04 Feb 2014 09:52:43
StevieK on Mourinho: "Not because he's not British, or too brash, but because he tried to gouge a fellow professional's eye out. If he did it on the street he would have been arrested. Do you really want someone like that managing the club?"

In a word, yes. I wouldn't care if Mourinho ripped a fellow professional's beating heart out of his chest cavity and ate it on the touchline if that meant we started picking up points and playing more convincing football. Mourinho is a passionate proven winner and probably more similar to SAF than Dithering Dave, the official burden of Manchester United Football Club, will ever be.

On a side note, did anyone catch the Michael Carrick twitter Q&A, some valid points made in an amusing manner.

1.) 04 Feb 2014
Love the imagery :)

2.) 04 Feb 2014
It's only a game.

3.) 04 Feb 2014
Agreed rumple. When fergie was our manager, he wasn't exactly an angel. But he had a desire to win that I see in mourinho more than any other current manager.
Fergie used to rub managers, teams, journalists the wrong way and we used to sit here, admire his ways and laugh at these people.
Mourinho is doing it on Chelsea's behalf and some people don't seem to like it!

4.) 04 Feb 2014
Sorry, NM, when you say Fergie used to rub people up the wrong way, do you mean in a physical way?

Because as far as I'm aware, I don't recall him ever resorting to unlawful, physical violence against a fellow professional? I must have missed that one.

Like I said before, if people are happy to have that type of person running our club, fair enough. But I think it says more about their own set of values, that they'd happily put success for a football team above basic human decency.

5.) 04 Feb 2014
The only thing Mourinho is passionate about is himself and feeding his ego.

He can't take anyone getting the best of him and generally will create havoc before leaving town. Look at Madrid last year and their results in that league with the team he had.

For those of you who can't get enough of him, get a bloody room and put your skirts on:)

6.) 04 Feb 2014
When Chelsea are parading the trophies around we can sit comfortably on our moral high horse and proclaim just how lucky we have been to avoid that awful man being in charge of our club. Sexton offered the same clean image as dithering disastrous dave and when charming Sexton was around Liverpool hoovered up all the trophies

7.) 04 Feb 2014
So you're happy enough with our manager using physical violence then, Red Man.

You'd recommend Mourinho as a good role model for your children? Encourage them to act like that?

Fair enough, but for some reason I expected better from you.

Nothing to do with moral high horses - just basic common decency. Not too high a bar to set I would have thought.

8.) 04 Feb 2014
I'm sorry, but David Moyes' isn't fit to clean Jose training ground boots.

Mourinho is an elite manager; an incredible manager who could end up matching the former boss's trophy cabinet.
We could have had him here, continuting our winning tradition, instead of being the laughing stocks of English and European football.

9.) 04 Feb 2014
StevieK SAF did kic a football boot at Beckham which required stiches. or does this fact not fit your argument?

10.) 04 Feb 2014
And no need for the sarcasm either, Red Man.

11.) 04 Feb 2014
Red Man,

will you get over your infatuation with Mourinho. Chelsea won their biggest 2 trophies without him.

At the rate they have been spending the last 10 years no one come close on and offcourse they will win their fair share of stuff.

12.) 04 Feb 2014
04 Feb 2014 12:56:44
Football is a passionate game. mourinho showed that in the heat of battle and whilst I don't condone a little poke on the eye nor do I think it was the crime of the century. at least it showed spirit which we sadly lack at present. as a side note our own king eric went into the crowd showing off his kung fu skills many moons ago but I think the majority on here felt he was worthy of wearing our shirt.

13.) 04 Feb 2014
Unitedred, as you well know, it's all about intent.

Mourinho quite clearly meant to do what he did.

Ferguson could have kicked that boot another 100 times, and not got anywhere near Beckham.

If you're going to try and pull me up, at least try and think it through first.

14.) 04 Feb 2014
Sam, no-one's arguing about his ability. It's there for all to see.

15.) 04 Feb 2014
And ajs, Eric was rightly punished hard for it.

16.) 04 Feb 2014
StevieK.

"I felt I was being bullied, in public, and being backed into a corner, for no reason other than spite. I was trapped. I swore at him. Something no player, certainly no United player, should ever do to the manager."

What happened next "still doesn't seem real now" Beckham admits.

Sir Alex moved towards him and kicked a boot that was lying on the floor. "At me? At the wall? It could have been anywhere, he was that angry now. I felt a sting over my left eye, where the boot hit me. I put one hand up to it and found myself wiping blood away off my eyebrow."

Unless you were there, you're no better positioned to judge whether there was intent than me. just saying.

Anyway doesn't really matter either way. Let's just get a good win and a good performance under our belt on Sunday;-)

17.) 04 Feb 2014
Stevie
I think Eric's was much worse than Jose's.
Should we of sacked Eric?

18.) 04 Feb 2014
Even Beckham didn't know!

But you're right, I just want to get some football played.

19.) 04 Feb 2014
04 Feb 2014 15:10:57
Steveik I know eric was punished for the kick but utd welcomed him back. mourinho was not charged, not his fault, yet you feel he is not worthy of being a utd manager. sounds hypocritical

20.) 04 Feb 2014
And, the point is, he should have been. It couldn't have been any more blatant. And just because someone isn't charged, doesn't mean they're innocent :)

21.) 04 Feb 2014
04 Feb 2014 17:24:25
The point is not whether he should have been charged or whether he was guilty or innocent. the point is you have presumed him guilty and believe he should never be a utd manager on those grounds. we allowed king eric back even after he was found guilty of a lot worse. are u saying if mourinho had been.found guilty and punished he would be welcome or that as the spanish authorities deemed no case to answer and therefore innocent he is not welcome?

22.) 04 Feb 2014
StevieK, u need to open your eyes! your ability to overlook anything bad fergy did is laughable. Jose is in my opinion the greatest character in football and david moyles isn't fit to put the sugar in his coffee.

23.) 04 Feb 2014
It's not presumed ajs, we all saw it!

24.) 04 Feb 2014
Syd, did you not see it? It was on tv.