Get a grip.Sarri and Emre both started very strong and positive and look at them now! I mean should we wait at least till May to decide whether Ole can maintain what he has done so far?
Yes. For me the point is: why not wait? We're getting a DoF, who will have a lot to say about transfers, albeit hopefully in discussion with the manager. So there's no desperate rush to choose the manager right now in order to start pursuing signings for the summer. So let's just wait and see - every single game gives us more insight into what life under Ole permanently would be like, so let's keep assessing as all these big games start to come through.Sarri and Emre both started very strong and positive and look at them now! I mean should we wait at least till May to decide whether Ole can maintain what he has done so far?
Because?Get a grip.
Both start in the league was pretty overrated and I maintained that view while thought otherwise just because we were god awful at the start of the season.Sarri and Emre both started very strong and positive and look at them now! I mean should we wait at least till May to decide whether Ole can maintain what he has done so far?
I suppose you can judge him as a right winger or you can judge him on the task he was asked to perform. If Solskjaer wanted him to dribble down the right wing, beat players and put crosses in then perhaps he didn't play well but the way Mata is used and has been used for the last few years on the right is to have freedom to drift inside and be a creative force in the spaces between midfield and attack, link play and create chances with a marauding full back overlapping him attacking the space he vacates.Do you have any stats to show how he performed the function of an attacking right player? Because I didn't see much of it being done today
A good point you make and I'm judging Mata on the former. Either through limited ability or instruction, Mata is failing to provide the 'wide' functions and it is impacting our attack.I suppose you can judge him as a right winger or you can judge him on the task he was asked to perform. If Solskjaer wanted him to dribble down the right wing, beat players and put crosses in then perhaps he didn't play well but the way Mata is used and has been used for the last few years on the right is to have freedom to drift inside and be a creative force in the spaces between midfield and attack, link play and create chances with a marauding full back overlapping him attacking the space he vacates.
IMO Arsenal's good run had lots of good fortune and dodgy decisions go their way and even if you ignore that I don't see anything that arsenal do/did which is anything like Emery's style of Seville/psg, to me it looks like wenger is still in charge (same small passes and naive defending, which a manager should be sorting out but same old). Don't really see what he has changed from wenger every time I've watched them.Sarri and Emre both started very strong and positive and look at them now! I mean should we wait at least till May to decide whether Ole can maintain what he has done so far?
I agree with the notion that we could benefit from strengthening in that position. Ole's tactics are exposing certain players as not suitable for his style and if we are to push on to the next level then we'll need to recruit players that fit into the system that improve the team or add depth.A good point you make and I'm judging Mata on the former. Either through limited ability or instruction, Mata is failing to provide the 'wide' functions and it is impacting our attack.
Nothing against Mata personally, but in sick of seeing him in that position. As a team we are far worse off for it. As it stands, I'd prefer Lingard as the starter, with Sanchez or Lukkaku used there as the Plan B (with the potential to secure a 1st place spot), while we should also be looking to bring through youth for that position
Mata has been tried there enough times and lessons should have been learnt
Sarri and Emre both started very strong and positive and look at them now! I mean should we wait at least till May to decide whether Ole can maintain what he has done so far?
We've caught up 11 points and a 21 goal difference to Chelsea who were 4th when Ole took over.Just realised he’s taken our goal difference from comedy bad to better than both Arsenal and Chelsea (both of whom had a lot of hype about their manAgers earlier this season). Already. Amazing really.
Smart decision if true. The players really seem to respect him. The last 6 years have been a lesson for the club. He may be the one to carry on the next two decades. Let’s hope fans put up with the rough patches when they come.
I watched the Leicester game on a Russian Stream and they kept saying in English 'Baby Face Killer'He might be all smiley and positive on public but he is absolutely ruthless behind. Lukaku, Sanchez , Fred all goes to the bench , got rid of Fellaini pretty quick , Pereira no longer in the squad after lackluster performance. He also have no problem in winning ugly and would keep it tight against stronger opposition, True baby face assassin. Mourinho would say things you might dislike on public but he will also gave your favourite player a very long rope to hold on.
Pretty risk free story really isn't it.Its in the Mail and the Sun that Ole hs got the job full time, thats why one of the Glazers was at the game and after talked with him his agent Woody and the other directors. It says they aint gonna announce it until the end of the season. Probably going to announce the DOF first.
I'd say those 11 games were a pretty thorough job interview, yeah.So “thorough recruitment process” is “this lad has got a winning run and says the right things in interviews”?
No wonder we gave Moyes a 5 year deal, and extended Mourinho’s.
Can’t even wait til the end of the season to evaluate everything, got to stay true to Knee Jerk FC traditions
My only hope is that it’s Custis and it could all be air.
For clarification, not that I don’t love Ole or that he’s not doing a good job. I just feel like deciding now is what lunatics would do, especially considering our track record.
11 games run is a thorough job interview for Man Utd? bet.I'd say those 11 games were a pretty thorough job interview, yeah.
Maybe they took a look around the managerial landscape, saw a grand total of feck all, then wondered why they were even bothering since the guy they asked to steady the ship was actually doing a better job than the guy they were going to replace him with.
Speaking of knee jerk reactions...So “thorough recruitment process” is “this lad has got a winning run and says the right things in interviews”?
No wonder we gave Moyes a 5 year deal, and extended Mourinho’s.
Can’t even wait til the end of the season to evaluate everything, got to stay true to Knee Jerk FC traditions
My only hope is that it’s Custis and it could all be air.
For clarification, not that I don’t love Ole or that he’s not doing a good job. I just feel like deciding now is what lunatics would do, especially considering our track record.
yeah man, only if I had said Custis is reporting it and it may all be airSpeaking of knee jerk reactions...
It just reads like a needless pop at the board.yeah man, only if I had said Custis is reporting it and it may all be air
This makes me feel old.In May 2009, I wasn’t even a football fan - I only started following football during the World Cup in South Africa the following year, and I became a United fan in about October/November 2010.
He's fairly reliable for United.
I think most people knew Poch wasn't happening. He's in a title fight, kind of, and is undoubtedly a good manager so I won't try and play down those achievements.11 games run is a thorough job interview for Man Utd? bet.
Also, I don’t know who the other candidates were but according to the press, Pochettino was one, if not THE guy, and well, he’s in a title fight despite not buying any players, unlike the teams he’s competing against, and having to juggle injuries to some of his more important players. I think that one guy is doing well. If we knew who the other guys were we might have a better picture.
Nonetheless if we were at the end of the season and the club were happy with everything Ole had done, by all means...deciding now though? yikes
If true I can understand it but we should wait until he's gone through this next tough run of fixtures.
It doesn’t because one, I merely stated we have made hasty decisions before and I’m hoping we aren’t doing it again, and two, it clearly says that it could all be nonsense.It just reads like a needless pop at the board.