Tunnel bust-up after derby

[Didsbury Dave]

I've always thought you a very smart man, this all but confirms it

One of the things I thought was truly ludicrous about it is this. There is no doubt that this kind of “them v us” incident is exactly the sort of thing that actually promotes team spirit. Many of us have been in team situations and got into scrapes,and when you get each other out of those scrapes it helps the team.

That team spirit is something we have but it wasn’t hugely notable last season. We have shown it in recent weeks eg the way everyone celebrated Raheem’s winner against Soton, but the stronger that bond between the players is, the better the team is. The cement that holds the team together got stronger on Sunday night, and Mourinho was the reason.

He has in my view scored a colossal own goal.

Totally agree, Chris. Our team spirit is palpable and to stand up to Mourinho on his own manor, and basically tell him to fuck off, is the stuff of Champions.

I read something superb the other day, hidden away in one of the many Guardiola eulogies doing the rounds. It said that Pep shows video clips every Monday morning to Txiki and the board. Instead of illustrating his tactical thinking, he showed one to him the other week of our players after Napoli went a goal up. Apparently the players on the left formed a little group and discussed what was going wrong. The players on the right did exactly the same. And Pep told Txiki that that is what will make this team great (or something to that effect). They are now solving the problems themselves.

I am so fucking proud of them all.

 

[bluelol]

Not sure about that.

Pep talked about the report City have sent to the FA & I thought I heard him say something like what happened "cannot happen again". Could have misheard but it sounded like that to me.

Mourinho was probably hoping Pep would say nothing happened & he could sweep it under the carpet.

He's guilty, it's obvious.

You could well be spot on Neville and thinking about it Pep did say it cannot happen again. The whole thing is a sham and a diversion tactic for me from a man who reliably unreliable mentally and thinks he gets away with what he does under the heading, Cunning. One very sad individual. Chris of London may have summed it up Neville with the comment-----He has in my view scored a colossal own goal.

 

[SilverFox2]

“Diversity of education”

Fucking prick.

Could be right because Pep gave him a football lesson so perhaps it is his way of admitting his education is inferior to Pep´s.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

nice dig at wenger

The voyeur has got in on the act naturally. North London's answer to Norris Cole. "I was not there. I didn't see it" (not that he would have seen it if he had been there of course). Then he goes on to say all teams do it on occasions and that we should be more like Sumo Wrestling.

I'd say Herrera's already half-way to being more like a Sumo Wrestler.

The MUEN are desperately reporting his comments as "Wenger condemns City celebrations".

 

[BlueAnorak]

Duncan Castles bit ;-)

Magnificent. Especially the pop at Castles.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Respect after saying we scored two disgraceful goals ?

 

[pudge]

Pure Jose manufactured deflection tactics and the media have as he knew sucked it up.

I think this time it's gone beyond his natural deflecting tactics. I think the result, the manner of defeat and the 11 point gap has broken him.

There's sly little digs and mind games and then there's the raw frustration he's shown imo.

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

The voyeur has got in on the act naturally. North London's answer to Norris Cole. "I was not there. I didn't see it" (not that he would have seen it if he had been there of course). Then he goes on to say all teams do it on occasions and that we should be more like Sumo Wrestling.

I'd say Herrera's already half-way to being more like a Sumo Wrestler.

The MUEN are desperately reporting his comments as "Wenger condemns City celebrations".

yhp, and then Pep replies in his press conference "when Arsenal beat United they celebrate", of all the teams to choose to refer to, especially considering Arsenal didn't beat the rags :).

 

[kaz7]

Respect after saying we scored two disgraceful goals ?

that was a weird thing to say even for him,he can't claim the language barrier any more now either

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

Totally agree, Chris. Our team spirit is palpable and to stand up to Mourinho on his own manor, and basically tell him to fuck off, is the stuff of Champions.

I read something superb the other day, hidden away in one of the many Guardiola eulogies doing the rounds. It said that Pep shows video clips every Monday morning to Txiki and the board. Instead of illustrating his tactical thinking, he showed one to him the other week of our players after Napoli went a goal up. Apparently the players on the left formed a little group and discussed what was going wrong. The players on the right did exactly the same. And Pep told Txiki that that is what will make this team great (or something to that effect). They are now solving the problems themselves.

I am so fucking proud of them all.

now the concern has to be, can we feed this as a culture throughout the club, and how do we maintain this once Pep goes? We've seen at Bayern and Barca, once Pep goes, the team declines and the club's decision-making and ethos also changes for the worse.