One of the good things about Jose’s reign is that in addition to us back in the trophy winning swing of things, we’re very hard to beat.
Since losing to Fenerbahce almost a year ago we’ve lost just the 5 games.
Hull away in the league cup - we’d pretty much won the tie in the first leg
Chelsea in the FA cup - all the talk around the game was that Jose wasn’t too fussed about the game and we weren’t too sad we lost
Arsenal away in the league - a game where Jose was smiling in the interview after we lost as we had much bigger fish to fry afterwards in the semis of the Europa
Spurs away in the league - same as above.
Real in the Super cup/glorified friendly
On Saturday we were boring but I never felt we would lose. And I can’t see us losing many games at all this season. But the difference between this and last is that more often than not we’re winning games.
Under Moyes and LVG as obvious as it sounds, we lost far too many games. In Moyes’ season we lost 12 times in the league and in LVGs last one we lost 10. I’d be surprised if we lost more than 3 this year.
We’re not quite SAF amazing season class but learning not to lose is a great starting point. We certainly have the best defence. A very good foundation to work off.
Hard to beat
posted on 17/10/17
comment by Robb Plissken 🎬⚽️⭐️ (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dunc (U11713)
posted 16 seconds ago
while I appreciate the differences Mourinho has made, he really shouldn't be setting up against teams like that regardless of who they are.
I'd rather 1 win out of 3 and two defeats whilst at least showing some flair than 3 draws
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I just don’t think he likes losing which is a good habit to have
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maybe not, but how long before the fans start to get on his back with his negative style, and then we are left with the "unloved" jose which isn't a good one to have.
posted on 17/10/17
comment by Dunc (U11713)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
comment by Robb Plissken 🎬⚽️⭐️ (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dunc (U11713)
posted 16 seconds ago
while I appreciate the differences Mourinho has made, he really shouldn't be setting up against teams like that regardless of who they are.
I'd rather 1 win out of 3 and two defeats whilst at least showing some flair than 3 draws
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I just don’t think he likes losing which is a good habit to have
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maybe not, but how long before the fans start to get on his back with his negative style, and then we are left with the "unloved" jose which isn't a good one to have.
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I think we’ll only see gmes like this 3/4 times a season in the league
In Europe it’s a pretty good tactic away from home so can’t see people being too upset
posted on 17/10/17
Jose parked the bus at Southampton lolz
posted on 17/10/17
Chelsea in the FA cup - all the talk around the game was that Jose wasn’t too fussed about the game and we weren’t too sad we lost
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You don’t believe this, Robb.
posted on 17/10/17
comment by Robb Plissken 🎬⚽️⭐️ (U21234)
posted 5 hours, 43 minutes ago
comment by Dunc (U11713)
posted 1 hour, 32 minutes ago
comment by Robb Plissken 🎬⚽️⭐️ (U21234)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Dunc (U11713)
posted 16 seconds ago
while I appreciate the differences Mourinho has made, he really shouldn't be setting up against teams like that regardless of who they are.
I'd rather 1 win out of 3 and two defeats whilst at least showing some flair than 3 draws
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I just don’t think he likes losing which is a good habit to have
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maybe not, but how long before the fans start to get on his back with his negative style, and then we are left with the "unloved" jose which isn't a good one to have.
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I think we’ll only see gmes like this 3/4 times a season in the league
In Europe it’s a pretty good tactic away from home so can’t see people being too upset
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Not really, away goals are pretty valuable.
posted on 17/10/17
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 3 hours, 5 minutes ago
Chelsea in the FA cup - all the talk around the game was that Jose wasn’t too fussed about the game and we weren’t too sad we lost
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You don’t believe this, Robb.
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Of course he does
posted on 17/10/17
Please Robb you don't seriously believe that Chelsea were shattered after the madrid game...Come on they played in Spain on a Wednesday a nice comfortable 2 hr flight back Thursday, Friday, light training and a Home match at 5.30 pm Saturday evening. Now compare?
City play a match in Holland a nice comfortable 1 hour flight back on a Wednesday night. Light training Thursday & Friday. Travel down to Watford For A Saturday LUNCHTIME fixture & win 6-0 away. No where was there a mention of injustice or tired excuses.. No way were City lucky against Chelsea we played exceptionally well & nullified Chelsea's threat & it was absolutely nothing to do with tiredness.
posted on 17/10/17
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 3 hours, 26 minutes ago
Chelsea in the FA cup - all the talk around the game was that Jose wasn’t too fussed about the game and we weren’t too sad we lost
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You don’t believe this, Robb.
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posted on 17/10/17
comment by The Lambeau Leap (U21050)
posted 3 hours, 27 minutes ago
Chelsea in the FA cup - all the talk around the game was that Jose wasn’t too fussed about the game and we weren’t too sad we lost
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You don’t believe this, Robb.
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Don’t you remember at the time that people saw a huge potential fixture pile up and the Fa Cup was the least important of the three competitions
Here is Gary Neville saying we might not take it that seriously
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4305856/amp/Man-Utd-sacrifice-FA-Cup-clash-Chelsea-Neville.html
Obviously Jose didn’t try to lose but I doubt he was gutted after the game at all. Especially when an FA cup semi final would be played between the quarter or semi legs of the Europa
posted on 22/10/17
Robb see what happens Robb I would be happy if we only lost another 8 games in all competitions but drew a lot less then last season.