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My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youRule number one of the forum seems appropriate, you might want to have a read of it.
It's a cycle...I merely hope I live long enough for the next upturn
This one's done remarkably well! I was reading with interest, but I'll stay away now.
Mourinho was the most obvious choice to take over (previous experience, a bit name etc) but his style of football and his reputation for falling apart should never have been a long term solution. When he was appointed I was moderately happy as I thought he'd steady the ship (which he did with some decent successes in the league last year and with europa league etc) but he was always going to implode. His man management is abysmal (something fergie was incredible at) and he's making players not want to join with how he treats current players.
His transfers have been dreadful (either not performed or he's not playing them) and I dont think its the players fault necessarily. All of them still look class for country, but throttled by an uncreative system at united. We dont have a strong enough defence to play the park the bus tactic mourinho loves
Interesting discussion on Talk Sport about Pogba today. He can somehow be man-of-the match but the team generally plays worse when he plays. Bringing Hererra back has speeded things up. Pogba takes time before releasing the ball but in the prem (as opposed to Italy) you just don’t have that time, so play stalls and possession is lost. In Italy opposition players retreat back when you have the ball giving you time to think. Pogba doesn’t have it and can’t deal with it here.
I think United need to let Pogba go, then Sanchez and also Lukaku and buy players that can move the ball quicker. Slight improvement for the last 2 games, but I think the nest iteration of the team will get well beaten against Liverpool, but still at this point it is best to stick to plan b and leave some of the ‘big players’ out as they have failed.
My theory is that the defence is responsible for much of our poor attacking! I think Mourinho is worried about the defence not being of sufficient quality, so he tells the midfield to drop back ready to cover them, and also impresses on the forwards that they need to be ready to tackle back. Not losing the ball is another component of this. So we end up with dour, unattractive football. If we can strengthen the defence so Mourinho has more confidence in them, he can tell the midfield and forwards to take a few more risks. As it stands, he can't do that. For that I do not blame Mourinho, I lay the blame squarely on Woodward and the Glazers. Mourinho told them to buy some defenders and they failed to do so. He is reacting to that by ensuring the rest of the team help out defensively.
On the subject of telling players off in public, I guess he only does that when the private conversations do n't have the effect. It worked with Luke Shaw. He reacted positively and is playing well now. I wonder if it is a tactic so that all players know he is the boss, and they will be - ultimately - publicly hauled over the coals if they don't pull their fingers out. Maybe he will need to do it less and less as players get the message.
Let's get rid of Pogba, who is not a good character to have around, especially when he seems to have left his talent in Russia in the summer. He can't be allowed to spread his brand of disaffection to other players. Then let's buy one or two top, world-class defenders (Varane and or Sergio Ramos would be my choice). Then let's see what we can do.
He truly is the special one.
This is the most fun us Liverpool fans have had since 2005
Quarter of a million to sit on a bench in a warm coat.
I could do that all day.
My Trading Feedback | You Bring The Band
Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you