08 May 2017 07:25:38
"We want to try to win the Europa League - it's more important than finishing fourth. I think it will be almost impossible to qualify through the Premier League, "

"Trophies make history. Not league positions. We go with everything to get into that final. " Mourinho said.

Bet he didn't say that in his job interview, or after beating Chelsea recently!

1.) 08 May 2017
08 May 2017 07:43:44
Beast you should let it go and stop trying to discredit Jose. Ever job has different challenges and until we know what's the final outcome we should wait to make judgements at the end of the game. The end of the game is coming but for me realistically it's end of next season.
Try not to be too negative as I am sure he is trying his best. Might have gotten wrong here and there but don't we all have those moments throughout our lives?
The football game is the same. We may be a goal down to start then we come back to win by 2-1 or more sometimes. We should let Jose build his team from his experience and background. There are not many such managers in this world anymore. They belong to the elite. But elites still need time to assemble a team of players. Let him continue to improve our team. He needs the time and only then will he bring us back to glory days again in this extremely competitive league. Ciao my frds.

2.) 08 May 2017
08 May 2017 08:55:06
He's right, though.

Everyone laughs at Arsenal for claiming top 4 as a trophy. Now we have the chance to win an actual tropy and that isn't good enough either.

I would rather win the Europa League and finish 5th, than win nothing and finish 4th.

I have absolutely no idea why anyone would have it the other way round. There is no trophy for 4th and both give the same result.

3.) 08 May 2017
08 May 2017 09:12:01
Wazza, if there was no Champions League place up for grabs, I'll bet there's a fair few people would disagree. Like jred mentioned above, who was really interested in the Europa at the start of the season? Now we have all this talk about, 'completing the circle'. What annoys me, is that top 4 was still a very realistic possibility before yesterday's game, even more so after the Liverpool result. Wouldn't it have been better to go for a win, rather than putting all our eggs in one basket with the Europa?

4.) 08 May 2017
08 May 2017 11:17:20
Personally I'm interested in every trophy that we can win. I loved winning the League Cup - was a great day! Would I rather we won the league - of course yeah but we could win two trophies this year! Why aren't people satisfied by that?

I'm 33 and so grew up with Fergie and trophies - as fans we have been spoiled by that success. We have to be realistic and see that dominance that we witnessed is much more unlikely in this day and age.

The big test is next year. Have patience - we're better than we were last year, it's just that so are Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, City and Everton.