Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | W15 D2 L4
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Cheers! Looks like they'll just promote him if Ole goes then. So we won't have any clues from them regarding Ole either.
I wish my boss happy birthday too - doesn't mean I love him though.
I heard Paul Ince is looking?
Do you wish him happy birthday with a picture on instagram?
Nope, I write my name on his card that goes round the office.
' Solskjaer has called on Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez to step up and fill the void left by Rashford, Martial and Lingard '.
The sentence above is funny, 1 year ago it would not have be imaginable. Hopefully Solskjaer will get us off this roller-coaster and steady the ship
The sentence above is funny, 1 year ago it would not have be imaginable. Hopefully Solskjaer will get us off this roller-coaster and steady the ship
Yeah thats the same.
That's not the same thing
Totally is.Poch doesn't get the same intense scrutiny as Ole either; Poch had a shocker at the weekend - got his tactics and subs wrong and then acted like a prize cnut at the final whistle. If that were Ole people would be using that as proof he's not up to the Utd job.
The bloke is probably too old to know the difference between instagram and twitter.
You don't love him very much do you...?
He's ridiculously negative about everything related to United. Joined as a Nottingham Forest fan and has now changed his support section.
Not that it matters, but none of the players did that with Mourinho as far as I know. I don't even think any of them liked his birthday picture on Instagram that the club put out a few months back.
Oh, I see. Must be tough.
Has anyone mentioned yet that Ole has won as many points in 10 matches this season, as Mourinho did in 17?
That probably deserves its own thread.
That probably deserves its own thread.
I get a lot of satisfaction from this table.
Christ best defence in the league as well, did not expect that
His eyes look in two different directions though, so Molde may not have noticed.
IIRC we used 4 different combinations of CBs too.
Lindelof - Jones
Lindelof - Smalling
Lindelof - Bailly
Smalling - Jones.
Ole? Yep - hope he gets the position full time. Would be madness not to imo.
Spurs haven't been good vs top teams (not talking about results) that's despite them playing good attacking football and having really good attacking players but cannot seem to create anything (based on your proof) which is strange when you consider the crazy praise spurs and Poch get.
This being your reply to the other poster, he did say " i dont think ive seen Spurs have a game where they barely have a shot on target" and your reply is to post 7 games over 4+ years (
) which is really good by spurs , i am not sure this post had the intended effect you hoped for but proved (based on your examples) how spurs barely have games where they have small amount of shots on target.I'm not negative at all - I'm just realistic mate. As for joining as a Forest fan. That was years ago mate. I'm not a hardcore fan on here of course not (never been to a match) but United is my team. United are the ones I stream, and follow the news, and take part on the forum here. Am I a hardcore fan? Hell no. But I support United. I'm into my football properly now. When I joined in 2006 I was not. It's hard to explain, but I realised I was a Utd fan over time. 1999 was when I fell in love with the team, and when I fell in love with football in general. It took a while to realise I didn't really care about my then local team. I was a proper armchair fan for Forest, just because all my friends supported them and then gradually as I fell in love more and more with football after 99 I knew I was a proper United fan. Hope that helps explain it a bit.
Sorry if I come across negative, I don't mean to. I just don't wax lyrical as some do.
Spurs haven't been good vs top teams (not talking about results) that's despite them playing good attacking football and having really good attacking players but cannot seem to create anything (based on your proof) which is strange when you consider the crazy praise spurs and Poch get.
This being your reply to the other poster, he did say " i dont think ive seen Spurs have a game where they barely have a shot on target" and your reply is to post 7 games over 4+ years (
There are so many games where Spurs had just 3 shots on target even vs lesser teams. I just listed games where they had 2 or less shots on target and I didn't even check all the games. I checked games randomly.
Edit: it also had intended effect as he never saw any game where Spurs barely had shot on target and I gave him few games.
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Restored dignity to the club.
What I secretly feared about Ole was that he might be an idealist. I think he is - a bit. But not to the detriment of performances (see Sarri). I thought we’d look better going forward but was a little worried that we ship a lot of goals in the process.
After the early rush of goals, it’s actually been the his pragmatism that has shone through. Whether it be the diamond and split strikers or the hard-nosed midfield trio of Herrera, Matic and Pogba. He’s really tightened up the team and reminded people that we do have some good defenders at the club. We’ve conceded six goals in ten league games, two (or three) of which were penalties/set pieces. That’s seriously good.
You look at a team of Ole, Phelan, Carrick and McKenna and see so much promise. Give them the gig and back them with some serious money in the summer. We can do anything.
After the early rush of goals, it’s actually been the his pragmatism that has shone through. Whether it be the diamond and split strikers or the hard-nosed midfield trio of Herrera, Matic and Pogba. He’s really tightened up the team and reminded people that we do have some good defenders at the club. We’ve conceded six goals in ten league games, two (or three) of which were penalties/set pieces. That’s seriously good.
You look at a team of Ole, Phelan, Carrick and McKenna and see so much promise. Give them the gig and back them with some serious money in the summer. We can do anything.
I stand corrected.
The Poch fanboys need to feck off already, he is not coming here, and I doubt he is leaving Spurs at all. He is comfortable at Spurs where he has great job security, and no expectations apart from top 4, from both fans and owners. As long as that is achieved, he is safe ansd secure in his job.
Instead of sending sumbliminals quote me directly.
And i am far from a Poch fan boy
I approve of a ‘Mourinho was shite and is a wanker’ thread.
As I said, based on examples that you provided.
You seem to be using a double standard though to justify the statement being refuted. If having 1 game with very few shots on target is a negative, both Poch and Ole meet it and hence Poch is no better than Ole. If having a few games where you have very few shots is acceptable, then both Ole and Poch satisfy and are acceptable.
I'm wondering if you agree with the notion that Poch is more suited to us because you very rarely see him have games with very few shots? Because the same can be said of Ole. Hence the entire point is moot.
I hope Ole gets the job. I am sure that he will bring back SAFs way of looking into the character etc of any new signings which has stupidly been discarded since he retired. The new signings will be young players around the age of 22 that we can develop to play the Utd way.
My love with Man Utd started in the 90's.
The last few years how ever, I started to be less interested - my passion for the club were still there, but something was lacking.
After Ole, I've felt that old passion again. Looking forward to the next match, looking forward to 3p.
Sure, he's not a manager with many years of experience but he's smart and knows our club.
The last few years how ever, I started to be less interested - my passion for the club were still there, but something was lacking.
After Ole, I've felt that old passion again. Looking forward to the next match, looking forward to 3p.
Sure, he's not a manager with many years of experience but he's smart and knows our club.
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Well, I have never said its good or bad having few shots on target or the manager whose team has more shots on target is better than the other. For all the praise Poch gets for his attacking play, his team does struggle to have many shots on target vs the likes of city/pool etc... It doesn't mean he's a bad manager but its a fact his team does struggle vs top teams, Still doesn't mean he's a bad manager but the praise is vomit inducing IMO.
As the other poster said he's not seen spurs have games where they have had less shots on target and roonster09 provided a list of 7 games in 4+ years, which doesn't prove anything other than spurs don't have many games where they struggle to have shots on target. I can only reply to whats being posted not what isn't and based on examples provided spurs have very few games where they don't register lots of shots on target, Which is really good IMO.
I believe you think my reply to roonster09 is based on me being in Ole's camp for some reason but i just founded the 7 games in 4+ years example bit silly (being nice) to prove spurs have many games where they register few shots on target, of course each person has their own version of few and roonster09's version is 1 or 2 shots on target. As for Poch being better suited for united due to his team having more shots on target in games, as long as the manager plays attacking football I couldn't care less who it is.
This isn't Poch vs Ole, I am not in either camp
, just United camp.Well, I have never said its good or bad having few shots on target or the manager whose team has more shots on target is better than the other. For all the praise Poch gets for his attacking play, his team does struggle to have many shots on target vs the likes of city/pool etc... It doesn't mean he's a bad manager but its a fact his team does struggle vs top teams, Still doesn't mean he's a bad manager but the praise is vomit inducing IMO.
As the other poster said he's not seen spurs have games where they have had less shots on target and roonster09 provided a list of 7 games in 4+ years, which doesn't prove anything other than spurs don't have many games where they struggle to have shots on target. I can only reply to whats being posted not what isn't and based on examples provided spurs have very few games where they don't register lots of shots on target, Which is really good IMO.
I believe you think my reply to roonster09 is based on me being in Ole's camp for some reason but i just founded the 7 games in 4+ years example bit silly (being nice) to prove spurs have many games where they register few shots on target, of course each person has their own version of few and roonster09's version is 1 or 2 shots on target. As for Poch being better suited for united due to his team having more shots on target in games, as long as the manager plays attacking football I couldn't care less who it is.
This isn't Poch vs Ole, I am not in either camp
It does prove that Spurs fairly routinely (like 2 a year for the past 4 approximately) have games where they don't have many shots on target. Its you who's coming up with a standard that 7 in 4 years is not that many. Thats an arbitrary standard that one may or may not consider good enough. So it shows the other poster that yes Spurs do have games where they have few shots as opposed to what he thought and hence based his support for Poch over Ole on.
Well, I have never said its good or bad having few shots on target or the manager whose team has more shots on target is better than the other. For all the praise Poch gets for his attacking play, his team does struggle to have many shots on target vs the likes of city/pool etc... It doesn't mean he's a bad manager but its a fact his team does struggle vs top teams, Still doesn't mean he's a bad manager but the praise is vomit inducing IMO.
As the other poster said he's not seen spurs have games where they have had less shots on target and roonster09 provided a list of 7 games in 4+ years, which doesn't prove anything other than spurs don't have many games where they struggle to have shots on target. I can only reply to whats being posted not what isn't and based on examples provided spurs have very few games where they don't register lots of shots on target, Which is really good IMO.
I believe you think my reply to roonster09 is based on me being in Ole's camp for some reason but i just founded the 7 games in 4+ years example bit silly (being nice) to prove spurs have many games where they register few shots on target, of course each person has their own version of few and roonster09's version is 1 or 2 shots on target. As for Poch being better suited for united due to his team having more shots on target in games, as long as the manager plays attacking football I couldn't care less who it is.
This isn't Poch vs Ole, I am not in either camp
Not sure where you are going with this as I already said that's not all games, that's just random games I checked.
Spurs had 2 shots or less 2 times in 2 months (Vs Watford and vs ManCity), is that good enough games in 2 months? (as 7 games in 4 years is silly).
Since Ole took over, ManUtd had only 1 shot on target vs PSG and apart from that the lowest number of shots on target was vs Liverpool which was 3. So going by this,
2018-19 season
Watford (H) - Shots on target - 3 (1 of them was from outside the box)
Chelsea (A) - Shots on target - 1 (from penalty, 0 from open play)
Wolves (H) - Shots on target - 3 (all 3 from outside the box)
Arsenal (A) - Shots on target - 3 (1 from outside the box)
Burnley (H) - Shots on target - 3
Leicester (A) -Shots on target - 3 (2 from outside the box)
Palace (A) -Shots on target - 2 (1 from outside the box)
City (H) - Shots on target - 1
West Ham (A) - Shots on target - 2
Liverpool (H) - Shots on target - 3 (1 from outside the box)
Watford (A) - Shots on target - 2 (2 shots from outside the box)
So many games where they barely had shots on targets and few of them are just long shots.
They'll also have about £8 million to find a replacement.