Haha it’s weird. I keep getting a message on anything other than my phone ‘sorry, you are not allowed to access that page’ for all redcaf content
I didn’t realise you quoted yourself.
That just reads to me as a list of excuses. You can definitely argue about team quality although this Europa run I really can’t remember teams as bad as Granada and Sociedad - they were horrendous to be in the latter stages but Europa is always full of dross. The fact is, when it mattered, Mou would win. I can point you to a lot (Wolves, Sevilla, Leicester, Villarreal) of knock out games where we were clear favourites, maybe less re Leicester, and came up short under Ole as well.
Look, I hated mou. Never the right fit and horrible football but Ole’s setup isn’t that much better that it’s worth not winning things. We scored 5 more goals this season than Mou but then let in 16 more…it doesn’t stack up.
My biggest gripe with this forum is there is a complete, and it really is shocking, lack of accountability and the expectations on Ole are different. LVG was sacked, Mou was sacked, neither of them got anywhere near the amount of leeway and free passes Ole has had. The guy isn’t even a hands on coach, this is what makes it so baffling.
You are defending someone who basically just tells his inexperienced coaching teams what to do (who are his mates and have not been picked on merit - that’s not an exaggeration and I think is a fair criticism of our coaching team). SAF gave a large part of his adult life to building United and, after winning everything, he became hands off like an overseer. The fact Ole has come in and done nothing as our coach, then moved into that role actually makes me feel sick for the future of this club. The message it sends is worrying.