He does he is starting to have the similar body language to Moyes sitting slumped on the bench and inane grinning and this press conference today has wound me up. I am NOT saying I've lost respect for him as a player, I will forever be thankful to him especially for THAT moment in 99 however as a MANAGER he isnt up to such a huge task. He has the right intentions and love for the club but so do a lot of people on here- would they be appointed as manager of Manchester United, no of course not! He is also starting to sound like Moyes with what he says the whole needing to put a few wins together sounds nearly as bad as Moyes and his aspiring to City's level it adds to the impression he doesn't know how to fix it more shut your eyes and hope stage.
I think while I loved the run he went on when he first came in, I think it hurt him more than anything, had that not happened and we'd just done ok they wouldn't have rushed to appoint him, the subsequent results may have unfolded or the players would have kept playing to maximum effort as they dont know who the manager was, leading us to get top 4 waiting was a win win situation as if the bad run unfolded we could have simply said thank you for looking after us and stepping in for the rest of the season and waved goodbye.
He doesn't even seem to be feeling any pressure based on that press conference you'd think there would at least be meetings about performance concerns and his plans to get us out this rut which may force him to change things up a bit if he knows he's under pressure but on he grins.
I think it doesn't help, aside from Phelan, he has very inexperienced coaches so no one to "help" him Carrick was appointed by Jose and was going to be learning from him, Phelan has been in Australia and the league has changed a lot since he was last assisting in it and McKenna has been with the youth and weve seen what a step up youth to PL is.
He also said he wanted to work on fitness yet while there have been some improvements we haven't seen the intense press he spoke about- if that's the main thing he wanted to work on I'd expect it to be what we are best at
I completely agree Ole is merely a piece of the puzzle that doesn't fit but as he is one of the biggest ones, being the manager, he is out of his depth and we need to part ways with him as unfortunately the fairy tale we hoped for isn't going to happen its currently looking more like a nightmare
I wonder if the fact so many other managers have been underperforming has taken the press heat off Ole a bit now they are getting sacked their attention will turn to him.
I also wonder if the players aren't looking like they aren't playing for him because he gives them a fairly easy ride. I cant imagine him giving them the hair dryer though I know people have said he can do, he just seems too nice. Obviously Jose was too far the other end of the scale but are the players enjoying being given a lot of rope by him so of course they want him to stay. There was an article in the paper the other day about the various fines Lampard has brought in at Chelsea and they seem to have no problem playing for him, I would compare Ole to Lampard and while they have just lost and are dodgy defensively they have also had the transfer ban and lost their best player yet Lampard is taking them forward and when he is allowed to sign players I can see them progressing more.
Obviously we all know Woodward needs moving to the corporate side only and a DOF appointed however this is a thread about Ole.
As an aside I think we will beat or draw with at least one of Tottenham and City which will buy him loads more time as the board will take the view we aren't "expected" to win. We will then probably lose to Colchester or Everton or something and the cycle will continue
I definitely agree with what you are saying about Ole not feeling the heat whilst other premier league managers looked in more danger of the sack than him, however now Pochettino, Emery & Flores have gone there is definitely much more focus on his managerial performance, also thought you made a very valid point about the players seemingly being given an easy ride behind the scenes, look we could both be completely wrong on that but that De Gea interview after the Newcastle game was very telling in my opinion.
Personally I have always been of the view that Ole should not have been appointed on a permanent basis, feels like the board had absolutely no thought on what happens if we go through a rough patch, they just decided to jump in feet first and if the results suddenly change then we will just carry on regardless as he's a Utd legend and no one will want to say anything negative about Ole.
I don't think it matters what happens in the two games this week because think I have seen enough to suggest he hasn't got the coaching ability to sort this mess out, yes I can understand people who say what if he brought in some more experienced coaches to work alongside him but I just can't see him wanting to change the people around him even if it is for the good of the club.
This will sound harsh but I would not give him any more money in the January transfer window if we are planning on making the change next summer, we either look to secure Pochettino for next season now and appoint another interim (don't make permanent again) or just go and get him now even if it involves negotiating with the nightmare that is Daniel Levy.
We definitely needed to have this rebuild and get rid of the bad influences around the club, however it should have been carried out by a more experienced manager because he would have demanded that replacements were brought in before any were allowed to leave.
The three signings that we made last summer were all good but can't help feeling that they would improve under a manager who can actually coach players, think they have got caught up in the shit that is around them on the pitch and their form is suffering as a result.