Thanks to the CO92 and his friends and our impotent board. He should have been relieved all of his duties to avoid this. He is a dead man walking and everyone knows it. We aren't going to magically get someone in 3 weeks if we don't have 1.
Generally, I try not to blame others for how I conduct myself. In particular I don't say anything online I wouldn't say to anyones face.
Shame you didn't apply same logic.
I really, really hope so.
That’s a really good shout, that.
Wait, I thought he was talking about Barcelona?
I think they are talking to Xavi to be manager. Besides I think Ten Hag will end up at Newcastle if they get Overmars.
Yeah, but Robbie Boy’s reply (sorry don’t know how to tag) made me think that United were going to find a caretaker then bring in Ten Hag in the summer, which seems unlikely based on the media talk so far.
I probably should have read the Tweet first eh
I probably should have read the Tweet first eh
In that case, nooooooooooo! feck off Barca!
Yeah. Though currently it sounds like they’ll be going for Xavi. I’m more concerned that our club isn’t even interested in Ten Hag and really only have eyes for Pochettino tbh, more so than competition from Barca.I hope to God it's not Poch. He has been underwhelming for a number of years now.
There hasn't been any viable links to him. But yeah, why would a massive cooperation like Manchester United bother with trivial things such as continuity/secession planning. Pffft, that's so hipster.
Yeah I agree, though with the caveat that it may not be fair to judge him on his tenure at PSG. Still, I’m fairly certain he’d be a significant upgrade on Ole as a coach.
You have to laugh.
Aye, but his work in his final year or so at Spurs seriously stagnated. The CL Final was a total fluke - which papered over cracks - and they were atrocious in the final. Is he better than Ole? Sure, his CV is better. But I don't think their styles of football are worlds apart. We can't fall into the trap of appointing someone who is merely better than Ole, as with all respect, that's quite a plethora of managers.
It's my worst fear right now, that they just wanted to ride out the storm and carry on as they are.
This is what supporters (or ex-supporter?) of Ole have come to now. Bemoaning the negativity around the club after being thrashed 0-5 at OT by our biggest rivals. The negativity is very much required and is here to stay until fundamental changes are made (changing the team management to begin with; make your peace with it or log off from every forum).
That's the fear, we get some 'decent results' over the nexr 3, which will vindicate the Boards - in their eyes only, of course - opinion that he gets more 'time'. Naglelsmann got dicked 5 nil by Gladbach in the cup last night, so the Caf probably think he's only a 'hipster manager' again.
I have another word for that.
He is a coach at least, unlike Ole
. I browse Spurs forums occasionally. Based on what I read, the gist of what they think of Poch’s reign is as follows:While i agree Ten Hag is a very exciting prospect, he does come from a club where absolutely everything is built around the football and there is complete harmony all the way up to the top and within the team (in terms of less ego and star power).
It's a deeply ironic state of affairs given we don't associate toxicity with Ole, but with Jose, and yet both have created a form of toxicity surrounding the club.
Poet?
Don't get me wrong, he done some good work at Spurs, and for a period, he played some good stuff. But as time went on, he became far more conservative with his football, and it honestly wasn't too dissimilar from some of Ole's stuff. His record in the transfer market isn't great either. I would personally steer clear.He is a coach at least, unlike Ole
- Good at coaching a structured possession-focused, high pressing system based on a lot of hard yards by players
- Good at improving individual players (lots of them credit him with Harry Kane’s rise)-
- Needs time to implement his system (have to live with poor performances for longer than the likes of Pep, Klopp until things click)
- Not great at in-game management (substitutions etc.)
- Final season attributed to totally burning out his players over the years and not being allowed to refresh his squad even though he had been calling for it.
But yeah, I really hope we go for someone better. I don’t trust the board at all though, so I’m trying to find positives in the likely scenario that we end up with Pochettino.
I was trying to be nice
A caretaker is the only thing that makes a bit of sense in this whole fiasco, unless Conte comes in and it sounds like the board have reservations making that appointment. If we can bring in someone like Blanc until the end of the season what's the worst that can happen? If Ole, who came in in December managed to elevate our results for 3 months then I'm confident another caretaker manager could keep the ship afloat until the end of the season.
Nothing bad is gonna happen, but you're placing your bet on chips that are unlikely to fall in place. For one, if the deal is to wait for the summer for Ten Hag to come, what guarantees do we have that he will come? Furthermore, it is a risky appointment by itself. I welcome it, but we need success now, not 5 years from now or whatever. And If Ten Hag doesn't come, what do we do then? Keep in mind that PSG might be gunning for him, or City (depending on whether Guardiola stays or leaves at the end of this season). We don't have the resources to compete with the sheikhs. While we dither Conte might get snatched and then we're going to be in big trouble and have to gamble it all on someone like Graham (who I do rate highly, but it is a massive gamble nevertheless). We'll also waste a shit ton of time that could be spent on Conte fixing the system, seeing what works, what player he needs, etc.
Madness that he still has the job.
Adds up.
Problem with that is that most quality managers wont accept a «until end-of-season» contract
Which is why someone like Blanc, in my opinion would be a good choice. I think he only has 6 or 7 months left on his contract so he's accessible. Maybe not a top quality coach we'd need full time but as a stop gap he wouldn't be the worst choice.
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Pitiful and after Saturday guess what, we will still have only one.
No wonder Molde fans wanted him sacked and were over the moon when he joined us.
