Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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He's obviously hiding something - you're right.
Also a bit suspicious that he went to Goodison - but apparently not Anfield.
I mean, it's commendable - but still suspicious.
So what you're saying is Moyes didn't actually have more about him that Rangnick as you just said. And that Rangnick is more experienced and has more knowledge.
Still better than Rangnick's lame attempt at humour with his "10m for Lewandoswki" skit
How’s the statue coming along?
You go into your corner and keep laughing about LewangoalskiStill better than Rangnick's lame attempt at humour with his "10m for Lewandoswki" skit
He's like if Klinsmann had gone to university.
Says the guy who thought Hansi Fick is a clever username and not childish as feck.Still better than Rangnick's lame attempt at humour with his "10m for Lewandoswki" skit
So, apparently, he was not and never has been a lifelong fan of United. There are many threads on this forum discussing the feasibility of Mancini. Is this significant, at all?
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Whoosh.
I'll let you into a little secret about Sir Alex, he doesn't like his name said as Alex that much, it's pronounced Alec and people who know him or know about and respect him know to say his name as Alec.
Goes to show the Professor does know more than me after all!
You mean he's an educated knob?
I was expecting maybe it had to do with his guiding money clubs that circumvent the 50+1 rules.
What do you think about Nagelsmann?
Looks like Jesse Marsch could be out on his arse at Leipzig soon... Looking forward to a new assistant manager rumour.
I hope he manages to bring some decent coaches to the club in the next couple of weeks. I doubt Phelan and McKenna will be much help to him in implementing his philosophy.
From the Independent :
Several people close to Rangnick insist he is not walking into Old Trafford with his eyes closed and hasn’t snatched at this shot on account of his desperation to work in England. One source revealed that the “godfather of gegenpressing” has been intensely studying United since 2014 and can recount every misstep they have made since then.
Several people close to Rangnick insist he is not walking into Old Trafford with his eyes closed and hasn’t snatched at this shot on account of his desperation to work in England. One source revealed that the “godfather of gegenpressing” has been intensely studying United since 2014 and can recount every misstep they have made since then.
Where can I see that MUTV interview, without hassle?
You will once you see our team lifting that CL trophy wearing it.
Phelan doesn't even coach anymore -- his role was that of the wise, old head on Ole's team. Mckenna -- he will probably learn more from Rangnick than he would be contributing to Rangnick's teaching philosophy -- which would explain why he wants to stay.
Rangnick will need at least 2 of his own handpicked assistants who subscribe to his philosophy for him to be somewhat or minimally effective in view of the packed schedule for the next 8 weeks. Otherwise, it would be only half-baked or partially pregnant.
If he is only partially successful, he wont have enough credit in the bank to make organisational changes ie off the pitch which is his remit for the 2 yrs beyond coaching.
This is why I suspect that he will stay on as a manager/coach to make sure he gets what he wants implemented. Then with that, he will move upstairs. The term 'consultant' is a political term agreed upon by the CEO/Glazers and Rangnick to pacify any organisational resistance to change -- and so to buy him time. So I suspect the Glazers & the CEOs have seen this as a 'project.'
No guarantee for success despite favourable or impressive resumes. We can look at the Scousers and Klopp but how many failures did they suffer before having one that is a Klopp? Arsenal may go through the same journeys of false dawns too.
Give the Glazers some credit -- its clear that they hired Moyes, LVG and Ole as mid to long term projects. Jose was the only short term project with the simple remit of winning trophies. No fans of top clubs have the patience for mid-long term projects. They need their crack-cocaine of football, silverware/trophies -- whilst many owners want sustainable success, both on & off the pitch.
Treading that window/fine line (of sustainable success and short term goal of trophies) is the mission impossible.
Yet, other than the Chelsea project, historically, it's a crapshoot trying to hire 'right' people ie looking for the Messiah.
Or maybe the Chelsea model is what we need to develop? If so, is that who we are?
Here, nerds. Drink it in, maaaaaan!
McKenna is still young and will probably buy his idea. He had a very good reputation with youth teams back in the days.
If anything, he will be hugely benefited from this whole thing. I am not so sure with Phelan, obviously. It is like United give him a job for the sake of it.
During his googling i bet he stumbled upon the caf and a cursory glance would reveal every misstep taken in the last few years.
you can tell during this entire interview that this guy just knows his shit and knows exactly what he wants to do and how his team needs to set up
Yeah. I was joking.
Wasn't Van Gaal all about the control? Where is the heavy metal football that was promised?Music to my ears. "Control".
Maybe lock yourself in the bathroom.
To be a top team, you have to control games. Liverpool control games. People have this mythical idea that gengenpressing involves playing at 500mph every time. It's not true. Although Liverpool are probably the most vertical team in the league, they spend most of the game controlling possession. That is what separates them form a Leeds for example. We need to get back to that.
LVG playing shit football doesn't mean all his ideas were shit.
I would say post Fergie, our most tactically sound period has been under LVG, even though we were drab to watch.
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To be fair we did have a fair bit of control under LVG, we just didn't know what to do with the ball.
I also don't recall him ever promising "heavy metal", or quick and aggressive forward passing football.
I couldn’t watch this video as soon as the guy said Sancho played on the right wing- he clearly played left
Rangnick also used the phrase "proactive in and out of possession" in his interview. Control + proactiveness would make it very different from LvG's style which, at least in his time at United, was about possession for its own sake.
Being proactive would mean passing forward most of the time when the team has the ball and, when the team doesn't have the ball, it would mean closing down the opponent to win it back. That is, of course, heavy metal football.
I have that shirt framed with cantona's signature on the collar. It is my favourite shirt ever.by far. Especially the sharp viewcam on the black away kit
Feel kinda bad for him. Coming in without his own support staff and has to learn about the players, club, coaches etc. Set out a team and manage it within 3 days and then games are non-stop.
Great interview, oozes confidence and footballing intelligence.
So Gengenpress it is
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