So here's the situation. Our football decision making people (Woodward, Arnold, Murtough and Fletcher) were probably watching the paint dry during the second half of last season which explains why Ole was given a contract extension and why they were caught with their pants down when shit finally hit fan. The geniuses are terrified of interim managers because if the interim manager wins 3 games in a row then they would struggle to control themselves from giving him a 3 year contract. These gentlemen had allowed Conte to join Spurs even though he was ready to sign an 18 month contract out of fear that he might rock their boat to much. They probably want Rodgers not because they think he's the right man for us but because of some silly clause in his contract.
There is absolutely no shadow of a doubt that Rodgers is better then Ole. He knows his tactics, he's got his own philosophy and he'll stick to it. However a good 60-70% of managers in the Serie A, EPL and La Liga fall in that category. The guy is a bottler, he is not particularly great in signing players, he is not particularly successful in Europe and tend to struggle making it to top 4. He also had issues with Liverpool because they wanted to introduce data analysis in football and shot down Rodger's plans of bringing in his mates from Swansea. Is that the sort of manager you want at United? Doesn't he reeks of Moyes to you?
Ask yourself if Pep, Klopp or Zidane were available/interested would they go for Rodgers? If the likes of Ancelotti or Pochs were available would they go or should they go for Rodgers? So why are you settling for sixth best?
He's not even sixth best to be honest.
There are so many coaches I'd take before I even consider Rodgers. Lets be real, if we're after ex-Liverpool coaches Rafa Benitez is a far superior coach and I wouldn't want him anywhere near Man Utd.
To me, this all comes back to the problem that people like Ragnick are being ruled out because they are asking for control of football affairs. By all reports, United are turning down perfectly good candidates, like him and Conte, because they want to challenge the extremely unsuccessful way our club is being run. That should set alarm bills ringing for any United fan.
We're going for Brentan, not because the Board thinks he's better than the alternatives, but because the Board thinks he's less likely to rock the boat. That should frighten all of us.
What must the players think of this? Seeing the Board turn down Conte because he's ambitious and settling for an Anfield reject? I can't imagine the likes of Ronaldo, Bruno, Pogba etc will see this as showing ambition.
