Said this in a couple of threads now but be interested to hear other opinions.
OK, so we've been here before...and as much as I had hoped to limp on with EtH until Ashworth was in-place, it's now become clear we're going to get embarrassed on a global stage with his crazy kamikaze football against City at Wembley.
The opportunity to win major trophies doesn't come around that often, we can't just throw away whatever chance we do have....so....let's give it OGS until the end of the season.
Now I know Ole, with zero trophies in England, might not be the obvious "gun for hire" to win a one-off match but think about the positives...
1. He knows the club inside out and would slot straight in, hitting the ground running.
2. He knows the players, half of them played under him (Dalot, AWB, Maguire, Varane, Lindelof, Bruno, Martial, Rashford + Mainoo and Garnacho were in the Academy)
3. He has a really good record against Pep with his low-block, counter attack with split forwards.
4. His football is very simple and easy to play so wouldn't require a bedding-in period.
5. The fans would get right behind him as a club legend...come in for four games and go for the trophy he probably deserved as United manager.
6. Some of the players might feel they owe Ole something, given how it ended and throw everything behind him for four games.
It's the perfect solution in my opinion, I don't know what else is viable at this point.
There isn't time to bring in anybody who hasn't worked here before as even the simple logistics like getting to grips with the facilities, the schedules and the squad would take a week or two.
Dare I say, it even crossed my mind to bring SAF back for four games...but he was never a coach, somebody would still need to do the coaching, so doesn't really solve the problem...could we have SAF as 'manager'* and Ole as 'Head Coach' for four weeks?
*not to actually do anything per se, simply to show up on cup final day, stand in the changing room, sit in the dugout etc...
Crazy its come to this...
OK, so we've been here before...and as much as I had hoped to limp on with EtH until Ashworth was in-place, it's now become clear we're going to get embarrassed on a global stage with his crazy kamikaze football against City at Wembley.
The opportunity to win major trophies doesn't come around that often, we can't just throw away whatever chance we do have....so....let's give it OGS until the end of the season.
Now I know Ole, with zero trophies in England, might not be the obvious "gun for hire" to win a one-off match but think about the positives...
1. He knows the club inside out and would slot straight in, hitting the ground running.
2. He knows the players, half of them played under him (Dalot, AWB, Maguire, Varane, Lindelof, Bruno, Martial, Rashford + Mainoo and Garnacho were in the Academy)
3. He has a really good record against Pep with his low-block, counter attack with split forwards.
4. His football is very simple and easy to play so wouldn't require a bedding-in period.
5. The fans would get right behind him as a club legend...come in for four games and go for the trophy he probably deserved as United manager.
6. Some of the players might feel they owe Ole something, given how it ended and throw everything behind him for four games.
It's the perfect solution in my opinion, I don't know what else is viable at this point.
There isn't time to bring in anybody who hasn't worked here before as even the simple logistics like getting to grips with the facilities, the schedules and the squad would take a week or two.
Dare I say, it even crossed my mind to bring SAF back for four games...but he was never a coach, somebody would still need to do the coaching, so doesn't really solve the problem...could we have SAF as 'manager'* and Ole as 'Head Coach' for four weeks?
*not to actually do anything per se, simply to show up on cup final day, stand in the changing room, sit in the dugout etc...
Crazy its come to this...
