United thread 2015/16

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How long is the love in on Sky Sports News? 9 minutes since the o'clock and it's not slowing down.
 
Bit of a savaging
Matthew Norman, Independent

While the next Premier League season promises to be unusually riveting for followers of football, it may be even more so for students of psychoanalysis.

Jose Mourinho is back, nominally to manage Manchester United, but also and more intriguingly to address a time honoured conundrum about the human experience: are we truly capable of fundamental change, or are we inescapably shackled to patterns of behaviour that will inevitably repeat themselves?

The pattern that has defined the Portuguese’s remarkable career is wearyingly familiar...

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http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...at-the-top-heres-what-to-expect-a7046791.html
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Silva_Spell said:
Bit of a savaging
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The writer must be a blue .

Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader is one analogy this rivalry brings to mind, and Jesus vs Satan another, though one writer more accurately compares it with Sherlock Homles and Professor Moriarty. If these two are destined to go to the Reichenbach Falls, please God the Spaniard in the deerstalker is the survivor come next May when they’re handing out the Premier League trophy.
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stony said:
The writer must be a blue .
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This is one of the more intriguing qualities of the two managerial appointments for me as there's an element of role reversal. Since 2008, we've been cast in the role of pantomime villain by the press and as everything that's wrong with football whilst the rags can do no wrong.

And yet, over the last few years, Guardiola and Mourinho's respective behaviours both as coaches and men have shown themselves to be light and darkness. At one time I'd have put money on our press re-writing their histories to ensure the manager reflects the media profile of the clubs. Now I'm not so sure it's in their interests to do so. The question for me, is how long can the leopard hide his spots ?
 
Wreckless Alec said:
This is one of the more intriguing qualities of the two managerial appointments for me as there's an element of role reversal. Since 2008, we've been cast in the role of pantomime villain by the press and as everything that's wrong with football whilst the rags can do no wrong.

And yet, over the last few years, Guardiola and Mourinho's respective behaviours both as coaches and men have shown themselves to be light and darkness. At one time I'd have put money on our press re-writing their histories to ensure the manager reflects the media profile of the clubs. Now I'm not so sure it's in their interests to do so. The question for me, is how long can the leopard hide his spots ?
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It's going to be very interesting to see how it all pans out. Like you I would have thought that we would be portrayed as the bad guys, and we still are with certain journos already dining on Portuguese arse. I think the fact that some are actually breaking rank and denouncing Mourinho for what he really is, is more to the fact that they have had enough of him rather than holding any love for us.
Whatever happens, just by appointing him the rags have lost a lot credibility. If they start spouting off about the United way I get the feeling there are more than a few in the media who are waiting to put them right.
 
Caught the end of the silent ginger pig last night on TV seemed to be bigging up PEG and saying what a great raggy type move it was .......and there was me thinking he was the family man's media outlet when the turtle was in town.


Rats and twats the lot of them.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
Caught the end of the silent ginger pig last night on TV seemed to be bigging up PEG and saying what a great raggy type move it was .......and there was me thinking he was the family man's media outlet when the turtle was in town.


Rats and twats the lot of them.
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Scholes' opening words to that interview, and I quote, were: "I know, and we're not stupid enough to know, that it's only going to be one two years at the most...."

The man is a clinical moron.

As to Schmeichel, apparently Ibrahomivic was "born to play for Manchester United". Do you think he realises how ridiculous that sounds, but simply doesn't care because of what he's getting paid to say it, or does he actually believe it? I'm not sure which is worse tbh.

I only hope that in 20 years, our former players aren't boring the wider footballing world (and making themselves look like utter cunts) pontificating about some mythical "City way". Part of me would die inside if that ever happened.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Scholes' opening words to that interview, and I quote, were: "I know, and we're not stupid enough to know, that it's only going to be one two years at the most...."

The man is a clinical moron.

As to Schmeichel, apparently Ibrahomivic was "born to play for Manchester United". Do you think he realises how ridiculous that sounds, but simply doesn't care because of what he's getting paid to say it, or does he actually believe it? I'm not sure which is worse tbh.

I only hope that in 20 years, our former players aren't boring the wider footballing world (and making themselves look like utter cunts) pontificating about some mythical "City way". Part of me would die inside if that ever happened.
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To be fair, you're opening gambits are a tad like that.

They're like North Koreans - completely indoctrinated. They actually believe what they say; tragic really.
 
It's insane how much coverage this bollocks is getting.

I've just counted 10 separate JM Man U articles IN A ROW on the SSN app! WTF!
 
HolisticJim said:
It's insane how much coverage this bollocks is getting.
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Wait till they remember that they won the FA Cup less than a week ago, they did, but you probably haven't noticed as I don't think it ever made the back pages, I'm sure he'll somehow get praise for that as well. Perhaps they can have a belated open top bus parade, or just do one because of mourinho.
 
Blaming not having an open top parade with the FA cup on the Great Manchester Run... Just do it another day surely, or actually have it in their home town and not Manchester.
Ive a sneaky feeling the powers that be at united knew the turn out would be embarrassing
 
Desperate move by United, they've sacrificed their 2 greatest principles (or at least those that they have droned on about for the last 3 years) - attacking football and young players.

And we have been criticised for lacking a club culture and structure...

Mourinho is currently bigger than the club.
 
mansour's tow ropes said:
Desperate move by United, they've sacrificed their 2 greatest principles (or at least those that they have droned on about for the last 3 years) - attacking football and young players.

And we have been criticised for lacking a club culture and structure...

Mourinho is currently bigger than the club.
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Three??!!
 
mansour's tow ropes said:
Desperate move by United, they've sacrificed their 2 greatest principles (or at least those that they have droned on about for the last 3 years) - attacking football and young players.

And we have been criticised for lacking a club culture and structure...

Mourinho is currently bigger than the club.
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Theatrics, sackings and touchline rows. He's news alright. He used to make the news for his teams winning trophies.
 
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