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Mourinho has proved most fans wrong (self.reddevils)

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With latest Shaw's accusations, it made me realise something which most of us have misjudged in this season.

(1) We were angry at Mourinho for not starting Mkhi earlier in the season, but a slow integration turned out to be better. Mourinho was actually protecting him.

(2) We were angry and confused at Martial being dropped, but it made Martial's defensive work better and made him attempt more dribbles.

(3) We were angry at Martial not playing as a striker, but there was one game where Martial was the lone striker and he struggled beyond belief to hold the ball up and make simple passes.

(4) We were complaining as to why Rashford did not start games as a striker. To be honest, Rashford hasn't taken his chances in recent games to prove Mourinho wrong. Rashford currently is suited for wing play.

(5) Many complained (including myself) as to why Pogba and Zlatan never got dropped. Now we realise how much of a difference their quality makes. We don't look as clueless as we did against West Brom with them in the team.

(6) We moaned about Fellaini starting, but he has actually been a decent player as time progressed.

This list keeps going on, the point i'm making is that Mourinho does know what he is doing. He clearly said that we need signings to take us to the next level. West Brom scored 3 against Arsenal, and yet we didn't even have to defend.

I'm sorta glad that we have faced these difficult scenarios within the first season with Mourinho, because I think it will make us much more stronger for the next season. Could it possibly get worse than drawing this many home games, being in many competitions and injuries during the worst time possible? I won't be surprised if we sign 2 strikers tbh.

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[–]mrpiggywinkles52Herrera 5 ポイント6 ポイント  (0子コメント)

on 3, Martial was clearly instructed to play like Zlatan rather than as he would normally so it isn't entirely his fault.

Also on 5 theres times when Zlatan or Pogba should be subbed off, like Pogba against Liverpool or Zlatan against Bournemouth where it is clear that they aren't going to have an impact, nobody should be unsubbable.

[–]yiyiyiyiPogba 4 ポイント5 ポイント  (1子コメント)

  1. We have no idea if a slow integration turned out better or not because we've only seen one happen. I'm skeptical that a near world class player in the prime of his career needed to sit on the bench for half the season to get ready, but we don't have enough evidence either way.
  2. I'd agree that Martial has conformed somewhat to Mourinho's demands, but the question has to be to what cost? He doesn't seem to have the same attacking prowess.
  3. One game doesn't really prove anything. Also, the team has played one way, the Zlatan way, all season then it might not be well prepared for a sudden switch.
  4. I thought Rashford played well against Chelsea and Boro, didn't play well against West Brom. He didn't score which is a fair criticism. And it was Mourinho, not Rashford, who decided to give up on attacking against Chelsea.
  5. Agree, especially on Pogba.
  6. Fellaini is fine for the odd game but not good enough if we actually want to win the PL.

[–]spimjim12 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

  1. Fellaini is fine for the odd game but not good enough if we actually want to win the PL.

This. If players like Fellaini, Darmian, etc are important players for our team, then we have not progressed at all in the past few years.

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

I hate how obsessed we are about our manager.

[–]emtheory09Herrera 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (0子コメント)

The one moment I turned the corner on Mourinho (I had initially not wanted him at United, after all his exploits at Chelsea) was when he gracefully phased Rooney of the starting 11. No drama, from within or outside of the club, it just happened.