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They will not sack ole not yet probably have something in his contract which would allow them to get rid of him in Christmas if united are below tenth on the cheap, its sad that its come to this for our great club. He should have gone few games ago
 

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It's poor management on his part though. He didn't need to sell Fellaini when Herrera was running down his contract. He didn't need to sanction selling Lukaku without even identifying a replacement. He didn't need to let Sanchez walk out knowing he has no proper striker or right winger. And now he's just playing players in the wrong position which again he doesn't need to do. All this whilst insisting on a formation which obviously doesn't work for us.

I don't think one needs to be in Carrington every day to see he has a weird obsession with shoehorning players in the wrong position, or he made an error in agreeing to letting certain key players go. They may not have been a long term fit, but never sanction the sale unless you know there's a replacement in place. It's just basics. And then on top of all of that our players don't even look coached. There are teams with worse XIs looking far more tactically drilled into a system. You know what to expect from Southampton, Bournemouth, Norwich even Newcastle. Even if it's not efficient for points.

You don't know anything from Ole. We look like a bunch of players from Powerleague or Goals on a Sunday, where the players have just met each other 10 minutes before kick off. Not all of that is down to Ed Woodward. Changing Ole for an actual coach is not a gamble, it's likely an improvement.
I don't think any manager would want to get rid of players without a valid reason. They're needy and would always want to have a big squad. My guess is the club failed to buy some of his targets/replacements. We'll likely never know.

Lukaku wanted out. Herrera wanted a big contract which the clubs' money men not willing to pay. Sanchez was not working. Fellaini was rubbish. It's difficult to play decent football and look tactically drilled with a team just put together over the last few weeks. We have some major players out who would be the first choice if fit. Pogba, Martial, Shaw, Wan Bissaka. I also know Rashford is carrying an injury. That's half the team. I'm not suggesting these players would pull up many trees but there would definitely be an improvement.

Young, Mata, Matic, Pereira, Fred, Rojo, Lingard are not players who should be starting any games. Players such as McTominay, James, Greenwood, Tuanzebe should be eased gently into the team and not all together. Unfortunately, these kids are now expected to carry the team. Ole might a coach who might be out of his depth, inept, or just plain unlucky it's difficult to judge. We have tried some of the most experienced coaches in the world. we know how that turned out.
 

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I'm not anti Scottish, I just wanted Moyes out.
The players Ole has inherited are not up to the standard we have been used to at United. He's had one transfer window with his hands probably tied. This endless gamble of changing managers' is nothing more than a gamble. I'm not sure how people work out if Ole and his other coaches are incompetent without knowing their methods. You need to be at Carrington to really know what he's and they're about.

To be fair, we have basically played with a reserve team or with a squad of players who would normally be either subs or played in lesser competitions. The exceptions being De Gea, Maguire and Rashford over the last several games. Any manager/coach in the world would suffer from these players who have passed their best or are still learning their trade.
We cant blame the team again. Why cant he get the team to play like they did that landed him the job in the first place? Were the players good then and shit now?
All he had to do was add to that team and get the fitness levels up to his standards. He had a whole summer window to do that.

He spent all his transfer budget on defense even though midfield and attack were a bigger problem since he knew Lukaku and Herrera were off.

And he hasnt performed any kind of a miracle on his transfers either. Maguire and Wan aren't a product of his scouting or anything like that both were the most talked about defenders last year and Maguire had been Mourinhos target since the year before. Plus he broke the world record to sign him. And James was down to Giggs.

Enough with the excuses for Ole. If we had to sign an ex United player who knows United blah blah at least we should have gone for Blanc who has something to say as a manager.
You dont go from Molde and relegated Cardiff to managing United, thats not how it works.
 

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7 years ago our main striker finished on 34 goals, so what did Fergie do? Went on and bought another striker who scored 37 goals that season. Last season, our 3 strikers scored 40 goals between them combined, what did Ole do? Sold one of them and then went on to spend 130m on defense. That's just an example of his poor planning and him having not learnt much from his time previously at the club.
Didnt we bid for Dybala and mandzukic? I think the poor planning is not only on Ole, we were bidding for attackers and the board didnt come through for Ole.

PS: Douglas Costa's agent said we were interested in Costa as well but Saari blocked he move so it appears we were in the market but could not get the deals over the line.... this is not on Ole.
 

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Didnt we bid for Dybala and mandzukic? I think the poor planning is not only on Ole, we were bidding for attackers and the board didnt come through for Ole.
It was expensive to get them over the line and Ole said fine. So he did mess us up. If Jose was in his first season we would have got Dybala and Mandzukic and Jose doesn't give a damn if they only want to come for the money.
 

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I have no qualms about Dybala - that deal was fraught with contract difficulties and the player clearly didn't want to leave Juve. The real question is what happened to the Mandzukic deal and why did we not have any other targets if Mandzukic also did not want to come or Juve did not want to sell.
 

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It was expensive to get them over the line and Ole said fine. So he did mess us up. If Jose was in his first season we would have got Dybala and Mandzukic and Jose doesn't give a damn if they only want to come for the money.
I had no idea that was the case... I got the impression that it was not Ole's call and he wanted more attackers.
How could Ole not have wanted reinforcements?
That makes no sense to me.
 

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I had no idea that was the case... I got the impression that it was not Ole's call and he wanted more attackers.
How could Ole not have wanted reinforcements?
That makes no sense to me.
I am also not aware that Ole said no to any deal, except perhaps Dybala and again this deal I remember had some weird contract issues with his image rights and also the fact the player did not want to leave Juve at all.
 

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I had no idea that was the case... I got the impression that it was not Ole's call and he wanted more attackers.
How could Ole not have wanted reinforcements?
That makes no sense to me.
Maybe Ole's under pressure, seeing as Rashford's been selected as the PR-friendly face of the club (youth, potential, diversity, local roots, academy-trained etc etc), not to have rivals for Marcus's place?
 

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I had no idea that was the case... I got the impression that it was not Ole's call and he wanted more attackers.
How could Ole not have wanted reinforcements?
That makes no sense to me.
Did you miss the big PR of only wanted players that 'want' to be here? he said he was okay with having Mason fill in the gap.. If it was so much of an issue he wouldn't have got rid of Sanchez after the window closed.
 

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We also have to be fair to Ole. We've suffered a lot of injuries to key men throughout this season.
I also believe we'll get some players in January. Not doing so would be tantamount to malpractice.

Another thing: we're struggling to scores goals so why not play Rashford and Greenwood up top? Creating his own problems.
 

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To an extent, but Liverpool weren’t quite the Great Satan they are these days. The huge rivalry with Leeds was still a recent thing, and Liverpool only became a major force in the mid-70s. Plus we used to beat them (Liverpool) regularly, even when we weren’t great :drool:
It hurts so bad to see poor football every year despite comitting every day to follow the team. Literally no one at the club right now cares about the fans. Not one player.

This must be worst time in club's history.
 

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Maybe Ole's under pressure, seeing as Rashford's been selected as the PR-friendly face of the club (youth, potential, diversity, local roots, academy-trained etc etc), not to have rivals for Marcus's place?
Who would have thought that.. but makes perfect sense. Stay woke! Marketing wins again, maybe this is why McT is playing in midfield.. youth, local, academy trained, 6ft plus, blonde hair.
 

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Did you miss the big PR of only wanted players that 'want' to be here? he said he was okay with having Mason fill in the gap.. If it was so much of an issue he wouldn't have got rid of Sanchez after the window closed.
Wasnt that in reference to Lukaku?
Regardless I think he was let down by the club and while I dont think he is the man to get us to the next level, he is not the root of the issues at United.
 

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Didnt we bid for Dybala and mandzukic? I think the poor planning is not only on Ole, we were bidding for attackers and the board didnt come through for Ole.

PS: Douglas Costa's agent said we were interested in Costa as well but Saari blocked he move so it appears we were in the market but could not get the deals over the line.... this is not on Ole.
My point is that he had to prioritize his attack as we all knew Lukaku would leave from very early. I'm sure he could've found a couple of players that would've improved our output this season.
 

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What kind of Americans are Glazers? They are losing shit load of money and they are still not sacking people? That is it, i want Trump. He would sack everybody by now. From Ole to a guy who is seliing hot dogs
 

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You are forgetting that 4-3-3 was also the formation at the end of the season, where United were countered to death and were having a terrible run of games. So I can understand that he - or the couching team, it´s probable more correct to say - saw the need of making some changes.

But I agree with you that Ole has to go back to start, and play to his squad´s strengths. There are hardly any defensive midfielders in the squad and no nr. 10.
We have added 130m worth of defenders to that backline. I don't see why we need to go more defensive with the 4231. It should actually be the reverse with the midfielders being relieved of some of the defensive duties. But again I am just another fan who knows nothing about tactics and stuff.

The thing is this 4231 crap isn't working then why not change systems and try something different? Its like doing the same thing everytime and expecting magic to happen on its own.
 

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It hurts so bad to see poor football every year despite comitting every day to follow the team. Literally no one at the club right now cares about the fans. Not one player.

This must be worst time in club's history.
It’s bad right now but we’ve had worse times, come on.
 

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If the players can't see what he's implementing then he's a gonner. Which is sad because I never wanted it to come to this due his standing at the club.

 

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For people complaining he has a bad squad/board to work with, just put him in city/pool or even west ham & Leicester for that matter, he would still struggle.

He is not cut out to be on the PL. I like the guy as much as the next person in here, but he isn’t fit to be at a PL club, let alone at United.
 

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How about moving Ole into a director of football role?

Ole is a football man, heart in the right place, and cares about United, and developing young players. Could he make it as long term strategist?
 

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This is the only reason I can see the Glazers replacing/restructuring Ed.
I don't see the Glazers ever ordering any type of structural change. They don't care about football and they probably have minimal involvement within the clubs operations, imo any major change at the board level will have to come from Ed.
 

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How about moving Ole into a director of football role?

Ole is a football man, heart in the right place, and cares about United, and developing young players. Could he make it as long term strategist?
Or we could appoint someone with experience as a DOF and a proven track record.

Enough with the romanticism.
 

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The stories are coming out.

Its the end of Solskjaer im afraid.
 

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If the Liverpool game is an embarrassment, I think this will be the end of Ole and I guess a guy like Laurent Blanc would come in temporarily until a better option comes along.
No Laurent Blanc please. No former players as care takers. The club from top to bottom is a nostalgia filled love sick puppy with an ass covered with Cupid arrows. We can't have another Ole.
 

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If the players can't see what he's implementing then he's a gonner. Which is sad because I never wanted it to come to this due his standing at the club.

Given none of us can it's not surprise they can't
This is where having managerial pedigree is priceless because I think he's lost the players now, they don't know what they're buying into and there's no successful former team to buy him a extra time
 

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Pissed off we are giving Liverpool a free hit. For fecks sake can something please not go their way for once? We’re basically forfeiting that game now.
 

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Pissed off we are giving Liverpool a free hit. For fecks sake can something please not go their way for once? We’re basically forfeiting that game now.
The players will be up for it no doubt about that. I think quality wise though we will come up short unless everybody is fit.

Let’s be honest he won’t be getting the sack because of liverpool anyway, it’s the first 9 games plus the end of last season. Our form is horrendous.
 

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How about moving Ole into a director of football role?

Ole is a football man, heart in the right place, and cares about United, and developing young players. Could he make it as long term strategist?
No.

That role goes to someone who has experience and a proven track record in performing that role. Kinda like how our approach to hiring managers should have been, rather than giving it to a rank amateur like Ole based on worthless sentiment.
 

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If the players can't see what he's implementing then he's a gonner. Which is sad because I never wanted it to come to this due his standing at the club.

"The problem is, the players cannot see what the plan is beyond a lot of running."

:lol:

On a more serious note a manager who entertained Lingard as a 10 because of 'energy' can't have much of a plan beyond running
 

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Christ. Herrera was obviously not on Ole. Herrera himself even said as much. He had ready made his choice to leave. And what would Smalling have contributed? It's not like we have any defensive issues now. The one player that might have made a difference is Lukaku. And he wanted to leave. We were right to let him go but Woodward should have got a replacement in which Ole obviously wanted and still does.
We dont have defensive issue?
 

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I'm think Solskjaer has October to save his job.

It wasn't Ole's fault that our squad was so threadbare to begin with but Martial, Pogba, Shaw and Wan-Bissaka are all potentially back in contention for the Liverpool match and beyond.

Liverpool, Partizan Belgrade, Norwich and Chelsea await this month. If we only pick up a point or two against Liverpool and Norwich, lose away in Europe and get dumped out of the Carabao Cup then I think the board will rightly or wrongly sack him.

Even if the club are preaching patience, there will come a time when they are forced to act. You can't build a Premier League winning squad if you're playing in the Championship.
 

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Certainly players are not listening to him. What is the point to listen to a manager who plays Lingard (the least creative player in the history of Manchester United) as an attacking midfielder, or who persists with playing Matic when anyone’s grandmother (if still alive) is probably faster then him? I am not even talking about such an idiocy as playing Pogba as a DM (which simultaneously deprives us of a big chunk of his attacking threat and makes us exposed to pressing).

He lost the dressing room thanks to his stupid decisions and due to him being stubborn not to make amends. No one else to blame
 
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