Mixu Blasts Utd Players!

**Thecat23** · 25-10-2015 10:08 PM

Big Mixu has done a Butcher and told everyone including the press the players he has are *****. He says "What's the ****ing point in training when players simply don't do the basics."

Had to laugh myself, I really hope they continue this bad run until after our game then I wish him well. But after this Utd may well do a Hibs and down tools for publicly slating the team. Interesting times ahead for the Arabs.

**James70** · 25-10-2015 10:13 PM

According to the team sheets displayed on Sportscene at the start of the game, Jackie McNamara is still United manager!

**Thecat23** · 25-10-2015 10:27 PM

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According to the team sheets displayed on Sportscene at the start of the game, Jackie McNamara is still United manager!

Bet his garden is as good as Butchers and Fat Sally's 😁

**poolman** · 25-10-2015 10:32 PM

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According to the team sheets displayed on Sportscene at the start of the game, Jackie McNamara is still United manager!

More shoddy journalism

Read the Sun on Sunday report in the pub today and Roger Baillie ( the reporter ) said something like " a great tackle from Hibs left back ERIC STEVENSON saved the day

Well good luck to Eric, I mind watching him when I was about 10 😁 glad he's still playing ☺ great winger tho

**S4uzee** · 25-10-2015 10:36 PM

Would've liked to have played them this week as originally planned

**c31** · 25-10-2015 10:40 PM

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More shoddy journalism

Read the Sun on Sunday report in the pub today and Roger Baillie ( the reporter ) said something like " a great tackle from Hibs left back ERIC STEVENSON saved the day

Well good luck to Eric, I mind watching him when I was about 10 😁 glad he's still playing ☺ great winger tho

The Rebel as he was affectionately called, a mate named his dog after him.

**GreenCastle** · 25-10-2015 10:56 PM

We may end up playing them a few times this season...maybe 3 ?

Cup game and possibly the playoffs!

I do like Mixu though

**hibbysam** · 26-10-2015 03:22 AM

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Big Mixu has done a Butcher and told everyone including the press the players he has are *****. He says "What's the ****ing point in training when players simply don't do the basics."

Had to laugh myself, I really hope they continue this bad run until after our game then I wish him well. But after this Utd may well do a Hibs and down tools for publicly slating the team. Interesting times ahead for the Arabs.

Main difference being is butcher done it later in the season when the window was shut and that was what he was left with and had to play with, mixu knows come January if they can pick up a couple of wins and a few points he can ring the changes!

**NAE NOOKIE** · 26-10-2015 06:09 AM

Going by the 5 minutes of highlights on Sportscene no wonder he was doing his nut, Utd looked like a shambles of a team, they were lucky it was only 5 ... From what I saw I'm guessing the League cup game is the least of Mixu's worries.

**PeterboroHibee** · 26-10-2015 06:18 AM

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Main difference being is butcher done it later in the season when the window was shut and that was what he was left with and had to play with, mixu knows come January if they can pick up a couple of wins and a few points he can ring the changes!

Whilst true, theres also a long way to go until the window opens, and they have a tough January - Dundee & Celtic, then against two likely relegation rivals in Killie and Partick. If the players do down tools, they could be even further adrift by then which is a huge ask to recover from.

Dont get me wrong, I understand where Mixu is coming from, and he will have the backing of the fans, but its ultimately how the players will react. He cant replace a whole squad in January and there often isnt much in the way of quality available anyway. Hes also only a couple of weeks into the job and so its probably a gamble as Id guess how the squad will respond from now.

***bingo70*** · 26-10-2015 06:44 AM

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Whilst true, theres also a long way to go until the window opens, and they have a tough January - Dundee & Celtic, then against two likely relegation rivals in Killie and Partick. If the players do down tools, they could be even further adrift by then which is a huge ask to recover from.

Dont get me wrong, I understand where Mixu is coming from, and he will have the backing of the fans, but its ultimately how the players will react. He cant replace a whole squad in January and there often isnt much in the way of quality available anyway. Hes also only a couple of weeks into the job and so its probably a gamble as Id guess how the squad will respond from now.

I agree.

Imo this isn't great management, I don't think he meant to swear but the fact he couldn't stop himself shows a lack of control. I'm not suggesting the players are so precious they'll down tools but sub consciously there's probably one or two asking who is this idiot?! He's having a go at them for not doing what they were meant to on the pitch for 90 minutes, he's had a 2 minute interview and made a bit of an arse of it.

Was Jackie McNamara reported to be popular with the players? If he was and mixu has gone in steaming into the players I think he could lose the dressing room pretty quickly.

***JimBHibees*** · 26-10-2015 07:02 AM

Seems an odd approach for a new manager just in the door. Can't be bad for our chances in the league cup. Wish now we were playing them this week.

***Billy Whizz*** · 26-10-2015 07:22 AM

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I agree.

Imo this isn't great management, I don't think he meant to swear but the fact he couldn't stop himself shows a lack of control. I'm not suggesting the players are so precious they'll down tools but sub consciously there's probably one or two asking who is this idiot?! He's having a go at them for not doing what they were meant to on the pitch for 90 minutes, he's had a 2 minute interview and made a bit of an arse of it.

Was Jackie McNamara reported to be popular with the players? If he was and mixu has gone in steaming into the players I think he could lose the dressing room pretty quickly.

Any player worth their salt will agree with the manager in this case. Their form has been terrible, and seemingly they capitulated yesterday, and had less than 30% possession

***bingo70*** · 26-10-2015 07:37 AM

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Any player worth their salt will agree with the manager in this case. Their form has been terrible, and seemingly they capitulated yesterday, and had less than 30% possession

You can still agree with someone and think they're an erse, issues rarely are about what's being said, more the way they're said imo.

**Smartie** · 26-10-2015 09:15 AM

I think he's right to say it.

Why should he tolerate it? Why should he send a signal to the players that it is in any way acceptable?

He's the new guy, he picks the team. If they pick up their ideas then they stay, if not then they go.

He didn't mention any names, he didn't single anyone out.

These players let his predecessor down and got him the sack.

If the players do what the manager asks of them then I'm sure he'll come out after the game and be complimentary about them.

The fans there turned on Jackie and that helped seal his fate. The fans will - I am sure - be 100% in agreement with Mixu here. If he keeps the fans onside then he'll buy himself some time to get in some players that will work with and for him.

He's taken on a tough, tough gig this time though, no question about that.

**~~southsider~~** · 26-10-2015 09:28 AM

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Would've liked to have played them this week as originally planned

Why was it changed ?

**FranckSuzy** · 26-10-2015 09:33 AM

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Why was it changed ?

Utd played Celtc yesterday so a Wed fixture would be out plus Hertz play Celtc at home on Wed too. We're then playing on Sun so maybe a Thurs game would be no good either

***Kojock*** · 26-10-2015 09:41 AM

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Utd played Celtc yesterday so a Wed fixture would be out plus Hertz play Celtc at home on Wed too. We're then playing on Sat so a Thurs game would be no good either

We don't play till Sunday.

**ekhibee** · 26-10-2015 09:48 AM

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I think he's right to say it.

Why should he tolerate it? Why should he send a signal to the players that it is in any way acceptable?

He's the new guy, he picks the team. If they pick up their ideas then they stay, if not then they go.

He didn't mention any names, he didn't single anyone out.

These players let his predecessor down and got him the sack.

If the players do what the manager asks of them then I'm sure he'll come out after the game and be complimentary about them.

The fans there turned on Jackie and that helped seal his fate. The fans will - I am sure - be 100% in agreement with Mixu here. If he keeps the fans onside then he'll buy himself some time to get in some players that will work with and for him.

He's taken on a tough, tough gig this time though, no question about that.

I certainly couldn't argue with any of that Smartie, IMO he's right not to tolerate it, but the owner has to take some kind of responsibility as well in this case. They've basically sold too many of their good players, and that's cost the last manager his job and put them in deep doodoo at the bottom of the premiership. Part of Mixu's frustration, even at this early stage might stem from having to wait till January before he can make any major changes, and even then there's no guarantee that Thompson will stump up the cash for it.

***J-C*** · 26-10-2015 09:55 AM

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I certainly couldn't argue with any of that Smartie, IMO he's right not to tolerate it, but the owner has to take some kind of responsibility as well in this case. They've basically sold too many of their good players, and that's cost the last manager his job and put them in deep doodoo at the bottom of the premiership. Part of Mixu's frustration, even at this early stage might stem from having to wait till January before he can make any major changes, and even then there's no guarantee that Thompson will stump up the cash for it.

Totally agree but you also have to remember McNamara was getting a slice of any tranfer too, so he also takes a lot of the blame.

The same happened to our club, sold the best 4 players we had, never invested and went through 6 years of a manager every 18 months, only now the reins have been taken away from Petrie have we seen our club investing again in players and manager, just look south at Aston Villa to see the same thing happening there.

**FranckSuzy** · 26-10-2015 10:11 AM

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We don't play till Sunday.

Oh aye

**ekhibee** · 26-10-2015 10:18 AM

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Totally agree but you also have to remember McNamara was getting a slice of any tranfer too, so he also takes a lot of the blame.

The same happened to our club, sold the best 4 players we had, never invested and went through 6 years of a manager every 18 months, only now the reins have been taken away from Petrie have we seen our club investing again in players and manager, just look south at Aston Villa to see the same thing happening there.

Yep, and of course your right re. McNamara. It might be that they end up having to do something along our lines and getting the fans involved (unless they're already doing that), something along the lines of (partial?) fan ownership, but that would take a while to arrange, and they could well be relegated by that time. The comparison with Villa is quite right too.

**ancient hibee** · 26-10-2015 05:55 PM

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Seems an odd approach for a new manager just in the door. Can't be bad for our chances in the league cup. Wish now we were playing them this week.

According to the News we're not playing them at all-not listed in our next three games-more shoddy journalism.

***greenlex*** · 26-10-2015 05:57 PM

I think he blasted the performance rather than the players. I doubt he's getting torn in about their ability collectively or individually. Next week will be a tough game. Let's not kid ourselves.

**ancient hibee** · 26-10-2015 06:02 PM

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I think he blasted the performance rather than the players. I doubt he's getting torn in about their ability collectively or individually. Next week will be a tough game. Let's not kid ourselves.

No, he said they're not listening to what they've been told and if they can't do that they're out.

**seanshow** · 26-10-2015 06:12 PM

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Big Mixu has done a Butcher and told everyone including the press the players he has are *****. He says "What's the ****ing point in training when players simply don't do the basics."

Is there an audio version of this interview? I'd like to hear Mixu losing it.