AdNani
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Jokes on you when we sign Luuk de Jong
Jokes on you when we sign Luuk de Jong
Quoted for truthWe’ve had some weird cultists in our fanbase this past ten years (Jose fanboys, Pogbapologists, Martial FC, Donny Van de Beek obsessives, those who think Amad is world class even though he’s played about three games at senior level) but the Ralf fanboys might be the worst of the bunch.
The club should have just read Caf for that. There was no need to hire anyone for that.Quoted for truth
There were people on here who were completely convinced - to the point of telling you you were an idiot if you disagreed - that Rangnick's job was never to manage the team anyway, just to "expose" the toxic players and give the next manager 6 months of invaluable insight.
Sounds like the club and the next manager have both told him they don't need his insights. Good riddance, and a complete waste of six months.
We don't need 10 players ? The entire caf is also pandering to muppets ?You lose all credibility when you say the team needs 10 new players. That's not calling a spade a spade, that's daft and pandering to muppets.
That I agree with, there was obviously no plan in hiring Ralf beyond hoping he could get the team back on track and come 4th, the consultancy was simply to make up for his Lokomotiv contract it seems. But in that case he was a horrible choice as he was never a top manager to begin with and he's way past his best.I don't blame ralf for the shit show. He should never have been given the reigns if they didn't see a role for him in the future. It just makes the whole conte situation even more perplexing.
No we don't Ralf.We don't need 10 players ? The entire caf is also pandering to muppets ?
Yes.But in that case he was a horrible choice as he was never a top manager to begin with and he's way past his best.
Yeah it hasn't gone great tbh. The players obviously binned him fairly early on when it became clear they physically couldn't do what he wanted.You lose all credibility when you say the team needs 10 new players. That's not calling a spade a spade, that's daft and pandering to muppets.
Well yeah I think if Carrick had taken over we would probably have got top four. But then ETH would have had to start form scratch dealing with unchallenged player power with no reason to think the club would back him. And so he wouldn't have come. We would have ended up with Poch who I don't think is strong enough to deal with these problems.So are you saying this masterplan to have Ralf come in and tank the season to send a message wouldn't have worked as well if we'd have managed to come 4th in spite of Rangnick?
No we obviously don't need 10 new players, that's a ridiculous statement. If you genuinely believe United need 10 new players then thank feck you (and seemingly Ralf) are nowhere near united.We don't need 10 players ? The entire caf is also pandering to muppets ?
Yeah it hasn't gone great tbh. The players obviously binned him fairly early on when it became clear they physically couldn't do what he wanted.
Well yeah I think if Carrick had taken over we would probably have got top four. But then ETH would have had to start form scratch dealing with unchallenged player power with no reason to think the club would back him. And so he wouldn't have come. We would have ended up with Poch who I don't think is strong enough to deal with these problems.
I don't think the Glazers were that bothered about missing top four. There was far more at stake.
While, if the news are true, he's looking to get a CB, a RB, 2 CMs, and a striker. That's half of the teamAnd what did ETH say? 'This team finished 2nd last season'. Obviously the new manager saw that Rang was a spoofer who threw the squad under the bus to save face for being well out of his depth.
No there is clearly a master plan which is to convert to high press. That's the common thread of Ralf and the two permanent manager candidates, Poch and ETH. And it's quite clear that the current crop of players couldn't play that style and refused to even try after a couple of weeks. If the club had gone along with that then missing out on top four would have been the least of its problems.Come on mate, you were touting this narrative a few weeks ago and back then it was a stretch but it makes even less sense now that Rangnicks been effectively sacked. There was obviously no long term masterplan for Ralf beyond hiring an experienced coach in the hope of securing top 4. Ralf acheived nothing beyond making his successor's job harder on and off the pitch.
If it was that clear, why bother keeping Rangnick beyond the first couple of weeks? What has he contributed to this master plan of converting to high press?No there is clearly a master plan which is to convert to high press. That's the common thread of Ralf and the two permanent manager candidates, Poch and ETH. And it's quite clear that the current crop of players couldn't play that style and refused to even try after a couple of weeks.
And again, if the players binned Rangnick off after half an hour of his first game, how is ETH any better off now in terms of dealing with this unchallenged player power? What has Rangnick done in the last six months that helps Ten Hag now or convinced him to take the job?Well yeah I think if Carrick had taken over we would probably have got top four. But then ETH would have had to start form scratch dealing with unchallenged player power with no reason to think the club would back him. And so he wouldn't have come
There is and was a plan to switch styles to whichever style the next permenent manager prefers, but that's always the case isn't it?No there is clearly a master plan which is to convert to high press. That's the common thread of Ralf and the two permanent manager candidates, Poch and ETH. And it's quite clear that the current crop of players couldn't play that style and refused to even try after a couple of weeks.
Gone along with what exactly?If the club had gone along with that then missing out on top four would have been the least of its problems.
Because the club had to show the next manager (whoever they were) that they would be backed in the quest to modernise the football and it was the players that were the problem. Sacking Ralf would have sent the opposite message and we would have ended up with Poch weakly trying to manage the unmanageable.Because the bolded bit just reads to me like an insane leap of logic, based on absolutely nothing. You're saying we're better off from a long-term perspective now than we would have been had we made the top four under Carrick or whoever else, because...?
No on this occasion the style was chosen first. Ralf abandoned it because the players refused to play it, but that's all he knows. It's quite clear that if the club was style agnostic they could have kept Carrick around till season end. And they could surely have fired Ralf and brought in someone else since he only does Gegenpress. But neither of those things happened. Instead they brought in Ralf, kept him in post all season, then replaced him with another high presser. The events fit my narrative.There is and was a plan to switch styles to whichever style the next permenent manager prefers, but that's always the case isn't it?
There was no plan to switch mid-season which is why Ralf quickly abandoned it.
How did the club show the next manager over the course of Rangnick's tenure that they would be backed and the players were the problem? Because of his press conferences every week? Or because we played awful football every week for so long that it somehow became apparent the coach was blameless?Because the club had to show the next manager (whoever they were) that they would be backed in the quest to modernise the football and it was the players that were the problem. Sacking Ralf would have sent the opposite message and we would have ended up with Poch weakly trying to manage the unmanageable.
More insane leaps of logic. Or maybe under Carrick / an alternative interim, we would have played to the level of last season and actually scraped a Champions League spot, thereby giving Ten Hag a much better platform to start off from.Or worse the players would have turned up for Carrick, gone on a winning run and he would have got the job full time and the whole Ole cycle would have repeated. There are people here who would say that would have been good. That would have been a disaster.
Ok since what I'm saying fits with what actually happened, how do you explain why they didn't give Carrick the interim role? Why did they bring in Rangnick who had a reputation as a club builder and not a manager. And why did they keep him around after his Gegenpress flopped?More insane leaps of logic. Or maybe under Carrick / an alternative interim, we would have played to the level of last season and actually scraped a Champions League spot, thereby giving Ten Hag a much better platform to start off from.
Are you still banging this drum? His job was to get the best results possible to the end of the season. He failed and now we've rightly sent him packing.Ralf Rangnick was there to call a spade a spade and to send a very strong signal to fans, to investors and to the prospective next manager that the club were serious about deep rooted changes. Had the club not done this, the loss of faith would have destroyed the casual fan base where most of the club revenue comes from, would have made it impossible to find a credible top tier permanent manager and ultimately would have impacted the share value on the stock market, causing wealth destruction to the Glazers.
It wasn't about top four.
Because Rangnick, at least before the shower he produced here, had a reputation as a respected coach, and Carrick does not. I would have picked Rangnick (or Lopetegui, or Blanc, or whoever else was rumored at the time) over Carrick too.Ok since what I'm saying fits with what actually happened, how do you explain why they didn't give Carrick the interim role?
That's such laughable nonsense, seriously.No there is clearly a master plan which is to convert to high press. That's the common thread of Ralf and the two permanent manager candidates, Poch and ETH. And it's quite clear that the current crop of players couldn't play that style and refused to even try after a couple of weeks. If the club had gone along with that then missing out on top four would have been the least of its problems.
I remember your posts about Rangnick from when the news of the appointment broke on here.That's such laughable nonsense, seriously.
You don't need a masterplan to convert to high press. You make it sound like Kennedy proposing an national decade-long effort to go to the fecking moon. All you need is a manager who can coach a team to press. Et voila.
Team employ pressing everywhere, of all quality, in all leagues.
Or what, was Mark Hughes's shit stint there to prepare the fundamental Southampton effort to have Hasenhüttl convert the club to high pressing?
BS. You coach a team to press, it presses, end of story. Rangnick just couldn't get it done.
Are you still banging that drum? He was an interim manager till the end of the season. The season ended. So he stopped being manager.Are you still banging this drum? His job was to get the best results possible to the end of the season. He failed and now we've rightly sent him packing.
Well you should look harder.What you're saying does not fit in with what actually happened. It fits in with what you've made up in your head about some "master plan".
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That doesn't look like a master plan at all to me. It looks like an interim manager doing a crap job and being moved on.
Yeah you do. You need an elite coach who knows the ins and outs of high press. And then a few years buying the right players. If only there were two clubs in the vicinity of Manchester to illustrate this point so that people who know nothing about football could grasp it more easily...That's such laughable nonsense, seriously.
You don't need a masterplan to convert to high press. You make it sound like Kennedy proposing an national decade-long effort to go to the fecking moon. All you need is a manager who can coach a team to press. Et voila.
I think you could make a good attempt to get just about anything fit your narrative mate. Fair play mate.Because the club had to show the next manager (whoever they were) that they would be backed in the quest to modernise the football and it was the players that were the problem. Sacking Ralf would have sent the opposite message and we would have ended up with Poch weakly trying to manage the unmanageable.
Or worse the players would have turned up for Carrick, gone on a winning run and he would have got the job full time and the whole Ole cycle would have repeated. There are people here who would say that would have been good. That would have been a disaster.
No on this occasion the style was chosen first. Ralf abandoned it because the players refused to play it, but that's all he knows. It's quite clear that if the club was style agnostic they could have kept Carrick around till season end. And they could surely have fired Ralf and brought in someone else since he only does Gegenpress. But neither of those things happened. Instead they brought in Ralf, kept him in post all season, then replaced him with another high presser. The events fit my narrative.
The players literally refused/were unable to press. That's pretty well documented. He couldn't persevere no matter what he might have wished. It wasn't an option.Fact is if he had been brought into start the switch in style regardless of results he would have persevered with the pressing style, but he didn't which most definitely does not fit nicely into your narrative mate.
Carrick isn't a manager and has no experience in that role they probably felt they couldn't risk giving him for the job for the season with CL football in the balance, hence why they went with someone more experienced that was known to Murtagh in Rangnick.Ok since what I'm saying fits with what actually happened, how do you explain why they didn't give Carrick the interim role? Why did they bring in Rangnick who had a reputation as a club builder and not a manager. And why did they keep him around after his Gegenpress flopped?
No he wouldn't persevere mate there's a difference, if for some bizarre he'd been hired to change the style of play mid-season regardless of results he would have just kept trying.The players literally refused/were unable to press. That's pretty well documented. He couldn't persevere no matter what he might have wished. It wasn't an option.
I think you should do a better job responding to my points with points of your own. Ones you can actually back up with something tangible. Unlike, for instance:Well you should look harder.
Fascinating. Where is this documented?he players literally refused/were unable to press. That's pretty well documented.
Well the evidence is your eyes watching the games. But this, just at random after one second of googling...?Fascinating. Where is this documented?
To address your points directly as you asked,1) the club didn't back Rangnick with any new signings (despite his style of play apparently being in line with the master plan)
2) we didn't display any form of a coordinated high press beyond the first hour against Crystal Palace
3) Rangnick is being moved on and the club will not use his services as a consultant, contrary to what was initially agreed
Do you know what "documented" means?Well the evidence is your eyes watching the games
record (something) in written, photographic, or other form.Do you know what "documented" means?
And we're back to "Rangnick did the dirty work", "the players refused to press and here's an interview from the man himself to serve as documented evidence of it" (he's also talking more self-serving bollocks about Klopp in that interview, by the way - Liverpool's pressing was obvious in his first season even while finishing 8th. Pressing =/= winning)also ETH sees him as tainted for doing some of the dirty work so doesn't want to be associated with him. That's smart politics too.
And also this one. Sums it up.Not surprised at all. Was bullshit from the start. Feels funny for people who were defending this role or actually thinking he will have anything to do at the club.
We talked about this when it was revealed he will be Austrian manager and he will be only be at the club for 6 days a month or so. We said this role is clearly bollocks. People still argued.
I have said it before but this forum is really full of people who love arguing for the sake of it even if everything points against the opposite, no, let's argue till the official confirmation comes, then act shocked and surprised.
Ralf ended up being another huge failure of an appointment.
I really have no idea what you are talking about. Your eyes say the players stopped pressing almost straight away. Ralf said the players stopped pressing. And you said it as well. Is anybody disagreeing about this?And we're back to "Rangnick did the dirty work", "the players refused to press and here's an interview from the man himself to serve as documented evidence of it" (he's also talking more self-serving bollocks about Klopp in that interview, by the way - Liverpool's pressing was obvious in his first season even while finishing 8th. Pressing =/= winning)
The reasoning was that we needed someone with coaching experience to see out the rest of the season, and the permanent solution who fit the criteria in the mid to long-term was already in a job at Ajax, and was competing for the league and champions league.We all agree that Ralf was hired by Murtough - no? I mean, that surely has to be the premise. It seems a stretch and a half that he was not Murtough's idea.
So - what (exactly) was his (Murtough's) reasoning behind hiring Ralf?
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And - the follow-up question is, of course: what's the connection between Ralf and ETH?
A cynical person might say there is none - this is just as random (meaning: there is no proper plan behind it) as all our other managerial appointments post SAF.
It would seem there wasn't any real plan at all, certainly not a long term one anyway. Just a hastily thrown together one after they finally realized Ole had to go. According to Murtagh himself they weren't even planning on sacking Solskjaer until the Watford defeat and they didn't even speak to any potential Interim manager prior to that. It was just a random pick from a few available names in the hope of salvaging something from the season.We all agree that Ralf was hired by Murtough - no? I mean, that surely has to be the premise. It seems a stretch and a half that he was not Murtough's idea.
So - what (exactly) was his (Murtough's) reasoning behind hiring Ralf?
ETA
And - the follow-up question is, of course: what's the connection between Ralf and ETH?
A cynical person might say there is none - this is just as random (meaning: there is no proper plan behind it) as all our other managerial appointments post SAF.
“It’s certainly been a turbulent period since we last met in September,” Murtough told a meeting of the fans’ forum at the start of this month. “We were all feeling optimistic at that time about the strong start to the season. There were grounds for confidence that we were going to continue building on the progress we saw in the prior two seasons.
“After the promising early-season results, things went off plan. As a club, we felt Ole had earned the right to be given the chance to turn things round, but didn’t get a reaction after the international break, and the Watford game made it clear change was needed.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/man-united-murtough-rangnick-solskjaer-25770946“Out of respect for Ole, we did not approach other managers before he left. Our plan then was to appoint an experienced interim manager and Ralf was our clear first choice.
“By bringing in Ralf, we can now take time to run a thorough process for our next permanent manager.
“Recruiting a manager is one of the most important decisions a football club makes so we want to do it in a careful and considered fashion.