I agree. MC v MU/Pep v Jose is always a great story in and of itself, but the gulf between them now almost makes it a no-contest. But that's mainly down to Jose's tactics. To have a chance against MC you have to go out and challenge them in the midfield, but Jose still believes it's enough just to sit back and invite them onto you then hope you can nick something with a long ball counter. Football has changed. It's all about midfield creativity now and, while admittedly Pogba was injured, Jose's never been interested in giving his midfielders any kind of creative freedom. He still holds on to the idea of the big powerhouse up front (look at his dogged reliance on Fellaini and Lukaku) feeding off scraps, but it's dead. He hasn't evolved and shows no sign that he even wants to, or knows how to. Compared with Pep (obviously) but also Klopp, Sarri, Emery, Pochettino, and even the new breed coming up, like Marco Silva, Nuno Espirito Santo, Javi Garcia, Eddie Howe, etc, he is a dinosaur.
