By Laboured Go To PostAlways get the uneasy suspicion that Fergie doesn't want Mou at the club because he may threaten his legacy. It would, amusingly, be a very Fergie thing to do.Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.
By Yurt Go To PostLotito, De Laurentiis and Galliani have been named as suspects along with the likes of Modena Coach Hernan Crespo and Ezequiel Lavezzi in a tax evasion inquiryImagine if this means that Galliani will be imprisoned or somehow be forced to leave his post at Milan
Searches are taking place this morning
Odd situation
I find waiting for a manager to resign to be massively gutless
I find hanging in there when you know that you've done a shit job, and are very unlikely to turn it around to be a bit money-grabbing. Surprised it's still so expensive to sack managers, when a lot of the time it is fully deserved and they're not doing their job properly. I suppose it financially protects them (especially important when they are unfairly sacked) but its still a bit weird.
I find waiting for a manager to resign to be massively gutless
I find hanging in there when you know that you've done a shit job, and are very unlikely to turn it around to be a bit money-grabbing. Surprised it's still so expensive to sack managers, when a lot of the time it is fully deserved and they're not doing their job properly. I suppose it financially protects them (especially important when they are unfairly sacked) but its still a bit weird.
Times Sport @TimesSport 2h2 hours ago
Oxlade-Chamberlain must be more Vieira, less middle class @henrywinter #AFC http://thetim.es/23p1gNW (Graham Hughes)
Think we've reached peak Henry Winter lads.
Seems the issue with Mou isn't his treatment of outsiders but his tendency to blow himself up at the same time. He would be another short term manager as he would inevitably flame out one way or another, possibly leaving destruction in his wake.
In fact Mourinho is in many ways just an upgraded Van Gaal. Same short termism, same irascible attitude and tendency to piss people off, same boring defensive football, but Mou just wins more.
Would anyone be surprised if Mourinho's main motivation for the Utd job had little to do with the club and was mostly about trying to outdo Guardiola at City?
In fact Mourinho is in many ways just an upgraded Van Gaal. Same short termism, same irascible attitude and tendency to piss people off, same boring defensive football, but Mou just wins more.
Would anyone be surprised if Mourinho's main motivation for the Utd job had little to do with the club and was mostly about trying to outdo Guardiola at City?
By Yurt Go To PostConte was seen wearing a Barcelona shirt before the CL final
Serious?
By Laboured Go To PostThink we've reached peak Henry Winter lads.Since that's the blurb they themselves are promoting it with, I feel fine calling Winter a massive tit without reading it.
There have been reports in the British media that Ed Woodward, Manchester United's executive vice-chairman, talked Louis Van Gaal out of resigning not once, but twice, during the festive period.
Let that sink in for a minute.
Between Dec. 19 -- when they lost at home to Norwich -- and Jan. 2, when they beat Swansea 2-1, United played four games, winning one, drawing one and losing two. They were never higher than fifth in the table.
And yet Woodward had to persuade Van Gaal not to walk away.
Van Gaal. The guy who, if he stays, will only stick around until June 2017, because he keeps repeating he won't extend his current contract.
Van Gaal. The guy who has shown little forward progress, who gets ridiculed by former United players and who gets booed off the pitch.
Van Gaal. The guy who is out of the Champions League and out of the League Cup.
Van Gaal. The guy who, after 23 games this season and despite massive spending in the summer, has six fewer points than last season and three fewer than David Moyes had in his one campaign in charge at Old Trafford.
Yeah, that Van Gaal. He wants to leave -- possibly because he has the intellectual honesty to realize that he's not getting it done and, for the good of the club, somebody else ought to be given a chance -- and Woodward talks him out of it?
Huh?
Shouldn't it be the other way around? Shouldn't it be Van Gaal persuading Woodward that, while results have been disappointing, the club is on the right track for whatever reasons he might come up with?
It's just another example of the Twilight Zone that is Old Trafford right now.
Much was made of Van Gaal's words after Saturday's home defeat to Southampton. "I'm very disappointed that I cannot reach the expectations of the fans," he said. "They have -- or they had -- great expectation of me and I cannot fulfill them, so I am very frustrated because of that."
When I heard it, I assumed that he simply got his words wrong, that he meant "have not" rather than "cannot" and wasn't actually throwing in the towel. Now that you hear that he twice wanted to walk away and Woodward would not let him... well, I'm not so sure anymore.
What does appear obvious though is that sooner or later the club-owning Glazer family will run out of patience. And not just with Van Gaal, but with Woodward too.
There is Marcotti's bit on LVG/Woodward
By sohois Go To PostSeems the issue with Mou isn't his treatment of outsiders but his tendency to blow himself up at the same time. He would be another short term manager as he would inevitably flame out one way or another, possibly leaving destruction in his wake.from one abusive relationship to another
In fact Mourinho is in many ways just an upgraded Van Gaal. Same short termism, same irascible attitude and tendency to piss people off, same boring defensive football, but Mou just wins more.
Would anyone be surprised if Mourinho's main motivation for the Utd job had little to do with the club and was mostly about trying to outdo Guardiola at City?
By Shanks D Kowak Go To PostSerious?of course not <3
By Yurt Go To PostLotito, De Laurentiis and Galliani have been named as suspects along with the likes of Modena Coach Hernan Crespo and Ezequiel Lavezzi in a tax evasion inquiry
Searches are taking place this morning
I'm sure Italy's whole XI will be implicated a day before Euro 2016 too. #ForcedNarrative
Looks like a lot of people are angling for a move to Barca
why on earth would you talk him OUT of resigning
Odd to see the Guardian and BBC's top stories directly refuting each other.
Odd to see the Guardian and BBC's top stories directly refuting each other.
By sohois Go To PostSeems the issue with Mou isn't his treatment of outsiders but his tendency to blow himself up at the same time. He would be another short term manager as he would inevitably flame out one way or another, possibly leaving destruction in his wake.
In fact Mourinho is in many ways just an upgraded Van Gaal. Same short termism, same irascible attitude and tendency to piss people off, same boring defensive football, but Mou just wins more.
I'm pretty sure Mou would have had no problems getting the title with the team available at Manchester right now. He just has that quality to read big games and get the best out of a team. But you're right he isn't a manager who's going to stay for a decade.
By FootballFan Go To PostSir Alex wouldn't want Mourinho at ManUtd because Mourinho is a shit cunt
Guardiola is an even bigger cunt and you know it. A fucking snake that man. At least Mou is an honest cunt, unlike that lying conniving sack of shit in Munich. Thank good he's leaving Germany soon.
Arsenal have reportedly had a bid for Jorginho turned down by Napoli, who won’t consider a sale until the summer.
I'm so sick of the way our club's run at board level.
It'd be fucking great to have someone who is competent running the club again.
All of the journos are now u-turning on the reports LvG offered to resign, clearly due to briefings.
May as well not bother watching United for the rest of the season really.
It'd be fucking great to have someone who is competent running the club again.
All of the journos are now u-turning on the reports LvG offered to resign, clearly due to briefings.
May as well not bother watching United for the rest of the season really.
By the hateful n8 Go To Postwhy on earth would you talk him OUT of resigning
Odd to see the Guardian and BBC's top stories directly refuting each other.
I feel like a big reason is the share price. Imagine how much it would fall if a United manager RESIGNED. It shows that board had no control on the direction of the club. United need to dictate the story.
Board's behaving like we play football. Motionless, stagnating and waiting for something to happen rather than making something happen.
Horse is usually the Hanzee of the United lot, this is so funny lool.
btw I'm playing The Witness, and the puzzles so far are...not good.
btw I'm playing The Witness, and the puzzles so far are...not good.
By Yurt Go To PostArsenal have reportedly had a bid for Jorginho turned down by Napoli, who won’t consider a sale until the summer.Any good? Never seen him play, lol
#shamelesspremface
By sohois Go To PostWould anyone be surprised if Mourinho's main motivation for the Utd job had little to do with the club and was mostly about trying to outdo Guardiola at City?Yes.
Mourinho has been linked to the United job and has expressed his desire for it years before Guardiola was linked to City :/
I'm guessing Woodward is ok with LVG because let's face it, LVG listens to the board, gives youths plenty of chances and working on making Giggs his successor.
Basically the best interim manager he can have at the moment.
By Yurt Go To PostHorse is usually the Hanzee of the United lot, this is so funny lool.
btw I'm playing The Witness, and the puzzles so far are...not good.
Aye, I'm proper hacked off. Fucking clown shoes the lot of them.
Do you need to be caught up with Arrow & Flash to watch Legends of Tomorrow? I need to watch about 4/5 Flash and Arrow episodes before I'm up-to-date.
Newcastle have agreed a fee, believed to be about £12m, to sign Tottenham's England winger Andros Townsend.
By Kikarian Go To PostDo you need to be caught up with Arrow & Flash to watch Legends of Tomorrow? I need to watch about 4/5 Flash and Arrow episodes before I'm up-to-date.
7 minutes in and I would say yes, otherwise you would have no idea who the Legends are.
From the Mirror:
Not sure how Young's injury is his fault tbh.
Young is ‘furious’ with the boss after ‘virtually ending his Euro 2016 chances by writing him off with injury’, while Fellaini believes his own chances of making the Belgium squad for the Euros has been affected by not being allowed to leave on loan.
Not sure how Young's injury is his fault tbh.
By Laboured Go To PostFrom the Mirror:
Not sure how Young's injury is his fault tbh.
Fellaini is playing every game, why the fuck would he be complaining? Is the football so bad that even Fellaini can't stand it anymore?
By Freewheelin Go To PostAny good? Never seen him play, lolHe's been very good for Napoli this season.
#shamelesspremface
The CDM we need at Arsenal
By Yurt Go To PostLotito, De Laurentiis and Galliani have been named as suspects along with the likes of Modena Coach Hernan Crespo and Ezequiel Lavezzi in a tax evasion inquiry
Searches are taking place this morning
I'm sure Italy's whole XI will be implicated a day before Euro 2016 too. #ForcedNarrative
Not a single Juventino implicated. What has the world come to.
By Laboured Go To PostFrom the Mirror:
Not sure how Young's injury is his fault tbh.
Definitely made up. But the media witch hunt has started I guess.
By Kikarian Go To PostDo you need to be caught up with Arrow & Flash to watch Legends of Tomorrow? I need to watch about 4/5 Flash and Arrow episodes before I'm up-to-date.Need to watch the cross-over between Flash and Arrow to know what's happening in Legends.
By the hateful n8 Go To PostDefinitely made up. But the media witch hunt has started I guess.
Sure has. Looks for definite he'll be in charge for Derby and probably for Stoke too at least.
Legends of Tomorrow looked bad and I don't like any of the characters.
the only superhero I'm willing to lend my time to is Barry
the only superhero I'm willing to lend my time to is Barry
Legends of Tomorrow is cheesy as shit.
Impressive considering how cheesy the other two shows are.
Not sure if it is worth continuing past this first episode. The lead is really grating.
Impressive considering how cheesy the other two shows are.
Not sure if it is worth continuing past this first episode. The lead is really grating.
By Elchele Go To PostWhy is he even coaching Valencia is beyond meThis has been explained numerous times.
He's best friends and business partners wth the owner.
By Laboured Go To PostBBC saying the complete opposite: that LvG did not offer his resignation and that LvG and Wooders will not be meeting today as Wooders is in meetings in London.I wrote that piece :smug
alcacer keeps bailing him out with late goals otherwise he would have more losses than the draws he's been getting