dinostar77
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Decline for me began when we sold Ronaldo and Tevez in the same summer (so agree with what Rooney said in the papers today). Snjeider and Robben were both available that summer from Madrid. I would have taken the pair. Instead we got Valencia, Michael Owen, Obertan and Diouf.
The whole "no value in the market" line really didnt help matters.
However on the flipside, post fergie an absolute fortune has been spent with very little to show for it. Unfortunately i think the club will remain in the current status quo for many years to come.
If they (glazers) really wanted Utd to challenge they would have copied the model that City use. Instead of having a Spanish core (manager, DoF, ceo) we could have gone dutch for example (eric ten hag, dutch DoF, Van Der Saar as ceo). At least a footballing philosophy would be ingrained in the club from top to bottom. We would be getting a manager on the rise in ten hag and by all accounts a fantastic ceo.
Or the glazers, could have broken with the past completely. Brought in a dictator like Conte, backed him in the market and on players going in and out and tried to play conte's preferred 343 or 352. Breaking with the back four that utd have used for decades.
But no, we have a glazer "yes man" as ceo. There is hope when it comes to murtough and fletcher, but the next managerial appointment has to be the right one, to try to make the club challenge again for the biggest trophies.
I would like Ten Hag to be given the chance, but i think Poch will be chosen instead. Utd at board level seem to have a desire to have Poch in the hotseat. He did do a utterly fantastic job at Spurs. Like Mourinho and now Conte, Levy just ignores managers who tell him the playing squad needs a overhaul.
Managing the egos at PSG, not only the players, but DoF Leonardo and the CEO as well cant be easy. CL trophy is the coveted prize, but when you have to carry a front three (easy in domestic league), it gets difficult in the CL knockout games against the best teams from other countries. Hard to judge Poch at PSG as ot was to judge tuchel when he was there.
The whole "no value in the market" line really didnt help matters.
However on the flipside, post fergie an absolute fortune has been spent with very little to show for it. Unfortunately i think the club will remain in the current status quo for many years to come.
If they (glazers) really wanted Utd to challenge they would have copied the model that City use. Instead of having a Spanish core (manager, DoF, ceo) we could have gone dutch for example (eric ten hag, dutch DoF, Van Der Saar as ceo). At least a footballing philosophy would be ingrained in the club from top to bottom. We would be getting a manager on the rise in ten hag and by all accounts a fantastic ceo.
Or the glazers, could have broken with the past completely. Brought in a dictator like Conte, backed him in the market and on players going in and out and tried to play conte's preferred 343 or 352. Breaking with the back four that utd have used for decades.
But no, we have a glazer "yes man" as ceo. There is hope when it comes to murtough and fletcher, but the next managerial appointment has to be the right one, to try to make the club challenge again for the biggest trophies.
I would like Ten Hag to be given the chance, but i think Poch will be chosen instead. Utd at board level seem to have a desire to have Poch in the hotseat. He did do a utterly fantastic job at Spurs. Like Mourinho and now Conte, Levy just ignores managers who tell him the playing squad needs a overhaul.
Managing the egos at PSG, not only the players, but DoF Leonardo and the CEO as well cant be easy. CL trophy is the coveted prize, but when you have to carry a front three (easy in domestic league), it gets difficult in the CL knockout games against the best teams from other countries. Hard to judge Poch at PSG as ot was to judge tuchel when he was there.