Is Jose Mourinho really the problem?
Like the economy which goes in cycles, the football teams also go through different ups and downs. A team needs to be assembled, developed to a certain level, then improved wherever it is possible and then hopefully they win something. After certain period of time when a football club is at its best, there is always another portion of time when it does not deliver the results fans expect.
Liverpool have been like that for 29 years and have managed to keep their status as England’s heavyweight football club and one of the biggest football clubs in the worlds.
After season 2012/13 Manchester united have been having their downs, at least if we judge by the standards set in the Alex Ferguson era. Many tend to forget and many even don’t know that Ferguson took in charge at Old Trafford in November 1986 and it took him almost 7 years to win his first Premier League trophy with Manchester United. it was in season 1992/93. His Red Devils finished as runners-up in seasons 19878/88 and 1991/92.
Alex Ferguson United led Muncher United won 6 premier League titles between 1993 and 2000, then 5 between 2000 and 2010 and another 2 after 2010. Since then United weren’t able to win the Premier League. under Alex Ferguson then have won two Champions Leagues titles, which is a massive achievement considering the fact that prior their 1998/99 Champions League winner, the Red Devils have had only one trophy from the Europe’s top competition — the old Cup of the European Champions, won in season 1967/68.
Are Manchester United a top 4 club this season?
I believe they are despite that their performances against Brighton and Spurs don’t serve as argument for that. United’s defence haven’t looked good in those two games, but we can say the same for each and every line of the Jose Mourinho led team. We can blame on the manager, we can say a lot of things about him and we can point fingers of the mistakes his has probably made.
The fact is that United players are good enough to win against Brighton at any moment over the course of the season. They are also good enough to beat, draw or loose by one goal to a team like Spurs. Tottenham players were simply faster and played better on Monday night. Add to that Lukaku poor performance and the individual mistakes made by United defenders and the 0:3 loss against Mauricio Pochettino’s team is not hard to explain.
It happens in football, it happens to many teams and Man United obviously don’t have immunity against such losses.
