Heaven forbid we should interview candidates on what kind of philosophy and play style and changes they'd make to the club.
Interim manager discussion: Who replaces the interim interim manger (Carrick)?
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I'd be happy with any of those, with Ragnick being the preferred option. Would love for him to stay on in a DoF style role after too, but I doubt the Glazers want us run like a proper football club.
I just don't want Bruce, or Carrick till the end of the season.
Our selection process seems quite thorough and we’re not rushing to the first name available, which indicates Murtough has a clue. I’m glad they’re taking their time on this and talking to multiple coaches.
Wtf are you on about
The Rudi Garcia links have to be a joke right?
It's a bit of a mess because that should've been done a month ago.
It's better though than just rushing into a decision and regretting it later.
It's better though than just rushing into a decision and regretting it later.
Way things are going ….Neil Warnock
This ...Wtf are you on about
Sorry are we not allowed to criticize the club or say that we're a laughing stock even though it's 100% true?Rudi Garcia?
Like I said above, it's the whole situation and how unprepared the board were. No vetting of candidates over the past 2 months when it was obvious Ole would need replacing, choosing not to change him in the international break, passing on an actual top coach in Conte to now scrambling for an interim manager as we are unable to bring in anyone permanently now.
We shouldn't be considering or interviewing mediocre managers like Rudi Garcia, we shouldn't be in a situation where we are scrambling for an interim manager after international breaks are done. Teams change managers all the time. That's not the problem. It's the lack of foresight and planning when the writing was on the wall for months.
Lucien Favre. Didn't see Lopetegui named?
I think that's just Mendes pushing him for the permanent position.
Obviously we shouldn't be in this position but given we are, interviewing multiple candidates is pretty clearly the right thing to do.
And generally I think the standard of candidate being mentioned is pretty decent given we're making a completely unplanned, unprepared emergency interim appointment at short notice.
What level of manager did people actually think would make up the top five or so contenders for this temporary management work? Almost by definition it's a job for people who aren't really good enough to be proper Manchester United managers.
And generally I think the standard of candidate being mentioned is pretty decent given we're making a completely unplanned, unprepared emergency interim appointment at short notice.
What level of manager did people actually think would make up the top five or so contenders for this temporary management work? Almost by definition it's a job for people who aren't really good enough to be proper Manchester United managers.
He was named. Donald Duck has been named. The circus continues.
Why are we only interviewing people now instead of a month ago when it was obvious that Ole was a dead man walking.
He mentioned Favre and fifth manager we're looking at that weren't named in his article. Sam Blitz from Mail says the fifth guy we're looking at is Paulo Fonseca
That’s because we’re Man Utd and we’re run by fecking clowns. I’d by much more surprised if we’d handled the whole situation in a competent fashion.
The real question. He should've been sacked on the spot after losing 5-0 to Liverpool. Conte was available. We seemingly didn't even start looking around at possible interim managers at that point! It's been a month since that defeat, we had a full international break to be able to go through this whole process, yet here we are now between key games against Villareal, Chelsea and Arsenal after the last international break finished. It's just such a remarkable lack of planning.
It's almost like Woodward and whoever else is involved in this process has some other full time job that occupies 99% of their time, and they have to be reminded to do something with Man United. The fact that we're scrambling around the way we are for an interim manager is really incredible. Feels like the board doesn't have a single clue what they're going to do next. Even if they're incompetent, you expect some sort of plan... this is just complete neglect.
If we have to go down the interim route then I’d be happy with any one of Valverde, Rangnick or Favre from the names mentioned.
Literally because of respecting Ole. Tells you all you need to know about how we're run as a club.
Proper dislike this interim manager idea whoever we get to be honest.
Hope we get someone in ASAP defeat the weekend and if other teams below us win. We be joint 13th I think.
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I've no problem with this. Interviewing candidates is what we should be doing. Can't change the past.
Let these out of work managers pitch to us what they believe they can achieve.
Let these out of work managers pitch to us what they believe they can achieve.
Because the media would have caught wind of it and it would have been a bit awkward with Ole still in charge.
I'm convinced
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on an interim basis....i think Lucien Favre or Rangnick makes the most sense given their age and experience
Favre was really good at Dortmund and helped them win trophies along with a good attacking style of football
Rangnick is a german coach so you know he would bring discipline, mentality and a very specific style of play
Favre was really good at Dortmund and helped them win trophies along with a good attacking style of football
Rangnick is a german coach so you know he would bring discipline, mentality and a very specific style of play
Wasn't it a quick turnaround when we sacked Jose to us bringing in Ole as Caretaker manager.
Plus he was even managing another club at the time.
This time around we seem to be a lot more behind in our planning
Plus he was even managing another club at the time.
This time around we seem to be a lot more behind in our planning
People are mistaking taking time to get the right man in with complete lack of preparation for this situation. Wouldn’t be surprised if they screw this up again, whether it be a completely uninspired appointment or waiting too long and we’re already out of the CL and top 4 gone.
Amazing to think we wasted the 2 week international break where we could have done these interviews and appointed one.
I will never stop being astounded by the level of incompetence running this club.
I forgot Fonseca is without a club. I wouldn't mind him.
The fact that the board was blindsided by Ole being a poor manager is incredible.
I dont know whos more reactive. The NHS or United.
Ahahaha, all the redcafe gowls critiquing the clubs policy for hiring...with absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of the inner workings going on. Love it.
I honestly don't think any other company in the world could be run like ours is. At any other company the shareholders would be asking why the executive team keep making strange decisions, spending money with no obvious return etc. The Glazers though? So long as the dividend is paid each year they couldn't give a monkeys what the executives get up to. They're like absentee landlords who let the building manager take the p-s out of the tenants, skim off the top and generally run amok so long as the get the rent they expect.
You'd expect a 5 man interviewing process for the permanent role. We're only now setting up a 5 man interviewing process for the interim role. If we had interviewed them in private over the last month we would have our interim now. Saying we're being thorough now is missing the point.
It's truly astounding and I fully expect them to make a mess of the next appointment as well. How on earth Woodward can still be employed here after presiding over every one of these failed appointments tells you everything you need to know about how the club is run.
You can criticize the club for not sounding out candidates in advance but to shit on the club for interviewing multiple managers is bizarre to me.
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