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And Mourinho hadn't show the Glazer's that he was able to spot top CBs, hence he wasn't backed.Maybe people should be patient with players. He would be even better next to a top CB.
And Mourinho hadn't show the Glazer's that he was able to spot top CBs, hence he wasn't backed.Maybe people should be patient with players. He would be even better next to a top CB.
I'm not sure about the point that you are trying to make but United only sell players that have failed or are failing, it's not a club that sell players to make money or when they are at their peak.and has been selling their players for peanuts??
Of all managers to accuse of not knowing how to spot a top CB. Mourinho. Dear me.And Mourinho hadn't show the Glazer's that he was able to spot top CBs, hence he wasn't backed.
You think? From the media briefings it seems he was told he should get Varane or nobody.And Mourinho hadn't show the Glazer's that he was able to spot top CBs, hence he wasn't backed.
Yeah, but apart from that...Ole spent 15 years at united, you can't get more big time than that.
Poch has no big time experience and has won nothing.
Who said the feel good factor has fizzled out, even if we lose on Sunday it won't change.
Given your gut feeling, Ole is almost a certainty to stay as manager.
PS Phelan hasn't been out of the game.
Of course but business is not always about saving money.I mean, they are businessmen
Nobody wanted LvG or Mourinho to change. LvG's possession style if perfected would have been fairly entertaining. And we wanted Mourinho's counter attacking football we saw at Real, which was quite decent and entertaining in a different way to attacking football the likes of Ole etc play.Problem is people want to sign managers then expect them to change here, like getting LVG or Mourinho and expecting them to play great football. Now similarly we want Poch and expect him to offer us trophies.
Could be an issue, there will be players who have concerns about putting their careers in the hands of a manager who hasn't done anything.I have no qualms with him getting the job on a permanent basis but will he able to attract the big players especially if we do not to get a champs lge position?
Yeah can't argue with much of that, there are no/few good owners. I don't think the majority of PL purchases are actually seen as investments by the purchasers though, they are mostly vanity projects. Almost everyone loses money historically, and obviously all the foreign owners know that, they just want to own a PL club. They'd have to be the worst investors ever if they thought they'd get ROI on these clubs.That’s what investments are for. It’s not the Glazers who spend their money on either Poch, or on firing Mourinho, or on player signings. So the entire point is a non-point.
Man united makes the money, and glazers just take a dividend out which is peanuts to our overall incomes. The only owners that don’t take money out of the clubs are mafia bosses or sheiks who treat the club as their own personal FM teams. I’d much rather a businessman that takes out stable dividends and leaves the rest to the people running the club than the other. The problems lies in the fact the the CEO didn’t replace SAF with an entire team and instead keeps trying to replace the man mountain with another man mountain. Managers now simply do not do all that managers from SAF’s time used to.
Well that's not true.Nobody wanted LvG or Mourinho to change. LvG's possession style if perfected would have been fairly entertaining. And we wanted Mourinho's counter attacking football we saw at Real, which was quite decent and entertaining in a different way to attacking football.
The trouble was both were past it and unable to recreate their glory days. The fans and their expectations aren't to blame.
As for Ole, he still has to prove himself and he has 5 months to do so. Poch would be a good bet to win trophies with us as we have a winning mentality already ingrained in the club culture unlike Spurs.
Indeed, and there's nothing wrong with that from a management perspective. Just means they're considering every factor when they appoint. What I disagree with is this notion that anyone business minded will always take the path that involves the lowest cash expenditure right now, simply because "they're businessmen".true yeah, and that includes making decisions to not invest if you don't see an ROI, or invest less for more risk if you think it will be better for your bottom line
I agree and I don't think that is trueIndeed, and there's nothing wrong with that from a management perspective. Just means they're considering every factor when they appoint. What I disagree with is this notion that anyone business minded will always take the path that involves the lowest cash expenditure right now, simply because "they're businessmen".
if Ole wouldnt be backed I don't think there would be any backlash whatsoever.It's so early to judge with Ole, this Spurs game will be a much bigger test for instance. I've felt from the start that he'd been told the job wasn't on the table long term, obviously under extreme circumstances things could change but I think his job is mainly to steady the ship and bring the good vibes back to the club on a personal level.
If he did get the job I don't think he'd be a Glazer puppet and if the fans felt he wasn't being backed I think the Glazers would face a much louder backlash from the match going fans.
Could be an issue, there will be players who have concerns about putting their careers in the hands of a manager who hasn't done anything.
It's possible what you say is the case. Varane seems unobtainable, mind.You think? From the media briefings it seems he was told he should get Varane or nobody.
I'm struggling to think of top CBs he's unearthed. He knew Carvalho from Porto, so that doesn't count. He inherited Terry at Chelsea. He may have been able to coach CBs and improve them at one time but he lost his mojo some time ago.Of all managers to accuse of not knowing how to spot a top CB. Mourinho. Dear me.
They're good businessmen too, look at the fees from sponsorships we're getting now, imagine the size they'd rise to when we get back to winning major trophies. Not only the sponsorships but the value of the club has rose a great deal under their ownership also, this will only rise, as we get back to doing great things.I mean, they are businessmen
The only top CB that wasn’t in his winning teams he bought was Lucio, and he was hardly an unknown.I'm struggling to think of top CBs he's unearthed. He knew Carvalho from Porto, so that doesn't count. He inherited Terry at Chelsea. He may have been able to coach CBs and improve them at one time but he lost his mojo some time ago.
I have no qualms with him getting the job on a permanent basis but will he able to attract the big players especially if we do not to get a champs lge position?
No! I hate to say it, but what is good for the club will be good for the owners. We can always try to imagine conflicting scenarios, but in most cases it is not very realistic.This is in no way a thread to criticise Ole, who has been brilliant.
However, the skill-set we've needed for the last few weeks which Ole has basically performed perfectly, is only a small part of what we need over the coming years. After six years of abject shite, we're supposedly about to restructure with a DOF and also need a bit of a rebuild, so whoever comes in has a massive task on their hands to turn this ship around.
If the Glazers wanted Poch, for example, they'd need to deal with Levy (lets say £50m), give Poch a massive contract as well as promise Poch a big budget this summer (lets say £250m) and commit to a long term rebuild.
Ole would be much cheaper and have very little leverage to demand a transfer kitty from the owners, as he is so desperate to land the job.
Given the Glazers reluctance to back Mourinho in the summer, it looks like the purse stings might be tightening. Ole gives them the perfect chance to save a lot of money here so is anyone else, like me, concerned that money will be the deciding factor and not who is the best choice to lead this club forward?
Agreed. Also, players want to play for Manchester United and have grown up watching United be successful with Solskjaer in the team. Now he's manager and the team are scoring goals for fun, nah, count me out, I'll join Jose at Madrid instead...The CL will always be an issue but it’s only a season and Pogba was happy enough to sign. I think he can attract big players and potential signings will see him just the way us fans and the outside world will over the next 5 months.
I might be wrong but I can’t see players not signing because of OGS. What’s not to like about the bloke ? He has to prove he can handle the heat but if he does then he strikes me as a guy I’d love to work for.
Personally, I'm glad they didn't back him more in the summer. I certainly don't blame them for the mess he created. I guess I'm just concerned that after 6 years of throwing good money after bad, they'll take the easy (and potentially incorrect) option.Are we still blaming the Glazers/Ed for Mourinho being shit?
OT, difficult one but I hope Ole ends up proving enough to be considered for the permanent role.
And if they have any doubts on OGS, all they need to do is call up our Spanish or French or the Belgian mafia.The CL will always be an issue but it’s only a season and Pogba was happy enough to sign. I think he can attract big players and potential signings will see him just the way us fans and the outside world will over the next 5 months.
I might be wrong but I can’t see players not signing because of OGS. What’s not to like about the bloke ? He has to prove he can handle the heat but if he does then he strikes me as a guy I’d love to work for.
Well, the easy option in their minds may not be the cheapest one, and therein lies the problem. For all we know, Ed might want to stick with his Disneyland vision, looking at how Madrid leapfrogged us in values in the early 2000s with their Galacticos, sacrificing team cohesion and undermining the DoF/manager.Personally, I'm glad they didn't back him more in the summer. I certainly don't blame them for the mess he created. I guess I'm just concerned that after 6 years of throwing good money after bad, they'll take the easy (and potentially incorrect) option.
Which is why we are trying to get a DoF. The manager alone need not take decisions like those.A big concern of mine wouldn’t be his transfer kitty, with our previous managers it was generally quite easy to point to their successful and unsuccessful transfers, I don’t know anything about his time at Molde so I’d like to know a bit more about his transfer policy, what his success rate is with his transfers etc.
He hadn’t at United, which I think was his point. Lindelof and Bailly haven’t been massive successes.Of all managers to accuse of not knowing how to spot a top CB. Mourinho. Dear me.
Easy now...He hadn’t at United, which I think was his point. Lindelof and Bailly haven’t been massive successes.
When Ed signed LvG, he clearly made a statement that we had scouted LvG keeping his Barca and Ajax playing style in mind. So the club viewed LvG as taking us in the direction of Cruyff-ball, or something like it. The boring style was never on their minds, which was due to their incompetence -- maybe they thought the international games were one-offs.Well that's not true.
LVG's Netherlands in World Cup was extremely tedious and boring and Bayern also said in his sacking announcement that his football wasn't fun for anyone at the club, and Mourinho has never been known for playing breath taking football. People wanted Mourinho to change here and play football suited for United which is direct attacking but it wasn't going to happen. LVG wasn't going to change his defensive possession based football that he has been using ever eince his Bayern days for us too.
Sorry, the only fault lies in Ed's incompetence in not seeing they were both past it. You are tacitly absolving LvG and Jose of blame, as though the shite they produced with us is what they played throughout their careers. Surely you don't think that having seen their hey-days.You sign a manager, you get what they offer. Don't sign a manager and expect him to provide you with things they never showed. That's our problem as a club imo. We sign managers based on hopes United will ''change" them. Instead, we should hire mamagers that has already provided what we ask for, which is trophies + good football. Now we're making the same mistake with Poch, expecting him to change and starts to provide trophies while he already has one of the best teams in the league. He's not managing an underdog. Spurs has the 3rd best team in the league at least.
He’s in a decent vein of form and looking better but before that he was largely poor.Easy now...
Was Bailly reckless and injury prone before we signed him?He hadn’t at United, which I think was his point. Lindelof and Bailly haven’t been massive successes.
Haven't a clue.Was Bailly reckless and injury prone before we signed him?
1. The scouts have some responsibility for that. They need to be identifying players we can signHe hadn’t at United, which I think was his point. Lindelof and Bailly haven’t been massive successes.
Then we'd deserve everything we get, fans have to use their voice, if the Glazers appoint Ole and don't back him and fans don't get vocal about this and back Ole, it'll be a shame.if Ole wouldnt be backed I don't think there would be any backlash whatsoever.
Yeah it’s a tough one, but nothing suggests that they’ve taken the “easy or cheap” option before. If that makes sense.Personally, I'm glad they didn't back him more in the summer. I certainly don't blame them for the mess he created. I guess I'm just concerned that after 6 years of throwing good money after bad, they'll take the easy (and potentially incorrect) option.
Anyways, my point is, unless the player is an obvious hot head or injury prone before, Mourinho would have picked him on his abilities. If he comes here and becomes injury prone, then there is little Jose could have done.Haven't a clue.