Solskjaer's legacy and his future

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He was shite like all our post-Fergie appointments, unfortunately. Now that the dust has settled, you can see the carnage that he left behind. While all our other post-Fergie appointments have gotten themselves decent gigs; I never see this happening for Ole, as he's not good enough. Pretending his spell was anything less than a failure is hilarious tbh. Just admit that he failed, like Jose, LvG and Moyes, and move on.
 

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Because he was a United legend and the club played some of the best football since Ferguson when he was here. It went sour at the end. There’s another Ole thread for abusing him, he’s left now, we have a new full-time manager. Move on.
Apologies, a hopeless dunce throwing endless amounts of shite against the wall in a desperate desire that some might stick should never be classified as quality football.

To be fair you crap on everything here.
Pretty much. Hence my response to the accusation that I blame everything on Solskjaer.
 

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There’s more to a football squad than what happens purely on the pitch and it’s clear that United have one of the most toxic dressing rooms in the league, hurt by the fact the squad was bloated, players wanted game time and weren’t given it, players wanted to leave. Solskjaer had better results with ‘worse’ players but a small and settled squad, so yes Pogba and Lingard and other players staying was a factor.
Fair point. So when was the last time you were able to view what goes on in the dressing room the same way you can view what happens on the pitch? The facts are from a distance we don’t know who does what beyond the pitch so instead of whataboutism let’s talk about something we all saw, which was the likes of Maguire & Shaw delivering some of the worst on field performances throughout the whole of OgSs reign.

It’s getting tiresome hearing posters have more opinions on things that occur behind closed doors than on the pitch, the squad is rotten so singling out players you’ve chosen not to like & making arguments based on thin air isn’t particularly discussion in good faith.

Pogba was part of Solskjær’s ‘small, settled squad’ so that argument makes no sense. OgS was found out, so have many players been.
Oh I agree, don't worry. I've been calling for Shaw to be replaced since LVG and we all know about Maguire. I'm not saying that Pogba and Lingard got him sacked, I'm saying that if he would have pushed for them to be shipped and brought in one or two midfielders who wanted to be here, maybe that would have been enough to cover for the shite in defence and allow him to keep his job. Either way he failed to take action on that matter alongside others and he was rightly fired.
Fair play, point taken. I just think the constant names are Pogba, Lingard, Rashford when as you say Shaw has been terrible for LvG & beyond whilst Maguire is. . . Maguire. I’m glad they’ll both be leaving, just hope others follow.
 

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These are just more excuses to absolve him.

No manager here was let down by players. It's unreal how some of you choose to absolve the manager of anything like they're a deity.

They all failed.

Moyes failed.

Van Gaal failed.

Jose failed.

Ole failed.
Spot on. I loved Solskjaer as a player but this love he gets for his time as manager is just bizarre to say the least.
 

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Amazing that after all damage he has done here and how he had no dignity to resign, he is still labelled as legend.
 

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The levels of cringe from some of our fans after he left, was something else. And don't get me started on that fecking exit video he done. Christ. The sooner we can forget his spell the better. Hopefully ETH can finally silence the remaining hardcore fanboys.
 

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Amazing that after all damage he has done here and how he had no dignity to resign, he is still labelled as legend.
That is because they can't separate the player from the manager. And some really think he did a good job, which is quite laughable at this point.
 

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Amazing that after all damage he has done here and how he had no dignity to resign, he is still labelled as legend.
He is. Will always he remembered for the player he was. He didn't hire himself. Liverpool had the good sense to sack Daglish and he's still their greatest ever player.
 

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That is because they can't separate the player from the manager. And some really think he did a good job, which is quite laughable at this point.
For me it is not just that he did awful job. It is the fact that he was prepared to relegate us and still he would not resign. He was prepared to do everything just to prolong his time here (and get money for sacking). How many times we heard "Ole loves the club" , "Ole will resign if things go south" etc...what a bs.
 

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For me it is not just that he did awful job. It is the fact that he was prepared to relegate us and still he would not resign. He was prepared to do everything just to prolong his time here (and get money for sacking). How many times we heard "Ole loves the club" , "Ole will resign if things go south" etc...what a bs.
Of course that was BS, you have to be naive to think that. Him and his family are set up for life now, doesnt need to work anymore. He did well though in making people believe that with his United talk every week. He loves United, but not that much. At the end, he just milked it as far as he could to save his job/payment, knowing well he was out of his depth and wont get to manage in the PL again, nevermind a top club.
 

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I'm not anti Scottish, I just wanted Moyes out.
The levels of cringe from some of our fans after he left, was something else. And don't get me started on that fecking exit video he done. Christ. The sooner we can forget his spell the better. Hopefully ETH can finally silence the remaining hardcore fanboys.
:lol: That exit video just about summed it up.Joke of manager,three years of shite.
 

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Nothing to do with hindsight. Everyone who was even slightly objective knew from day one that failed Cardiff manager is not good enough for Man Utd.
The failed Cardiff manager is also a United legend. If any of our players from the last nine years (not including Fergie players like Rooney, Rio, Vidic) even contribute(d) some of what Ole has done they would have been much more successful.

I really don’t know how someone who despises Ole and at the same time worships a player like Pogba can call himself a United fan.
 

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Odd thing is that Lvg, Jose and Moyes get "hate" all the time. Two won trophies, other one was here only half of season.
The guy who did amazing damage gets love and "thank you" banners .
Cry more … Ole will continue to get love from United fans and rightly so
 

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The failed Cardiff manager is also a United legend. If any of our players from the last nine years (not including Fergie players like Rooney, Rio, Vidic) even contribute(d) some of what Ole has done they would have been much more successful.

I really don’t know how someone who despises Ole and at the same time worships a player like Pogba can call himself a United fan.
Worships Pogba? :lol: .
 

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Amazing that after all damage he has done here and how he had no dignity to resign, he is still labelled as legend.
He won us the champions league, he will always be a legend. Yeah is management stint was awful in my eyes, I still won't forget his moments as a player, super sub, never seen better including the 4 goals he got off the bench against forest.
 

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Odd thing is that Lvg, Jose and Moyes get "hate" all the time. Two won trophies, other one was here only half of season.
The guy who did amazing damage gets love and "thank you" banners .
They get hate on by almost the same subsection of United fans online but in general I don’t think anyone hates them. Ole is a former player, who both scored a ton of goals and that one goal which won us the treble(Thats the reason for the banner).

Also it’s completely possible to still like someone even if they have failed at the club(It seems to be only a small section of United fans who take Ole failure as both a attack on the club and their own personal life).

Imagine Newcastle fans hating shearer because he got them relegated while as manager. It would be rightly be seen as very odd by everyone.
 

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They get hate on by almost the same subsection of United fans online but in general I don’t think anyone hates them. Ole is a former player, who both scored a ton of goals and that one goal which won us the treble(Thats the reason for the banner).

Also it’s completely possible to still like someone even if they have failed at the club(It seems to be only a small section of United fans who take Ole failure as both a attack on the club and their own personal life).

:lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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The levels of pretentious in your posts ties in very neatly with your astounding lack of self-awareness :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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Ole will always be a Legend because of That goal.

But he is not among the best strikers that have played for the club.
He is nowhere near the best players to have played for the club.

He claims to love the club. He should have had the dignity to resign when he knew he was incapable of doing the job.
Losing to Liverpool like that and still hanging on?

I have lost all respect for him.
 

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For me it is not just that he did awful job. It is the fact that he was prepared to relegate us and still he would not resign. He was prepared to do everything just to prolong his time here (and get money for sacking). How many times we heard "Ole loves the club" , "Ole will resign if things go south" etc...what a bs.
Come on don’t be ridiculous. Prepared to relegate us, we were nowhere near that at all. Resign, no manager resigns any more, you can’t expect Solskjaer to. Mourinho hasn’t resigned from the 3-4 clubs he’s left in ruin.

Also what was the point of him resigning? To get Rangnick a month earlier? To finish 6th anyway?
 

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When you realize that Ole was possibly doing more with crap than any other available manager could.