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Ole’s farewell interview
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Thanks, Ole. Awesome person and a legend.
Unfortunately, he has done the best he could but it'll never be good enough for the club to take the next level.
Unfortunately, he has done the best he could but it'll never be good enough for the club to take the next level.
I think he wanted to do it. All the recent interviews have been a tough watch but he never shied away. He just wanted to say his peace and leave out the front door. What you see is what you get with Ole. Like he said, he won’t be doing interviews and I would not want to see any others after that one.
Ole is a classy man, and credit to him for facing the cameras; many wouldn't have. He loves the club but recognises it was the end of the road. It must be a relief in many ways; he was a drowning man and the pressure must have been immense. It was an act of mercy to end it, though it should have happened weeks ago.
You support Spurs mate, it's pretty obvious you'd have no relatable experience of having a club legend who'd actually won something with this club wanting to sign off with fans in his own words and on his own terms.
About 5 minutes ago your club captain was telling Gary Neville on Sky he wanted out.
I think they will, he said see you soon. But I think they want to install the new manager first.
The fallout from certain fans would be too much. Honestly think its going to be Poch and Ole working together with Ole in a Director position next year.
Bravo.
Man feck you all for complaining. He is an amazing guy, a club legend and he gave the job his absolute best.
One thing I will forever appreciate was that it was never what's good for Ole the manager, it was always what's good for Man Utd in the long term and I very strongly believe he left the club and the squad in a better place than he found it.
Good luck Ole and I hope we see you back in the PL!
One thing I will forever appreciate was that it was never what's good for Ole the manager, it was always what's good for Man Utd in the long term and I very strongly believe he left the club and the squad in a better place than he found it.
Good luck Ole and I hope we see you back in the PL!
That's because there isn't a problem with it. It's just that a large portion of our fan base are absolute bellends. I wish I could wish them no success at all.
This reminds me why United are so different to most other clubs. In a way akin to how the ardent United support still sing old players names years after they have left. No bitterness, real support that stands out a mile from most one dimensional mindsets.
The people who think this is weird, or sad, or in some way something to do with the current poor ownership of the club clearly do not understand the DNA of Manchester United.
Its a class act from a class person for a class football club.
Now lets get back to winning football matches.
The people who think this is weird, or sad, or in some way something to do with the current poor ownership of the club clearly do not understand the DNA of Manchester United.
Its a class act from a class person for a class football club.
Now lets get back to winning football matches.
Same here mate half of them don't seem to have much if any attachment/connection to the club or the people who have contributed to it's success in the past.
Even now when they've got the thing they've been bitching about for months they're still not happy.
He actually said it at the beginning that it was his choice. That he has no intentions of entertaining any journos chasing him around, so he wanted to speak 1 time now, to the fans, then leave through the front door.
The state of this forum. He's gone because he can't get this team to perform. This is all on him. The blame also goes to the board for carrying on this circus show for this long.
As for how classy the exit interview was... please. Save your drivel. We didn't have an exit interview for Moyes, Van Gaal, or Mourinho. At least be consistent if you're going to do this sort of thing.
As for how classy the exit interview was... please. Save your drivel. We didn't have an exit interview for Moyes, Van Gaal, or Mourinho. At least be consistent if you're going to do this sort of thing.
Good post.
If there's one thing the Utd leadership seems to have visibly learned from this whole Ole experiment, it's that nostalgia + PR is a potent weapon against the fans. One which, under Ole, they've wielded to excellent effect.
This is endemic to this club. Bunch of friends FC. That's all it is
He said at the beginning that he wanted to speak one time now, to preempt any journo's chasing him around like what usually happens, and that he wanted to leave through the front door.
I see absolutely no issue with this. Ole has unsurprisingly proven to not be good enough, but he's conducted himself pretty well throughout and not lashed out senselessly at others. And what's the issue with parting amicably and in a positive spirit? In fact, I'd like to see more of this than the bitter parting of ways that usually happens.
At the same time, there are those on the other extreme that go too far (imo at least) with their fawning and legend talk. It's all a bit much and you'd think he'd have genuinely achieved a lot given how some are reacting, which was an issue throughout his time here.
At the same time, there are those on the other extreme that go too far (imo at least) with their fawning and legend talk. It's all a bit much and you'd think he'd have genuinely achieved a lot given how some are reacting, which was an issue throughout his time here.
Journalists will still hound him and he could have still left through the front door and done this interview after a few days either in person or online from norway.
That was hard to watch, shame it ended like this. He tried his best and it wasn't good enough, no shame in that. I hope he will have superb career.
Some of the posts in this thread are just shit, no doubt these guys read mikeluhg type accounts everyday to form their opinion.
Some of the posts in this thread are just shit, no doubt these guys read mikeluhg type accounts everyday to form their opinion.
Embarrassing 
You can see in that interview why he failed. The job is too big for him. Can you imagine any other big manager in the world agreeing to do this after being fired?
You can see in that interview why he failed. The job is too big for him. Can you imagine any other big manager in the world agreeing to do this after being fired?
The only reason Ole championed those "human qualities" above winning was because he wasn't good enough. If he was successful then he would emphasize his success as the most important thing.
Case in point, the way he viewed winning when Jose was in the hot seat was completely different from when it was his own turn. It was only once he went on that disaster of a run that the cultural rebuild rhetoric was out in full force.
Why not? Conte did it, Tuchel did it, and we finished 2nd the season before. No reason why we couldn't have that expectation.
it's okay ole. You're a good person, it's really only your managerial ability we crap on. Asa player and a person is one to admire.
That's a KO's uppercut there.
I remember LVGs farewell interview. Legend.
Why is it embarrassing? He's been given a great opportunity by the club and has a connect with the fans. There's no reason for him to bitter.Embarrassing
You can see in that interview why he failed. The job is too big for him. Can you imagine any other big manager in the world agreeing to do this after being fired?
I don't like the fact that he thinks it's all about friendship, being happy at work etc. It should really be all about trophies and excellence in your football. But I can't begrudge him wanting to speak to fans on the end of his tenure. It's perfectly fine.
Can you imagine Jose having a post-sacking interview?
Imagine being so dumb that you can't see what Ole means to the club and comparing with toxic man
It's also easy to see people who didn't watch the interview but just post randomly, at the start itself it was said that it was Ole who wanted to do this.
The amount of absolute morons here, Jesus Christ.
Pathetic cnuts.
Pathetic cnuts.
With all the work we needed to do to steady the ship? Nonsense.
We had tonnes of deadwood to shift for a start and it was a shockingly bad atmosphere around the squad and the club in general.
Nobody here was expecting a league win in Ole’s first season.
Yeah that's true. Guess he just wanted it to be as dignified as possible.
Those who hold OGS responsible for this footballing demise need to look a lot deeper at where the rot came from
In the real world the coaching and playing staff should all be interviewed with no holds barred
In the real world the coaching and playing staff should all be interviewed with no holds barred
Legend.
Sad to see it end like it did.
Sad to see it end like it did.
I don't know how he was allowed to be in this club for over 3 years with no signs of progress and trophies to show for it.
That said it's ultimately not his fault that he was kept on for this long - I still have a level of sympathy because he clearly tried to make it work and wasn't a toxic shitbag as he left like Jose.
That said it's ultimately not his fault that he was kept on for this long - I still have a level of sympathy because he clearly tried to make it work and wasn't a toxic shitbag as he left like Jose.
If something like this happened five years ago, the comments here would mostly be supportive, and sympathetic. The forum is become more vile and toxic lately. With many new members showing no true attachment to the club and what it means.I know its a result business and we haven't been great at all but Manchester united has never been just about results. The romance isn't just about the trophies won, it encapsulates all the ups and downs, the wins, comebacks, failures. The players, and the fans, being together through all the highs and lows. Its always been a family, from Bushby to Sir Alex.
Ole was part of that fabric, that DNA. Yes, he wasn't successful and wasn't a right choice to take us back to the top but the man deserves credit for all he has done. He did his best to bring back a broken family and he did.He loved the club to bits, A legend for the club during his career, and a thorough gentleman. He does deserve a bit of respect, not the abuse being thrown around in twitter and on here.
Ole was part of that fabric, that DNA. Yes, he wasn't successful and wasn't a right choice to take us back to the top but the man deserves credit for all he has done. He did his best to bring back a broken family and he did.He loved the club to bits, A legend for the club during his career, and a thorough gentleman. He does deserve a bit of respect, not the abuse being thrown around in twitter and on here.
When has this ever happened before, manager told to leave and then does parting interview officially for club?
Fair play to him though, many managers tend to take digs when they leave a club.
Fair play to him though, many managers tend to take digs when they leave a club.
Perfectly put. Should be pinned on every page.
The reason why nobody ever expected Ole to challenge for leagues after Jose, and @He'sRaldo is alluding to, is that he was forever a caretaker manager in fans eyes, so the expectations were never there from day one.
If we brought in a Tuchel or Conte for e.g back then, I highly doubt we would have been talking about steadying the ship for long. Like that expectation before Ole was placed on LVG & Mourinho regardless.
The culture reset narrative the club peddled was simply an excuse to try to justify him not ever being able to compete.
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This is why it makes me so mad. It could have been so different. He could have got better coaches who would get the best out of this lot yet he got inexperienced coaches who have never coached at this level. All of them. None of them successful in the past. This what got Ole the sack. Not because he is a poisonous old codger like Jose.
I'm keeping a note of all the morons here who insult and disparage Ole even after he's left. One thing to be bitter, the other to actually not understand what this club is about.
The last 2 months have been hell. But, people on here pretending we didn't finish 2nd last season. He's built a good strong squad. He's overseen a massive overhaul of the scouting system, data analysis and the overall spirit of what this club's about. This was the year it would take off and Ole should have challenged for the title. But it fell apart. It happens. He failed to hire the right coaches and it backfiredTo hate him like he's some fecking mercenary is disgraceful. Some of you really don't get it. 20LEGEND.
The last 2 months have been hell. But, people on here pretending we didn't finish 2nd last season. He's built a good strong squad. He's overseen a massive overhaul of the scouting system, data analysis and the overall spirit of what this club's about. This was the year it would take off and Ole should have challenged for the title. But it fell apart. It happens. He failed to hire the right coaches and it backfiredTo hate him like he's some fecking mercenary is disgraceful. Some of you really don't get it. 20LEGEND.
How fecking stupid do you need to be to not see 6th, 3rd, 2nd as a sign of progress?