Next Manager Poll

Who should manage us next?


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Actually disagree with people saying the players aren't good enough. Are the players great? No.

Are the players good enough for a top 6 / top 4 push? Of course they are.

Amorim is making really hard work of it. Sticking to this system will ruin his career.
 
Fabregas would be a dark horse choice, but we tried that with Amorim.

Wouldn’t be against Emery, Howe, Glasner or Iraola. Outside of prem coaches, I would love Enrique because he definitely would be pushing for 2-3 quality midfielders. If Flick is tired of the Lamine Yamal show then I would take him too.
 
Actually disagree with people saying the players aren't good enough. Are the players great? No.

Are the players good enough for a top 6 / top 4 push? Of course they are.

Amorim is making really hard work of it. Sticking to this system will ruin his career.

I agree it’s not a great squad but you don’t have to be great to finish 5th or 6th and this squad could do that with the right management. Our total commitment to a formation we don’t really have the players for even when everyone is available is a huge hindrance and all Amorim’s responsibility.

In terms of competing at the top of the table we are about as far away as we’ve ever been. When you look at the quality of Arsenal’s squad and the youngsters they have breaking through or the wealth of talent at Chelsea we are years and years behind.
 
Given that we have absolutely terrible ownership - both the Glazers and the new part owners are a nothing but a bunch of clowns - we need a Fergie/Klopp level of manager to get us out of this rut. It is awfully clear that - first the Glazers with Woodward, Arnold, Murtough and now these guys with Berada, Ashworth and WIlcox - are incapable of developing a management team that is capable of getting us out of our current state. They keep hiring novices, on the job training candidates, who have no fecking clue on how to get us back to the top.

So, I don't know who that manager is currently and I have little hope that these guys can go ahead and get him. They keep pissing away money on substandard management teams, managers and players.

I think we need new ownership before we need a new manager. I just want to see the back of the scummy Glazers and Jimmy the Rat first.
 
Iraola or Glasner for me still, with a slight preference for the former.

If Glasner, please tell him to sack off this 3 at the back shite.
 
I'd take Emery. I know it didnt work out at Arsenal but Villa finished in the top 6 the past 2 seasons and are currently 4th and I'd be happy to see us return to standard formations, he uses 4-2-3-1 and sometimes 4-4-2
 
I don't think Amorim will last, but a change in Manager will do little for us. As a squad we are still missing key components.

1. Our main striker is injured, his deputy can't score goals (or do anything else)
2. We have no attack down our left hand side
3. Our central midfield is makeshift. Bruno is doing alright, Casemiro is in form, but beyond the makeshift, we have utter shit.
4. Our squad lacks depth in quality. Watch how AFCON fecks us.

Yeah we might get a new manager bounce, but until we address the first 3 points, don't expect fundamental change.
 
I don't think Amorim will last, but a change in Manager will do little for us. As a squad we are still missing key components.

1. Our main striker is injured, his deputy can't score goals (or do anything else)
2. We have no attack down our left hand side
3. Our central midfield is makeshift. Bruno is doing alright, Casemiro is in form, but beyond the makeshift, we have utter shit.
4. Our squad lacks depth in quality. Watch how AFCON fecks us.

Yeah we might get a new manager bounce, but until we address the first 3 points, don't expect fundamental change.
For United to succeed they need at least 2 things

A- A manager who understands the EPL. We've seen it with Amorim, ETH and Liverpool are noticing it with Slot that what works outside the EPL doesn't really translate well in the EPL. The EPL is physical, its played on ridiculous high tempo and its not ashamed of playing deep or go long ball. These are the sort of things that needs to be taken in consideration

B- United Post SAF had seen complacency and low standards creeping in. We need a disruptor who goes in and destroy the entire building down before that complacency is learnt by the new players. It's quite concerning that the club plans to keep veterans such as Bruno, Maguire and Casemiro around while giving space to Luke Shaw. How will these player fit in this rebuild. What future do these players have in this rebuild? If we're really serious then we let these players + injury players like Mount go and we replace them with younger players who have the hunger to succeed. I'd rather see a Kone try and fail then Mount playing. The former will learn from his mistakes while the latter will probably be in the treatment room pretty soon.
 
I would throw money in front Enrique and ask him; "Just tell me how much is enough". And i think that he would be interested for new challenge.
Option B: Simeone. He is in Atletico for ages now. Surely he wants something new



Third option (and i am sorry for this, don't hate me) : Pochettino
1. Absolutely
2. God no
3. That’s just unbelievably bad train of thought
 
If Glasner, please tell him to sack off this 3 at the back shite.
Why not just ask him to make it work? While it is true that he had success using a back four, both Palace and Frankfurt usually played a back three under him.

The idea that you should sign a manager and tell him to do the opposite of what put him on your radar in the first place seems a bit weird to me.

Nothing against that if he himself says a switch to a back four would make sense in his opinion, but just not dictating that to him.
 
Why not just ask him to make it work? While it is true that he had success using a back four, both Palace and Frankfurt usually played a back three under him.

The idea that you should sign a manager and tell him to do the opposite of what put him on your radar in the first place seems a bit weird to me.

Nothing against that if he himself says a switch to a back four would make sense in his opinion, but just not dictating that to him.
Haha, yes as you say, it'd make no sense unless he proposed it himself at the interview phase.

I just do not like the formation and all it brings, good and bad. I was interested to see how it worked out when Amorim first joined and really hopeful, but even in our best moments - this doesn't feel like watching United. For me at least.

Other than that, I like how Glasner comes across and feel optimistic he could step up to the pressure of this job.
 
Howe or Glasner if PL
Conte if outside PL
Conte doesnt come midseason, dont think newcastle will let us take howe, not without fighting tooth and nail and he seems happy there.
Glasner is a realistic option, 6 months on deal, doesnt look like he will renew. Other probably realistic options are cescfabregas and iraola.
If we go the caretaker route, we can get any one of ancelotti, tuchel, naglesmann , all three are likely to be available post world cup. We will definitely have a lot more options come end of season.
 
Has to be Iraola when you look at the squad and attacking players at his disposal. He’ll play a 4-2-3-1 with a more direct approach, and will give Yoro and Mainoo the opportunity of regular minutes in a sustainable long-term system. Bournemouth also had a pretty decent defensive record last season, its declined due to departures but the team continues to punch above its weight. I’d love Conte as another option. Dream scenarios would be Enrique or Flick but that’s not happening.
 
Why not just ask him to make it work? While it is true that he had success using a back four, both Palace and Frankfurt usually played a back three under him.

The idea that you should sign a manager and tell him to do the opposite of what put him on your radar in the first place seems a bit weird to me.

Nothing against that if he himself says a switch to a back four would make sense in his opinion, but just not dictating that to him.
I think glasner has said, he prefers 4 at the back .
 
I think glasner has said, he prefers 4 at the back .
I know, and as I said I'm not against signing him and switching to a back four if he thinks that to be the best option.

But it comes down to: first check if a manager envisions to work with the squad in a way the club likes to go, then sign him. Not the other way round.
 
I know, and as I said I'm not against signing him and switching to a back four if he thinks that to be the best option.

But it comes down to: first check if a manager envisions to work with the squad in a way the club likes to go, then sign him. Not the other way round.
I agree, you have to think, if the manager will optimally utilise the resources/players available to him and then add onto that base new players. I do think ineos are somehow spellbound by amorim and they will continue to back him . There are those familiar transfer links post a very ugly loss, just to placate fans. I think wilcox and berrarda fear for their own jobs and are hoping and praying that amorim magically clicks. The decision making at the top is awful.
 
I have said this before but I cannot believe we have not had a proper midfield for basically 20 yrs...
Will we ever have one again?
I have a feeling Xabi Alonso may get fired by Madrid. He is not ultra experienced but think he is a very good manager. He has played in the PL so think he is already culturally adapted to some extent. One issue is that Slot may get fired as well and in that event, think he may prefer Liverpool.

Conte - I am not sure Conte has the mentality to deal with the BS that comes with managing a big English club.

Tuchel - think he has different ambitions

Ole / Carrick etc - see it as regressive. But probably ok as caretaker

Howe - I don't see a PL winning manager here.

Glasner - maybe

De Zerbi - maybe
Conte won the league with Chelsea.
 
I used to really dislike Conte when he was in EPL previously

But I’ve come to think I’d actually love him on the touchline. Actually giving a shit…and more importantly, absolutely hammering our players.

He’d have a nervous breakdown the amount of times we gift possession with misplaced passes
 
Xavi

We need to build on the midfield and in the short term having three in there to give the players minutes and rotate and help each others game.

We do have huge issues with the squad though, it's only being masked slightly by the three new signings extending the play.
Sincerely, I'm shocked why we didn't push more for Xavi. He's not a bad manager at all and he'll play tiki taka. He'll also challenge the class of Arteta and Maresca. Xavi Hernandez in please.
 
No one is saying we should be challenging for the league, but if we lose to 10 men Everton and cannot even score single goal against 10 mean team for 75 minutes, the manager deserve sacking.

What is the use of XG when we cannot even score a goal?

It's a statistically measure of if the ball should be in the net or not.

If you have a player like Zirkzee who underperforms xG then clearly he isn't a good finisher.

We bought Mbeumo as our RF because of his record and his conversion rate.

It shows we are creating chances, but it fell to the wrong player hence get a better replacement #9 than Zirkzee and we'd have won the game.

Squad depth is an issue not Amorim IMO.
 
For United to succeed they need at least 2 things

A- A manager who understands the EPL. We've seen it with Amorim, ETH and Liverpool are noticing it with Slot that what works outside the EPL doesn't really translate well in the EPL. The EPL is physical, its played on ridiculous high tempo and its not ashamed of playing deep or go long ball. These are the sort of things that needs to be taken in consideration

B- United Post SAF had seen complacency and low standards creeping in. We need a disruptor who goes in and destroy the entire building down before that complacency is learnt by the new players. It's quite concerning that the club plans to keep veterans such as Bruno, Maguire and Casemiro around while giving space to Luke Shaw. How will these player fit in this rebuild. What future do these players have in this rebuild? If we're really serious then we let these players + injury players like Mount go and we replace them with younger players who have the hunger to succeed. I'd rather see a Kone try and fail then Mount playing. The former will learn from his mistakes while the latter will probably be in the treatment room pretty soon.
The managers who have dominated the players in recent years were not pl managers.
 
Give it to Ole and actually back him this time. Emotional choice? maybe. But god would he bring back some joy to this soulless bunch
 
Amorim is going nowhere for a long time yet. He's just come off a purple-patch 'non-losing streak' for the first time so our upper management will be busy freezing his farts for later consumption.
 
Stay the course. Everyone wants Glasner, Iraola, and all these flavor-of-the-month guys.

We are better to let Amorim continue until a tested elite manager is ready for a new challenge than risk it on these flavor-of-the-month managers.

Glasner - palace averages 42.8% possession (fbref). The meltdown when our team of expensive internationals sit back and defend and we are reactive to whatever the opposition does.
Iraola - a manager that in 100 games for Bournemouth has a win % of 39%. And we want him to replace a manager who *checks notes* has 38% win percentage in 55 games..
 
The ship has sailed but i was the proponent of getting Tuchel in the past.

I'd love it if we could get Alonso, if Madrid sack him. I really like his body of work with Leverkusen, and he's familiar with the PL and what it takes.
 
There are many good managers that could be great at United, but our owners are looking for a VERY specific profile - somebody who can build a top team despite being undercut, underfunded and unsupported. Somebody who can succeed despite shit recruitement and shit club management.

That type of head coach may well exist but it is much more rare than just top head coach. And why would the inept recruitment of ours be able to find such person?

We need new owners. Anything less is just continuing gambling, hoping for a miracle in face of bitter defeats
 
There are many good managers that could be great at United, but our owners are looking for a VERY specific profile - somebody who can build a top team despite being undercut, underfunded and unsupported. Somebody who can succeed despite shit recruitement and shit club management.

That type of head coach may well exist but it is much more rare than just top head coach. And why would the inept recruitment of ours be able to find such person?

We need new owners. Anything less is just continuing gambling, hoping for a miracle in face of bitter defeats

I'm seriously confused when people say that we are underfunded and unsupported. People bang on the glazers, but lets not pretend that we didn't spend $100m a season. The issue of not spending well is a totally different argument.
 
If we want our next project then easily Eddie Howe. Projected from Bournemouth to Newcastle now time for United.

Ole would be our best Interim because he has been our best post SAF manager and can be even better with better recruitment.

I also don't think it's impossible to get a more big name manager like Enrique & Flick if they wanted a bit of a career change in 2027.

It's a statistically measure of if the ball should be in the net or not.

If you have a player like Zirkzee who underperforms xG then clearly he isn't a good finisher.

We bought Mbeumo as our RF because of his record and his conversion rate.

It shows we are creating chances, but it fell to the wrong player hence get a better replacement #9 than Zirkzee and we'd have won the game.

Squad depth is an issue not Amorim IMO.

Amorim tactics all game against Everton was to use his wingbacks to cross the ball in to the box. A box that was even more stocked after Everton went down to 10.

This is why you saw Zirkzee trying to get a goal by scoring headers than trying to use his feet.

Amorim has no ability to change his tactics. I'm not backing Zirkzee.

He has one formation and one tactic.

He does need more players in the squad but it would likely be the same player with a different name.

People think we will buy Semenyo and playing 2 attacking wingbacks when we go to games playing 7 defensive players week after week.

Amorim will spend some more money on a CB so he can sub on 2 during a match.

His football is so exceptionally limited and I'm not sure how anyone cannot see this. We have like 9 wins with him or something isn't it?
 
I'm seriously confused when people say that we are underfunded and unsupported. People bang on the glazers, but lets not pretend that we didn't spend $100m a season. The issue of not spending well is a totally different argument.
The utter trash we have for team needed Bohley's Chelsea level spending, not measly 100M that will maybe buy you one top midfielder or striker. And yes - spending what we do spend poorly is also a problem. As is making idiotic decisions, such as not selling Bruno to raise 100M. Either way, there are many problems, managers operating in a poorly-run club is one of the big ones.
 
It's a statistically measure of if the ball should be in the net or not.

If you have a player like Zirkzee who underperforms xG then clearly he isn't a good finisher.

We bought Mbeumo as our RF because of his record and his conversion rate.

It shows we are creating chances, but it fell to the wrong player hence get a better replacement #9 than Zirkzee and we'd have won the game.

Squad depth is an issue not Amorim IMO.
I know what xG means. I am just sick of fans saying at least we had higher xG. Goals win matches, not xG.
 
If Ruben Amorim ends up getting sacked, I actually wouldn’t mind seeing Ole return as interim for a second spell. The best football we played post-Fergie was during his first interim period, and he knows the club inside out.


For the long-term appointment, Carlo Ancelotti would be my pick after the World Cup. His experience, man-management, and ability to stabilise big clubs could be exactly what we need. Ideally, Ole could be retained in some capacity At least for the first season, especially with the World Cup running into July. That continuity might help the transition and keep the dressing room steady.