Solskjær press conference vs West Ham (A)

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Literally says getting the team to run is what he's 'most proud of as manager' and then ends with "our physicality is always good. How we run, sprint, that is our secret, more than tactics. Our spirit."

Words of a pashun merchant if I ever saw one.
You just don’t want to get it, right? We have some very technical and skillful (but lazy players). There were stats posted here which showed how for example all of the other big teams’ forwards in the PL work harder than ours’.
On the other hand Ole himself as a player at United played with some great intelligent and / or skilled players, but most of the time they were still prepared to do the dirty work.
You can have the most technical team but if they are not prepared to work hard or “run” you won’t achieve anything.
If tactics and skills weren’t important for Ole, then he wouldn’t be playing or buying a lot of players he has for us since he has been managing us. He keeps playing Pogba for example despite his weaknesses as he realizes what he brings to the team and tries to balance it out with McFred. Same with Bruno against the bigger teams. He has never removed Pogba or Martial/Rashford from the team when they were playing well, just because they don’t run enough.
Instead he played James at times to balance it out.
However he can hardly ask James to be more technical. But he can ask the others to run more or work harder.
 

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This thread is now 7 pages longer than the Newcastle post match thread.

What is the obsession with press conferences, they’re up there with player numbers and the captains armband as pointless fixations.
Solksjaer used the word 'passion'. It's a trigger word for some people. When they hear it, they get activated to go insane like in The Manchurian Candidate.
 

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Literally says getting the team to run is what he's 'most proud of as manager' and then ends with "our physicality is always good. How we run, sprint, that is our secret, more than tactics. Our spirit."

Words of a pashun merchant if I ever saw one.
:)
 

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This thread is now 7 pages longer than the Newcastle post match thread.

What is the obsession with press conferences, they’re up there with player numbers and the captains armband as pointless fixations.
It’s just become an extension of the multiple Ole out threads. Head over to the match day thread and it’s guaranteed to head down the same road

Think the mods should step in now and stop these derailing posts. I’ve barely seen anything about the presser
 

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It’s just become an extension of the multiple Ole out threads. Head over to the match day thread and it’s guaranteed to head down the same road

Think the mods should step in now and stop these derailing posts. I’ve barely seen anything about the presser
Handbags over comments posted with no context whatsoever. Ridiculous.
 

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So I say 3 years and you translated that in your own head as 3 full seasons. Stop putting words into my mouth.
Wrong again dear. It’s not been three years since he was appointed. Educate yourself better before calling out others. He was appointed in December 2018.
 

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Wrong again dear. It’s not been three years since he was appointed. Educate yourself better before calling out others. He was appointed in December 2018.
Sorry, didn't realise you had hairsplitting levels of autism. I'll just leave you alone now "dear".
 

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I am certain that if Ole used some FM buzzwords like false 9s, mezzala and regista, and played a 4-3-3 (though we play a 4-3-3 a lot in posession anyway), a lot of people would think he is a tactical god.
If only it were that simple.

Talk regista and gegenpressing only to wait until 89th minute to make a sub while chasing a goal. And the sub being a fella named JLingz. :lol:
I've seen monkey fights that were more organized that some of the pressing we do.
 

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Not sure where you are going with that. Yes I don't consider United fans to be any better than other teams' fans.
 

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@MichaelRed you still doing lord's work with some of these baboons?
Giving up on it now. They just throw insults rather than putting forward arguments & tbf one guy in particular got me tilted into making a regrettable comment so best just leave it. It's stupid because I don't care if someone wants Ole to be our manager so long as they believe he's the best man for the job to win us the top honours. People seem to think people that don't trust Ole want the club to fail when really, if you want Ole replaced it's because you want the club to be successful and if you want Ole to stay it's because you think he can be successful. Both sets of fans want the same thing, United to succeed. I just share my view on why I don't think he can bring that success and the response is just screeching.
 

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Not sure where you are going with that. Yes I don't consider United fans to be any better than other teams' fans.
Well with you referring to some posters as ‘baboons’ and him using autism as an insult, I think we are getting the full picture of where you’re coming from.
 

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Well with you referring to some posters as ‘baboons’ and him using autism as an insult, I think we are getting the full picture of where you’re coming from.
From my background it's not nearly as offensive as you're portraying but I won't use it in future if it is something that upsets people.
 

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Giving up on it now. They just throw insults rather than putting forward arguments & tbf one guy in particular got me tilted into making a regrettable comment so best just leave it. It's stupid because I don't care if someone wants Ole to be our manager so long as they believe he's the best man for the job to win us the top honours. People seem to think people that don't trust Ole want the club to fail when really, if you want Ole replaced it's because you want the club to be successful and if you want Ole to stay it's because you think he can be successful. Both sets of fans want the same thing, United to succeed. I just share my view on why I don't think he can bring that success and the response is just screeching.
If you’re that ‘tilted’ maybe find another forum, where the comments are deemed acceptable …you know like RAWK or Blue Moon?
 

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Giving up on it now. They just throw insults rather than putting forward arguments & tbf one guy in particular got me tilted into making a regrettable comment so best just leave it. It's stupid because I don't care if someone wants Ole to be our manager so long as they believe he's the best man for the job to win us the top honours. People seem to think people that don't trust Ole want the club to fail when really, if you want Ole replaced it's because you want the club to be successful and if you want Ole to stay it's because you think he can be successful. Both sets of fans want the same thing, United to succeed. I just share my view on why I don't think he can bring that success and the response is just screeching.
Agreed - I feel much the same way. No idea why fans get needlessly attached to managers so much. Ole has shortcomings plain as day for everyone to see. Has he made us better? Yes. Is the squad harmony improved? Yes. Do I think he can take us to the next level and get us a PL/CL? No. Not based on what I have seen. It doesn't take 3 years for squad to have some kind of shape and the way we play. Its a stacked squad talentwise, yet I don't see us winning any major trophy. And for what? So we can sit here and take some high moral standing that says United give managers time and feel better about ourselves.
 

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If you’re that ‘tilted’ maybe find another forum, where the comments are deemed acceptable …you know like RAWK or Blue Moon?
Its not your place to be telling others to find another forum. If you don't like it, you can leave.
 

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From my background it's not nearly as offensive as you're portraying but I won't use it in future if it is something that upsets people.
As a parent to a boy who has high functioning autism. I do find it unacceptable. If that’s your background then I worry about your future posts. Just keep shithouse posts off this place.
 

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I’m not the one insulting posters with offensive terminology.
There are plenty of insults thrown here everyday. Point being, no one installed you the high priest of the desert. Show yourselves the door if you don't like it rather than showing it to others.
 

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As a parent to a boy who has high functioning autism. I do find it unacceptable. If that’s your background then I worry about your future posts. Just keep shithouse posts off this place.
I'm also autistic, it doesn't upset me. People, like myself, with autism tend to take things too literally & that's what that poster was doing by splitting hairs over a few weeks difference in how long Ole has been United manager for. Again, doesn't upset me but if it upsets others I won't use it because I can accept that and move on. Unlike you who will now repeatedly refer back to it over and over again as the basis of any point you now make rather than move on.
 

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This says more about you than about everyone else.
Sorry, forgot we choose our childhood backgrounds. Did you get a fecking create a character screen at birth that then followed up with a selection of spawn points? I must have missed that part.
 

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There are plenty of insults thrown here everyday. Point being, no one installed you the high priest of the desert. Show yourselves the door if you don't like it rather than showing it to others.
Oh I’m not going anywhere. I’ll stay here and dispute posts from the likes of you if I disagree. Childish as they are
 

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I'm also autistic, it doesn't upset me. People, like myself, with autism tend to take things too literally & that's what that poster was doing by splitting hairs over a few weeks difference in how long Ole has been United manager for. Again, doesn't upset me but if it upsets others I won't use it because I can accept that and move on. Unlike you who will now repeatedly refer back to it over and over again as the basis of any point you now make rather than move on.
Just because it doesn’t upset you is irrelevant. What a 1970s argument! Banter is it?
Jeez
 

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Oh I’m not going anywhere. I’ll stay here and dispute posts from the likes of you if I disagree. Childish as they are
Then dispute posts. I will love that.
Don't turn into a 12 year old girl and throw tantrums and tell people to leave the forum.
 

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Just because it doesn’t upset you is irrelevant. What a 1970s argument! Banter is it?
Jeez
Are you incapable of comprehending a sentence? I literally stated that despite it not offending me, I won't use it as it upsets others. Literally the opposite of saying because it doesn't offend me it's irrelevant.
 

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Then dispute posts. I will love that.
Don't turn into a 12 year old girl and throw tantrums and tell people to leave the forum.
Oh so now sexist insults :lol:

Only baboons and girls dispute your posts. I’m really wondering who’s having the tantrum:lol:
 

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Oh so now sexist insults :lol:

Only baboons and girls dispute your posts. I’m really wondering who’s having the tantrum:lol:
You sound like a wokey who looks for social agenda in everything online. Internet will not be kind to you sir. :D
 

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Are you incapable of comprehending a sentence? I literally stated that despite it not offending me, I won't use it as it upsets others. Literally the opposite of saying because it doesn't offend me it's irrelevant.
“ I’m autistic, it doesn’t offend me” Your opening sentence
I’ll just leave it there
 

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“ I’m autistic, it doesn’t offend me” Your opening sentence
I’ll just leave it there
No, you won't leave it there because that suits your ridiculous agenda. Leaving it there takes it out of context to suit your argument. If you had a modicum of intelligence or self-respect you'd keep the context of "it doesn't offend me but as it offends others I will stop it.".