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Blue_London said:
Lol didn't Danny alves say Sanchez just didn't understand Barca style of play I remember him definitely not making the impact that was expected.

I was convinced he would fail at arsenal then he turned to a major player
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Lol yup. Selling him made way for MSN
 
Not sure how Jose is gonna turn it around... After losing to a team having a shocker of a season (west ham) a typical United team woulda played like they had a rocket up their ass *pause*, I think its obvious the team aint rocking with Jose and I dont and I dont want us to lose all our star players because of him... If Pogba, Martial, Sanchez and Rashford leave we are a FAR worse side...
 
Argentina and Velez Sarsfield winger Matias Vargas has been tipped as the next Eden Hazard and has given Arsenal a boost by declaring his love for the club, according to the Daily Star.

Vargas, 21, was asked by Argentina TV show La Llave de Gol which team he'd choose between Bayern Munich, Juventus, Real Madrid, PSG or Liverpool. He simply responded: "The Arsenal."

 
Hundredeyes said:
Yall buggin about alexis, that's all Jose n man u lol. Fam was balling at udinese n barca and by the time he went to arsenal he was too good for that bum azz squad lol.
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Wenger got what he needed out of Sanchez - he was already playing shit when we sold him. Face it, Wenger sold Jose a lemon and Jose isn't the guy to get him playing good again.

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dontdiedontkillanyone said:
Wenger got what he needed out of Sanchez - he was already playing shit when we sold him. Face it, Wenger sold Jose a lemon and Jose isn't the guy to get him playing good again.

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LOL That might be, but Wenger wasn't the one that made Sanchez a quality player, fam was already ballin for club n country and was basically a marquee signing for monsieur Wenger like Ozil was.

Jose' s United just ain't shit.
 
Water Ur Seeds said:
Not sure how Jose is gonna turn it around... After losing to a team having a shocker of a season (west ham) a typical United team woulda played like they had a rocket up their ass *pause*, I think its obvious the team aint rocking with Jose and I dont and I dont want us to lose all our star players because of him... If Pogba, Martial, Sanchez and Rashford leave we are a FAR worse side...
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What typical United team? Shits been like this for 6 years fam lol.

Yall United fans still living in the good old days.
 
This sums up the United fan experience at Old Trafford

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/...lencia-jose-mourinho-old-trafford-fear-doubt/

There is a unique mood to be found within the stadium of an underachieving big club. Where usually supporters hurry excitedly through turnstiles in anticipation of being entertained, now they traipse with a sense of dread at what will follow. A jovial smile to the season ticket holders around them is replaced by raised eyebrows, sighs and the repeated rhetorical conjecture of which side will turn up this week. Songs and chants, for so long bellowed to bestow adoration upon heroes and thank them for their excellence, now serve as a desperate urge for them to improve. In such circumstances, the typical question has slowly been twisted: “How many will we win by?” becomes “Will we win?”. Success had indoctrinated Manchester United supporters against the fear of failure. Now fear and doubt is all they have. It pours down from the stands in every sigh and groan that meets a misplaced pass or missed chance, and the boos that rained at full-time.

Tuesday night brought that most unusual of Manchester United occurrences: empty seats. Some at kick off and many more by the time a miserable match had ended. They have been in the post for some time. When a pocket of supporters high up in the East Stand sung in support of Jose Mourinho as he rose from the bench, the tune did not catch on. If not all match-going supporters have fully been converted to Mourinho non-believers, most are firm sceptics. Defensive disorganisation

There was at least a will to improve upon Saturday’s fare, but you will note the damnation with faint praise. Marcus Rashford – United’s best player – snapped at the heels of Cristiano Piccini and hit the bar late on as the central midfield pushed higher and pressed harder than it has in weeks. Mourinho insisted in his programme notes that “every player must be exhausted” at the end of every game. You suspect the manager had seen the miserable sprint statistics from the West Ham defeat.

But – and there is always a but or three with this Manchester United – the defensive disorganisation remains. Michy Batshuayi and Rodrigo Moreno, two failed Premier League strikers, were able to receive the ball to feet and turn far too easily. Antonio Valencia was left helpless at right-back as Rodrigo drifted out wide to create an overlap. It was the visitors who created the clearest openings before the final 15 minutes, even if most were wasted. Most disconcertingly, there is a lack of crispness to United’s passing that has become the club’s new norm. Whilst Valencia fizzed the ball into feet and swept cross-field passes to start counter attacks, the home side played at three-quarter tempo, at best. Players take too many touches and fractions of a second too long to make decisions. After his appointment, Mourinho said he needed time to rid the team of their Louis van Gaal sluggishness. It may remain after he has gone.

In the context of the Champions League group, a draw against Valencia is no disaster. Marcelino’s team were soundly beaten at home by Juventus in matchday one even after the sending-off of Cristiano Ronaldo, while Manchester United’s heavy victory in Switzerland means that two draws should probably be sufficient for knockout stage qualification. But such is the severity of Mourinho’s situation, even Champions League qualification is cast as a sideshow. After the draw against Wolves, Mourinho demanded that his fringe players impressed against Derby County; they failed to heed his words. After cup exit, Mourinho demanded an improved performance and result against West Ham; again that demand was not matched. His words fall on demotivated ears. Last chance saloon

The players are not blameless. Every defender has covered themselves in ignominy at one time or another over the last six months. Every attacking player sits on the spectrum of ‘could do better’; Sanchez is closer to ‘could he actually do something?’. But those who accuse these players of downing tools are missing the point. If your boss had publicly accused you and your colleagues of lacking effort and quality as a method of transparent self-preservation having done exactly the same at his previous company, would you be enthused to work at your maximum?

The Champions League is the tumbler of whisky on the rocks in Jose Mourinho’s last-chance saloon, and boy does he need to make that amber liquor last. The Premier League title is out of reach with less than a fifth of the league season played, so the only way that Manchester United can do more than tread water this season is by matching Liverpool’s achievement in reaching the final of Europe’s premier club competition. Everything else – top-four finish, FA Cup victory, quarter-final elimination in Europe – comes with an unflattering comparison to one of United’s peers. That improbable mission would be a daunting prospect even without the deafening clangs of current crisis. Manchester United, that pillar of European football, have won one knockout Champions League match since May 2011, under David Moyes. The lingering question is whether Mourinho even survives long enough to try and emulate Moyes. His critics might suggest that he is already doing a passable impression.

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