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It has EVERYTHING to do with having an amazing CEO / Director of Football / Strategy.
feck the titles if that gets in the way, it's about smart planning and implementation.
It's about laying the right groundwork and reaping the benefits.
City planned for years for Guardiola's arrival.
Yes he may be the best manager, but do you think he could have achieved what he's achieving without the planning?
Could he f*ck. He's always demanded the best and he's always got it. He's a spoiled little brat but he's annoyingly successful and begrudgingly I have to admit he'd also bloody good.
Liverpool also have an excellent structure in place. You could say that Klopp plays an even bigger part of this, but they still have excellent planning and foundations.
We are the antithesis of all that.
As someone else mentioned, we're all pulling in different directions and ultimately the thing that matters most - the football, is the least of our priorities. Which is stupid because obviously this is gonna affect business sooner or later. So the question is are the Glazers just milking us for as much as they can, by putting in the least and are then gonna sell? We'll find out soon enough with the transfers.
Football has changed. Management has changed. And we're still stuck in the stone ages.
The biggest thing from that interview was how we still have management from 4 different reigns - even Moyes'. Staggering!
And we're still paying all of them off. Soon to be followed by Sanchez.
If that doesn't scream clown to you, I don't know what does?
Here's a few more for you.
1. Hiring Van Gaal then switching to Mourinho with a completely different philosophy, so that none of the previous players work.
Losing money on all those mentioned players, as well as getting royally shafted on all other sales and purchases.
2. Giving Mourinho a new contract then denying his transfer targets (particularly defenders, which Mournho has always best at spotting) Then firing him = payout.
3. Meanwhile buying a third choice keeper, a raw talent and a Brazilian maybe (I still think Fred will come good)
4. Paying Alexis Sanchez obscene wages thus destabilizing entire squad and causing major issues with wages.
5. Talking of wages, how about paying everyone in the squad ridiculous wages even before Sanchez arrived, so you can't get rid of anyone. Half of our shit players would play for Utd for even less probably, cos they know they can't move to a better club. And yet we continually increase their wages.
6. To the point where we now can't afford to pay Herrera, who's reportedly on peanuts relatively (Young etc.)
Nor deGea, Nor Pogba.
7. Leaving half the squads contracts to run down, so that they end up negotiating them in the middle of the season, thus removing their focus (deGea) Brilliant for Ole!
8. Renewing the contracts of all the shit players who have been shit for years. Meanwhile increasing their wages again so they're even more difficult to sell.
9. Telling everyone we were going to hold a thorough search for managerial candidates then hiring Ole, before he's been fully tested (and why rock the boat when its doing so well?) I can think of reasons but none are that good, unless he genuinely had no other option) Why put him on a 3 year contract though?
10. A search for a Director of Football that is 10 months and counting.
11. Telling everyone we have pots of money and can buy anyone - naturally then being shafted on transfer fees.
Man I could go on and on.
Fact is Woodward is an absolute clown and Ole is absolutely shafted.
Yes, he may not be up to it. Only time will tell. But he will be operating in the worst conditions imaginable (the leaking roof is the least of his worries, but an excellent metaphor)
Shambles!!!
Exactly!! Another good example is Levy/Spurs look at the what he has done for them since he came in. If people think a new CEO/DOF wouldn't change our current situation they're idiots I'm sorry.