Good riddance. It’ll take a long while before I’ll get over the fact that he’s been one of our worst ever manager and remember that he is a club legend.
Solskjaer's legacy and his future
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The laughs are poor form. Its frustrating as hell thats it got to this point. Ole clearly not a great manager, relying on luck and individual brilliance.
His signings were obvious, not astute. He has also failed quite a few of the signings so has overall done a poor job.
However, he is still a club legend. He is the most consistently likeable manager since SAF.
He did seem to have good influence at times, but the Board failed him. You have to know limitations when you see them.
As another user on this board is fond of saying...
If I speak....
If I speak....
Thanks Mike and Ole.
I thank him for his efforts, but are glad that he is gone.
It has caught up with Ole this season. He surrounded himself with alot of inexperienced staff which was probably his biggest error considering he is lacking elite club experience himself. He failed to implement a playing style which after 3 years is inexcusable.
Up until this season he had done fairly well, the Uefa cup final defeat was huge though. It was a chance to install a winner's mentality in the team and the performance was awful.
He has failed to get the team motivated for the first half throughout his tenure. The comebacks he has enjoyed in previous seasons have not happened this year.
Wish him all the best but I would prefer he is not employed by Utd in the future unless as a club ambassador.
Up until this season he had done fairly well, the Uefa cup final defeat was huge though. It was a chance to install a winner's mentality in the team and the performance was awful.
He has failed to get the team motivated for the first half throughout his tenure. The comebacks he has enjoyed in previous seasons have not happened this year.
Wish him all the best but I would prefer he is not employed by Utd in the future unless as a club ambassador.
Thanks so much for maguire and awb. I suspect they will be albatrosses around the teams neck for sometime yet
His first two or three months were great, but its been shite since. Thanking him now is like getting divorced and thanking your now ex-wife for the wonderful honeymoon.
The end wasn't too great, but he did right by the club after the Mourinho debacle. Thank you.
For what though ? We bought the most expensive RB/CB and a RW for 72 mil. We won no trophies and didn’t do any better that under Jose. The squad is better but he spend nearly 500m so it’s expected
Jose. I'm not a big fan of his time here at all but he finished both his full seasons with more points in each season, won two trophies, reached an FA cup final and I believe his overall spend was lower than Ole's. Only thing you might say in Ole's favour is the successive top 4 finishes but his first season was a 3rd place finish with 66 points. Jose finished 6th place in his first season with 69 points.
Both have fairly similar win ratios I believe; I think Jose is ahead
Both had a pretty dire brand of football
Both had some mixed signings
Both left some serious holes in the squad and yet more fecking rebuilding to do (this might need a review depending on the new manager)
Both were rightly sacked.
Feck that. Ole as manager was a complete waste of time. Arguably the worst manager we've ever had.
Thank you for what? 
We're in a worse state since SAF's departure.
We're in a worse state since SAF's departure.
There is no debate to be had.
Ole landing Bruno when he did papered over all the cracks and that piece of business was the highlight of his management. Recruitment generally was poor under both but it has been under every manager which makes you ask if there isn’t a more systematic issues there.
Jose’s first season was genuinely very enjoyable. It all fell apart around the Alexis signing and the dressing room seemed to fracture at that point. There’s more to thay story that we haven’t heard. Up to that point everything felt positive and we were competing for trophies.
Ole would have stretches of games where things would look to turn but could never maintain it and when they got bad they got brutal.
It was far better under Jose for the most part, probably because he’s a far better manager. It also can’t be stated enough how well Jose’s desire to purge Pogba and Martial when their stock was high has aged.
I remember United fans being disgusted with the idea of Martial going and Perisic arriving. That would have improved the team drastically and gotten rid of a poisonous character. Now we couldn’t get rid of him if we tried with his 250,000 per week and Pogba is gonna leave on a free. Great business all round.
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Yeah, thanks for nothing.
Ultimately he bought some good players. Almost won us a trophy and got some good league positions.
But, the football wasn't consistent, the way of playing relied on individuals, we underachieved with the players he had and he was unable to sell players in the squad that were surplus. Whilst he always picked his favourites and was unable to get the best out of our squad.
He's a legend as a player, but I hope this is the end of the nepotism throughout the club. Hire people who can do the job, not those with United connections. Maybe then we can reach our full potential.
But, the football wasn't consistent, the way of playing relied on individuals, we underachieved with the players he had and he was unable to sell players in the squad that were surplus. Whilst he always picked his favourites and was unable to get the best out of our squad.
He's a legend as a player, but I hope this is the end of the nepotism throughout the club. Hire people who can do the job, not those with United connections. Maybe then we can reach our full potential.
RAWK, Bluemoon and all other rival fans will be in hysterics reading this.
You reckon LVG's or Mourinho's stints were better?
Thanks for psg game and signing bruno. The rest is debatable.
We've wasted a good few years on Ole and all we have to show for it is two top four finishes, which mean nothing really.
- No trophies (it's why we actually compete)
- No style of play
- Lack of organization
- Signings that throw up tactical challenges : Maguire- high line, AWB - any attacking football, Ronaldo - high pressure
His legacy will be determined by whether the next manager can turn Maguire, AWB, and Sancho into good players. If that person does not, every player has literally regressed/stayed the same under him. He won nothing and left us after arguably our worst run of games in modern history. So basically, like while he was manager, Ole will rely on the brilliance of someone else to see if his entire time here was a waste.
Was that the PSG game where we got played off the park and then got the type of penalty that would only be given at the end of a shitty straight to TV movie?...So basically it’s thanks for Bruno
The years of anti-Jose and pro-Ole propaganda really did a number on people.
We are no better off now than we were then. We probably have more talent but the squad may actually be more unbalanced. In fact it most certainly is. A failure on both Ole and Jose’s part was getting rid of the dead wood and the prima donnas. Joses wanted to get rid of the latter group but was buried for it. We’ve paid dearly - figuratively and literally - for persisting with such trash.
Ole’s greatest accomplishment was completely reducing the standards at the club, to the point where it took signing Ronaldo for their to be expectations to win something. He was a disaster and we’ve missed out on several great options just so we could carry on this farce. It took way too long and the damage is likely done.
We are no better off now than we were then. We probably have more talent but the squad may actually be more unbalanced. In fact it most certainly is. A failure on both Ole and Jose’s part was getting rid of the dead wood and the prima donnas. Joses wanted to get rid of the latter group but was buried for it. We’ve paid dearly - figuratively and literally - for persisting with such trash.
Ole’s greatest accomplishment was completely reducing the standards at the club, to the point where it took signing Ronaldo for their to be expectations to win something. He was a disaster and we’ve missed out on several great options just so we could carry on this farce. It took way too long and the damage is likely done.
Thank you Ole
I’m actually pretty sad it turned out like this. He was awesome with the best players.no doubt about it. We played better football for a while. It’s the owners lads. They have us by the footballs
I feel genuinely sad for Ole. He did well, finished third, and second. Expectations were high, signed top classed players. Yet, it is totally unexplainable how things collapsed this season. Just no words. Ole has to take some.of the blame, but I am afraid without tackling the root of the problems the same issues will surface.
Unless you are related to Ole, it's not even a question.
I think hes built a squad filled with excellent players who have good chemistry and theres real harmony amongst the players. We badly needed a repair job after mourinho and hes done that. 3 years is far far too long for that but should we be successful in the next year or two, ole will have had an important part to play
Thank you for isolating half of the squad whilst spunking hundreds of millions on dross that a competent manager could’ve used. Thank you indeed.
Nah.
Yes thank you Ole for steadying the ship. The fault is of the Board. Why Ole gets blamed is for the incompetent coaches he has. When Watford outplays us it says a lot.
We must differentiate between Ole the player and the manager.
We must differentiate between Ole the player and the manager.
Ha ha no. We are in a similar shit situation like post Jose. Only difference being that Jose and Ole operate differently. So one looks nastier than other.
Thanks Ole for somehow leaving the club in a bigger mess than when he first came in.Should have realized his limits. I totally adore him for what he has done for the club as a player but as a manger he never could make the step up from being a caretaker.
The job was too much for him, especially when we improved the squad with better players. He was able to get results with an underdog team punching above their weight but when the time came to change tactics and dominate games, he failed completely.
He won't be getting another top 6 job in the PL ever again. That tells us all we need to know.
The job was too much for him, especially when we improved the squad with better players. He was able to get results with an underdog team punching above their weight but when the time came to change tactics and dominate games, he failed completely.
He won't be getting another top 6 job in the PL ever again. That tells us all we need to know.
Oleee at the wheel,
Tell me how bad did it feel.
We had Slabhead as captain in red,
Van de Beek had been benched for McFred.
Half a billion spent overaaaall,
He messed it up and won fook all.
Du, du, du du, du, du, du du du ... (Repeated...)
Tell me how bad did it feel.
We had Slabhead as captain in red,
Van de Beek had been benched for McFred.
Half a billion spent overaaaall,
He messed it up and won fook all.
Du, du, du du, du, du, du du du ... (Repeated...)
I hope when all done and dusted, after some time, but in the near future. We as fans can find it within us to forget the shambles that was his time as the manager of Manchester United. And can rather live with the memories of what made him a legend of the club.
I hate the comparisons that are being made with LVG & Mourinho.
Yes Ole was always inept for the job, a complete miss fit and shouldn't have been kept on post the first 6 odd months.
But he still has a stature within and history with the club that LVG or Mourinho never can. Feel that earns some level of respect.
He's also taking 100% of the blame, when the likes of the Board who actually hired him in the first place or renewed his contract (What was Ole supposed to do, reject the job?) as well as the players should shoulder atleast some of the blame.
Happy to see him finally go, but unlike a lot of posters here can't bring myself to hate him.
I hate the comparisons that are being made with LVG & Mourinho.
Yes Ole was always inept for the job, a complete miss fit and shouldn't have been kept on post the first 6 odd months.
But he still has a stature within and history with the club that LVG or Mourinho never can. Feel that earns some level of respect.
He's also taking 100% of the blame, when the likes of the Board who actually hired him in the first place or renewed his contract (What was Ole supposed to do, reject the job?) as well as the players should shoulder atleast some of the blame.
Happy to see him finally go, but unlike a lot of posters here can't bring myself to hate him.
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I almost navigated away before reading a single line, but this caught my eye.
When I noticed the OP refer to Ole as He with an uppercase mid-sentence, I was worried he perceived Ole as some sort of divine being, but after eyeballing the rest of the post, it's just random capitalization, so now I can navigate away in peace.
Oh, tldr.
He tried his best and can remember him as a player again now, be a relief to see him put out of his misery.
Embarking on a rebuild with Ole was lunacy, comparing him to Klopp/Ferguson laughable and and expecting/hoping he’s win the league was comical.
Throughout his entire spell as permanent manager it’s been clear he was out of his depth and there was no substance to anything he was doing.
Hopefully he gets another job in Norway if he wants it.
Embarking on a rebuild with Ole was lunacy, comparing him to Klopp/Ferguson laughable and and expecting/hoping he’s win the league was comical.
Throughout his entire spell as permanent manager it’s been clear he was out of his depth and there was no substance to anything he was doing.
Hopefully he gets another job in Norway if he wants it.
Corrected.
The board dederves criticism for believing in Ole.
Ole deserves criticism for proving to not be good enough. His coaches are a reflection of him I.e not up to the standard.
Ole is a club legend for what he did as a player, but he's nearly ruined that by being an abject failure as manager.
This thread is a cringe as you can get.
Sort yourself out, OP.
This thread is a cringe as you can get.
Sort yourself out, OP.