My god, he's in bullshit mode again.
Ole Sack Watch
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With all the players having their say in the media about their doubts over Ole, there is simply no way he can stay in the job. He has to go regardless of having a ready made replacement.
Be gobsmacked if he wasn't gone by early evening tomorrow. Everything pointing towards it
All the media knew Moyes was gone the day before he did. They were all running stories "David Moyes to be sacked as Man Utd manager" the night before he was. The media on Solskjaer today is nothing like that.
This vote of confidence is hardly a vote of much confidence really either. It's a much different tone than we saw in the international break, it doesn't give much confidence he'll be here much longer if you were in his camp, if the best thing going for him is the lack of a replacement lined up.
What a load of bollocks.
I think there's more hope than anything in this thread. Conte is a volatile guy and when it all went whiffy, it cost Chelsea £26m to get rid. I think I would rather a caretaker until May and then a long, hard look at all possibilities.
I don't know if it's the Chelsea/Inter thing, or the volatility, but I'm concerned he'll be another Mourinho.
I don't know if it's the Chelsea/Inter thing, or the volatility, but I'm concerned he'll be another Mourinho.
I don’t. What a think is naive is a club that did zero but nothing to have contingency plans watching this shite show for 4 weeks.
I’m not against that. Why haven’t they backed Ole if they aren’t sacking him though? Why not look for a manager whilst supporting him publicly? Why zero comments as the rumours spread and leaks of player mutiny filled the void? They’ve hung him out to dry here today. Even this isn’t a message of support - it’s a “yeah we think he’s shit too but who else is there?” If he’d lost some of the players before today then feck knows where they are now. We’re just pissing away points at this stage.
I believe Di Marzio. Romano seems like he jumps on stuff.
so conte will be on the touchline barking orders while ole sits in the dugout looking clueless while watching the game on his iPad.
Even if the rot is at the top, do you honestly believe that no currently available manager could do better with the resources at Ole's disposal?
Well of course there’s no change, until there is change.
He’s gone, the succession planning is holding it up. I don’t think they want Conte as top choice, but they likely want a manager that can salvage this season. It’s a hell of a long caretaker spell till the Summer.
They won’t wanna give Conte a long deal, so that could hold it up depending on his demands.
He’s gone, the succession planning is holding it up. I don’t think they want Conte as top choice, but they likely want a manager that can salvage this season. It’s a hell of a long caretaker spell till the Summer.
They won’t wanna give Conte a long deal, so that could hold it up depending on his demands.
I'm going to believe which ever person gives the best news
Yeah, they're basically saying "Nice guy, shit manager"
So will Ole be expected to return to training tomorrow? Not knowing whether he will be in charge for the weekend? The club is a f*cking disgrace. More protests are required.
I don’t trust him at all. Di Marzio is definitely better and more established for Italian news.
Extremely unfair. Did he say it himself? He has never complained about Mason, although you can tell his irritation when Mason simply flat out refuses to pass to him, which is fair because he has been uncharacteristically selfish this season. What he did say was that young lads nowadays are extremely lucky and privileged, and because of that more arrogant. Guess what? He’s right again! I’m a young guy myself and I’ve been given the opportunity to come to England already, and I know how lucky I am.
If Mason and the rest of the young lads can’t handle words as blunt as this, then they don’t deserve the chance to play with him.
I think the club are possibly mulling over their next step before they relieve Solskjaer of his duties. The leaks to the BBC about the players losing faith in the Manager along with claims about certain players being indulged is also alarming. I'm not sure how he survives and would be surprised if he's still in the job by the time we play Spurs.
It's not just Ronaldo - Cavani was visibly frustrated last season as well. I don't blame Mason that much but I do blame the coaching staff who can't improve his decision making. It's definitely coming from the manager who asks him to shoot regardless of the position he's playing him in.
fecking deadclub, have a bit of self respect and sack the man FFS
Exactly. It’s probably 1-2 players away from being a match for any team in the world currently but perfectly capable of succeeding even without those new players.
If he can get a tune out of Sanchez and Lukaku he will be OK with Ronaldo.
It's not like he's immobile. Will get plenty of crosses in too.
They wanted rid of Lampard but had to wait for a decent manager to come available, Tuchel got sacked, they called him, sacked Lampard. They didn't sack Lampard because Tuchel got fired from PSG.
Might as well close the club. No one in charge cares anymore.
I knew this would happen, but I let myself get sucked in the hope that this club has some sense and ambition
I knew this would happen, but I let myself get sucked in the hope that this club has some sense and ambition
Maybe he'll be called to Woodward's or whoever is in charge now office before the training and will be told he's sacked.
One can only hope, as this is literally the only thing I can do now.
Don’t disagree but appointing Conte would just be more of the same from the board. I feel for Olly. I really do. But my priority at the moment is ending up with the right man in charge.
IIRC the Moyes being sacked reports started to come out the Sunday night and we had all Monday to deny them and we didn't. I could be remembering it wrong but I'm pretty sure there was a line from the club basically saying Moyes' position was unchanged then he got the boot Tuesday morning. Not exactly the same as this situation as no journo has said we're set to sack Ole but most reporting on the Woodward/Glazer meeting and saying it's under consideration.
It's the work rate more than anything. Sanchez and Lukaku work hard. Ronaldo doesn't.
Read the whole article. If hes lost part of the dressing room hes doomed anyway. Interesting that his baffling selections are being questioned by the players. As is the lack of consequences for poor performances on thebpitcj.
Also his treatment of the likes of VDB and Lingaard being questioned by the players themselves.
I have no doubts if Poch was available he would be first choice for Utd. Unless PSG sack him theres no chance of getting him out of there.
Maybe utd will try to see this current storm out. Fat chance of that though with City up next at home and Chelsea a few league games after that.
Kind of a shame Klopp let liverpool take their foot off the pedal and settle for 0-5. Could have scored a few more and then Glazers would really be left with no choice but to get rid of him.
Regardless of all that's been written, Oles team selection against Spurs will probably be the same starting XI as it was against Leicester and Liverpool. Sigh.
There was a time Ruud Van Nistelrooy also felt the same about a 20 year old Ronaldo.
It’s a tough position, you can’t really employ a caretaker for almost 30 PL games and almost an entire season, but most of their top choices will want to wait till the Summer. I’d personally risk Blanc and give him a massive wage incentive to do it so that we get the next appointment right.
That leaves only Conte and Zidane as obvious choices, Zidane I doubt wants the job and after Mourinho I think the club could consider Conte but only on a shorter term (2 yr deal). I imagine they are sounding out Poch and Ten Hag also regarding the possibility of taking over now or 1st Jan, or in the Summer before making any decision.
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There’s no doubt on Antonio Conte decision since days. wtf
Totally overblown and ridiculous it’s gone public assuming it’s legit.
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I read this article as Ed sending a message to Conte 'you can't ask for whatever you want because we're not desperate'.
This. @Sandikan
What has made you think this mate?
Hope so. Fernandes to drop into a deeper midfield role maybe?
Because of AWB's complete inability to go forward, I think he would be another candidate for the chop, unless he converts to the third CB, which I don't think he has the positional sense for.
Conte's tactics aren't set. He has used a 442 at Juventus.
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