To be fair, a lot of people were dubious about Mourinho based on his style and his mental breakdowns at Madrid and Chelsea. I was not one of them but people knew Jose came with a LOT of baggage.
Van der Sar is Marketing CEO of Ajax. Too close to Woodward's profile for comfort.
BBC also saying the same thing .Tweet
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They were obvious red flags with both of them.
Woodword has done a great job in marketing and business management.
Woodward is very good on the commercial side, but it’s clear he’s out of his depth on the football side. A DoF would complement, rather than replace, Woodward.
Who the feck is Woodword?
It's a defunct high street shop
Who was available when we signed Mourinho? I just think people are using hindsight way too much here. I know for was a few who weren't a fan of the appointment back when it happened, but if you looked at the other available options - Mourinho was the least riskiest option. He was always going to be a short term manager. Get him to steady the ship, which he did in his first season by winning two trophies; came second in the league last season - it's just a shame we let him carry on into the dreaded third season which he is notorious to going rogue in.
A textbook on marketing being written by Woody.
No sorry, I was joking about the 'will be fun to work with' OP... I think the threads might have been merged or something since though.He's the de facto DoF, it's one thing bringing money but if you can't manage the other side of the job then what's the point.
There are obvious red flags with every single manager, Pep aside (perhaps).. I'll give it a go
What were we supposed to do? Sack him after he finished second because of his record at other clubs.
Easy. Hire Moyes as intern manager, LVG as technical director. Giggs as interim assistant manager. Guess they don't mind doing it for free.
Yes, the signs were already there towards the end of last season. A significant amount of people saw how this season was heading and it was clear from day 1 of pre-season what was happening.
No, just never renew his contract in mid. The Board arranged a 2+1 contract for a special reason unfortunately it was wise to do so. Should have let the old contract run but offer a special bonus for the 3rd year if he can deliver and break his 3rd year syndrome. Most fans don't necessarily expect us to win the league in 3rd year, but at least we should be right in the mix , seeing some improvement from last season.
I worked for a major tech company one level below the directors.
Yep this, he fluff he puts out there, I want to actually see some evidence that these changes will actually happen.
He isn't the de facto DOF, that's the manager which is why he isn't called a head coach like it would on the continent.
No need to apologise - my incredulity was based on good old Pat managing us, but I’d definitely like Pat at our Chrimbo party getting a few rounds in!
No fecking way
