The Mourhino Regime. Who survives, who doesnt?

This is all based on the assumption he does take over in the summer, well aware that it isn't confirmed or close to being confirmed:

Goalkeeper: Hopefully the Mendes connection can keep hold of De Gea a little while longer. However, I think he'll be off sooner rather than later.

Defence: Darmian and Shaw would be his darlings, doubt he could ask for better "Mourinho fullbacks". Smalling his rock, a no nonsense athlete gifted at defending first and foremost. I don't think Blind would continue, hopefully Chelsea's interest in Stones last summer was coming from Mourinho. That would be a great centre back partnership.

Midfield: I'd expect Schneiderlin to start every game. I also reckon he'd really like Herrera. For some reason I don't see it working out well with Schweinsteiger although Jose loves his stable heads. Fellaini to go.

Attack: Martial to be the go too man ala Hazard 14/15. Rooney continuing as captain and first name on the team sheet whether that be in #10 or as striker. Mata is a weird one, logic would suggest he'd be out the door sharpish but football can be strange sometimes. The lack of proven and experienced PL players in our attack might mean he sticks around a while. Januzaj, Lingard gone. Memphis to stay around.
 
Loon said:
Think he'll buy a worldly striker myself.
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Only one that's going to be available and he does have a good relationship with Mou (problem being he's 34). Contract expiring this summer for Ibrahimovic so there'd be no transfer fee. Could be the perfect signing to get as a striker, to work with Rooney up top, and help Martial along for a year or 2 before Martial becomes the main striker.
 
Mata will be 1st out of the door you would think, hopefully Fellaini not far behind.
Think he will love Schneiderlin
 
ADJUDICATOR said:
Well, none of them are good enough yet to start for a team carrying Mourinho's ambitions. It's an uphill battle from there.
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But that's true for every managers and most of the players you mentioned barely play at the moment, so why would it be more difficult under Mourinho? He will look at them and take a decision, they actually have a chance to impress, which they barely did under LVG, particularly McNair, Memphis, Pereira, wilson and Januzaj. Also CBJ has to fight Shaw and that's one hell of battle, so Mourinho or not Mourinho it's going to be complicated unless he impresses as a CB.
 
JPRouve said:
But that's true for every managers and most of the players you mentioned barely play at the moment, so why would it be more difficult under Mourinho? He will look at them and take a decision, they actually have a chance to impress, which they barely did under LVG, particularly McNair, Memphis, Pereira, wilson and Januzaj. Also CBJ has to fight Shaw and that's one hell of battle, so Mourinho or not Mourinho it's going to be complicated unless he impresses as a CB.
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You listed a group of players who joined Mourinho's teams while globally known as some of the best prospects their countries had produced in recent times. That's why when you said 'the young players don't need to worry' I agreed that would be true for Shaw and Martial, and probably Memphis.

Mourinho seems to prefer actual second string players to youth at times when he has to rotate, so if he's had the financial backing he needs to bring in players it will be a lot more difficult for these youngsters to have opportunities (especially compared to van Gaal and his 'thin squad, youth backup' policy).
 
Dante said:
A lot of those predications came about because of that Dutch poster who joined a couple of years ago (NLmax?). He thought LvG and Depay would both be amazing. Everyone believed him because he wrote long and meandering posts which sounded semi-plausible. Couldn't have been been further from the mark.
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He's disappeared now, Depay's bad start was too much for him maybe
 
I would be amazed if Mourinho rates Valencia or Young at right back. He tends to favour full backs who defend first and attack second. Darmian and Shaw are likely to be favourites with Blind and Rojo playing much more at left back than in the centre.

I think he would rate Herrera too. He has the work rate that Jose requires. Mata just doesn't have the physical attributes.

All a little premature as it's nowhere near confirmed that he will join. Saying that, I would absolutely love a couple of seasons of Zlatan at OT. You feel he is one of those guys who would relish the OT stage.
 
RedRover said:
The "Mourinho hates young players" angle.

Lazy assumption.
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I'm afraid the lazy assumption was from your side. Pereira & Januzaj just don't strike me as mourinho's type of players, it has nothing to do with their age.
 
POF said:
I would be amazed if Mourinho rates Valencia or Young at right back. He tends to favour full backs who defend first and attack second. Darmian and Shaw are likely to be favourites with Blind and Rojo playing much more at left back than in the centre.

I think he would rate Herrera too. He has the work rate that Jose requires. Mata just doesn't have the physical attributes.

All a little premature as it's nowhere near confirmed that he will join. Saying that, I would absolutely love a couple of seasons of Zlatan at OT. You feel he is one of those guys who would relish the OT stage.
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On Valencia, I think Jose would like him as a back up right back. Gives the bit of variety compared to Darmian's more defensive and conservative style, while Valencia is a physical beast and until recently, rarely got injured. There's loads of players in our squad that seem like Mourinho type players really. Also agree re Zlatan. Would be the perfect signing for us for a couple of years, on a free as well.
 
Someone said:
I'm afraid the lazy assumption was from your side. Pereira & Januzaj just don't strike me as mourinho's type of players, it has nothing to do with their age.
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Pereira I think Mourinho would like. Talented, but also has a really good work rate. Sort of like Oscar. He would probably go out on loan first, but with Mourinho, I'd give Pereira much better odds of making it here then Januzaj. Januzaj I definitely think wouldn't really make it. I get the feeling these days that he won't make it here regardless of the manager. Though time is definitely on his side.
 
The elbow is safe under Mourinho. He loves a spoiler, combative water carrier.

Mata is gone pronto, unless Woodward refuse to sanction it. Herrera might be ok, but it all depends on whether Mourinho sees him as his new Lampard.

Jones will be gone, Stones brought in if he can. Rooney will most likely be gone too. He tried for Griezmann in the summer to play behind Costa, think he'll go for him again if he can.
 
The only youth player I'd see him maybe ditching is Januzaj, if his attitude issues are on the money. I think people are jumping the gun to suggest he'd chuck all the young players away, he might be a bit crazy but he's not stupid, he knows if he comes here the type of football played and his treatment of the clubs youth will be scrutinized heavily.

Of the senior players I can see Mata and Herrera going, maybe Young as well as I think he's out of contract. I hope/think he'll bin Fellaini but Mikel survived him twice, having said that Mikel survives every Chelsea regime so maybe he has something on Abramovic.
 
InfiniteBoredom said:
The elbow is safe under Mourinho. He loves a spoiler, combative water carrier.

Mata is gone pronto, unless Woodward refuse to sanction it. Herrera might be ok, but it all depends on whether Mourinho sees him as his new Lampard.

Jones will be gone, Stones brought in if he can. Rooney will most likely be gone too. He tried for Griezmann in the summer to play behind Costa, think he'll go for him again if he can.
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Think Jose will see Herrera as his Fabregas beside Schneiderlin.
 
Have a feeling he'll want rid of Wayne. Can't see Memphis lasting much more than one season either.

Mata is probably fecked too. Herrera might be alright.

Ibra to come in is pretty nailed.
 
He might see Pereira as his new Sneijder.
 
How about we chill out before talking about the 'Mourinho regime'? This place is embarrassing lately.
 
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Hopefully no one goes until we'll make the squad bigger enough to challenge on all fronts and we need quite a lot but like people said here, Jones will have to be very careful or Stones, Laporte or even Zouma may come and simply bury his United career.

Fellaini may easily stay to become his agent provocateur to stage a lot of distraction and chaos on the pitch in Mou's typical psychological warfare that LvG seem to forgot a bit.

Mata will be benched on a start but if he'll show patience he'll get his chance but this may easily change if we'll have monster of a summer window but so far we simply have no choice but to rely on him.

Blind may be a question mark after spending on defense but inevitable injuries will get him chances on 100 percent. He would survive every regime, just too intelligent to not to.

Memphis... that boy may become extremely confident if he'll see that his new boss have twice more ego than him and LvG plus probably will let him show off before opponent and the supporters. May learn a lot to provoke more fauls and successfully dive like Young has never before.

Rooney can become more aggressive version of himself simply because Mou will let him get away with things. Very interesting how their characters will impact on each other.
 
If...He comes in..
Some of might be shocked come end of season the progress these players would have made. Fellaini and Mata I not sure how they'll fit into his work but I must say, Mata for the first time is actually shown a side of his game(sneiderlike) worth taking note of.
Majority of the new boys fit his profile and as bad a manager LVG might be, one thing should be clear by now he knows a good footballer. The only difference in their choice of players seems to be age anyway.
Herrera will have to be the player LVG is trying to transform him into to play a big part in his team, I find it strange people believe his lack of tactical discipline should be seen as an asset.
Normally Mourinho comes in with a CB, DM and Striker plus the winger fans want. To make those additions he won't have to make room by selling, the only ones sure to leave will be the kids not progressed this season to loans.
 
If he does take over I hope it's not a case of giving everybody a chance to prove themselves. He should've seen us enough to realise who's not good enough and what we need.
 
If Mourinho is our next manager, he could do these changes:

Goalkeeper: De Gea (Mendes is his agent).

Defence: Smalling, Darmian and Shaw would start. Jones and Rojo to cover. He will go for a CB like Stones. Blind could be sold.

Midfield: Schneiderlin with Schweinsteiger. He could sign Neves (another Mendes client). Fellaini and Herrera would stay, but the likes of Pereira could go out.

Attack: Martial and Rooney to start. He could add a player like Lampard/Gerrard who is Barkley. Also, Ibrahimovic could be an option to play as striker. Mata and Januzaj could be sold. Valencia and Young have are hardworking so they could stay and cover the wings. He would buy a new right winger.

However, I think he will give the opportunity in the first year to most of the players and he would buy 3 players.
 
If he sticks with Marouane then everything post-Fergie until the fecker retires will be called The Fellaini Era.
 
Mata, Fellaini, Januzaj & McNair are most at risk I would say. I wonder what effect it will have on De Gea & Herrera if Mata gets sold, as they have a proper 3 amigos thing going on......
 
Livewire1974 said:
First for the exit door will be our entire youth system.
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How can we survive without Mcnair's defensive skills? That would be the biggest test we ever had since Prunier left the club
 
Attila said:
He's disappeared now, Depay's bad start was too much for him maybe
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Because he was Dutch/watched Dutch football it automatically made him an expert on anything Dutch on here for some odd reason, it's no different from me or any other Englishman bring declared an expert on the PL. There's a similar concensus with regards to our Spanish, Portuguese and German posters too.
 
bosnian_red said:
Herrera is a bit like a mix of Oscar/Ramires who Mourinho always liked so I don't think he'd get rid of him. And Blind I can see him being a fan of because of his intelligence and versatility. Probably wouldn't start, but as a back up left back and option for many other places, don't see why he wouldn't. It's only really Mata where we know he's not suited to Mou's style. Fellaini... who knows. Mourinho might think he could be useful at times.
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I hope you're right about Herrera and Blind. I suspect Blind might be too much "master of none" for Mourinho though, and that Herrera might not fit properly into either Oscar or Ramires roles exactly.
 
Young and Vakencia will benefit a lot I imagine going by his man love for Willian which is not a good sign at all. Also expect Scheniderlin to feature a lot more given his love for water carriers. Rooney is a favourite of Mourinho as well so expect him to carry on. Mata might just about stick on but not as a regular play. I also expect Herrera to be a Mourinho favourite.
 
Someone said:
I'm afraid the lazy assumption was from your side. Pereira & Januzaj just don't strike me as mourinho's type of players, it has nothing to do with their age.
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He's just used a classic winger in Hazard for years to great effect. Januzaj may not ever be that level but there's similarities in how he plays. Mourinho likes width.

Pereira is a bit of an unknown quantity but seems versatile. Again, something Mourinho likes in a player.

There are other much more obvious candidates. Not least Mata (for obvious reasons) and Fellaini.
 
RedRover said:
He's just used a classic winger in Hazard for years to great effect. Januzaj may not ever be that level but there's similarities in how he plays. Mourinho likes width.
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That's another reason I like Mourinho. He loves width in his teams whenever possible.
 
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