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An actual supporter would frame it as "I hope the club moves swiftly if/when it becomes clear that we're not going to challenge" not "I hope Ole does a Lampard." The latter says "I hope Ole fails and takes us out of contention in the league so that I can be right on the internet, because that has now become more important to me than actually supporting the club."
I don’t know why people have it in their head people want Ole sacked to be proven right? :lol:

If I didn’t care about us being successful I’d be backing Ole.

Whether we are 2nd 5 points behind 1st or 8th we under Ole we still aren’t in a title race as last season proved. Makes no difference to me.
 

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Yes, and to bring you back to my original point, these teams that have suffered upsets have also won things. Pep's City with 3 Premier Leagues & a stack of domestic cups, Klopp's Pool a PL & CL. France the World Cup. It's Ole's United that still have everything to prove.
So, you’re only allowed to lose if you win things then?
 

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Yes, and to bring you back to my original point, these teams that have suffered upsets have also won things. Pep's City with 3 Premier Leagues & a stack of domestic cups, Klopp's Pool a PL & CL. France the World Cup. It's Ole's United that still have everything to prove.
So, if we win say FA Cup next season, you wouldn't call these games that you've listed earlier as upsets?

Every team loses one-off games. Had Chelsea lost to City in CL, we'd be listing how they're a bunch of bottlers for losing to FA Cup to Leicester, almost bottling top 4, losing FA Cup final to Arsenal last season and so on.
 

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So, if we win say FA Cup next season, you wouldn't call these games that you've listed earlier as upsets?

Every team loses one-off games. Had Chelsea lost to City in CL, we'd be listing how they're a bunch of bottlers for losing to FA Cup to Leicester, almost bottling top 4, losing FA Cup final to Arsenal last season and so on.
I 100% agree that knockout games can go on both ways. But Ole lost every single one so far. In half we were favorites. That is the problem. And i don't know how some of you keep trying to spin that on other way.
 

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Yes, my bad. You are right there. I hate that argument and i used it.
But i can start now. :D
Do you think that Chelsea and Juve should have kept Pirlo and Lamps?
Well pirlo finished 3rd in a one club league and that too with a ronaldo in his side. If not for Napoli bottling they would have finished 5th, so yes he should have been sacked.

As for Lampard well do I need to even mention anything. Spent 250 million to keep them 9th. That is a sackable offence.

Ole for his flaws outperformed both of the names you mentioned. So thr comparison itself is unfair.
 

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I 100% agree that knockout games can go on both ways. But Ole lost every single one so far. In half we were favorites. That is the problem. And i don't know how some of you keep trying to spin that on other way.
That's true. If you filter out all the KO games that we lost, yes he's lost every single one of them, same as every manager in the world.

The issue is the definition of crucial games under Ole has changed to games Ole lost rather than all big games that we've faced
 

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Well pirlo finished 3rd in a one club league and that too with a ronaldo in his side. If not for Napoli bottling they would have finished 5th, so yes he should have been sacked.

As for Lampard well do I need to even mention anything. Spent 250 million to keep them 9th. That is a sackable offence.

Ole for his flaws outperformed both of the names you mentioned. So thr comparison itself is unfair.
Both did better in CL than us though. I think Lampard and Ole did similar levels of job overall, but they improved and we did not by a new manager. Had we replaced Ole maybe we would have won something like the league?
 

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Both did better in CL than us though. I think Lampard and Ole did similar levels of job overall, but they improved and we did not by a new manager. Had we replaced Ole maybe we would have won something like the league?
And both didn't do better in the league which is the bread and butter. Ifs and buts are always funny. If Ole got Lampard's group in CL and Lampard or Pirlo had our group then we would have progressed and chelsea would have been playing europa. Lampard deserved the sack because he kept chelsea in 9th place. Ole never had us in 9th place since October so no board would have sacked him. Do you think Roman would have sacked Lampard if they were 2nd in January? I don't think so.
 

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Yes, my bad. You are right there. I hate that argument and i used it.
But i can start now. :D
Do you think that Chelsea and Juve should have kept Pirlo and Lamps?
Chelsea finished 4th on 66 points, signed players for £230m + Thiago Silva on a free, and were regressing. When pressure started mounting, they unraveled. I realise you'll never agree that we've seen progress under Ole, but we certainly haven't regressed. I think the sacking of Lampard was fair, given the investment and lack of return on it.

Pirlo took over the reigning champions and did a Moyes lite. I don't play close enough attention to Juve to say if there were any signs that he could have them performing with proper backing, so I'm not really qualified to opine on it.
I don’t know why people have it in their head people want Ole sacked to be proven right? :lol:

If I didn’t care about us being successful I’d be backing Ole.

Whether we are 2nd 5 points behind 1st or 8th we under Ole we still aren’t in a title race as last season proved. Makes no difference to me.
What other reason could someone have for someone wanting to see him "do a Lampard"?

Saying "I think/know he'll fail, and I hope the club moves swiftly to replace him when it happens" is one thing, and completely fair. Saying "I hope we land all his targets and give him all the tools he needs to succeed, and that he then fails" is something completely different. It's not enough for you to see him sacked, you want it to happen in an humiliating manner, and it comes off as weird and obsessed. No normal person thinks like that.
 

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Chelsea finished 4th on 66 points, signed players for £230m + Thiago Silva on a free, and were regressing. When pressure started mounting, they unraveled. I realise you'll never agree that we've seen progress under Ole, but we certainly haven't regressed. I think the sacking of Lampard was fair, given the investment and lack of return on it.

Pirlo took over the reigning champions and did a Moyes lite. I don't play close enough attention to Juve to say if there were any signs that he could have them performing with proper backing, so I'm not really qualified to opine on it.

What other reason could someone have for someone wanting to see him "do a Lampard"?

Saying "I think/know he'll fail, and I hope the club moves swiftly to replace him when it happens" is one thing, and completely fair. Saying "I hope we land all his targets and give him all the tools he needs to succeed, and that he then fails" is something completely different. It's not enough for you to see him sacked, you want it to happen in an humiliating manner, and it comes off as weird and obsessed. No normal person thinks like that.
I said what I said. How I said it who cares. I’m not running for Red Cafe president. Too much people are invested in this manager because of who he was. I mean if it was Dwight Yorke doing the same thing non of this bull excuses would be flying.
 

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That's true. If you filter out all the KO games that we lost, yes he's lost every single one of them, same as every manager in the world.

The issue is the definition of crucial games under Ole has changed to games Ole lost rather than all big games that we've faced
Here is the thing. I filtered this; his biggest knockout games so far are:
Leipzig. Win or bust. We lost because he messed up lineup and then we chased result
Villareal. That was really bad ingame management. Surely we can agree on that. Influence on game was zero.
Leicester for CL. Win. That was good setup.
Leicester in FA cup. Loss. Resting best player.
Chelsea in FA cup. Loss. We were in great form and then he changed formation for that game.
City two times in league cup. Last year he went with two mc vs City. We were demolished in first half and then he realised that he needs 3rd midfielder. When tie was over.

Too many mistakes for United manager. Imo, at least
 
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I’m in Ole In man, but the Villarreal throws a wrench into the case for his defense. There’s a deer in the headlights quality to his match management in big cup games.

Just as young players are expected to improve, Ole is a young manager who needs to improve.
 

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Here is the thing. I filtered this; his biggest knockout games so far are:
Leipzig. Win or bust. We lost because he messed up lineup and then we chased result
Villareal. That was really bad ingame management. Surely we can agree on that. Influence on game was zero.
Leicester for CL. Win. That was good setup.
Leicester in FA cup. Loss. Resting best player.
Chelsea in FA cup. Loss. We were in great form and then he changed formation for that game.
City two times in league cup. Last year he went with two mc vs City. We were demolished in first half and then he realised that he needs 3rd midfielder. When tie was over.

Too many mistakes for United manager. Imo, at least
And what about LC game vs Chelsea, Everton, FA Cup games vs Wolves, Norwich, Pool, WHU?

And how about EL games vs Milan, Copenhagen, Roma, Sociedad?

The thing is the definition of crucial games gets changed to suit one's agenda. People like to call just the Leicester game as crucial, however, every game post lockdown last season was crucial and any misstep would have been costly.
 

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I’m in Ole In man, but the Villarreal throws a wrench into the case for his defense. There’s a deer in the headlights quality to his match management in big cup games.

Just as young players are expected to improve, Ole is a young manager who needs to improve.
He's not really that young though. Not when he's getting compared to Lampard.
 

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And what about LC game vs Chelsea, Everton, FA Cup games vs Wolves, Norwich, Pool, WHU?

And how about EL games vs Milan, Copenhagen, Roma, Sociedad?

The thing is the definition of crucial games gets changed to suit one's agenda
. People like to call just the Leicester game as crucial, however, every game post lockdown last season was crucial and any misstep would have been costly.
Indeed.
 

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I said what I said. How I said it who cares. I’m not running for Red Cafe president.
You were confused as to why people thought some wanted Ole to be sacked to be proven right, and I pointed out to you why people think you want Ole sacked to be proven right. It's a direct result of your posting, and it stretches further than this latest example.
Considering a FA Cup quarterfinal game to Leicester is a crucial game, then why aren't EL and FA Cup QF from previous season crucial games?
We won those, so they weren't crucial.
 

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Someone could give me an update why this thread is so busy nowadays? Are we still whining about the EL loss or something else happened I don’t know about? Or is it just the lockdown in UK so people here can’t enjoy the summer?
 

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Considering a FA Cup quarterfinal game to Leicester is a crucial game, then why aren't EL and FA Cup QF from previous season crucial games?
It is not just the round of competition but also the level of competition that makes it a big game. I'm sure you don't think playing Copenhagen in a europa quarterfinal is the same as an fa cup tie against Liverpool for eg. Ole has not shown enough in important games. He's lost 3 semifinals and a final. This is something that should frankly worry all united fans. After almost three years to choke like he did in the europa final is a huge blot on his record. He's obviously not batting 0%, he has some good wins : Liverpool in the cup, Leicester to get top 4, City away , Milan etc however managers are judged on trophies. Nobody cares for nearly men and if he doesn't win anything again next season all the excuses need to stop.
 

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We won those, so they weren't crucial.
Precisely. People have started this weird notion that we collapse under pressure games. I'm not going to say that we haven't collapsed ever, but our success rate would be similar to maybe any other team from any other era barring City under Pep.

QF loss to Leicester is a crucial game, but other QF games where we won weren't crucial. Had we lost to Pool in 4th round of FA Cup, that'd have been classed as a crucial game, ditto with any other loss in earlier rounds. In SAF's final 5 seasons, we lost 5 crucial games and won 2 as per this definition
 

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Someone could give me an update why this thread is so busy nowadays? Are we still whining about the EL loss or something else happened I don’t know about? Or is it just the lockdown in UK so people here can’t enjoy the summer?
@pocco trundled in here to point to England being underwhelming under Southgate as proof that we won't improve with better players, the usual suspects jumped in to agree with each other about Ole being shit, and here we are.
 

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Someone could give me an update why this thread is so busy nowadays? Are we still whining about the EL loss or something else happened I don’t know about? Or is it just the lockdown in UK so people here can’t enjoy the summer?
England didn't beat Scotland which is of course the fault of Manchester United Norwegian manager.
 

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Someone could give me an update why this thread is so busy nowadays? Are we still whining about the EL loss or something else happened I don’t know about? Or is it just the lockdown in UK so people here can’t enjoy the summer?
It's busy because Southgate's England drew against Scotland on Friday. I wish I was joking.
 

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It is not just the round of competition but also the level of competition that makes it a big game. I'm sure you don't think playing Copenhagen in a europa quarterfinal is the same as an fa cup tie against Liverpool for eg. Ole has not shown enough in important games. He's lost 3 semifinals and a final. This is something that should frankly worry all united fans. After almost three years to choke like he did in the europa final is a huge blot on his record. He's obviously not batting 0%, he has some good wins : Liverpool in the cup, Leicester to get top 4, City away , Milan etc however managers are judged on trophies. Nobody cares for nearly men and if he doesn't win anything again next season all the excuses need to stop.
How is EL QF not crucial? Had we lost that game, would you not call that game crucial?

Of course trophies are important, however, let's not skew this definition of "crucial games" to suit some weird agenda. If it's the rival that makes the game crucial, then FA Cup wins vs Chelsea, Arsenal, Pool, CL win vs PSG, LC win vs Chelsea, Everton, EL win vs Milan are all crucial. Surely these outnumber the losses to City x2, Chelsea, Leicester, Sevilla and Villarreal
 

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Precisely. People have started this weird notion that we collapse under pressure games. I'm not going to say that we haven't collapsed ever, but our success rate would be similar to maybe any other team from any other era barring City under Pep.

QF loss to Leicester is a crucial game, but other QF games where we won weren't crucial. Had we lost to Pool in 4th round of FA Cup, that'd have been classed as a crucial game, ditto with any other loss in earlier rounds. In SAF's final 5 seasons, we lost 5 crucial games and won 2 as per this definition
You get the same with the idea that we're bad at seeing games out. Before Bruno? Sure, but we've come a long way on that front since then, but you still see people claim we're bad at it.
 

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@anant . @Halftrack . My point about "crucial" games is that we didn't won anything so far. Despite having multiple chances for it. And in a few games, we lost because manager made bad calls. You can't win everything but in 3 seasons you must win something ffs. Especially when you are close to it many times.
Would you be happy with James as starting winger or Ighalo as starting striker? Despite they produce decent numbers? I guess not. So why do you not have same criteria for manager?
Manager is the most important person in club and in giant club like United, manager must be top class. The fact is that he lost most of semis and finals because he messed up, not because he was beaten by better team (like against City for example).
If Ole is not "our" Ole, our legend, would you be happy with him?
 

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Someone could give me an update why this thread is so busy nowadays? Are we still whining about the EL loss or something else happened I don’t know about? Or is it just the lockdown in UK so people here can’t enjoy the summer?
Apparently, it is Ole’s fault that England’s not playing well in the Euros.
 

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@anant . @Halftrack . My point about "crucial" games is that we didn't won anything so far. Despite having multiple chances for it. And in a few games, we lost because manager made bad calls. You can't win everything but in 3 seasons you must win something ffs. Especially when you are close to it many times.
Would you be happy with James as starting winger or Ighalo as starting striker? Despite they produce decent numbers? I guess not. So why do you not have same criteria for manager?
Manager is the most important person in club and in giant club like United, manager must be top class. The fact is that he lost most of semis and finals because he messed up, not because he was beaten by better team (like against City for example).
If Ole is not "our" Ole, our legend, would you be happy with him?
Yes.

If you want my reasoning it's because he has come in and steadied the ship, transformed the mentality and mood around the club. I'm much more enjoying watching our games now than I did under the last two managers (Moyes wasn't around long enough to make me dislike him).
And I see visible progress in every season he has been here so far.

For me that says he deserves continued backing and has my support for at least two more seasons, unless we horribly crash down the table next season with no chance to turn it around in sight.


Yes he wouldn't have gotten the chance to be caretaker if not for his history with us as a player (and that he had managed clubs before), but he was given the job permanently due to what the board saw from him over the 3 months job interview and the plans he made and presented for the club (which we have never seen, but both Ole and the club has talked about planning for the long-term).
 

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No matter really how many people try to argue otherwise, it's an undeniable fact that so far whenever this squad got close to win something, they bottled it. Whenever we reach advanced stages in a cup, we bottle them. When we led the CL group and needed a point to get through, we bottled it. When we led the league table by 3 points away from 2nd spot, we bottled it against 2 relegated teams and in 2 weeks we were 10 points away from the top.

You can bring on a 16th or 32th round game in the cup or a meaningless league game after we were already the title race just to paint it in a better color or prove to yourself the opposite, it won't change what actually happens.

Whenever we're close to win something, we completely bottle it.
 

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It's busy because Southgate's England drew against Scotland on Friday. I wish I was joking.
If this is what you take away from it, you should re-visited basic reading training. Pocco said that the notion "just have great players then you will play great and successfull" isn't as straightforward, as some people around here depict it to be. Which could be seen in the england squad containing a few players that many fans would like Manchester United to sign like Kane and Rice.

This thread is active, because it took only hours for the first useful advice to just consider changing the club when you are critical.

We would be better of around here, if some of you guys would stop to feel so self-righteous about yourself. Pretty sure you wouldn't act so smug in RL.
 

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How is EL QF not crucial? Had we lost that game, would you not call that game crucial?

Of course trophies are important, however, let's not skew this definition of "crucial games" to suit some weird agenda. If it's the rival that makes the game crucial, then FA Cup wins vs Chelsea, Arsenal, Pool, CL win vs PSG, LC win vs Chelsea, Everton, EL win vs Milan are all crucial. Surely these outnumber the losses to City x2, Chelsea, Leicester, Sevilla and Villarreal
Semifinals and finals are more important than quarterfinals do you agree? Losing them counts for more than winning quarterfinals. Trophies are important because if Ole had a trophy or two in the bag your case would be much stronger. Funny you count psg CL win but don't include his loss to barca in the next round btw.

Anyways we both hope Ole wins a trophy ( hopefully not the feckimg europa or lc)next season , let's leave it at that .
 

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So, if we win say FA Cup next season, you wouldn't call these games that you've listed earlier as upsets?

Every team loses one-off games. Had Chelsea lost to City in CL, we'd be listing how they're a bunch of bottlers for losing to FA Cup to Leicester, almost bottling top 4, losing FA Cup final to Arsenal last season and so on.
Super fine margins at the very top. What if John Terry hadn’t slipped and that’s widely regarded as our best ever lineup with IMO the greatest manager of all time….
 
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Semifinals and finals are more important than quarterfinals do you agree? Losing them counts for more than winning quarterfinals. Trophies are important because if Ole had a trophy or two in the bag your case would be much stronger. Funny you count psg CL win but don't include his loss to barca in the next round btw.

Anyways we both hope Ole wins a trophy ( hopefully not the feckimg europa or lc)next season , let's leave it at that .
No, semis and finals don’t matter at all if you lose the quarter finals.
 

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If this is what you take away from it, you should re-visited basic reading training. Pocco said that the notion "just have great players then you will play great and successfull" isn't as straightforward, as some people around here depict it to be. Which could be seen in the england squad containing a few players that many fans would like Manchester United to sign like Kane and Rice.

This thread is active, because it took only hours for the first useful advice to just consider changing the club when you are critical.

We would be better of around here, if some of you guys would stop to feel so self-righteous about yourself. Pretty sure you wouldn't act so smug in RL.
So you wrote all this just to confirm that it was bumped because England drew against Scotland. Cheers.
 

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I was away from thread since season ended and i see that argument is still; you want Ole out=you hate Ole= you are not United/proper fan. That istl the most annoying thing on this thread.
You think Ole is good. Fine. You have your view why? That is fine too. But why throw insults and that silly logic?
I am camping here since day one and i never insulted a poster on any way or said "you are not United fan, you are Ole fan".

Really annoying. I thought that after Sammsky's ban, insults will stop but it is still going on.
 

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No, semis and finals don’t matter at all if you lose the quarter finals.
By that logic every single game is important . 2nd round, second game week in the league. No difference between home in league cup 3rd round against Rotherham or the final against City.
 
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