Man Utd set to appoint Director of Football (when hell freezes over)

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So he doesn’t think the manger is up to it but our players are? So why is the manager still here? No matter what side of the fence you’re on this man shouldn’t be running the club we’ve been in freefall since he has.
Hey why all the negativity about us being in free fall, you were telling me to stop being so silly and get behind the team 90 minutes ago. :lol:
 

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FWIW, I don't care if Woodward goes/steps-aside as well. But the idea that removing him fixes this shit-show - not having that.
 

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Fred, who has played less than 2 competitive games for us? Ok mate.
There should be some positive signs though even if it's two games. Jorginho has been inconsistent as well, but you can clearly see his quality and thus be sure he will come good.

What has Fred done that Herrera can't do?
 

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Zero knowledge about football and how significant is signing a much needed player. Then when pressure will be on him, he'll just sack the manager and hire new one with same clueless governing and body over him.

Repeat that process few times and witness how slowly you can become Arsenal. Just give it a few years more.
 

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The buck stops with the manager in any football team.

But seeing that all three managerial appointments has turned out bad, someone upstairs has surely go to be responsible.

Yes, we don’t need players to beat Brighton. But if you are not going to back the manager nor sack him and do feck all in hope he does better, you surely are responsible.

Eddie has to go, and irrespective of your stance on players or Jose, this is a must.
Absolutely this. 100%.
 

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Hey why all the negativity about us being in free fall, you were telling me to stop being so silly and get behind the team 90 minutes ago. :lol:
I meant that. Might as well cling to optimism whike the season is young and our fears aren't proven right. Which they have been today.

But off the pitch we have been disgracefully ruined by the current set up. Theyre having the time of their lives watching us blame manager after manager
 

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The buck stops with the manager in any football team.

But seeing that all three managerial appointments has turned out bad, someone upstairs has surely go to be responsible.

Yes, we don’t need players to beat Brighton. But if you are not going to back the manager nor sack him and do feck all in hope he does better, you surely are responsible.

Eddie has to go, and irrespective of your stance on players or Jose, this is a must.
This.

We're a poorly run club and the only way we'll do anything about it is when we stop being a commercial juggernaut.
 

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This.

We're a poorly run club and the only way we'll do anything about it is when we stop being a commercial juggernaut.
Wait no, that's just not true. You can be a commercial juggernaut and be a well run club...those two are definitely not mutually exclusive.
 

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So our full backs are crap. We lack a top class CB and a RW.

Who would've thought that before the season started? :rolleyes:
 

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We've also bought a midfielder who is significantly worse than Herrera in Fred. Our board must look at the bloke in charge and wince at his signings.
Fred would look awesome at City. So would Herrera. Our manager has forgotten how to coach
 

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Watching people blame Ed Woodward for Jose Mourinho's inability to get a team with players like Lukaku, Martial, Pogba and Mata get more than two shots on target is hilarious.
 

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Behaved like a coward this summer, if you don't trust the managers judgment enough to back him then you have to find a manger you do trust enough to back, but he didn't have the courage to make a big decision in sacking him so buried his head in the sand and hoped for the best.
 

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I meant that. Might as well cling to optimism whike the season is young and our fears aren't proven right. Which they have been today.

But off the pitch we have been disgracefully ruined by the current set up. Theyre having the time of their lives watching us blame manager after manager
I do understand what you are saying, but my optimism died last season. Moyes was a total error, LVG atleast had a philosophy, Mourinho is just dreadful, he doesn't want us to ever impose ourselves, just contain whoever we are playing.

I genuinely believe if you replaced Mourinho with Pep, Poch or Klopp you would get alot better performances out of the CURRENT team.
 

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What manager would want to come in and take over from this? No wing-backs, no top-tier CB, no RW. It’s a monstrous task
 

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Wait no, that's just not true. You can be a commercial juggernaut and be a well run club...those two are definitely not mutually exclusive.
I should have worded it better. What I meant was that if we continue playing like this we won't be commercially successful anymore. Only then we'll see a reaction. As long as we're in the CL (hopefully) and the commercial partnerships are coming in we won't see a change.
 

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"Playing performance doesn't really have a meaningful impact on what we can do on the commercial side of the business."

- Ed Woodward
@United's quarterly conference call with shareholders on May 17th, 2018.
Come on everybody, let’s all go bury our head in the sand and blame everybody but this prick. Let him hop on his private jet and tell the glazers how well their money is doing.
 

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I do understand what you are saying, but my optimism died last season. Moyes was a total error, LVG atleast had a philosophy, Mourinho is just dreadful, he doesn't want us to ever impose ourselves, just contain whoever we are playing.

I genuinely believe if you replaced Mourinho with Pep, Poch or Klopp you would get alot better performances out of the CURRENT team.
Nah i could name 15 players that dont deserve to wear the shirt.
 

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If Mourinho deserves to go, then surely the guy who employed him (and the previous failed manager) needs to go.
 

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Watching people blame Ed Woodward for Jose Mourinho's inability to get a team with players like Lukaku, Martial, Pogba and Mata get more than two shots on target is hilarious.
So who was in charge of hiring Moyes, LvG and Jose? Someone is fecking up at the top and just cause you dislike the manager doesn't excuse Woodward.
 

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Watching people blame Ed Woodward for Jose Mourinho's inability to get a team with players like Lukaku, Martial, Pogba and Mata get more than two shots on target is hilarious.
On what planet does it have to be one or the other? For example, you can make independtly shit posts in many threads. Bury your head in the sand all you want and keep it nice and simple so you can understand it. Meanwhile the club is being ruined off pitch. They’re separate things and both Woodward and mourinho can be to blame.
 

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"Playing performance doesn't really have a meaningful impact on what we can do on the commercial side of the business."

- Ed Woodward
@United's quarterly conference call with shareholders on May 17th, 2018.
That's absolutely moronic. The whole reason United is such a big brand is precisely because of the success we've had. If we start going down, so will the profits because most "fans", especially those of big clubs, can be fickle and choose a new club to support.
 

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Wait no, that's just not true. You can be a commercial juggernaut and be a well run club...those two are definitely not mutually exclusive.
When the primary objective of a football club is something other than the football that is the sign of a badly run club.
 

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I should have worded it better. What I meant was that if we continue playing like this we won't be commercially successful anymore. Only then we'll see a reaction. As long as we're in the CL (hopefully) and the commercial partnerships are coming in we won't see a change.
Ah, I see. It's going to be a long time before that happens.
 
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