MANCHESTER UNITED MUST ADVISE MOURINHO TO FIND STABILITY BETWEEN PLAYER- MANAGER COMMUNICATION FOR MANCHESTER UNITED TO SUCCEED
Is this really Mourinho's last chance to be a successful Manchester United manager? If Mourinho does fail to win any trophy at the end of this season, will he possibly get the boot? The Manchester United fans are definitely sure of Mourinho tenure ending at the end of this season should the Portuguese manager fail to deliver a trophy a the end of this season. But guarantees of actions to be taken at a football club can never be guaranteed by anyone other than the owner of the club themselves. Especially actions as important as reliving a football manager as highly revered as Jose Mourinho of his duty. Where does the action of not firing Jose Mourinho leave Manchester United in the future? Sadly, the future for Manchester United looks to be heading in the direction of one filled with defensive football and less of new, attacking, players being purchased in the transfer window. Mourinho has been accused of having a lot of negative quality that is not befitting for any Manchester United manager, Arrogant, Stubborn most importantly, uncompromising and while these qualities have been found to indeed be present in the characters of the current Manchester United manager, one quality that has not been mentioned on Mourinho is that he is consistent.
One aspect Mourinho can use to try and get the fans solidly on his side once again is to allow himself to communicate better with players. Ever since Mourinho took over as Manchester United players all seem to have become players operating under orders with most of the Manchester United players appearing to be afraid to be spontaneous and create something that is not on the game plan. To the credit of Manchester United's players, the team has been playing well ever since their last loss to Tottenham Hotspurs during the very early parts of the current 2018/2019 season, Manchester United have been playing fine, expansive football as the club makes way to the top of the Premier League but there seems to be one aspect of last season which Manchester United just can not seem to shake and that is the negativity the press has for Manchester United. Simply unbelievable! Don’t misunderstand, the media does, in fact, talk about another player from various other football club but not with the same level of intensity or the same level of negativity given to Manchester United players. Anthione Greizeman adopts a new goal celebration known to most people as the fourth knight dance and the love that the fans they have for the player increase ten folds. John Terry gets in a scandal with his clash with Wayne bridge and the media talks about the animosity between both players for a couple of months and the topic is forgotten. However, there is one particular player whom the media’s obsession just have not seem to fade away and that is the media’s negative attack on Manchester United’s very own Paul Pogba.
Fifteen years ago, one captivating English player, David Beckham won the hearts of countless Manchester United fans and in the process, he also became the prime target of a lot of media target whom also showered David Beckham with their own amount of negativity. Has the attraction the English media showered on David Beckham matched the negative spotlight shown on Paul Pogba? Absolutely not. Paul Pogba, the current folk hero to Manchester United fans have ultimately turned into an easy access for any press writer willing to make a name for himself or herself simply by releasing negative articles about the player. Barely two seasons into his Manchester United career and the press quickly jumped down the french men through with criticism about the French man being unsettled at Manchester United and has to be encouraged to leave Manchester United another to become one of the greatest footballers in the world. At some point, most people assumed that the press target on Pogba is simply a publicity stunt to market more newspapers to the public and while this accusation holds a lot of truth, deeper underlying issues are beginning to surface as a result of this incident which Manchester United fans may or may not be aware of. The fans are starting to believe the media. Mourinho has been an amazing leader in showing the Manchester United players how to deflect the negative articles the media constantly throws at the Red Devils but should Mourinho desire to turn his new, apparent, bond with his players into success, Mourinho has to keep this wave of communication and keep Manchester United's new expansive, attacking style of football going as much as possible for the rest of the season.
Third time is the charm! Third time has to be a charm. At least as far as Manchester United fans and Mourinho are concerned. Three seasons ago Manchester United, emerging out three consistent back to back seasons without a major trophy employed one the most successful Managers in European history, Jose Mourinho, to return the Red Devils back to elite hights, major trophies winning and playing quality football. Has Jose Mourinho delivered what the manager has been brought in to do? If Mourinho has not delivered on his agenda to win Manchester United a major Trophy for the past three seasons , then, most Manchester United fans must be wondering: what is the main reason why such a manager such as Mourinho, who is known to be so successful under all the previous clubs he has ever Managed, has failed to succeed in terms of winning a major trophy in Manchester United and why is Mourinho still the manager of Manchester United after his constant deterioration in charge at the helm at Old Trafford? However, if anyone looks deeper into the situation of consistent lack of Trophies Old Trafford is currently facing, two questions might be asked, is this situation entirely the Managers fault and is Mourinho really failing or are other Premier League managers simply stepping up their game? A closer look at Manchester United winning rate compared to the clubs losing rate shows that Mourinho has slowly improved the clubs victories under his regime yet the manager has seemingly been painted as a failure on the eyes of the Manchester United fans.
What was Mourinho’s message to the media, to the Manchester United fans and the Manchester United players during the Portuguese managers' recent press conference? To be honest Mourinho really was not in an open-minded sought of mood with the press during last week Friday’s press conference prior to Manchester United's victory over Watford at Vicarage Road this past weekend. Not surprising of the cause, Mourinho refused to be open or forthcoming with his future plans for the club. One worded, dead-end answers were the strategy Jose Mourinho deployed when tackling the questions the press threw at him. Mourinho did elaborate on the recent absence to Manchester United player Marcus Rashford explaining that Rashfords absence was simply as a result of the red card suspension Rashford received during Manchester United's clash against Burnley. Rashford was available for Manchester United's next game as the Red Devils took on Swiss side Young Boys in the Champions League this past Wednesday and Rashford will still be available as Manchester United take on Wolverhampton this weekend at Manchester United home ground Old Trafford. If Mourinho can draw up a good, attacking, strategy and all goes according to plan, Manchester United should be able to end this a victory in Uefa Champions league and a victory in the Premier League by the conclusion of this week. But Mourinho has got to get his players to play good attacking football, the players have to give the Manchester United fans some optimistic football to cheer on and leave the boring, defensive-minded strategies for tough teams such as Tottenham, Chelsea, and Manchester City.
Defensive strategies are critical to any team whose goal is to win the Premier League but so is free-flowing, quick, attacking strategies. Finding the balance, knowing when to choose one strategy over the other, will aid Manchester United in their quest to becoming Premier League champions and Champions League winners this season.
