He doesn't have to be vocal about it. Saying that he has no control is perfectly valid answer which previous managers (like Poch) have done not long ago. Being a yes man however means what he said - that he is perfectly happy with what he has got. If that is the case if the results go south he should be held accountable(along with the owners) for wasting the window right?
My point is double standards. Seems that he's absolved from any fault and everybody but the manager will be responsible for bad run or a wasted season. This is exactly what Woodward and co would want with appointing a yes man and a figure that is popular with the fans. Appease them, shift the focus of another failed window(wait until we get desperate at the end of it), another failed season and he'll throw Ole under the bus as soon as everything goes sour.
How will that reflect on Ole's CV - the only two jobs he would've got in a big leagues resulted in complete failure?
You are literally doing what Woodward and co. would want you to, as in going at Ole instead of the real issue. Why do we as fans need Solskjaer to talk smack before we act against the incompetence of the ones at the top of the club?
If the fanbase goes hard at the owners and demand change, it would actually give the manager leverage to demand more behind the curtains and eventually publicly.
Watched it now. Yes it’s a new season. Let’s be positive, you never know. Comment about the fans unforgivable. Very political line about transfer window. Vacuous.
I believe what Ole said is totally misunderstood. He isn't talking about the passionate fans, but the ones who cross the line and go abusive, use racist or any other sort of derogatory terms. I hope we all can agree that some stuff are too much when it comes to unwarranted criticism, especially on social media like Twitter, where a lot of the comments are absolutely unacceptable.
We already had the issue with the Lukaku song, the trending racist hashtag against Ashley Young, people constantly cursing the likes of Rashford, Luke Shaw being called a fat bitch just for the shit and giggles, Solskjaer called a piece of shit, a PE teacher, a football failure who somehow fluked a goal in 99 and supposedly is the only thing he ever did. I have a major issue with all of that crap being accepted as normal criticism or just fans being "passionate". This isn't passion, it's projecting people's bigotry and insecurities, using every opportunity to slate everyone at the club. Constructive criticism is always appreciated and needed in any workplace, but we must all realise when it becomes something completely different.
I also know you would agree with me that the main issue lies with the owners and board, so it's much more productive to go at them and leave Ole do his work as a manager, get the squad together and build a proper footballing system that would be successful in the long-term, whilst also providing a structural base to tackle the short and medium term goals.