hadn’t been a failure and he was very enthusiastic, and it’s never an easy job telling a manager that you want him to leave. That bit was difficult, but making the actual decision for the right reasons wasn’t difficult.”

The previous campaign had started with 10 straight league wins, but had sputtered out long before the Reds juddered over the line in fourth place. Understandably, the early months of the 1986/87 season had been soundtracked by incremental discontent on the terraces, while Atkinson was repeatedly subjected to questions about his future in the media.

NAMES IN THE FRAME

The list of potential replacements had been drawn up long before the axe fell. The Guardian’s Frank Keating named the contenders as Brian Clough, Howard Kendall, Don Howe and even Bryan Robson in a player-manager capacity. Others had Terry Venables as the favourite. For the board, however, one figure had long since been elevated above the rest.

“There might have been a few names mentioned – probably just whoever was popular at the time – but none of them was seriously considered,” recalled Edwards. “It was a unanimous decision from the board to go for Alex Ferguson. He was absolutely the preferred choice of all of us.

“We’d first met him when we signed Gordon Strachan from Aberdeen. Gordon had already signed a contract with Cologne and we really wanted to extricate him from that deal, so that’s when Alex came in. He was batting on Manchester United’s side, probably because he wanted him to come to United but also because the move would get Aberdeen more money if he did. So he was very helpful to us and that’s when I first got to know him.

“We knew how well he’d done in overtaking Glasgow Rangers and Celtic and he’d won the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1983 against the mighty Real Madrid, so his pedigree was there. When we actually met him and realised what a firebrand he was and saw the way he conducted himself, that really just confirmed how impressive he was.”

MAKING THE MOVE

With the target agreed, United’s kingmakers nevertheless had to tread carefully. There was no guarantee that Ferguson would either want or be allowed to leave Pittodrie, especially in the midst of such spectacular and sustained feather-ruffling of Glasgow’s Old Firm.

“We didn’t want to end up with egg on our face,” admitted Edwards. “We decided we’d better find out if Alex was willing to join us, so one of our directors, Mike Edelson, rang Aberdeen’s switchboard and put on a Scottish accent, used an assumed name [that of Alan Gordon, Gordon Strachan’s accountant] and asked to be put through to Alex Ferguson. Alex came on the phone, Mike told him I would like a word with him and he put me through.

"We arranged to see Alex that evening – Bonfire Night - up in Scotland and it was the usual cloak and dagger thing: myself, Mike, Bobby [Charlton] and Maurice [Watkins] met him at a petrol station, he drove us round to his sister-in-law’s house and we all met him. It just confirmed that he was the one that we wanted."

DONALD TRIES A TRUMP CARD

Edwards continued: "What we really wanted to know from Alex was if his chairman at Aberdeen, Dick Donald, would allow him to leave. Alex made it quite plain that he wanted to join us, and he also said that he had an agreement with his chairman that he could leave if United came in. Alex had actually said that he wanted something in his contract that he could join a big team, and Dick Donald had said: ‘You’re only leaving if Manchester United come in’. That wasn’t difficult really. So I rang Dick Donald the next day and he agreed to see me."

Donald made a last-ditch bid to keep his man, with the staggering gesture of offering Sir Alex ownership of Aberdeen FC but to no avail. Compensation was quickly agreed and permission was granted for talks to begin. They didn’t take long. As Sir Alex later admitted in his autobiography, Managing My Life: "To a great extent I was a captive candidate, and happy to be so."

REDS IN NEED OF REPAIR

Two days after his appointment as United manager, Sir Alex watched on as his new charges were dealt a chastening 2-0 defeat at Oxford United; a result which laid bare the poor fitness levels of the squad he had been bequeathed. Further unsettled by confirmation that a drinking culture had been established within the club, the Scot assembled his players in the gym at The Cliff.

"I made it plain that I meant to put an end to Manchester United’s reputation of being almost as much of a social club as a football club," he wrote in his book. "I told them that they would have to change their ways because I certainly wasn’t going to change mine."

Further concerns were raised about the physical strength of the existing squad, and a short-sightedness which had gradually decayed the club's youth and scouting systems. By the time Queens Park Rangers arrived at Old Trafford for Sir Alex's home bow, he used his first column in United Review, the official match programme, to spell out the enormity of his task, while also conveying a stony determination to realise it.

MISSION STATEMENT

"Taking over a club of Manchester United's magnitude is an awesome task," was Sir Alex's opening gambit in the programme. The sobering clarity continued: "I am not really interested in what has happened here in the past. I don't mean any disrespect to the great achievements of Manchester United over the years. It's simply that there is now only one way to go, and that is forward. The aim at this club must clearly be to win the championship. That is the only real way to lay the ghosts of the past.

"There always has to be a starting point, and I see the league championship as the basis for Manchester United's future. Success has a snowball effect as I found at Aberdeen… it’s not something that can be built overnight, and it could take a few months before I can create a true relationship with the players. But that is what I shall work towards and I am going to love every minute of it here." [/b]


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The Mission Statement so similar to Jose Mourinho's Mission Statement too! We need to trust Jose, have confidence in him, coz he's definitely not a Loser!

We ain't appreciating JM at the moment because we really do not understand the extent of Damages Moyes and LVG had respectively incurred on the Team.

Let's be honest, we ain't playing "boring Games" nor "parking the Bus", rather pure attacking football - just unfortunate with Goals scoring at the moment.

United is a Work in Progress - and with time we gonna bounce back and take over the EPL Throne from the Regent.

afrodoc2:
By this time it should be clear that the problems are legion. Hopefully people here won't start witch hunting a single player like they used to witch hunt Rooney. Pogba is one of the problems but he can also be one of the solutions. Whether he is the former or the latter depends on the main problem.....Jose Mourinho. Zlatan is another major problem. If i am to list our problems in order of importance i would go with Mourinho, Zlatan and then Pogba.
But i still support the manager. If he can see the error of his ways and retrace his steps this season is not yet lost.

Nothing more..... Nothing less!

Pataki:
The real owners of the league table are taking over tomorrow. Calm down.

Your team will like end up as 10th tomorrow.

You need to wake up Dude!

Thanks to Willian's late Mother..... Pedro is now enjoying a new Life at Chelsea!!!

Emaprince:
Meeehhhhnnn.. I dey miss o!

You no get mb to stream?!

United sits 8th on the Table, Chelsea is going Top after this Match..... yet Pataki is hating on United! LOL!!!

Seem Arsenal Fans are envying of United Woes at the Moment.

airmark:
Hidden hazard ikebe ikedia is useless - apari ramuzaki raumdeuter

He's now Eden..... he's no more hidden!

Pataki:
Your post has been noted till we meet that your useless team soon.

I can't wait either!

raumdeuter:
My hatred has been transferred to Man Utd following Mourinho, Beginning of season some chelsea fans were hoping Conte fails so they can blame the players for last season performance and not Mourinho. Anything that will ridicule Jose I am for it

They are the ones loudly praising him now! Fans like Nigeria Politicians!

Pataki:
I have a soft spot for Chelsea. But I totally disliked that gutter coach. My dad is a Chelsea fan, my sister is a Chlesea fan.

But seeing what Conte is transforming the same set of players Mourinho could not effectively manage into, is a beauty and delight. You cannot just watch that first half and say, Chelsea is not playing fantastic football right now, devoid of any silly Diego theatrics.

I've already said it - that I understand your Hatred for JM! You can't hate him more than Arsene Wenger.

Your Club has never succeeded to beat a Team managed by him, why on Earth would you like him?!

He has caused your Club, Manager, Players and the Fans too much Pain, I'm ain't gonna blame you for hating him. It's what he deserves from the Arsenal Fans!

agrovick:
The players from last season form a major core of this group. Matic is playing like the one that joined in the January transfer window, Costa looks like a proper striker.

I for one wanted a Mourinho dynasty as I was tired of the constant choppings of managers at the bridge, it's just sad things didn't work out.

That my ex happens to be the best thing that has happened to me doesn't mean I've to keep thinking about her after we've both gone our separate ways

But you should have clarified it nah! LOL!
When JM was delivering Titles upandan, he was the best thing after Agege Bread!

See..... JM made Chelsea what they are Today!

donjazet:
Many mock mourinho just out of spite! The Chelsea fans will forever be grateful for what he did d while he was here.
On a side note, I am afraid for you guys my friend, the guy who was successful with us doesn't seem to be the guy with you guys he looks FINISHED.

We shall see!
What he needs is time, he's definitely gonna come back stronger and better. JM is not a Loser, and some of us still believe in him!

Pataki:
Walai e no go better for Mourinho!!

See Diego playing football. No time for all those football antics and fighting we saw last season.

Little wonder, Menopausovich is now the new Deardog for Mourinho.

I understand your Hatred for JM..... but don't tell me you are happy Chelsea is cruising to Victory?!

Seem you prefer your Club goes Trophy less again?!

agrovick:
It's just hard to believe this is the same team from last season. Everyone is eager to get on the ball and make things happen.

The same Team from last Season?! LOL!
So Alonso, Kante and Moses were Regulars under JM last Season for Chelsea too?!

Chelsea is presently doing fine under Conte, but that doesn't mean you should ignore the Fame and Honors brought to the CLUB by JM!

To Chelsea Fans..... Jose Mourinho is now a FRAUD!!!


SMH!!!

timbros:
I wish you guys all the best in Europa....for the sake of Uefa coefficient

But for EPL? You know the drill

Are you writing off already??!!

Chai!!!

We shall see!!!