Conte is pants in the CL. And he won’t be catching City or Liverpool up next season either. He has never dealt with such competition in any domestic league.
Ole Sack Watch
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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I hope he does this again at some point. Doesn't manage any other club. Shows up in Real's hour of need. Wins them some trophies. Resigns again until they need him once more.
I see what you did there
But we can't keep Ole on. So what do we do. Because I am scared we hire an interim and he does decent. We then give him the job. Same mistake again. And we ain't going to pay out compensation to get a manager. These owners haven't done that. Conte would still be better than this shit show. I don't disagree but it's a really crap situation that the board have created.
Feel bad for Ole but it had to come to an end somewhere..
Conte has been too heavily tapped up for there to be nothing in it.
Ole will probably be sacked tomorrow or Wednesday I would imagine. His position is doubly untenable if the board and the players are briefing against him.
Ole will probably be sacked tomorrow or Wednesday I would imagine. His position is doubly untenable if the board and the players are briefing against him.
Ole is gone as Man Utd manager. The last thing we want to do is feck up his replacement.
I think the owners know full well that Conte is similar to Mourinho. So I don't think they're looking for another severance package in 2 years time. If it's one thing the Glazers love, then it's their money.
If they can be convinced that Ten Hag is here for the next 4-5 years, that alone will be a strong motivator.
I think it's clear they want Conte in charge on Saturday so are moving quickly. Once both are tied up there will be an announcement.
Why was Conte fired at Chelsea? Or did he resign?
Mate he’s cooked. No coming back from this.
No other managers out there are better than Ole? Seems suspect but ok
For being a Cunte.
Interim until the end of the season and then hire Ten Hag. Would be my choice.
8 aside. Glad I didn't miss much5 a side? Just been myself
Nah, looks like sweet f all. Some saying Ole will stay, some saying going.
No way he stays after Sunday. If not, I couldn't care less if we keep losing till he's gone.
Best way to do it. I wonder if Blanc would be back for a couple of months?
It could be that we made contact with Conte. He wanted assurances of autonomy over big names and we may have thought its not worth the risk.
After a defeat like yesterday. Leaks start coming out. People want to protect themselves, or express what they feel is the real problem. Not saying that’s 100% the case here but would explain newspapers suddenly have fresh content.
As for Ronaldo being annoyed with Greewwood, if it’s true, he should remember when he came to United as skinny 18 y/o with plenty of skill but little end product and RVN started moaning about him. Greenwood started with the end product so has that in his favour which even the dimmest of manager’s will realise.
Probably did.I'll gladly take it.
TBH that was one of the reasons I created that thread. To generate some awareness
Didn't he want Sven Gorran Erikson and Martin O'Neal to take the reigns back in 2002?
Also thought Quieroz would be good as well.
He is terrible when it comes to judging managerial quality in regards to Manchester United.
Like @Revan said, he should have zero input in picking our next manager.
Would take him in a heartbeat if he were up for it. Or as others have suggested Rangnick who could then move upstairs to the DoF role. It is high time we displayed some vision at the executive level.
Ole is gonna turn things around. First step is a tactical masterpiece. He will switch Fred to the right and McTominay to the left in midfield!
Calm down people, he’s gone. Club are just making certain of the new man, almost certainly Conte, then the sacking and replacement will be announced in one go. Can see this happening on Wednesday.
I would take Phil Neville at this stage.. Feck me we are in an sorry state.
That would make a lot of sense. I think the board thinks that they have invested enough and are not ready to spend big again for the forseable future.
We know that Conte will require assurances that his targets have to be met.
That might have made the board reconsider and I think they might go down the caretaker manager route and wait for the end of the season. Hoping that Poch and Ten Hag will be avaiblable.
I'm think they probably would for the right manager. The issue is, which top manager are you expecting to steal from another cub right now? The only one is Ten Hag. And then you wonder if Ten Hag would even want to jump ship mid-season. Even if he did, it's not unfeasible our board would opt for Conte as a more proven safer option as he's already won a PL and FA cup (not just because he's "free").
Or total control of transfers was a deal breaker. Full credit to the board if so.
Since days. Football journalism.
As much as I want Ragnick here, we know it's not happening. Mourtough has been appointed less than a year ago. I don't think the Glazers are ready to part ways with him.
So probably Blanc or Butt. Though Nicky did mention that he left on poor note, so no idea who would be able to take over really.
Phelan might do a job, but that means we're stuck with Carrick and McKenna till the end of the season.
Our board has been on a roll lately. Not overpaying for players. Waiting out a season if they have to. Walking away from excessive demands. Actually targeting players who want to be here as opposed to mercenaries, etc etc
So I wouldn't put it past them.
Conte will do big things with us.
I don't remember him voicing much of an opinion on Erikson. Just saying he would have been a comfortable choice as he wouldn't have changed much, or something like this.
Solskjaer righted the ship after the 6-1 defeat to Spurs last year. This year, if he does the same and adds a trophy, then it's progress.
Yes you are probably right. Blanc would be mint.
Oh shut up
I don’t even get why we didn’t get Blanc when we were looking for an interim after Mourinho. He was my preferred choice over Ole. He has good experience, won stuff and has coached some top top players.
And atleast is much better tactically than Ole.
As much as the concerns i have from the potential Conte appointment, he is one of the few practitioner of dark arts who can compete with Klopp the metalhead madman, Pep the giggly psycopath and Tuchel the weirdo soft spoken artist.
No need for that
Were there patterns of play?
The only cup we're winning is maybe the FA Cup and it's another slugfest for top 4.
That is not progress.
We need to start competing for the Premier League.
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