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[POST MATCH THREAD] Jose Mourinho introduction conference (self.reddevils)

spoofexKing Cantona[M] が 投稿 - announcement

Bloody hell!

Talking points:

  • Rooney will not play in central midfield under Mou.

  • Mhikitaryan pretty much confirmed (much to the displeasure of Louise the Press Officer!).

  • A 4th signing is intended. No hints at to who, but he did say it was a 4th position. Central mid maybe?

  • No players out discussed, though he alluded that if offers come in that will soon change.

  • Ryan Giggs chose to leave of his own accord. He wanted the big job, and has chosen to go and get involved. Mourinho called him 'Brave and Honest'. He is also welcomed back if he needs to come back.

  • Top 4 is not a target. He wants to win!

Notable Quotes:

  • "I am where I want to be. I am a bit frustrated I am not in the Champions League. I am frustrated that I can't continue the chase for Sir Alex's records. Man United is a Champions League club. In July 2017, instead of waiting for Europa League draw, we have to make sure the club is where it should be."

  • BBC ask what is the aim? To compete or to win? "I was never very good hiding behind words and philosophies. I never tried to be good at that. I was always much more aggressive in my approach, and take the risks that can bring. It would be easy to focus on the past three years, but it would be pragmatic to say lets get back to the Champions League. I am not good at that, I am more aggressive, and to be more aggressive is to say We want to win."

  • "I suspect one of you will ask about style of play. I can anticipate that by saying; you can win a short competition or a couple of matches, but you cannot win a league not playing. To win you need to score more than the opponent, to give everything, to make the fans proud. It is an aggressive approach, but it is how I want to be. I want to score goals, I want to not concede goals, I want fans behind us in the last 10 minutes if we're holding on."

  • Jose: "We have 2 or 3 confirmed now?", Louise: "2", Jose: "We have 3 (laughter). When we have the 4th, I will breathe, and we will do this before August 31st. I also want to keep happy players."

  • " I like specialists more than multi-functioned players. I like one or two of those, as you need one or two guys who can fill the problems in a season, but I like specialists more."

  • (On Rooney): "There are many jobs on the field, the most difficult is the guy who puts the ball in the net. It is normal that a player at this age changes. The natural appetite changes. Maybe his not a striker anymore, or a natural 9, but for me he is never a number 6. He is there to put the ball in the net. He will be a 9, a 10 or a 9 and a half. But not a 6 or an 8."

  • "You know how many youth team players I have promoted to a first team? 49....49....49 players from the academies of my clubs."

Match Thread as it happened: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/comments/4rbwu4/jose_mourinho_press_conference/

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[–]PX44 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

'I am more a manager that likes specialists rather than multi-functional players because I am clear in my approach. Multi-functional players – you need one or two if you have three central defenders injured. But, basically, I want specialists.'

Thank fuck for that to be honest. LVG's signings were usually big multi taskers, but I just felt like after signing so many players, we still hadn't really sorted out those positions on some level. If you need a CB, man go buy a CB, don't buy a DM that can also play LB and CB or whatever. Just buy a CB.

[–]lazyassedartistTier -1 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lads I posted a positive quote about Mourinho on /r/soccer let's see how it does yeah

[–]MalforianJose Mourinho 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

The salt is real in /soccer by arsenal fans.... love it

[–]yiyiyiyiHerrera 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Great press conference. No bullshit and said all the right things. Feeling a lot happier about Mourinho now.

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lots of dotted i and crossed t's. But the no bullshit answers about Rooney and Giggs surprised me (pleasantly).

[–]pradeepkanchan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

*Top 4 is not a target. He wants to win!

Thats the attitude adjustment needed. Aiming just for CL qualification, so our Adidas sponsorship isnt harmed, should not be the goal.

[–]hennnyMemphis 7ポイント8ポイント  (3子コメント)

Anyone uploaded the full thing? I missed it as I was in a meeting :(

[–]gavshaky 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFPpCCtMjfA

[–]hennnyMemphis 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You smart. You loyal. I respect that.

[–]youtubefactsbot 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

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[–]viv0102Manchester United 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Best quote of that conference was about Rooney never going to be in midfield and that is he is out there to score goals, added to the quote about him liking specialists. Fuck yes! Finally we get to see the marauding free spirited Rooney that we all fell in love with instead of him being in midfield and Ashley Young as a striker. And the way Zlatan talks about Jose's motivation and how he would go out and kill for him. I feel like we actually made a whole new world class signing in Rooney! BRING ON THE NEW SEASON ALREADY!!!

[–]HaroldGuyJi-Sung Neville 1ポイント2ポイント  (5子コメント)

Just going through the 4th target position wise, assuming we play 4-2-3-1 I doubt it would be GK vs. De Gea, LB vs. Shaw, RW, LW vs. Martial, CF or CAM vs. Rooney. Does another CB count as a different position? I don't really think so.

That leaves RB or one of two CM positions.

Hmmmm

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

It's going to be Central midfield. We've got 2 Right Backs who are both good enough in Darmian and Valencia.

We don't have the creative machine that Mou craves. Pogba could well be on the cards...

[–]HaroldGuyJi-Sung Neville 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep, agreed, I just didn't want to rule anything out, it's silly season for a reason after all :)

[–]IratusTaurusScholes 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

It's absolutely CM. We have 2 solid if not amazing options at RB, but a ton of mediocrity in one of the most important areas of the pitch. I haven't given up on Schneiderlin but there's no way Fellaini, Schweini, Carrick or Herrera are long term World Class at that position.

Not that I think Pogba is the messiah that others do though. He is a great player but has his flaws and is definitely better as one of a 3 than in a holding pair - he's too attack-minded.

[–]digitagCarrick 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Easy to forget he's only 23

[–]HaroldGuyJi-Sung Neville 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yea, I would agree it's 99% a CM, but I never use absolutes in the transfer window, too risky :)

So we've been linked with Pogba and Matuidi, neither of whom's best position is in a 4-2-3-1, but I mean, he made Fabregas work pretty well there and I don't know of anyone else we've been linked with. I do see parallels between Mkhi/Willian and Matuidi/Ramires though, so he might fit Mourinho's plan.

[–]mu_37 5ポイント6ポイント  (4子コメント)

r/soccer are already losing it hahaha

[–]lazyassedartistTier -1 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

So much salt it can rival the Bonneville Speedway

[–]LiamRS24 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

We're hated again. Mourinho has united the ABU's and I couldn't be more fucking delighted.

[–]mu_37 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

loving that every PL fan now thinks Wenger is great after shitting on him all this season,reminds me of how much they loved LVG.

[–]Pedantic_PatFan Favourite David De Gea 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

'Wenger has gracious respect'

Would you absofuckinglutely fuck off lmao

[–]TreayyeCantona 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

That's how you handle your first press conference as manager, it was everything I was expecting and more.

Can't wait for the season to begin now.

The thing about his 4th target was very interesting, all but confirms it that it is true we want Pogba, I thought it was paper talk.

[–]wdtpw 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I thought Jose and LvG were friends, but from this conference it sounded like they didn't get on at all. Lines like "I prefer to forget the last 3 years," "I was never very good hiding behind words and philosophies," seem like digs at LvG.

I mean, it wouldn't have been hard for him to say "I'd also like to thank Louis Van Gaal for the great foundation he left me, with a lot of very good youth players coming through," for example.

[–]deanjokerHerrera 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

There no mention of philosophy and process. Thankful for that ! Haha

[–]Dawnriderdevil 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

He said "I won't hide behind philosophies".

[–]deanjokerHerrera 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Oh shit. Did not notice that. My bad. But there no history lesson about philosophy though. Haha

[–]DerFussballgott 7ポイント8ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rooney will not play in central midfield under Mou.

Got to say it's pretty fucking hilarious that Mou has shut down all the people out there posting in every thread how Rooney's future is there and how good he's been.

Mou literally used one of the responses that's been used often in this sub in response to whenever Rooney at CM gets brought up and it's often brushed aside. Hard to ignore it now when the boss says it.

All in all, nice press conference.

[–]Dawnriderdevil 6ポイント7ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pogba's shirt number confirmed - 49.

[–]arvindedditOnto 21. 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He handled it like a boss. I expected nothing less and wasn't disappointed one bit. Very interesting quotes, especially how clear he was about Rooney's position.

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 25ポイント26ポイント  (7子コメント)

His handling of the Rooney question tells me that Rooney is about to ride the bench.

[–]czarofbizareHerrera 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

And the sit on Rooney brigade begins.

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Rooney is one of the greatest players we've ever had.

But listening to the way he answered that suggests that he is a rotation option. You don't sign Ibrahimovic to sit on the bench, and you don't talk about wanting a specialist and not a utility player in the manner he did, and then come out thinking Rooney is top dog.

[–]lampishthing 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

Or the transfer list.

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

Doubt it. The guy still does a job.

[–]lampishthing 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I'm thinking he might want out if he doesn't get on with Mou and thinks he won't get game time. Seeing as Mou just laid down the law at the beginning of July I think we're well on the way to fulfilling both of those.

[–]mufcirclejerk 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yep. Looks like a masterstroke to sign Zlatan: Rooney hasn't performed since becoming captain / being the main man / Ferguson's penultimate season. Needs to be out of the limelight and Zlatan can start with Rooney chipping in.

[–]Stalin_Fergie_Mao 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Happy days!

[–]OTownTrillaFoRilla 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Looks like Juan is guan

[–]KittensAreEvil 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Loved the cheeky dig at having a philosophy. Hope I never hear that word again.

[–]StarLordOMTHerrera 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Love that he didn't know which players had been confirmed or not.

[–]RK79Van Persie 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Good job /u/spoofex! Couldn't watch it live, just waiting for a replay now

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Was casually watching it on a stream at work. Working in a place that doesn't give a fuck is the best sometimes!

[–]RK79Van Persie 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Lucky bastard! I followed the thread, you did very well, thanks! I need to watch it in full now

[–]SGrimley 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

/u/spoofex you might want to edit your second last point so people know it's regarding Rooney!

[–]Lost_And_NotFoundJones 4ポイント5ポイント  (3子コメント)

Anyone got a video?

Edit: https://youtu.be/oFPpCCtMjfA

[–]saynizz 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

I feel like I'm waiting for match of the day- skimmed past this round up trying not to look and hoping for the full vid. Don't wanna hear the scores without seeing the action

let me know if you find a source

[–]Lost_And_NotFoundJones 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Same don't want to read all the stuff that happened just watch it myself! Someone on /r/footballhighlights said they'd have it up in 90 minutes.

[–]saynizz 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

haaa i'm gonna duck out to avoid spoilers

[–]TheGhostOfBabyOscarClub & Country 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The thing that stood out for me was how sure of his vision for the club he seems to be. How calm and determined he is. There is no hesitation whatsoever. It feels like he's right at home, where he should be.

[–]pearlz176The Ginger Prince 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Top 4 is not a target. He wants to win!

This is what gets me the most excited!

[–]JeepoUKDe Gea 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Link to the recording?

[–]MalforianJose Mourinho 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Glad to hear he wants specialists and it ends Rooney in midfield , can not wait to see our first lineup

[–]IratusTaurusScholes 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I really hope he manages to turn Rooney back into the player he was constantly chasing while he was Chelsea manager. If Rooney doesn't improve though, I hope he has the power to get rid of him so the club can move on and find another focal point.

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Pretty much confirmed that players like Blind, Rojo, Mata, Young and Valencia all might be up for the chopping block. He'll probably keep Blind, but the rest must be keeping eyes out for deals elsewhere now.

[–]IratusTaurusScholes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I don't think Valencia is included in that actually, he's hardly versatile at this point. He's not good enough to play on the wing, but showed just about enough defensive ability last year that combined with his workrate he can do a decent job at fullback.

The others are going to struggle to get minutes this year though.

[–]EnragedScrotum 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

What impressed me most was his demeanour and body language. He just seemed so relax and on top of things, even his lack of a suit was just another way of him saying this doesn't faze him. He doesn't need to impress the press, he's gonna let his work do the talking.

[–]Silver060Martial 1ポイント2ポイント  (4子コメント)

Anyone know when this erection will go away? /s

[–]92Grapes 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

here you go pal THIS normally works for me.

[–]tallmotherfuckerShaw 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

the scouse Cafu

[–]92Grapes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

More like Ian Dowie and sloth from the goonies retarded love child.

[–]CalimariaeSolskjaer 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Tighten your glutes or think about your girlfriend.

[–]Zalenkroos 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Anyone got some sauce?

[–]CalimariaeSolskjaer 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I thought Jose played very well; made some important tackles and scored a couple of nice burns. He looked especially sharp in the last couple of minutes of stoppage time.

But let's not forget that the opposition was very weak. It will be interesting to see how well he does next season against Champions League opposition journalists.

[–]is-an-antRooney 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

this is exactly the mentality you must have to manage Manchester United! so glad this man is our manager :')

[–]MalforianJose Mourinho 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Well you can't say he holds back, Giggs take note

[–]legojs 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

49 = # of youngsters Jose promoted 49 = Joe Reily's number Joe Reily playing 1st team regularly confirmed?

[–]cmf_ansValencia 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

For those asking if Lonzano is the fourth target, he said 4 positions (not players) where we need balance. He's not gonna bring in another winger and call it a day.

[–]agumon424Scholes 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Handled like a Boss!!

[–]braddf96Gig..Januzaj 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

This is gonna be a fun few years with Mou at the top

[–]GGMU1992Jose Mourinho 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

Jose just completely demolished Arsenal Football Club with one line.

[–]vjunitedRooney 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

which?

[–]Skeuomorphic_Martial 3ポイント4ポイント  (0子コメント)

I think it was directed to Wenger

There are some managers that the last time they won a title was 10 years ago. I won a title a year ago.

[–]CooldownReductionMartial 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Old Trafford is going to be a fortress again!

[–]MisterCroyleVidic 5ポイント6ポイント  (2子コメント)

Can we get a #49 flair?

[–]ballsywallsyBerbalove 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

/u/pairidaeza, our resident flair-maker, summoned.

[–]Entrepreneur_GirlJosé Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

PLEASE

[–]SHOW_ME_YOUR_TIDDIES 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

He dealt with all them questions so well. I'm so fucking excited I haven't done a think today just waiting for this press conference and now I'm more excited than ever

[–]TheReplacerUnited We Stand 4ポイント5ポイント  (1子コメント)

After having to listen to LvG press conferences for so long. It was nice to hear a normal one for once.

[–]BigassbirdRobson -3ポイント-2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It wasn't a normal one. It was a Special One.

Sorry.

[–]I_WILL_NEVER_RUSTdoubted Martial 8ポイント9ポイント  (0子コメント)

49

[–]GGMU1992Jose Mourinho 12ポイント13ポイント  (2子コメント)

The press conference was more exciting than the last 3 years of football combined.

[–]GourangaPlusPlusPartial to Martial 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Anyone know where to find it online?

[–]Mkhitargaryen 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Pogba hype

fucking confirmed lads

[–]manudevil7Beckham 12ポイント13ポイント  (3子コメント)

Please, please let the fourth target be Pogba.

#BringPogbaHome

[–]yuuske69 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

Interesting how he said "when" and not "if". He's that confident on getting that fourth player (also hoping for Pogba).

[–]Rolling_TomassiShaw 9ポイント10ポイント  (1子コメント)

Well he will get a CM. Whether it's Pogba or not is yet to be seen.

That's what I took from it.

[–]Entrepreneur_GirlJosé Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix 7ポイント8ポイント  (3子コメント)

49 players he has promoted. Let's never forget that.

[–]vulgargooseThe Devil Is Red 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The North West remembers

[–]lampishthing 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Can anybody name some?

[–]spoofexKing Cantona[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Good spot!

[–]Pedantic_PatFan Favourite David De Gea 23ポイント24ポイント  (7子コメント)

  • Handled every single question like a boss

  • Intelligent, humble yet confident, seems extremely well thought out.

  • His answer to the Pep question just made absolute bits of what Pep said yesterday. Subtly highlighting how much more ITK he is about the prem, while making everything he's done in the past excusable as a by-product of media storylines, league shortcomings etc.

  • Has clearly planned out the squad and wants to act fast on players. 4 in, will look at squad in pre-season, then 1 or 2 more in late July early August.

Edit Aaaaaaand /r/soccer is already completely misconstruing his words. Ho-ly shit are we in for a season

[–]ChickenAllDayEvryDayBlind 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

I was a bit worried when he said about only liking specialist players, as someone who's a massive fan of Daley Blind I really hope we keep him.

[–]Pedantic_PatFan Favourite David De Gea 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

He said he needs 2 or 3 'multi' players.

Blind I would imagine, and possibly Rojo & Mkhi. It's actually nothing different than we'd expect. We had very few in 1999 and 2008 bar the likes of a JOS

[–]aahanscoolThe Trinity 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

What was the dig at pep? Didn't watch the steam only was able to read the thread.

[–]Pedantic_PatFan Favourite David De Gea 3ポイント4ポイント  (2子コメント)

He specifically didn't dig at him, saying the PL can be won by anyone, unlike back when it was Madrid Barca.

Pep yesterday threw a dig at us unprovoked, Jose came out looking much wiser imo

[–]aahanscoolThe Trinity 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Sorry again but what was Pep's unprovoked dig?

[–]Pedantic_PatFan Favourite David De Gea 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

That City have to qualify for the CL but it's better than United, who aren't in it