And if Zizou says 'nah maybe at the end of the season, I'm taking a break and need to work on my English', it would make all the sense in the world to wait it out. It's not like they'll go down.
Solksjaer...till end of season.
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And if Zizou says 'nah maybe at the end of the season, I'm taking a break and need to work on my English', it would make all the sense in the world to wait it out. It's not like they'll go down.
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... oh! Expressing an opinion, with an explanation doesn't make a nugget. When you grow up, If you do, you MAY discover that.
hank williams
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And yet Warnock - who succeeds there - is ignored once again
Another bloke I like
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It's Man Utd ffs. Ok Pep and Klopp won't go there but just about any other fucker would take it
Suppose it means Poch.
£34 million compensation to spurs according to the times
hank williams
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Man Utd better off buying MAJA for that
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I don't know. I hope they lose every game.
Just there are plenty of reasons it could be a decent move mid-long term. It's not even like Solskjaer was particularly horrendous at Cardiff. They were rubbish when he got there, were rubbish while he managed them, then got relegated with a huge pile of debt and therefore got worse for a while.
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Irony being it’s Cardiff v Man Utd Saturday teatime
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It's an interim appointment, they were never going to get a world class manager in December IMO. They appoint a club legend who the fans will never turn on, and the players will likely respect. All he really has to do is: Not be an asshole to the players/fans and not play Martial at left wing back and Pogba at CB.
Also not sure how fair it is to say he tanked at Cardiff as proof he's shite. He's done well in Norway, and I general think it's really hard to judge managers in terrible situation (which Cardiff were at the time). Same reason I don't hate/blame Chris Coleman, he did as well as he could with the shite squad and shambolic leadership he had. Not saying he's SAF, but I think most would say Sunderland wasn't mostly his fault (not saying he doesn't deserve any blame).
If this was a full time appointment, it'd be a shambolic one. But for a caretaker appointment, I think it's fine. I'm really just interested to see who they get in the summer. And if they finally sell off all the dross they have at that club.
Also not sure how fair it is to say he tanked at Cardiff as proof he's shite. He's done well in Norway, and I general think it's really hard to judge managers in terrible situation (which Cardiff were at the time). Same reason I don't hate/blame Chris Coleman, he did as well as he could with the shite squad and shambolic leadership he had. Not saying he's SAF, but I think most would say Sunderland wasn't mostly his fault (not saying he doesn't deserve any blame).
If this was a full time appointment, it'd be a shambolic one. But for a caretaker appointment, I think it's fine. I'm really just interested to see who they get in the summer. And if they finally sell off all the dross they have at that club.
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The comparison is Solskjær s record in the premier league, not Norway
As for club legends, that goes out of the window with a three or four game losing streak
Why should the players care if as you say they will finally sell all the dross at the end of the season?
That dross will now perform for Solskjær?
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I think it’s a great appointment on a temporary basis. Lift the doom and gloom at the club and put a smile on a few faces. He knows the club and will keep the supporters onside.
Woodward is on record as saying one of the reasons Maureen got sacked is because he wouldn’t work with a Technical Director / DOF and that’s the route they obviously want to go down so it makes sense to make that appointment first then let them choose the head coach / manager.
Few big name managers are going to risk their reputation taking that shambles on for 6 months so you might as well get in people who know the club like Ole and Phelan and won’t be too proud to ask for a bit of help from Fergie.
Be crazy as a permanent solution but as an interim one I think it’s fine but only if they get the big appointments right in the summer.
Woodward is on record as saying one of the reasons Maureen got sacked is because he wouldn’t work with a Technical Director / DOF and that’s the route they obviously want to go down so it makes sense to make that appointment first then let them choose the head coach / manager.
Few big name managers are going to risk their reputation taking that shambles on for 6 months so you might as well get in people who know the club like Ole and Phelan and won’t be too proud to ask for a bit of help from Fergie.
Be crazy as a permanent solution but as an interim one I think it’s fine but only if they get the big appointments right in the summer.
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Sure, but he's shown success somewhere, which I will always count for something. Like I said, the Cardiff situation was really bad. I guess we will just see how he does.
Maybe in some cases, but I don't see it this time. This is a lost season, he's temporary, and the fans know it. He would have to get them relegated or something to have them turn on him. I doubt the fans would care much if they finished 11th.
Because most of the dross will not be playing. The core of the team are mostly underperforming, not dross. The only dross that plays for them regularly is the back line. I don't consider most of their midfielders and forwards dross. As for not playing for the manager, that could happen with any caretaker. The players will know he's gone at the end of the season, but that would have been the case with any manager. I would think a former United player would gain their respect though. Don't forget he was a youth coach before, and has coached Pogba and Lingard before.
I think he can better out of most of the players than Mourinho could, but that's mostly just because he won't call their best players viruses and call them out in front of everyone. The atmosphere at that club is likely a lot better tonight than it was last night.
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It was always suggested he would one day get the chance, possibly a safer bet than Carrick and Soljskaer but they've made a few funny decisions since fergie left... The fuckers think they have a few devine right to be successful and with the money they've spent they should beI have seen some journalists suggest Steve Bruce
..... I would put Keano in.... Imagine him in a room with Pogba when he's come off the pitch with a half hearted display
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Plenty of managers have failed in their first job and bounced back. The guy that everybody thinks will be top of their list in Summer, Pochettino, got the bullet from Espanyol when they were anchored rock bottom of La Liga in his first job.
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I think Roy Keane would actually murder Jesse Lingard and Paul Pogba lol
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I love Keano but somehow don’t think he’s the right person to throw into an already miserable dressing room for 6 months
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They're still holding a grudge against us for being "disrespectful" when we did the Poznan six years ago ffs. Pathetic weasels who so rarely have to deal with adversity they fall to pieces at the vaguest perceived slight. Twats. Almost Liverpool levels of insecurity.
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