when it comes to the crunch regarding money he probably has had his wings clipped. Remember this time last year Jose was having his hissy fit saying don't call me manager anymore, im just a coach. Same thing is happening it seems
Not really. Dithering Moyes, same thing happened fans blamed board but it was actually the manager being overwhelmed. We saw with LVG and Mourinho that the board to back managers with signings... no don’t bring up Mourinho last season. I’m talking about his first summer.
Curious what you think has changed in the short time where he was livid saying 'these wont be here', to now saying 'everyone gets a chance'. Or did he completely change his mind on that statement and say 'no Ed, put your money away, don't buy 6 players'.
Talk is easy. Action is harder. Example, Ole talks and knows what people want to hear.
Why don't you just look at his work at Molde? It's a clear indication of how he wants to play, and who he is close in term of top managers. I am tired of that BS, Solskjaer may not be a big name yet, but his style is clear and he has consistently shown to the football world that he tried to understand the game and impact it, as a sub, and now as a manager. Really leave him alone at this point. Everyone who has analyzed his way of playing at Molde has come to the conclusion that he is a manager who focuses on scoring a lot of goals, mixing high press and counter attacks in function of the context. Very flexible tactical shape. He involves his midfielders to the goals and even the 6 is allowed to move forward. He has improved some of their strikers who couldn't score in their previous clubs and is now making tremendous statistical progress, etc... so clearly, the guy has an understanding of football, and likes to score.
But your gripe is with Ole, who said he wanted his new players in for preseason. Ed leaks an email about inflated market and you blame the manager
How are we weaker than when he took over? We've literally signed a RB who is actually a RB and a promising winger.
Nope. We've all been sour since 2013
We lost Herrera, extended contracts with all the deadwood, are about to lose Pogba and Lukaku which will basically mean that our "rebuilding" will be losing our best players while keeping all the deadwood. It doesn't surprise me I have been saying a few months ago that it's gonna happen but I think quite a few people believed that Ole is the man who have balls to rebuild our squad.
He said some of these players won't be here which they won't. He can't just give players like Rojo away for free unfortunately.
Do you honestly believe that Solskjaer wouldn't ditch this squad and buy the best in the world in each position this summer if he was allowed?
I believe he particularly likes certain players no matter how mediocre they are.
He might still want to, but can he attract them? Look, I desperately hope Ole is successful here because we really need a lift right now. Nevertheless it gets annoying to hear the likes of Ndombele saying he was attracted by Poch, Tielemans saying the same about Rodgers, Rodri the same re Pep. Let’s be honest, Ole just doesn’t have the same gravitas in management at the moment. He might turn out to be an inspired appointment, get them playing at a higher level as he did when he first joined, and be our saviour. Who knows, but he’s going to have to do it on fairly meagre resources to start with, as no CL and Ole is not a big attraction however you look at it.
Rodgers?!? Err, let's not insult Ole but ok.
it would be bang on for Moyes though. Ole said the opposite in his latest interview
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Wan Bissaka said he wants to be part of Ole's plans in his interview. It's the same stuff every player comes out with once the money is right. We'd have got Ndombele if we had wanted him because we pay more than Spurs.
So why don't you just analyze his teams, or what other analysts are saying about his teams? It's clearer than any message he has to pass. It shows on the field.
Ndombele didn't come because we had no CL. No CL with a rookie manager is a tough sell and hence we are going British to have players join us based on past reputation.
?Are you joking? Rodgers cv is miles better than Ole’s ffs.
Beyond that, Rodgers is the superior manager.
Been saying this about OgS, I see him as a sacrificial lamb of sorts.
Before Ole took over our midfield needed one top class CM addition.
Of course Rogers is better. And no Ole wont attract world class players for obvious reasons.
I think he'll be gone by the end of the season. He doesn't have the players.The Ogden article is such biased nonsense though. Another article on Football365 has an interview with Joe Gomez where he talks about the fact that Liverpool have also just started pre-season, and he says that it's been really hard as there's a lot of running involved. I'm sure most feckin clubs are running more than usual at the start of preseason as part of the usual prep but because we're Man United, there always seems to be a bullshit narrative floating around. Running around alot in preseason is too British
It looks to me like the media knives are truly out and being sharpened for Ole. The way things are shaping up at the moment appears as if though it will probably go pear-shaped for him very quickly if we don't get off to a good start.
Tielemans was offered to Spurs and Manutd, who both rejected the chance to sign him. His only option was Leicester. Of course player says he was attracted by club/manager when they sign. No one says they went for money. For example AWB said he was convinced by Ole and wanted to be part of the squad.
Managers are small part in the overall package. Hazard rejected SAF's ManUtd to sign for manager less Chelsea who were about to appoint Di Matteo as their manager. Club's position, financial package are the biggest thing that matters when they sign.
This is only partly true. Di Matteo had, at that point, just won the FA Cup and Champions League with Chelsea - it's only hindsight that tells us that things turned to shit for him the next season. At that point everything looked very rosy for Chelsea, and Di Matteo was part of that - his star was in the ascendency and, at that stage at least, he looked like he could be the real deal.
Do we actually know this? I'm pretty sure he's been brought in with a specific brief to try and get the best out of the players that we've got and to target/develop young (cheaper) signings.
Ole will still be the Sacrificial lamb.
He won't get a free pass if we fail to make top 4.
He wasn't even permanent manager at that time and Chelsea didn't have manager.
That hire was always stupid by Chelsea.
