Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Kanté is looking like an excellent signing. I wasn't sure about him initially, but he's been a class act. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 As I said, with a few exceptions. Nobody can say for sure who they could or couldn't get, but given the size of the club and their spending power, it stands to reason they would have as much pull as just about anyone. Very easy to agree with that - but Mourinho has won it all before - and given he has been a cheque book manager there was no reason to suggest he couldn't again - last season he lost the dressing room, no reason for Man Utd to believe that wouldnt be the case this time round. Not saying he was the best choice - but I'm not convinced that he was a bad choice either - other than Wenger and SAF he is the only multiple EPL winning manager I think. So he was a fairly sensible choice - he won the league the season before with Chelsea did he not ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Kanté is looking like an excellent signing. I wasn't sure about him initially, but he's been a class act. Excellent play for his goal. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Very easy to agree with that - but Mourinho has won it all before - and given he has been a cheque book manager there was no reason to suggest he couldn't again - last season he lost the dressing room, no reason for Man Utd to believe that wouldnt be the case this time round. Not saying he was the best choice - but I'm not convinced that he was a bad choice either - other than Wenger and SAF he is the only multiple EPL winning manager I think. So he was a fairly sensible choice - he won the league the season before with Chelsea did he not ? Yeah he did, but then he took Chelsea to 16th place and that's just diabolical. If I was in charge at Man Utd I wouldn't have gone for him at that point. I seem to have been proved right. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Yeah he did, but then he took Chelsea to 16th place and that's just diabolical. If I was in charge at Man Utd I wouldn't have gone for him at that point. I seem to have been proved right. I'm not sure there were too many better options though. The big names were taken - Pep, Conte, Ancelotti, the Sevilla coach, Simeone had committed to Atletico, Luis Enrique wasn't leaving Barca - so I genuinely don't know who else they would have went for that the fans could buy into. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,242 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Some were predicting a City league walkover and mid-table for Chelsea. Ok it wasn't some, it was me. Not yet Hallowe'en and I'm an April fool. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Cole 0 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Chelsea 4-0 Man Utd Oh dear, what happened there? Early days, but that's a bit of a bottleneck at the top of the EPL. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Bear 0 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 After the Rangers loss,Chelsea made me feel a wee bit better. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I'm not sure there were too many better options though. The big names were taken - Pep, Conte, Ancelotti, the Sevilla coach, Simeone had committed to Atletico, Luis Enrique wasn't leaving Barca - so I genuinely don't know who else they would have went for that the fans could buy into. 1 win from their last 6 league games and he's spent a fortune. That suggests to me there must have been lots of superior options. Mourinho is a hugely talented manager, but for whatever reason it just doesn't click for him at all anymore. I was always a huge fan of Mourinho, though not so much of his playing style. If he isn't getting lots of success, then he quickly becomes quite an undesirable proposition. I think he needs to take a bit of time out of the game and try a different league when he returns. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,522 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 I've just heard the Man U score!! That has brightened my day. Mourinho must stay 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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