The reds are hitting their lowest under Jose Mourinho’s reign (his glorious third season) and there is no stopping. Their winless run at OT goes back to the first week of this Premier League season. Despite having a better squad then their opponents they have lost two of their three games and drawn one. Things went bad to worse when Frank Lampard’s Derby County kick the Reds out of EFL cup on penalties at Old Trafford. (Lampard celebrating at OT with the away fans was like a bullet hitting right on the chest)
Media soon started spreading rumours about Jose getting sacked at the end of the week but the Glazers showed full support saying that they believe Jose can get things back in control. Meanwhile, Jose Mourinho is on worst run of his career, failing to win any of the last four games at home setting Jose’s new record for the longest run without a home win. The last time they went four games without a home win was in 2015-2016 under manager Louis Van Gaal.
My face when I watch United play.
It looks like Jose doesn’t have the dressing room under control, he has lost the players especially after he criticised them openly in front of the media claiming they lack the quality to build the play up from the back.
There were strong rumours about the bitter relationship between the ex-vice cap and the boss but Jose has constantly denied but due to recent events, the media and the fans got a better picture of how messed up things have gone.
Fellaini, on the other hand, thinks that the manager has the teams support.
“Everyone is going in the same direction to try to improve and to do better,” he said, “I think we wanted to show that we are together”
“I think everybody is behind the manager. We have to do our best and to do our job. We showed it but we have to do better on Saturday (for the game against Newcastle)
It is believed that Mourinho ranted out at players before the Champions League game against Valencia, the meeting which was supposed to last for just 20 minutes went on for 45 minutes. The hotel staff could hear Jose’s loud frustrated voice.
After United lost 3-1 against West Ham Mourinho had a go at the players “some cared more than others” which did not go well with the fans and Ex-United player Paul Scholes. He said “I’m sat here surprised he’s coming out in press conferences, having a go at players, people above him. I think his mouth is out of control and its embarrassing the club.”
“He has no idea what his best team is, he has no idea what his best system is, and this is after over two years.”
Whereas Roy Keane ranted about the “crybabies” in the club.
“There’s a lot of crybabies out there, if you’re a footballer for Manchester United, you put that jersey on, you walk out and you don’t give 100% because you might be upset with somebody then good luck Mourinho with that stuff.”
United great Ryan Giggs backed the manager warning United against sacking Mourinho
“They’re going through a tough time but change now and they’ll be in the same position in a year or so without him”
“I believe he should keep his job and I think the problem of late has been forward planning. So just take stock, they’re going through a tough time but my stance hasn’t changed.”
It’s difficult to say who should stay and who should go but one thing is for sure if the players are not willing to play well just cause they have too much ego with the manager then there’s a serious problem in the club. And with the bad team performance there’s a sword looming over Mourinho’s head, he has to figure things out and get the team stable.
According to you what’s the biggest issue going on at the club right now?
United play Newcastle tomorrow and its gonna be a difficult game, but hoping United will grab a win this time.
“We expect a difficult match against Newcastle,” says the boss who refused to talk for more than 4 minutes. “They are a team that is always very organised and their manager is always very well organised on his analysis of his opponents.”
United vs Newcastle 6th October (10:00 IST)
