And also to the fans to be honest. Last night's crowd seemed to have an average age of eight and even on here we weren't exactly jumping up and down in anticipation. When you consider how tight the PL seems to be this season you would think Jose would take any possible route 1 into the CL.
I personally think we should take the competition seriously. We shouldn't have the attitude of "we don't care" about the cup. It's almost like a sense of entitlement rather than earning what we think we deserve. Also, winning games is infectious. And if we are to employ the right mentality, that should be the approach for every game. People always say Europe is a distraction, but you look at Liverpool, they've missed Europe for years and they haven't done anything meaningful. Chelsea this year are not even playing yet they seem like a shtshow.
Sorry to contradict you here but the year they were last out of Europe they very nearly won the premier league with Brendan Rodgers and it definitely helped there.
Deliciously not near enough! Fact is if they'd played in Europe they wouldn't have gone close. It also gave Leicester a huge advantage last season. They had half the games of their rivals during the run in, being out of all cups.
This! I think you're spot on. The attitude does nothing for building momentum. What would he do if this was a CL game. Fergie wanted to win every competition we were in and every game. That's what I expect any manager to do.
He was the most important one that needed mentioning considering RB is arguably our weakest area atm. Poor show Diego. Lets draw a line underneath it and move on. It will be difficult bcos I'm fuming at your oversight but it's a first mistake and I can just about overlook it... This time
True, but that didn't stop him largely sacking off the ties against Ajax and Bilbao in 2012 when we were fighting for the title. I'm sure Mourinho wants to win every competition and every game, but that doesn't mean we'll put 100% into every game and risk injuring and tiring players for the league.
