Bobcat
Full Member
Thats all very reasonable.So let's start from the beginning then. I don't think that bringing in Pochettino or anyone else really will sort all our woes. United's has a weak structure from up to bottom. We've got business men taking key football decisions (transfers negotiations, contract renewal, choosing managers etc), we've got an inexperienced manager and whose flanked by inexperienced coaches. A top manager flanked by decent coaches would probably drill the team better. Hopefully he might avoid blowing an 80m CB in a team were he would be surrounded by a GK who wouldn't leave his line even if his life depended on it and other players who are equally slow as he is (Lindelof and Matic). However that's not a guarantee either as managers lack experience in identifying top transfer targets these days. That has been delegated to the DOF and the head of recruitment.
This outdated system were the manager is at the top of the football pyramid and were a banker is tasked to take football decisions has lead to over 1billion lost in transfers and 4 managers being sacked at a row. Thus I am hoping that the Glazers will finally realise that and change it adequately. We need to separate the financials from football with the latter having its own CEO, its DOF and its head of recruitment. All of these roles should be covered by experienced people rather then figure heads who are here because they are top of their game. Many insist that United's biggest problem is having business people taking football decisions and they are right. However another big problem of United is nepotism. Judge has gone to the same university Woodward has gone, Carrick, Butt, Phelan and Clegg are former United players like Ole is (all of whom got the job because of that) while Dempsey and Hartis had been working with Ole at Cardiff. That needs to change
Regarding our defensive woes, i think a solution might be as easy as a new keeper (ie Henderson). One that actually comes of his line once in a while and communicates and cooperates with his defenders. Right now i think he makes our defenders nervy, which again leads to more errors on their part