also interesting to see if he rates Dier as a DM or a CB
The question I keep asking myself is would JM ever get the City or Pool job, I doubt he would.
It's genuinely baffling that people can't comprehend thisDo you think Levy hasn't thought about this?
Can we hire a DOF now? The bald, short **** shouldnt be on transfers anymore.
The question I keep asking myself is would JM ever get the City or Pool job, I doubt he would.
@Kspur
Give the ratings a rest mate, every other post on this site seems to have a red cross, or a neg rep from you.
You don't have to disagree or dislike everything you know, we get how you feel.
Would any manager in world football? Arguably the two best coaches in world football right now, hard to replace either.
Pretty sure City would have taken Mourinho before they landed Pep. Both clubs will probably end up replacing both with long term managers, who will look to carry on with the projects that have been built, rather than someone with a rich history of success like JM.
I really doubt he was our first choice, I think availability was the deciding factor here.
I dont think Howe was in the running, Reports Allegri was lukewarm about us, I think we would have gone for someone else, he was available he will be decent for the here and now.No but Pochettino would. But Pochettino wanted to leave us anyway so time to move forward. We basically had a choice between Mourinho, Howe, maybe Allegri (if he is even interested in us) and Ancelotti if/when he gets the sack. Most other potential targets won't be available until summer.
The problem with Mourinho is he polarises people. We have been quite a happy bunch in recent years. Supporters players and the club have all been moving in the same direction. The appointment of Mourinho is going to change it. I’m not sure if it will be for the better. It could either propel the club forward or send it back to the dark ages
Mate you want to ask yourself more interesting questionsThe question I keep asking myself is would JM ever get the City or Pool job, I doubt he would.
I was desperate for Poch to win something for us and leave on his terms because it would have been the perfect romantic ending which tbh is why I watch football, I'm not a win at all costs type of person probably to a fault. So Jose for me feels very pragmatic and almost like cheating as I imagine he will get the job done and win some trophies.
I think that likely scenario that we can hope for is that Jose will most likely be here short term and he will win some trophies which builds foundations for our next long term appointment who will inherit a squad which has a few wins under its belt and the experience to get the job done. The absolutely best case scenario is that his recent failures have humbled him and he wants to finally build a longer lasting legacy rather than a trophies for hire manager.
I'm a little concerned for the likes of Sessegnon who I wonder now will become a fairly decent winger but I feel he has the ability to be a world class LB and my concern will be the development of the likes of him. I'm concerned for Ndombele because whilst we might give him lack of stamina the benefit of the doubt, I don't think Jose will tolerate it. I don't want to see ndombele neutered in the way Pogba was. I'm worried for the likes of Dele, Foyth also as I feel he will go more pragmatic and we will see the likes of Davies, Sissoko, Dier make the core of the team.
On the other hand I'm hopeful that the cause of the situation at United was the players and we have a better base. Jose actually coached one of my favourite teams to watch with that incredible counter attacking Real Madrid team with the likes of Higuain, Ronaldo, Di Maria and Ozil and we have the players at our disposal to produce similar especially Son playing the role of Ronaldo and Kane in the Higuain role. I'd love to see Kane develop the way Drogba did. I also feel like maybe our CB's will benefit as we probably won't force the high line and we may see Lloris make less mistakes once he is no longer forced to play a style of football he is uncomfortable with.
I feel sorry for Sanchez who Jose singled out as the weak link in the europa league final between Ajax and United and hope that the fact he knew his weaknesses means he can develop him.
I always felt Jose was burnt out from his team in Madrid and I'm hopeful he is reinvigorated with the rest he's had, humbled by his failure at United and enjoys his underdog status with Spurs to give us the right combination of manager. There's no denying he knows how to win. I hope he aims to play attacking football which has always been our way and I'd be very happy if that was built on fast turnovers and counter attacking play.
There's a lot I do actually like about Jose, I just didn't entertain it as I felt he wouldn't fit within our constraints, this does feel very unlike spurs with this appointment but we'll see. He does feel at times the complete opposite to us as we're an attacking team who wins nothing but I hope he strikes the right balance.
Just to say - even in his 'failure' at Man Utd, he did still win the Europa and League cup. albeit with a very poor Man U squad.. I would consider trophies to be a success. personally.
Oh, I'm sure he's thought about it. And you can bet your life Jose has thought about it as well. There are 3 options,Do you think Levy hasn't thought about this?
It's all relative, I'm sure he considers his United stint to be a failure because his goal was to bring them back to being Premier League winners. Of course the goalposts move with us because we don't have the history of United.