Tony Montana wrote:
Mirth wrote:
Since when does the league cup count for anything? It's literally padding. And sure, they won the Europa cup - once they realised that they'd finish lower in the league than van Gaal in the previous season.
Mourinho's done better this season but most of the attackers that he relies on right now i.e. Rashford and Martial are the ones van Gaal got through.
Mourinho is probably a safer pair of hands since van Gaal was a nutjob but there's really no massive gap in class since Mourinho's just spent another 500m on the team van Gaal had. Finishing 2nd/3rd doesn't sound that impressive - particularly since he's still absolutely miles behind City.
LVG spent his millions on the wrong players. Mourinho did what he had to do. He's failed overall but by pure output he's done better. It's not like he's not gonna use Rashford and Martial to prove he can do it without them.Â
I think people use exaggerated arguments when they don't need to.
Mourinho has been underwhelming given United's ambitions and size and his team played poorly in the Sevilla tie. They weren't defensive necessarily. They were just poor. He's not always defensive when he loses.Â
When Arsenal lose its not just because Wenger only focuses on attack. Our attack and defence are poor.
If we're being honest, United's transfer policy has been shocking regardless of manager for most of this decade. They've wasted so much money it's untrue.
But yeah, if you're going to go for pure 'output' without any sort of context then there's little point discussing the circumstances behind both managers so this is where I'll leave it.
Edit: also - United aren't only defensive when they lose, they've been overly cautious right through the season and over both legs of this CL tie. Even their fans acknowledge that.
