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The thing that has impressed me most about Mourinho (self.reddevils)

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Hi guys, I'm on a break so wanted to get some thoughts out there that have been on my mind :)

The last game vs Middlesbrough I was incredibly worried beforehand. So many leaders missing in the team, such an important game, and to top it off Mkhi was on the bench, it was pretty bad.

Probably the most 'Mourinho' or 'old Mourinho' type win I've seen since he became manager. Our teams lack of players was probably the reason we went so defensive towards the end, but something else really impressed me which the the way the other players took up the mantle and realised "we need to make some shit happen here". I believe Mourinho's man management is playing a huge part in this.

We know he has asked more from other players to help Zlatan. Lingard stepped up vs Middlesbrough and I think the confidence he will get and the message it sends out to the rest of the team is all a result of great man management.

We have some great players that aren't afraid to take the game into their hands, but the manager is giving them ALL great confidence to believe they can actually do that.

Mourinho's actions in the market have so far been nothing sort of superb so far, buying a top centre forward leader, convincing our prodigy midfielder to return, a new solid CB which no-one really expected, and fucking Mkhitaryan who looks like he could be the best player in the EPL one day, but the way he is managing the players, giving them confidence I think is the key.

Looking back to last season under LVG, there is a debate to whether or not our squad was good enough, whether we had the right players. I would argue that despite not having the most balanced team, we were still not getting anywhere near 100% efficiency out of that team, and I think that was also down to man management and treatment of players, here is why.

You look at some of those players now that we have let go under LVG, Di Maria/Falcao/Hernandez/Schneiderlin even Memphis are actually playing well, hell, even our youth product Micheal Keane is now playing brilliantly at Burnley and top clubs and sniffing, which LVG sold after the 4-0 to MK Dons and could well come back to haunt us. In fact, so many players struggled under the strictness and style of LVG.

You look at a couple of those players now that were not good under LVG, Herrera/Rojo. They have been totally changed under Mourinho, the way he has handled these players.

In my opinion, Mourinho being Mourinho is what is the best about Mourinho. His way of dealing with people individually for what he calls 'the evolution of the team' is what is impressing me most, as it is giving players belief not just in themselves but also Mourinho, they want to fight for him, which is vital. Sir Alex was one of the best if not the best ever manager at doing this.

Thanks for listening :)

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

I agree I think the mentality of the players has changed. We've started to play as a team and you can actually see the want to win shining through the players.

Mourinho's signings have also made a key impact in creating competition for places. We're now seeing a lot of players who most thought they were done and dusted, actually become revitalized under Mou for example Fellaini, Young, Jones, Rojo etc. because they are battling for their place in the team.

I still think the players need some work, but it's looking very promising for next season.

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

I think the best thing about Mou is his ability to grind out results in tough situations. He then relies on the quality of his team to get the results that are expected. He has done that to an extent this year, aside from sCity and Chelsea. What hasn't happened is the quality of the team finishing off teams that we should bury. Everyone knows about the draws we've had and that's really what's hurting us at this point.

We'll see what happens the rest of the season but when I get nervous looking at the quality left on our schedule I just remember how good Mou is at grinding out results in tough situations. For me the key is for our players to get the 3 points against teams we should beat easily.

[–]craptionbotMarouane "Imma fuck you up" Fellaini 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

I pretty much agree word for word with you man. The word I'd associate with Mourinho's impact on the team so far is "identity".

For 26 years under Sir Alex Ferguson, we were a team with a certain identity. Everybody hated us. Everybody feared us. We played with our own identity - some gave it labels like the United way, others would call us arrogant, our home at Old Trafford was our fortress, players like Schmeichel, Bruce, Keane, Neville, Scholes, Cantona, McClair, Robson, Rooney, Stam, Vidic, Ferdinand (to name a few) all had leadership qualities and knew EXACTLY how to translate Sir Alex Ferguson's identity onto the football pitch.

In the years since SAF left, we've lost our identity. We lost our leaders, our experienced heads all in one year in Evra, Rio and Vidic as well as the likes of Fletcher and then followed leaders like RVP. The word "transition" is thrown around a lot in football, we weren't in transition, we were undergoing a complete transformation from backroom staff through to the individuals on the pitch.

Compare the squad sheet from last season to the squad Sir Alex played with only a couple of years earlier and it's almost entirely different - some would say SAF has a lot to blame for that in having so many older players, I'd counter that with saying he built systems for success from top to bottom in the club, regardless - we quickly lost "identity".

LVG brought in a team of students - not kids, but players that would follow instruction and act on the pitch with intelligence without the need for him to visit the touchline and make tactical changes. He introduced a flat player structure where there were no real leaders per se, no real identities either - identity was discouraged (see Angel Di Maria, Memphis Depay and how their individual identities decreased into a flat system).

Mourinho knew what we were about, and he wanted to be part of this for so long. He sat in frustration watching United not being United before he was finally given the chance after being overlooked for the role. Now we see players with emerging identities. I can see a future Marcos Rojo, Eric Bailly or Ander Herrera being comfortable as United captain - they now feel like they're part of something rather than an erratic project. United play like United again, Old Trafford feels like a fortress again, the arrogance is returning, Mourinho has reinstated our identity.