This is one of those silly arguments. At the end of the day, he had been our reserves manager and done pretty well, he had also won league titles and guided Molde to KO stages of Europa league. Is that enough to be manager of Utd? No. But his CV was more decorated at the time of appointment than Pep at barca, ZZ at RM, Lampard at Chelsea, Pirlo at Juve, and I can go on.
Understanding the culture of a club is a huge task for any manager, and that is exactly why the previous three managers failed. Now, I'm not asking our manager to be a fecking cheerleader but he has shown that he has tactical acumen, as our results against big sides show.
People expect every top manager to develop a new system to play football, but that's impossible. All a manager needs to find is is a system - new or old- that makes the players perform at their best. And while no one can be certain whether this is their absolute best, one can say whether these players have improved or not under the manager. And in Ole's case one can say that nearly every player has improved.
Now wtf did I say I expect OGS to develop a new system? I wish people stopped putting words in my and others mouths because it makes their argument easier.
I expect him to have a clear way of playing that will be visible within two years of being appointed our head coach. He doesn't. I expect him to know that playing pacy Dan James against CP that sits back is dumb and lead to nothing. I expect him to not play Scott McTominay because he's been raised at the club but cannot string two passes in central midfield. I expect him NOT to take 80 minutes to make decisive subs when we're down on multiple occasions.
As for understanding the culture of the club, that is all well and good but if he's getting schooled on the pitch and cannot make the best use of our (apparently) limited resources to bring in talent to make up for his lack of tactical nous, he's not worth much as a football manager at a top club.
As I've said previously in this thread, he's a problem but the board is the biggest one. The fact we appointed him and keep appointing people not suited to the job is the fault of the hierarchy at this 'football' club.
Snowball’s chance in hell he will. The only reason he is appointed by United is because he is part of the club’s history. The only reason, had nothing to do with ability. We were in a dark hole and didn’t know what to do, still to this day he is judged by a different set of criteria. His persona is United, hence he is not getting the same level of criticism as any other manager, an early attack on Solskjær would be an attack on United’s soul kind of thing. Until the inevitable happens of course and the results are too bad to be papered over.
Another club would assess him solely on his managerial ability and tactical acumen, and the same guy can be found in League 1. When Solskjær enters Old Trafford there is a certain kind of natural respect given to him, his picture is on the wall... when he walks into another dressing room, they don’t give a shit about what he did up in Manchester back in the 90’s. Cardiff is a good example, his reputation didn’t give him the free pass it gives him today.
Getting 3rd with this insanely expensive team last season was as impressive as winning the Scottish league with Celtic.
Exactomundo. Nail on the head.
If people listened to other fans of the top four (when they're not making fun of us), they'd realise the guy is not rated anywhere. Read a forum or watch a youtube video (yes, boomer, they're valid sources of opinion) and you'll see the comments we make about him as a manager are what others see. We'd make the same comments about him if he was a manager of Liverpool.
It seems that OGS's name is panacea for all his errors and weaknesses to some of you lot.
You must be new around here. Lots of us have been discontent with Ole for quite some time already. Not just after 1 game. Suggest that you give yourself a tour around here first, abang.
