It`s not a good start ,but too early to tell. Everyone is entitle to a blip or 2 during the season. I`m not a fan of Mou ,but then again ,I`m not a fan of Wenger. Stokes/WHU are in a worse situation and they both have time to turn it around.
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Hendo-Xhaka-Progba are in my fantasy football too! was hoping Progba pulled a spectacular -_-
The thing with Mourinho tho is that he can turn a blip into a full blown crisis very quickly.
I was thinking that the scenario where he doesn't last 18 months would go something like:
-1st season, he'd have a good season but just miss out on the PL
-2nd season, by December it doesn't look like he's going to win the PL and he flips out.
Utd's next fixtures are Leicester, Stoke, Chelsea, Liverpool. If Utd don't improve quickly he could be flipping out a lot sooner, with his Chelsea meltdown fresh in the memory.
Do I think he will be sacked this season? not really, Utd will improve (and the teams above them will drop points) but it wouldn't surprise me. Woodward would have to walk with him but Mou could make his position untenable with his actions, unlike LVG.
Long season ahead tho. Utd far from out of the title race.
fwiw, If I was the manager atm I'd play
Ibra
Rashford Pogba Herrera Mkhi/Mata
Blind
Shaw Smalling Bailly Valencia
De Gea
-Rooney would compete with Blind for the DM position. He wouldn't play anywhere else. All he has left is somewhat accurate long range passing.
-I rate Martial but his head isn't right atm
-If Valencia is your RB you may as well play a playmaker like Mata/Mkhi there who will come inside otherwise there's no point, you may as well play an actual RB at RB
-Utd played their best football since Ferguson when LVG played a 4141 with Young-Fellaini-Herrera-Mata. Rash>Young, Pogba>Fellaini Mkhi(probably)>Mata