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Solskjaer's interview with Neville
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"GN: What was the state of the squad when you found it and picked it up?
OGS: Of course, they were low in confidence because they'd been losing some games...."
Well it must be rock bottom now.
OGS: Of course, they were low in confidence because they'd been losing some games...."
Well it must be rock bottom now.
but the players aren’t performing are they? Which is why I raised the question as to whether his “we are all mates together approach” is a sensible one or not
Trying to be too friendly with people you have to manage is notoriously difficult, very few people can do it
Was their second top scorer that season
Jose tried the hard line and that didn't work either.
Different managers have different ways to treat players, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Similar with players, some need hard line approach, some need some cudling.
One approach does not suit all.
yep I agree with you on that. I just think probably his approach is not the right one for the type of players/characters in our squad and it might contribute to costing him his job in the end
He did when he was in a good mood, Giggsey, Wazza, Scholesey, but not the cringe way Ole does it, definitely not.
Yep, he is used to players who are of a certain calibre and it seems he struggles to tell Pobga, Rashford off, almost as if he is scared of upsetting them?
At the end of the day, he is not a very good manager. He is great as a people's person, good PR for Ed and all.
Clueless romantic interviewed by a douche.
I honestly don't get the point of these interviews at all? if we were flying high in the table, roll them in but at this moment we've rarely been as rock bottom and these interviews really don't help. We're in a total crises and we have Ole talking as if everything is perfectly normal.
It's the United old boys PR offensive. They really must take us for mugs.
I feel like I want to throw up when I hear him. I had the same feeling with Moyes as well
Neville is a gobshite, no time for him at all anymore.
When we are relying on a player who’s unreliable in form and fitness this is the precise reason we are in a our current predicament. Worrying times.Reminds me of LVG's last season where the game plan was give the ball to Martial
This.Not in the mood to even watch Mutv or to get onto the official App....Just cannot tolerate the phony,disingenuous spiel that’s propagated anymore...
I guess el3mel from RedCaf Dot Com knows best
Typical. Another manager hanging on to find margins when he really isn't good enough to widen those margens in our favour. That we need to rely on a moment here or there tells you everything. The progress isn't there. We've gone further backwards.
Any one who watches our matches and see how we play and how our manager looks like on side line once we go down will realize how tactical inept and useless he's. It's not rocket science.
Thing with Ole is, he has sod all experience at the highest level. So it's a stretch to expect people who believe he has terrific ideas on the tactical side of football when he has us in relegation form, which is compounded by his lack of actually communicating on these matters with fans.
Pep's teams play tactically brilliant football so he doesn't need to speak about. Ole's United is garbage tactically AND he doesn't speak about it.
He's probably positive because his job is safe right now. Not sure he's under as much pressure from the board as we all feel he should be/is
Hell...even United fans can't find the .net...
I’m fine with his interviews whether they are deluded or positives. But i just cannot get past the stage where he calls the players by their first names. It’s just sounds incredibly wrong or rather odd to me, or maybe i’m just being a little drama queen
I shamelessly took a screenshot of that @SteveJ
How long is the interview? Mine just starts playing ads with horrible music after a couple of questions.
While I'm no great fan of present-day Gary Neville, he's hardly giving Ole an easy time at the start; he's looking him in the eye and asking him if he's happy with the structure at the club. Ole in his rather waffly way seems to answer with an unequivocal "yes".
If he was really only interested in protecting his mate, he wouldn't have put Ole in the position of having to answer that question. Is he then Ed's PR man, knowing that if asked that question Ole isn't going to criticise his employer.
While I'm no great fan of present-day Gary Neville, he's hardly giving Ole an easy time at the start; he's looking him in the eye and asking him if he's happy with the structure at the club. Ole in his rather waffly way seems to answer with an unequivocal "yes".
If he was really only interested in protecting his mate, he wouldn't have put Ole in the position of having to answer that question. Is he then Ed's PR man, knowing that if asked that question Ole isn't going to criticise his employer.
I think he's just a basically friendly & informal person. However, because he isn't doing well, there's an uncomfortable Roy Evans air about that friendliness - one wonders if the players are complacent because of Ole's friendliness.
All the posters here want to give everything for the club and redcafe- that's a big thing.
Every day that they come in here, and every day that they type, they're going to give everything that they have.
Do you believe this team can beat Liverpool?
Pereira, Fred and Rashford have all been lambasted hard by the fans for lacklustre performances recently.
Should've thought about that in the summer. Enough with the excuses.
"The manager has the last say". All you need to know from this interview.
He's neck-down in bad results and pressure piling high and he still can't find it in himself to criticise our recruitment and - not to mention - the decision not to reinforce up front last window. He's also leaving it hanging whether or not we'll be getting reinforced come January - pressing the need for "the right player to be available" as a criteria just like we heard last summer. I can tell him right now where he won't find the right players - and that's within our current squad. Having to rely on Lingard / Mata and Matic / Fred for another five months will see him fired (if it hasn't already) - and also it's undeniable that Rashford and Martial needs someone other than Greenwood challenging them for tjeir spots.
Even if perfection cannot be achieved he needs a reality check and to realize that what we're stuck with now is a defect - then be willing to compromise a bit on his ideals and deploy some pragmatism in order to make this transition run more smoothly.
Even if perfection cannot be achieved he needs a reality check and to realize that what we're stuck with now is a defect - then be willing to compromise a bit on his ideals and deploy some pragmatism in order to make this transition run more smoothly.
Redcafe members must remember that they have to type harder than anyone else.
All the posters here want to give everything for the club and redcafe- that's a big thing.
Every day that they come in here, and every day that they type, they're going to give everything that they have.
This is why you don't let friends interview each other. Carragher would have done a better job.
I find it really odd that he's now pinning all hopes on Martial when last season be was dropped and getting a lot of criticism with Rashford the poster boy. Martial has done okay so far this season but enough for this nonsense? Really?
I find it really odd that he's now pinning all hopes on Martial when last season be was dropped and getting a lot of criticism with Rashford the poster boy. Martial has done okay so far this season but enough for this nonsense? Really?
We're struggling to score goals. Martial has been good the few minutes he's played. Between him and Pogba, thats a lot of goals less scored
The reports I've read all shift blame to Matt Judge for not getting the job done. Ole is always going to say that everything is alright in the media, since negativity serves no purpose.
Two ex players I cant stand any more, I wish they had just stuck to playing football.
ffs steve
He said the structure is very good and the last word is for the manager.
That means either :
1) This is the truth and he believes what he said, thus he's taking full blame for the market.
2) He's lying and covering for the board. Why ? Maybe because he's too afraid to lose the job he never dreamed to get ? Thus he deserves a big portion of the blame as well.
Either scenarios are bad.
There're loads of things to be said but he chose that. It can't mean anything beyond these 2 options. We're not going to keep interpreting all his quotes as being positive to avoid negativity for ever.