Four: Phelan, Dempsey, McKenna and Carrick unless the role of any of the latter has changed.So do we have 3 assistant managers?
Pep has Kidd, Borrell and Arteta
Four: Phelan, Dempsey, McKenna and Carrick unless the role of any of the latter has changed.So do we have 3 assistant managers?
Right okay, sack them both right now then. Go troll somewhere else!Let it sink in, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mike Phelan are in charge of getting past, Pep, klopp, Pochettino and Emery! How standards have fallen.
I'm unconvinced about that coaching team. Too inexperienced for me, while Dempsey hasn't coached at top level. I really want Ole to bring someone experienced in and a goalkeeping coach.Four: Phelan, Dempsey, McKenna and Carrick unless the role of any of the latter has changed.
Would be good to know what each of their respective roles & responsibilities are.Four: Phelan, Dempsey, McKenna and Carrick unless the role of any of the latter has changed.
Pep has Kidd, Borrell and Arteta
I just think it's an uninspiring appointment. I genuinely think solskjaer needs a no.2 that knows more about modern football. I hope I'm wrong, but I think Phelan does not have the tactical acumen to be able to push us forward.Right okay, sack them both right now then. Go troll somewhere else!
You mean like someone who has been coaching for almost 25 years?I really want Ole to bring someone experienced in
I partly agree and disagree, I do remember in the latter stages Phelan was getting blasted week after week by fans for the football that was being displayed. I have no idea how others don't remember this. SAF made it clear that he delegated his assistants with taking care of the coaching aspect of training etc.Don’t get the praise he gets on here. Querioz, Kidd and McClaren were miles better as assistant managers. Phelan was assistant manager around the latter part of Fergies era when our football wasn’t as great.
If he was highly rated as some people have it on here he wouldn’t have been in Australia being a director of football for some team. Hull probably would have survived if they had sacked him faster.
Like Mike Phelan and Emilio AlvarezI'm unconvinced about that coaching team. Too inexperienced for me, while Dempsey hasn't coached at top level. I really want Ole to bring someone experienced in and a goalkeeping coach.
You mean like someone who has been coaching for almost 25 years?
Phelan has been out of top level football for years now and and he's working with people are new to this level of football themselves. Alvarez was only brought in for DDG, Mourinho had another goalkeeping coach, not sure why that's funny.Like Mike Phelan and Emilio Alvarez
Yeah, he must have forgotten everything in the last 5 years.Phelan has been out of top level football for years now and and he's working with people are new to this level of football themselves. Alvarez was only brought in for DDG, Mourinho had another goalkeeping coach, not sure why that's funny.
Yes, because that's what I said.Yeah, he must have forgotten everything in the last 5 years.
Might be the reason as for why he did not get the DoF job. And given his willingness to speak about the "structure", changes to how recruitement should be done, creating history (actually trying to align the club with footballrelated goals)... I can understand why Woodward would be reluctant to give him a potential powerful and public role as DoF.If there’s any truth in his apparent reluctance to sign up straight away, that might at least be a sign that he’s no yes-man and isn’t afraid of challenging Woodward. Let’s hope so anyway.
We need someone who is able to coach the team how to play possessionbased football.I don't mind Mike staying but we desperately need to add someone else who is a good tactician, I think we will fail again if we don't.
Phelan's no mug, he doesn't exactly need this job. He had a cushy number out in Australia as a DOF. If he wanted to semi retire and spend most of his time scouting he could have. Show's his desire to help rebuild United.Might be the reason as for why he did not get the DoF job. And given his willingness to speak about the "structure", changes to how recruitement should be done, creating history (actually trying to align the club with footballrelated goals)... I can understand why Woodward would be reluctant to give him a potential powerful and public role as DoF.
Why do we need to play possession football?We need someone who is able to coach the team how to play possessionbased football.
We are likely going to play high pressing, high intensity football next season. Similar to how Klopp prefered to play at BVB. Even with the fitness the Liverpool players have, this is not sustainable. City also prefers the high press, but are able to keep the ball for longer periods of time and thus not needing to run gung-ho for 90 min. Even Klopp has adapted a more possessionbased approach this season...Why do we need to play possession football?
Never watched it in my lifeIt's a WWE reference.
True as wellAt least it's not the DOF, thank god!
Based on quite a lot of interviews around the times and later, I think it’s clear that at the time of McClaren, Ferguson was confident in his own tactical knowhow, while when he aquired Queiroz, it was because of his tactical accumen in the developping European football. After Queiroz, Meulensteen was the man entrusted mostly with developping the football tactically and in training, but after the naive yet fantastic start to the 2009/10 season collapsed, Ferguson reigned him in, reverting to more Queiroz-like cautiousness. The players were not as good anymore, though.I partly agree and disagree, I do remember in the latter stages Phelan was getting blasted week after week by fans for the football that was being displayed. I have no idea how others don't remember this. SAF made it clear that he delegated his assistants with taking care of the coaching aspect of training etc.
However the good news is Phelan's complaints about the structure of the club has echoed the fans perspectives, so him signing must mean there are immediate changes taking place which is a huge positive.
It remains to be seen if him and Ole will be successful but atleast the hierarchy of the club should start to transition to footballing people.
Also can people now finally stop the crap about how him and Rene would've made Moyes look competent. He's hardly doing that with Ole now.Don’t get the praise he gets on here. Querioz, Kidd and McClaren were miles better as assistant managers. Phelan was assistant manager around the latter part of Fergies era when our football wasn’t as great.
If he was highly rated as some people have it on here he wouldn’t have been in Australia being a director of football for some team. Hull probably would have survived if they had sacked him faster.
Well, then what are you saying?Yes, because that's what I said.
Think his fingers will remain where they are untill he is removed from the club.This is great news. Now if Woody can get his fingers our of his arse and hire a competent DoF we might turn a corner here