If you were interviewed for the Manager Job what questions would you ask at the end?

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You know the score, your interview for the job as Manchester United manager is coming towards the end and they say “Well, that’s all the questions we have for you, now do you have any questions for us?”

What are you asking the Panel?
 

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I'll try to be more serious than the above answers.

1. What is your ambition for this club?
2. When do you expect US to achieve it?
3. What is the reporting structure? Who has the final say on players and therefore what are the criteria to make the player purchasing decisions?
4. What money will be made available to me each window and what guanratees are there this will happen, irrespective of the short-term financial situation?
5. Can I sell whoever I want to i.e. get Maguire and Rashford gone and don't offer dumb money to players on expiring contracts.
 

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You know the score, your interview for the job as Manchester United manager is coming towards the end and they say “Well, that’s all the questions we have for you, now do you have any questions for us?”

What are you asking the Panel?
Good, excellent question!

During my working life I interviewed hundreds of people and this was the part of the process where something like 80% of those who were at that stage the front runner, eventually lost it.

The kind of question they asked was such that it tended to undo all the promise they had shown up to then in the interview. In this case the question to the panel might be;

"So what happens if I fail to win any trophies"? :rolleyes:
 

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Why the feck have you invited me to interview?
Your previous experience on Championship Manager 01/02 together with your two top 100k finishes in Fantasy Premier League put you on a similar standing to our last permanent manager.
 

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What is YOUR 3 year/5 year plan?
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How much control/independence do I have?
If player a is acting up in the media and I bin him am I going to have the full support of the board?

In fairness we could probably ask more of the interviewers than they could ask us.
 

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I would be mainly concerned with asking about transfers in and out. Are there any players in the squad who I cannot look to off load, that would be a key one for me. And what is the budget for incoming players?

The rest can be left for the agent to sort out.
 

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Good, excellent question!

During my working life I interviewed hundreds of people and this was the part of the process where something like 80% of those who were at that stage the front runner, eventually lost it.
Oooh you are a tough cookie
 

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