So that’s all there is to management then?
Pff, that sounds easy, signing the most expensive CB in football history, the best available RB in the PL and some kid from the championship?
That’s all there is to it to be managing Manchester United and being paid 7.5m a year? I can do it too, hell, most of the caf could’ve made these transfer decisions.
I doubt be would be looking any worse with one of us in charge instead of Ole.
If it's so easy, then why have the vast majority of all signings since SAF retired turned out unsuccessful?
Ole is the first manager since SAF with a clear transfer strategy that rhymes well with Man Utd's overall philosophy.
You have to set a president of progression. Ole lasting a season won’t do that. An interim would at least give the players hope things are going to change.
Yes but an interim manager coming in brings its own potential issues. For example, which players would sign for us in January knowing that the manager who signs them won't be there in X amount of time and will be replaced by someone who might not rate them? If Ole has a chance of getting players like Håland, McGinn and others in January that's a strong argument in sticking with him IMO. As long as we stay out of the relegation zone of course.
If we were clearly on the cusp of something, and just needed the right players slotted in, then ever so slightly perhaps to the coming 12th this season option.
But the truth is we haven't got any sign he's got a masterplan.
A good manager may take time to get the players he needs in, but should at least show some sign he's got something. Lampard has taken Chelsea further down the road in 2months than Ole has in a year now. Without any signings, and with Chelsea losing their main star.
Chelsea seem to have a real knack in never standing still for too long.
Sure, and maybe Ole isn't the long term manager. But to me that isn't a conclusive argument that he should be sacked in favor of another interim manager who would bring his own philosophy only to leave in X amount of months. And I don't trust the board to find the right long term manager straight away.
There is a point you are missing here. His style of play is terrible and the way he's building the squad with will take us nowhere. That's why he should be sacked regardless of the results. He had shown nothing to prove we are moving on the right track. Things will probably get worse rather than better.
There is a point you're missing. Man Utd have already sacked the last three managers and things have been getting worse and worse. Who's to say they won't get even worse if the fourth manager is sacked as well? I agree we seemingly are not moving forwards and I think Ole has to change many things ranging from the formation, tactics and possibly training sessions etc as well. But this squad needed at least three more signings than it got in the last window. Again, I don't care for 5th or 6th place so...
The thing about sacking ole isnt about where we finish. This season is toasted anyway.
But more on letting a clueless manager runs for 3 years and assembling a new squad. You dont want that to happen under a clueless manager.
Our form for 30 games is bottom table, we're not talking about 3 months here. Ole has been here for almost 12 months and we dont see any sign of tactics at all.
If you cant even formulate how you want to play and make your player understand it in 12 months, giving him a new xi and 3 years will not change anything. You need good player to challange city, but you dont need a super xi to create a functioning team. I won't blame him if we finished 5th or 6th, but we're lower table material here
I'm not saying Ole should be allowed to stay for that long, necessarily. I'm saying don't sack him right this minute. See how the next few games go. We also still haven't even got a DOF yet, for example. Even identifying a suitable interim takes time. I disagree about new players, I think three new signings could transform this team, especially if Ole heeds some of the advice on here about tactics etc and starts playing like when he first came in again. And also, like I said, I genuinely don't care for finishing 5th or 6th. I care about long term progress.