Oh boy, this thread is going to be pure gold
“United way”
“Back the manager”
“Imagine if we had sacked Fergie in 900B.C”
For some reason United Is not supposed to operate like most elite clubs, which ironically enough is partly why we find ourselves in this malaise.
As much as I love and respect the man, I do feel SAFs farewell speech did more harm than good.
I know I was reluctant to publically voice displeasure with Moyes and even when I did with LvG I felt I was somehow wrong for doing so. Looking back that was borne out of some sort of sense of duty to Fergie's last request.
Unfortunately SAFs own modesty means he probably doesn't fully appreciate how much of one off he was and seems to think he got to where he was due to time, which is why many posters on here preach the patience=success rhetoric.
Agreed 100%. And the fact that he thought that Martin O'Neil, David Moyes and Sven Goran Erikson were up to the task of replacing him kind of confirms that.
Busby and Ferguson are our two most successful managers. Busby was appointed in mid 1945 and won his first league title in 1952. Ferguson was appointed in late 1986 and won his first league title in 1993. So, it took both those greats in excess of six years to build a title winning side. Solskjaer has been in post for 14 months, so give the guy a chance to build a title winning side. He's on the right track, after embarking on a major clear out of the mess which has taken place since the sale of Ronaldo in 2009. That's a mess created under the watch of Ferguson, Moyes, Van Gaal and Mourinho.
You know what, feck it. Let's sack Ole and appoint me as the Manager of Man Utd. I promise that I'll clear out the deadwood, play the youth and follow the United Way to a T. Hell, I'll even work for only a meager 10000 pounds a month.
Now if you guys are going to give me 7 years I promise that I'll deliver the league. Feck it, give me 13 years and I'll bring home the Treble again. At the end of the day, just give me more time, that should fix things.
What that also shows is that the manager isn't as big a part of the success as most cafsters seem to believe. Main thing is to have a good squad and setup at the club, and then the manager can add that last 10 %.
Complete and utter rubbish. Name me 2 Liverpool players that would be guaranteed starters for our Treble team or the 2008 team. Go on, I'll wait.
For the Treble team only Van Dijk is a guaranteed starter. In the 2008 team not a single one will start over our team. And yet these guys are just destroying the league this year.
Now appoint Ole as the manager of Liverpool and please tell me, will Liverpool even finish in the Top 3 this season?