Is there an assistant coach that is more active on the touchline?
Mike Phelan is the man
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
In today's game, The NBC commentators were talking up Phelan behind our defensive solidarity especially in corners and set pieces. I don't know if that's the case but I love it to be true . We've been so solid in last two months, steep contrast to what was going on prior to that.
If David Moyes had kept Mike Phelan (and possibly Rene) at the club, Moyes would still be Man United boss now.
No he wouldn't, because he'd still be an idiot.
Moyes was out of his depth at United, job was always too big. Having Fergie’s backroom staff would’ve delayed the inevitable departure but they wouldn’t had made him competent.
Bit manic that Pete.
In other words, if Moyes wasn’t an idiot he wouldn’t have been an idiot. Got it
Jesus 
I love Mike Phelan as much as the next guy but he's not a magician.
I love Mike Phelan as much as the next guy but he's not a magician.Magic MikeJesus
He has the physique for it to be fair. Those pins
Nay. Mike is an excellent supplement, not a medical cure.
There was a moment today. Mike and Ole were intensely discussing on the touchline. Ole shook his head in disagreement, moved aside and instructed the players.
When you are a manager at the end buck stops at you like captain of ship. He can consult his staff but at the end he who makes the decision. Moysey didn't have that in him at such a big club under tremendous pressure of whole world watching and scrutinizing your each move.
Ole at the wheel. Not Phelan at the wheel. Every manager got his assistants. They all deserve some credit. But this Phelan thing is a bit too much. He is doing his job, as much as Carrick and McKenna . If you listen to some, you might even think Phelan is the reason for all our improvements. We don’t see fans from other teams making such a big deal of their assistant coach as if he could manage the club himself to this level.
Football is teamwork both on and off the pitch.
It turns out we got a whole lot better team on pitch than we thought.
Off the pitch we got a team better than we could have dreamed of. Mayor upgrade!
Credit to everyone. Phelan is awesome but Ole is at the wheel.
It turns out we got a whole lot better team on pitch than we thought.
Off the pitch we got a team better than we could have dreamed of. Mayor upgrade!
Credit to everyone. Phelan is awesome but Ole is at the wheel.
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Behind every good Boss is his back room staff Fergie had numerous. Knox , Kidd , Carlo,McLaren,Phelan and Rene.