‘Everyone’s confident in the manager, for one, and we may not be doing what he’s telling us to perfection yet but the initial response to his tactics, his training has been phenomenal,’ Rashford continued. ‘For me, his plan, it’s not just a plan for just this season or just the next game, it’s a plan for years. ‘I think he needs to be backed in the position that we’re in now. We don’t need this rotation of managers because you never settle.’
I have to disagree with you on the topic of the tactics and style Ole is trying to instill in the team, of how we will setup, player roles throughout the team and what to expect when watching us play. Isn't that the main task the manager is faced with on taking on a new team? Every team has a game plan going into every game and this is influenced by a number of factors eg. quality of player available to the team or what style suits your players. Of course for a manger to get his team playing how he wants to he needs time on the training pitch, funds for new players that suit his plan and over time whether for good or bad we still see a mangers influence on his team.
Ole has been in charge of this team for 9 months and that is not enough time for most managers to be completely satisfied with his team and how they have adapted to his management.
However my problem lies with the clear lack of progress the team has made since his appointment. We are still struggling to produce consistently and I feel alot of that lies with the uncertainty in the players.
You just have to look at City as an example of a team in which every player knows his role and the team play to the same tune. That fluidity, understanding built from that confidence in their playing style makes a team full of quality a top club. Guardiola is the best manager in the world in my view and how his teams play and dominate games is a sight to behold.
City's quality manager highlights our manager in that he is a novice in comparison to the other top teams managers and a novice that is managing a huge club that expects results. I don't think Ole is the man to lead us beyond this season, it's too risky especially with another huge rebuild ahead and especially with the form we are showing at the moment.
He could turn it around though and if the team suddenly shows the form of the start of his tenure in which we played some great football, fast counter attacking, clinical and free. But the longer this slump goes on it looks more and more likely it was the players not Ole who were in charge. Listen I like Ole and he is trying his best in a very tough job that far more decorated and experienced managers have also struggled with. I have one man in mind who I believe would be the catalyst of a return to better times, a man who is the the dream candidate to take the hot seat.
Attacking pressure football, a great advocate of using young players and Academy players, PL proven, hungry for trophies and lacks the controversy of managers past.
Mauricio Pochettino must be persuaded become our manager and I think it can happen. Spurs will always be Spurs and they won't challenge consistently enough to give Poch the titles he wants.
We can provide the funds along with similar traditions that he holds in youth and attacking football. I feel the last time a manager of this quality was maybe available and was not pursued in a way that completely convinced them was Guardiola back in 2013. Apparently Ferguson approached Pep in January of that year while Pep was taking sabbatical. Pep was surprised and honored by the gesture but he had already agreed a deal with Munich and we ended up with Moyes and the rest is history. In my heart I can see this is a opportunity we just cannot afford to miss out on. Otherwise Poch will be probably win plenty at Real Madrid and we'll end up with Steve Bruce. Imagine that.