Woodward made a point of making his influence less after Moyes. United have 2 boards and Fergie is part of the one with very little power.
If Fergie had as much power as people make out we would have won more titles after he left
Emergency Board Meeting called to discuss the future of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
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If Fergie had as much power as people make out we would have won more titles after he left
It was an excellent observation if you don't see the forest for the trees.
Yeah. We have to hire someone who is winning right now. That does rule out nearly everyone but, in principle, it’s what we have to do. But still, a few months of Keane as caretaker (in an abortive season) would brighten up my year no end. Anyone who fears this could actually happen should have a word with themselves.
I wasnt actually implying anything. You decided to make it about something I wasnt alluding to.
Stop eating lead.
The rot started with the board asking Fergie to recommend his own successor.
The board should have had independent consultants who know football to recommend an appointment.
They knew he was retiring in a year. They had time.
The fact Fergie knew how to manage does not mean he could clone himself, which is almost what he was asked to do.
Moyes? come on.
As for showing Ole respect. What he did as a player does not give him immunity for his performance as a manager.
And its not just this season.
The fact we came back in so many games is bandied around as his credential. When in fact it was an indictment of his performance.
We should have been on the front foot from the start. The squad he had pulled things out of the fire so many times.
The way we went out of the FA Cup, the CL and losing the Europa Cup Final were diabolical.
Players down tools when they realize a manager is clueless.
No one wants to lose.
Of course prima donnas like Pogba need to be kicked out.
Not playing players like Donny and playing players like Maguire who should not even have been on the bench (Leicester) would have had players question his ability and rightly so.
I could go on. But Ole simply lacks the ability to be a top manager.
Good luck to him in his future.
If it Is Rogers, he would be facing Chelsea within a week.
Scary.
He looks a giant compared to Ole. But who does not.
Appointing an interim and going for ten Hag would be the most sensible thing.
But when has this board done sensible things.
The board should have had independent consultants who know football to recommend an appointment.
They knew he was retiring in a year. They had time.
The fact Fergie knew how to manage does not mean he could clone himself, which is almost what he was asked to do.
Moyes? come on.
As for showing Ole respect. What he did as a player does not give him immunity for his performance as a manager.
And its not just this season.
The fact we came back in so many games is bandied around as his credential. When in fact it was an indictment of his performance.
We should have been on the front foot from the start. The squad he had pulled things out of the fire so many times.
The way we went out of the FA Cup, the CL and losing the Europa Cup Final were diabolical.
Players down tools when they realize a manager is clueless.
No one wants to lose.
Of course prima donnas like Pogba need to be kicked out.
Not playing players like Donny and playing players like Maguire who should not even have been on the bench (Leicester) would have had players question his ability and rightly so.
I could go on. But Ole simply lacks the ability to be a top manager.
Good luck to him in his future.
If it Is Rogers, he would be facing Chelsea within a week.
Scary.
He looks a giant compared to Ole. But who does not.
Appointing an interim and going for ten Hag would be the most sensible thing.
But when has this board done sensible things.
Upgrade, sure. But if you think he could handle managing this group of players and is ready for the ridiculous pressure that comes with the job, fair enough, I have major major doubts.
How? Why?
Maybe there’s more to it then, I would expect it to be betting patterns at this point, let’s see how it progresses.
Id be happy if it were Zidane instead of Rodgers tbh.
That might've changed though after Ole and seeing Phelan, Carrick, and Fletcher with big roles at the club.
You are in a thread about the board meeting regarding Ole's sacking. And you suggest if Varane was available, everything would be fine.
Alright, calm down. It isn't that deep.
Tbh, I'm not sure why I have him on follow, that's caught me out
Sorted myself out, thanks though
FYI... He reported that the popo confirmed a UFO, not that they are correct (Insert next tweet of his confirmation)
God I am in tears. 37 years old and never thought I would ever cry from football or because of United.
More focus on actually winning and not just making top 4. Less skimping, more investment at key moments and we wouldnt have hired Jose
Aka doing the job they get paid absolutely feck tons to do. I hate this place.
We've decided not to decide. Ed Woodward sitting in the corner of the room with a bread basket on his head pretending to be a lamp.
I think he actually has a fair amount of influence over the bankers.
Obviously he has no voting rights, he's a token board member, but that doesn't mean he has no influence.
Whether he's regularly present in the virtual board meetings between the bankers, lawyers and Joel I dont know, I suspect not.
let it out. we’re all friends here. it’s good to cry. it’s good to show your emotions. it’s perfectly natural. we’ve been badly let down time and time again. today was the breaking point for a lot of us. it’s great you feel you can share this with us. do you think you could also share me a video of your feet with the sound of you sobbing in the background?
FFS have you seen the way they play? If he had our players he would have us around the top of the table.
Maybe, but not what I read.
Woodward is CEO and he doesn’t like Fergie, and we also know Fergie was sick too
Anyway all speculation. Or maybe we believe Fergie was so impressed with Oles flip board presentation on how he was going go take United back to the top.
Think you miss spelt ‘bankers’
To be fair it did happen.
Good job it wasn't over Vicarage Road or we'd have had another Roswell.
Nice.
To be fair he has said all along Ole was not up to the job and has never changed from that.
Perhaps he was told that lose to Watford and thats it. If that was true to get thrashed he really wouldnt be able to talk his way out of it.
It's become a real struggle to talk about our board without getting very vitriolic so I'm doing well keeping it at bankers.
Bruce would be better at this point. How on earth is he still in the job.....
I’ve just started watching Succession and finished the second episode where I can imagine a very similar scene going on behind closed doors tonight.
Bunch of pretenders fecking around.
Bunch of pretenders fecking around.
this makes no sense
He’s talking as if the board are a close unit with a single agenda. It’s made up of a dozen or so people with different ideas and different opinions and all it takes is one of them to leak about the meeting. It’s highly unlikely that it was an official decision agreed by all of them.
Looks like the meeting is still going on?
I was joking about the crying part of course.
so he’s not present, has no voting rights, is a token board member?
I’m pretty drunk but this has confused me even more.
He cant do any worse and if we are struggling to get a manager there would be no harm offering him an 19 month contract see if he can handle it..
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