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I wouldnt have a problem with this if he didnt waste time on Matic, Mata, etc. What is the point of even giving them time if we end up losing anyway. I could understand if they were playing and carrying us through to top4 but its not like we are any better. Id actually rather he put in some younger players at the expense of these players.
We are in a process of replacing these players but they are still on the payroll and provide something to the squad. Until they are replaced with players who provide more then you have to use what you have got.
 

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Better than Chelsea. Better than Arsenal. And even better than Spurs when you factor in the issues they have over their key players all wanting to leave.

Winks and Sissoko is not in any way a better midfield than McTominay and Fred, for example.

With the way things have gone against Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs in the last year or so, any competent manager would have this United squad finishing ahead of them.
Spurs have Ndombele and Lo Celso as their 3rd and 4th choice midfielders. Both would absolutely walk into this United team. They have a much better squad.
 

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It seems childish from both sides. I'm pretty indifferent at the moment. Not convinced Ole is the right person for the job but not desperate for him to go yet either. I really don't understand what everyone gets out of arguing their position so strongly every day, or hating on people with an opposing opinion. It's not going to change anything.
As I said I do want him out but I was certainly offering some leeway after some decent form. I even changed my vote to stay after the Everton game as despite the fact we didn't win, there were signs of progress after the Spurs and City wins. However I've since reverted back as I'm fully sure this cycle of good to shit will continue under him. It was the only time I've changed my vote and I can't envisage it happening again.

Both sides though have some serious extremists. And while they think their opinions are ever so right and valid, they really aren't, as extremist views in general never are. If someone keeps repeating how 'Ole in' they are, all that does is reaffirm that they lack any sort of objectivity and will stand by their view no matter what. That's not a good angle to take. It looks more like they care about being right on an internet forum than caring about the club.
 

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Spurs have Ndombele and Lo Celso as their 3rd and 4th choice midfielders. Both would absolutely walk into this United team. They have a much better squad.
Would they though? Both have been crap when played and repeatedly injured. So no, I don't think so. This isn't FIFA. Now Mourinho is there he's even looking to turds like Dier, who's easily as shit as Matic.

We can go through the whole team, as far as squad strength goes, Spurs have Harry Kane. Every other department it's the same level as us or weaker.

Why the feck else would we be ahead of them in the table despite our aforementioned horror show performances against basically every side below us in the table?
 

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Would they though? Both have been crap when played and repeatedly injured. So no, I don't think so. This isn't FIFA.

We can go through the whole team, as far as squad strength goes, Spurs have Harry Kane. Every other department it's the same level as us or weaker.

Why the feck else would we be ahead of them in the table despite our aforementioned horror show performances against basically every side below us in the table?
Surely Lo Celso would be getting game time over Lingard and Pereira?
 

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Surely Lo Celso would be getting game time over Lingard and Pereira?
Yeah but he's been constantly injured.

That's why I'm saying that given all their circumstances their squad is not in any way stronger than ours. It would be if Eriksen, Vertonghen and Alderweireld were remotely committed but they're not. And in terms of their new signings, Lo Celso is too injury prone and Ndombele too poor to even break through ahead of Winks and Sissoko.
 

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Better than Chelsea. Better than Arsenal. And even better than Spurs when you factor in the issues they have over their key players all wanting to leave.

Winks and Sissoko is not in any way a better midfield than McTominay and Fred, for example.

With the way things have gone against Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs in the last year or so, any competent manager would have this United squad finishing ahead of them.
This delusion is so widespread.
Just because Fred has stopped giving the ball away every 5 mins he is now seen as some top class player.
Our midfield is absolutely hopeless. Fair play to McTominay ,as he at least works hard to compensate for his passing limitations
 

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This delusion is so widespread.
Just because Fred has stopped giving the ball away every 5 mins he is now seen as some top class player.
Our midfield is absolutely hopeless. Fair play to McTominay ,as he at least works hard to compensate for his passing limitations
Sorry, can you not read or something? What fecking joke of a comment is that? :lol:

Fred is garbage. But so is Sissoko and so is Winks. They are all a quagmire of shite.
 

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Sorry, can you not read or something? What fecking joke of a comment is that? :lol:

Fred is garbage. But so is Sissoko and so is Winks. They are all a quagmire of shite.
Fred and Periera are the worst midfield partnership in the PL, I would play John O'Shea & djemba djemba ahead of them .
 

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The state of this place when we sack Ole and the next manager has us in a similar state. Who will be a fault then? The new manager, the players, the fans, the owners? I'm not Ole in because I think he's the best man for the job. I'm Ole in because it's so fecking obvious this club has not learned from past mistakes and any new manager appointment is going to be a repeat of what we've seen in the past 6 years, albeit maybe with a good run at a Mickey Mouse trophy thrown in.
Until this club appoints someone in charge who knows how to run a football club, it's just going to be the same broken record.
 

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The state of this place when we sack Ole and the next manager has us in a similar state. Who will be a fault then? The new manager, the players, the fans, the owners? I'm not Ole in because I think he's the best man for the job. I'm Ole in because it's so fecking obvious this club has not learned from past mistakes and any new manager appointment is going to be a repeat of what we've seen in the past 6 years, albeit maybe with a good run at a Mickey Mouse trophy thrown in.
Until this club appoints someone in charge who knows how to run a football club, it's just going to be the same broken record.
There is some truth in that but we watched him last night watch Luke Shaw move like someone attempting to push a beer keg up a steep hill and never think that a change was necessary.
He needs to have the balls to come out and say publicly that we need serious reinforcements now or we are heading for 8th place. His job depends on it.
 

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The state of this place when we sack Ole and the next manager has us in a similar state. Who will be a fault then? The new manager, the players, the fans, the owners? I'm not Ole in because I think he's the best man for the job. I'm Ole in because it's so fecking obvious this club has not learned from past mistakes and any new manager appointment is going to be a repeat of what we've seen in the past 6 years, albeit maybe with a good run at a Mickey Mouse trophy thrown in.
Until this club appoints someone in charge who knows how to run a football club, it's just going to be the same broken record.
Im sorry but a guy who doesnt make changes at half time after that shite fest and then high fives abysmal players off the pitch before smiling in the post match interview shows that he has no clue with what he is doing. Worst manager we have had in the past 30 years
 

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Fred and Periera are the worst midfield partnership in the PL, I would play John O'Shea & djemba djemba ahead of them .
For a player that had only two memorable acts, in his 2 years at United (the goal below and tackling of Sol Campbell), Djemba-djemba surely gets mentioned a lot on this forum :)

 

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For a player that had only two memorable acts, in his 2 years at United (the goal below and tackling of Sol Campbell), Djemba-djemba surely gets mentioned a lot on this forum :)

Lingard would kill for his stats.
 

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Im sorry but a guy who doesnt make changes at half time after that shite fest and then high fives abysmal players off the pitch before smiling in the post match interview shows that he has no clue with what he is doing. Worst manager we have had in the past 30 years
There is not a shred of a doubt that he should have made subs before the second goal, way before even the half-time, because we got lucky like 5 times there and it was obvious we were going to concede with the players we had on the field.

That said, the whole "worst manager we have had in the past 30 years" is still nonsensical exaggeration, because
  1. Well, for the most of the past 30 years we had the best manager in the history of football - SAF, so obviously anybody is worse than him
  2. Since then we've had:
    1. Moyes - clueless twat, who Ole is not worse than
    2. LvG - a soon-to-be-retired flop who was never going to build for long-term. So, no Ole is still not worse than him
    3. Mourinho - one of the most decorated coaches ever. Was never going to be our long-term solution and failed to deliver on short-term so while he is not worse than Ole, comparing him with Ole is like comparing apples with oranges.

We will need to go through at least 4-5 more managers before we can declare Ole "worst manager of the decade". And that will be a decade, stop trying to sneak-in "30 years" curveball :nono:
 

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There is not a shred of a doubt that he should have made subs before the second goal, because we got lucky like 5 times there and it was obvious we were going to concede with the players we had on the field.

The whole "worst manager we have had in the past 30 years" is still nonsensical exaggeration, because

  1. Well, for the most of the past 30 years we had the best manager in the history of football - SAF, so obviously anybody is worse than him
  2. Since then we've had:
    1. Moyes - clueless twat, who Ole is not worse than
    2. LvG - a soon-to-be-retired flop who was never going to build for long-term. So, no Ole is still not worse than him
    3. Mourinho - one of the most decorated coaches ever. Was never going to be our long-term solution and failed to deliver on short-term so while he is not worse than Ole, comparing him with Ole is like comparing apples with oranges.

We will need to go through at least 4-5 more managers before we can declare Ole "worst manager of the decade". And that will be a decade, stop trying to sneak-in "30 years" curveball :nono:
The stats are not kind to Ole when compared with Moyes or LVG
 

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The state of this place when we sack Ole and the next manager has us in a similar state. Who will be a fault then? The new manager, the players, the fans, the owners? I'm not Ole in because I think he's the best man for the job. I'm Ole in because it's so fecking obvious this club has not learned from past mistakes and any new manager appointment is going to be a repeat of what we've seen in the past 6 years, albeit maybe with a good run at a Mickey Mouse trophy thrown in.
Until this club appoints someone in charge who knows how to run a football club, it's just going to be the same broken record.
I'm sorry other big clubs sack managers all the time until they find the right one.
 

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Not true is it? The situations were completely different, United weren't winning titles left right and center when Fergie took over.
Im saying if Fergie had have been signed Dec 2017 same as Ole with the results he originally got everyone would have been screaming for the sack
 

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Im saying if Fergie had have been signed Dec 2017 same as Ole with the results he originally got everyone would have been screaming for the sack
Saf took over when Man Utd were in 21st place, literally in relegation and finished in 11th place. Why would he have been sacked?

It's pure fantasy to know what results Saf would achieve with this squad, but you are basically saying he wouldn't do better?
 

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Lingard has been utter trash for 1.5 years at least, but he's provided more than two memorable moments in his United career, to be fair

If DJemba Djemba had got the appearances Lingard had then I am sure he would have added to his short list.
 

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Saf took over when Man Utd were in 21st place, literally in relegation and finished in 11th place. Why would he have been sacked?

It's pure fantasy to know what results Saf would achieve with this squad, but you are basically saying he wouldn't do better?
it’s the default. If SAF or Klopp had been sacked BS that people make. How about this if Liverpool didn’t sack Hodgson after 6 months would they have become CL winners and league contenders much sooner?
 

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I think the problem with Ole is that he got a great chance to start with. Expectations lowered due to Mourinho being crap near the end.
Time to learn what was needed for his first transfer window. A squad that ended second with lots of young talents in it and some experience. A squad happy to have him since Mourinho lost the dressing room near the end.
It was the best platform you could imagine as a manager even if the quality of squad lacked in certain areas.
Fair enough having our owners might not have been ideal in the market though in order to solve it, but they will spend big money at times.

Although he has not done much with it. Started well, but did nothing to develop the football enough. Now when the positivity is no longer around it will be even harder for him to keep it up. Our squad is too thin due to him letting too many players go without replacements.

Replacing Ole will be harder since he made us decline so much. Although we need to do it this summer if we want to be serious as a top team. The next manager need to get the right funds in the market. We need 5 players this summer minimum.
 

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There is not a shred of a doubt that he should have made subs before the second goal, way before even the half-time, because we got lucky like 5 times there and it was obvious we were going to concede with the players we had on the field.

That said, the whole "worst manager we have had in the past 30 years" is still nonsensical exaggeration, because
  1. Well, for the most of the past 30 years we had the best manager in the history of football - SAF, so obviously anybody is worse than him
  2. Since then we've had:
    1. Moyes - clueless twat, who Ole is not worse than
    2. LvG - a soon-to-be-retired flop who was never going to build for long-term. So, no Ole is still not worse than him
    3. Mourinho - one of the most decorated coaches ever. Was never going to be our long-term solution and failed to deliver on short-term so while he is not worse than Ole, comparing him with Ole is like comparing apples with oranges.

We will need to go through at least 4-5 more managers before we can declare Ole "worst manager of the decade". And that will be a decade, stop trying to sneak-in "30 years" curveball :nono:
stating facts pal. Has the worst win ratio of any manager we have had in the past 30 years, maybe even longer. Why do we need to go through another 4-5 managers to prove how crap he is.

Ole... It's time to go!
 

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Despite our team looking pretty much clueless in some of the games, they do not look like they are giving up. And Molde has built a good culture over the years.

I'm in no way saying that this single "hard to quantify" element is enough to justify OGS being here next season or even next week, but at least it might be something. I tried to find one speck of positivity regarding our current management and situation.

Organizational culture (among the players in our squad) is something that is important for long term performance, and can be created by key people within the squad, shared values, performance, strategy etc. Organizational knowledge and competence is not something we have though.
You are bang on about the hard to quantify point. All this talk about culture, mentality etc is all just talk, only when we fix the technical problems in our play, we can look at mentality or whatever. There is no point in never giving up and giving it all when there is no substance in our play.
 

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it’s the default. If SAF or Klopp had been sacked BS that people make. How about this if Liverpool didn’t sack Hodgson after 6 months would they have become CL winners and league contenders much sooner?
I just think it's odd to assume that Klopp or Saf could not perform better in their first 12 months than OGS. Where does this assumption that no one could do a better job than Ole? Like really?
 

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I think the problem with Ole is that he got a great chance to start with. Expectations lowered due to Mourinho being crap near the end.
Time to learn what was needed for his first transfer window. A squad that ended second with lots of young talents in it and some experience. A squad happy to have him since Mourinho lost the dressing room near the end.
It was the best platform you could imagine as a manager even if the quality of squad lacked in certain areas.
Fair enough having our owners might not have been ideal in the market though in order to solve it, but they will spend big money at times.

Although he has not done much with it. Started well, but did nothing to develop the football enough. Now when the positivity is no longer around it will be even harder for him to keep it up. Our squad is too thin due to him letting too many players go without replacements.

Replacing Ole will be harder since he made us decline so much. Although we need to do it this summer if we want to be serious as a top team. The next manager need to get the right funds in the market. We need 5 players this summer minimum.
To be fair to him he was doomed to failure when the club never replaced the 2 midfielders and 2 forwards that left last year.
I can't really blame Ole for the decline but he was always going to take the fall.
 

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Im sorry but a guy who doesnt make changes at half time after that shite fest and then high fives abysmal players off the pitch before smiling in the post match interview shows that he has no clue with what he is doing. Worst manager we have had in the past 30 years

Have you watched any other team? Most managers don't like to change quickly, this includes Klopp, Pochetino and the likes. Mourinho might be the quickest on the "trigger" but we've had him, didn't work out.
Point is, you stick to your team for the most part. I'd understand the frustration if he was keeping someone really good on the bench, but what are his options really?