David James meets the Fans in Phoenix MUFC vs Valencia Oct 2 2018
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Channel: Life The Basic Manual · 2018 · Sports
Dave meets the Phoenix fans. Lew gives us a report on the game Jose's date with destiny. The visit this weekend of winless Newcastle United may well be the final hurrah for Jose Mourinho as he desperately clings on to his job. The mind-numbing Champions League performance against Valencia, hot on the heels of a humbling Premiership defeat at West Ham ,was the fourth successive outing without a win. How long can the United owners and their witless henchman Ed Woodward stand by and allow matters deteriorate game by game? Those who thought the Reds had turned the corner a few weeks back with three successive away triumphs must now realise that was little more than a false dawn. Newly-promoted Wolves came to Old Trafford and were unlucky to emerge with just a single point. Derby County were next up in the League Cup and for long periods outplayed their illustrious hosts before progressing on penalties. West Ham was an opportunity to respond but within minutes , a nightmare was unfolding as another lifeless display was ruthlessly punished by a side with an appetite for the fight ,unlike their half-hearted opposition. And so to Valencia.With three points chalked up from their visit to Switzerland ,surely at last the chance to put some day light between themselves and their Spanish rivals would not be squandered. But sadly that turned out not to be the case.In a performance that lacked any conviction in virtually every aspect of their play,United found themselves unable to breach a solid white wall of defenders whose game plan worked to a tee. Lukaku - whose own alarming dip in form is now a major worry- the struggling Sanchez and Marcus Rashford all failed to pose any real danger to a side who now see a golden opportunity to progress with Juventus at our expense. The return game in Southern Spain now seems to be the group decider as whipping boys Young Boys have nothing to offer and will almost certainly prove cannon fodder for the others. If we lose yesterday's return encounter, it will surely be curtains for Mourinho if indeed he is still at the helm by then. Text by Lew Fink SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/c/lifethebasicmanual?sub_confirmation=1 FIND LIFE THE BASIC MANUAL HERE http://lifethebasicmanual.com http://www.facebook.com/lifethebasicmanual http://instagram.com/lifethebasicmanual http://twitter.com/BasicManual
