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Jose Mourinho

How do you feel about Mourinho appointment

  • Excited - silverware here we come baby

    Votes: 666 46.7%
  • Meh - will give him a chance and hope he is successful

    Votes: 468 32.8%
  • Horrified - praying for the day he'll fuck off

    Votes: 292 20.5%

  • Total voters
    1,426

WiganSpur

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Aug 31, 2012
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Yet Dier would have offered far more protection than Sissoko and Winks tonight.
He wouldn’t have had a hope against these low centre of gravity united players. He’d have been a walking red card, hiding from the ball and pissing it away when he did have it. Dier playing would have been a disaster.
 

Wsussexspur

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Oct 2, 2007
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Jose hasn’t had a chance to influence this team yet.. since he has taken over we have had a game every two days. He is going to need time to stamp his style etc on this team
 

werty

Well-Known Member
Aug 8, 2005
25,104
26,369
How dare fans get behind their own manager who's won more trophies than our entire club's history, fuck me ?
Lets all start waving our pompoms and act like he's doesn't have any flaws or never makes any mistakes.
 

spursfan77

Well-Known Member
Aug 13, 2005
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Our problems primarily stem from the fact that the DM options are a disgrace, and until the window opens there’s nothing Jose can do about it.

There’s no cover for the defense whatsoever, which would make any back line look shaky. It’s astonishing that it has come time this given that Dier hasn’t performed to a high standard in midfield since the 16/17 season and Wanyama has very clearly been finished since the knee injury, yet here we are.

We’ve got good enough options elsewhere in midfield with Ndombele and Lo Celso as No. 8s and Winks and Sissoko as squad options, it’s the lack of a DM that’s killing us. Hang within touching distance of fourth place this month, make that the top priority in January, and we’ll stand a fighting chance of salvaging the season IMO.

I wouldn’t be surprised if he tries wanyama soon when he realises he’s exhausted all other possibilities!
 

Spurs_Bear

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Jan 7, 2009
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The mistake he made was Sissoko ahead of Ndombele. I’m not sure what else you can lambast him for with the lineup. You can say drop Winks all you like, but Lo Celso in a CM2 would have been a big risk, the same goes for Skipp because of his lack of experience. Dier and Wanyama not good enough.
Starting Ronny Rosenthal for another example.
 

Hawk_Spur

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Dec 17, 2004
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Has his work cut out for him.

Its okay playing Aurier up the pitch against weaker teams but I think the better teams will exploit that and Rashford had a field day on our right. .
 

werty

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Aug 8, 2005
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I don't think we changed it, I think ManUtd cancelled it out by inverting the shape(s) and defending very widely.
I missed the start of the match so don't know if we changed from it early on, but we definitely didn't play it after 20 minutes until late on.
 

doctor stefan Freud

the tired tread of sad biology
Sep 2, 2013
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72,170
Yet Dier would have offered far more protection than Sissoko and Winks tonight.
He wouldn’t. He would have lumbered about like a pregnant Labrador, gaping jawed, pissing on mole hills, rolling eyes.

We need a proper CDM. Not Dier or Sissoko or even Tanguy. And soon
 

felmani26

SC Supporter
Jan 1, 2008
24,571
43,482
He wouldn’t. He would have lumbered about like a pregnant Labrador, gaping jawed, pissing on mole hills, rolling eyes.

We need a proper CDM. Not Dier or Sissoko or even Tanguy. And soon
This!

Why in the case of one game does absence make the heart grow fonder when it comes to Dier in midfield i don't fucking know!
 

werty

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Aug 8, 2005
25,104
26,369
This!

Why in the case of one game does absence make the heart grow fonder when it comes to Dier in midfield i don't fucking know!
Especially when we were no better defensively at home to Bournemouth with him in there. Fucking Harry Kane had to fill in for him a couple of times at the weekend.
 

spursfan77

Well-Known Member
Aug 13, 2005
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“Hard to process” that’s what happens when you play players that aren’t the sharpest.


Mourinho is here
“I think for 30 minutes they were not just better than us, they were much better than us. They were better than us in aggression and intensity, winning 50-50 duels. We were lucky. Then at the end of the first half we were us, and United were worried. In the second half we made some adjustments and we thought we were going to win it. The second goal is hard to process.”
 

Hakkz

Svensk hetsporre
Jul 6, 2012
8,196
17,270
“Hard to process” that’s what happens when you play players that aren’t the sharpest.


Mourinho is here
“I think for 30 minutes they were not just better than us, they were much better than us. They were better than us in aggression and intensity, winning 50-50 duels. We were lucky. Then at the end of the first half we were us, and United were worried. In the second half we made some adjustments and we thought we were going to win it. The second goal is hard to process.”

It was clumsy but it was also a dive.
 
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