smokie36 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 It,s only a bloody game for goodness sake How can you say such a thing. It's like saying to the Pope, the Bible is just a book. Chess is just a game, table tennis is just a game, darts is just a game etc. Football is much, much more. The fact that nearly all of us on here stay up until stupid o'clock to watch a match shows it's more than just a game. and the fact we spend so much time in here "discussing" football is also testament it is much more, or maybe that we are just sado anoraks None of us wear anoraks...it's too bloody hot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 and the fact we spend so much time in here "discussing" football is also testament it is much more, or maybe that we are just sado anoraks None of us wear anoraks...it's too bloody hot! I,m in Krabi for a few days and believe me anyone selling anorak,s now would make a bloody fortune.........its been peeing down for the last couple of days 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 So what's your thoughts on zlatan at old trafford, if he can stay fit, at 34 might he find the intensity of English footie telling ? A match made in heaven? I'm just thinking cantano see Zlatan in sort of the same light,maybe not as bright, but a similar showman that will welcome and grow with the Stage. Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC1 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 So what's your thoughts on zlatan at old trafford, if he can stay fit, at 34 might he find the intensity of English footie telling ? A match made in heaven? I'm just thinking cantano see Zlatan in sort of the same light,maybe not as bright, but a similar showman that will welcome and grow with the Stage. Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app My thoughts are I'm not convinced he can cut it in the prem at his age. I know he's fit and looks after himself though. If the price is right then I suppose why not give it a go... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangrakBob Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Your incoming manager does not do exciting and entertaining football or promote youth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC1 Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Your incoming manager does not do exciting and entertaining football or promote youth I'm no Mourinho lover but check out his Madrid stats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermik Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Your incoming manager does not do exciting and entertaining football or promote youth Bob As in my reply..................we shall see Time will only tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRed Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mourinho defo brings a lot of baggage but he could be a perfect fit....and the way he is on the touchline is more passionate than Van Gaal ever was. I would like to see Giggs stay and be joined Gary Neville that would be the most hated trio ever lol! Did you see Fergie dancing on the touchline when he was in charge and United won all the league titles and the treble ? I remember him as very calm most of the time , even if the players would feel his temper sometimes. As I said before considering all the injuries LvG did a very good job with the young players. Yes we did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 (edited) Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Your incoming manager does not do exciting and entertaining football or promote youth who knows , maybe he'll adapt to the traditional 'utd way', but one thing he does luv is big f off c'forwards and the ibro boy is certainly that Edited May 25, 2016 by rijit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted May 25, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2016 Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Your incoming manager does not do exciting and entertaining football or promote youth who knows , maybe he'll adapt to the traditional 'utd way', but one thing he does luv is big f off c'forwards and the ibro boy is certainly that Maybe he can convert Fellaini to the number 9 position and save United some brass 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangrakBob Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Open minded to any incoming players to be honest,if they can bring excitement and entertaining football back AND help in the development of the younger players then I,m all for it........but we shall see Your incoming manager does not do exciting and entertaining football or promote youth who knows , maybe he'll adapt to the traditional 'utd way', but one thing he does luv is big f off c'forwards and the ibro boy is certainly that Maybe he can convert Fellaini to the number 9 position and save United some brass Fellaini's converting to MMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Blimey. How complicated are contracts nowadays. Apparently one of the stalling points in appointing Mourinho is that his name has a copyright. As well as being registered in the UK, 'Jose Mourinho' is registered as a trademark of Chelsea FC on the European Union's Intellectual Property Database. Also, there are conflicts of interest with Mourinho's and United's sponsorship, including their watch and car deals. United have a watch deal with Bulova, while Mourinho is with Hublot. United have Chevrolet and Mourinho is contracted to Jaguar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Blimey. How complicated are contracts nowadays. Apparently one of the stalling points in appointing Mourinho is that his name has a copyright. As well as being registered in the UK, 'Jose Mourinho' is registered as a trademark of Chelsea FC on the European Union's Intellectual Property Database. Also, there are conflicts of interest with Mourinho's and United's sponsorship, including their watch and car deals. United have a watch deal with Bulova, while Mourinho is with Hublot. United have Chevrolet and Mourinho is contracted to Jaguar. it's almost like he's a mad vain narcissistic get who is only concerned about himself and his self-image or something isn't it? easy to see why someone old school like bobby charlton can't stand him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Ooops.... http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36382637 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 So what's your thoughts on zlatan at old trafford, if he can stay fit, at 34 might he find the intensity of English footie telling ? A match made in heaven? I'm just thinking cantano see Zlatan in sort of the same light,maybe not as bright, but a similar showman that will welcome and grow with the Stage. Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app My thoughts are I'm not convinced he can cut it in the prem at his age. I know he's fit and looks after himself though. If the price is right then I suppose why not give it a go... I read that Zlatan will be asking for £220,000 a week. That's a whole lotta dosh for an 'old man'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieH Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 at the risk of sounding old, i remember when £220k was a transfer fee, not a <deleted> weekly wage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRed Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 at the risk of sounding old, i remember when £220k was a transfer fee, not a <deleted> weekly wage. Do you feel out of touch or would you like me to remind you of Jurgens weekly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Just done 12 weeks of hard graft, now back home to settle down and watch the euro's and the Mourinio show train rolling into town, and having the Abu nation up in arms, he is a winner and will with a few players in and out added to the talent we have to get us back on top again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alfieconn Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 (edited) So it's a 3 year contract with a one year option well the one year option is never going to come into play Edited May 27, 2016 by alfieconn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travel2003 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 So it's a 3 year contract with a one year option well the one year option is never going to come into play Have a feeling you hit the nail on the head there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 This is a good read about our new manager, he will make us title challengers this coming season for sure. http://www.haugstadfootball.net/2012/06/05/the-psychology-behind-jose-mourinho/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 This is a good read about our new manager, he will make us title challengers this coming season for sure. http://www.haugstadfootball.net/2012/06/05/the-psychology-behind-jose-mourinho/ i may well agree with you, especially if dealings in the transfer market go well but isn't it interesting then to consider how and why he got his man management so totally wrong at Chelsea and in the case of his appalling treatment of Eva Caneiro has yet to, even after months in time to reflect, held his hands up and admitted he was wrong in every way? Does top man management include knocking your players (Matic, for example) in public? In terms of management Ferguson was the best i can think of but i really don't see Mourinho in that ilk. His management at Madrid ended up in failure too with reports of over half the squad wanting/demanding his removal. I don't actually see this happening at United because he'll be rebuilding a squad with his mantra of "my way or the highway" and the new squad will buy into him. But, for how long? To me he's still and always will be a two season manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Maybe what you have said is true, but on the other hand maybe this is his dream job and he will not want to <deleted> up, he seems to get United and will not come out with defeatist statements like Moyes saying we will try and make it hard for them, or Lvg saying our expectations are too high. I like his win at all costs way and sometimes it might be boring but hey I can't get much worse than under Lvg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmine Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 Maybe what you have said is true, but on the other hand maybe this is his dream job and he will not want to <deleted> up, he seems to get United and will not come out with defeatist statements like Moyes saying we will try and make it hard for them, or Lvg saying our expectations are too high. I like his win at all costs way and sometimes it might be boring but hey I can't get much worse than under Lvg. Yes, he certainly has the winners mentality required. No doubt about that. I also think that when a club is winning silverware at the highest level savvy football fans recognize the need for tactics to "do a job" i remember too well the "Spurs way" as it was known. Lose gloriously! Doesn't work in the modern day game. I doubt i'll ever think he was the best choice for the job but i do concede he'll turn you into contenders. The team will be better drilled too. Sometimes i watched United last season and at times it looked like the players didn't understand what they were supposed to be doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangrakBob Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 by the time he rebuilds looks like he'll be off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bredbury Blue Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 If I was a ManU fan I'd be very happy and optimistic following his appointment. LvG left the team in better shape than he found them. I have no doubt Maureen will move LvG team forwatd and they will be top 4 next season and a better team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rijit Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 ^^ like the 'good.shape' he left chelsea in Sent from my GT-I9000 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bredbury Blue Posted May 30, 2016 Share Posted May 30, 2016 ^Like the trophies he won for just about every team he's managed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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