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If we buy Van Dijk, Ronaldo, Haaland, Messi, Kante, Sancho, we might win the PL.
Is this a new thing. New achievements being created everyday (did not exist before) to elevate Ole.I think it is just context.
We have not finished back to back seasons in top 4 since 2012-2013. If Ole does that this season, it is progress.
If the board then don't invest after that to kick on, they are achieving their target which is top 4 every season, with not enough ambition to challenge for the league.
His record against Pep in the PL is good tbf.And knowing Ole, he will win tomorrow .
And knowing Ole, he will win tomorrow .
I'm curious yeah. Top 4 should be the absolute absolute minimum.Interesting
Without jumping on any bandwagons, I just realised....
1: We're top of the league (Jan 2021)
2: We're top scorers in the league (Feb 2021)
3: We're second in the league (Mar 2021) ...
Surely thats on the manager to sack them and get experienced coaches in then, not just hope one day they will suddenly know how to coach actual tactics and a plan of attack.Some managers don't handle the day-to-day coaching of stuff like that. Fergie didn't, and Ole has already said he doesn't. They bring in other coaches and assistants to handle that.
The key is the manager has to set an over-riding plan and style, and then bring in the right coaches to achieve that. That's where the question mark is as the coaches we have are all very young and unproven at that aspect, and we aren't seeing much evidence towards improvement on the field.
Our most experienced coach at the club is Marcel Bout and he's the head of global scouting.
Martyn Pert was brought in as the strength and conditioning specialist to ease our injury woes and it seems he's doing a good job.Whatever happened to that fella who came to us from Canada as a coach who's only claim to fame was he talked to Bielsa for 15 minutes?
I’m fully expecting us to. I’m actually not worried about the upcoming tough run of games at all, because we usually clutch up and pull results out the bag when we’re not expected to. It’s the games where we get complacent that trip us up.Knowing us we'll probably raise our game massively tomorrow to regain the 2nd place trophy.
Whatever happened to that fella who came to us from Canada as a coach who's only claim to fame was he talked to Bielsa for 15 minutes?
Yeah that's him, cheers. The joke is coming back now on how we've pert butt on the team. Have to admit we have improved on the injury side.Martyn Pert was brought in as the strength and conditioning specialist to ease our injury woes and it seems he's doing a good job.
Knowing us we'll probably raise our game massively tomorrow to regain the 2nd place trophy.
Anyone who doesn’t hold the typical “top red” blind optimism, borderline deluded view about Ole & the way the club is being run is met with some pretty nasty abuse on this forum. I’ve noticed it for a while. If you don’t think Ole is the man or Rashford is world class or point out the clear deficiencies in Bruno’s overall game then you’re branded an idiot & you don’t deserve an opinion. TopRedCafe.
A long post on the assumption we are second. The truth is we are not going to be near second in 3 weeks time. After the Derby tomorrow we still need to play Spurs, Liverpool, Westham and Leicester.
Without jumping on any bandwagons, I just realised....
1: We're top of the league (Jan 2021)
2: We're top scorers in the league (Feb 2021)
3: We're second in the league (Mar 2021) ...
Unfortunately if Ole does a good enough job to put us in a position to push on and maybe purchase the players we want, he'll keep his job.
I'd love for us to make a pro-active decision and get top 4, bring in a big player AND bring in a new manager to take us to the next level.
If we buy Van Dijk, Ronaldo, Haaland, Messi, Kante, Sancho, we might win the PL.
No these are not quotes from RAWK’s Man United thread about how shit we are, they’re just United fans on a United forum excited for the Derby! Why would anyone possibly think otherwise? Definitely Man United fans who sound absolutely nothing like the Scousers I know at work.
Do not disagree or you’ll be called the dreaded “top red”
If you’re a “top red” you’re not as good of a fan as them, they know what’s really going on. They’re just making a stand against the Glazers and mediocrity by obsessively writing thousands of posts slandering Ole and because they have standards and you don’t.
If you disagree, well then you’re obviously a deluded cult member.
No these are not quotes from RAWK’s Man United thread about how shit we are, they’re just United fans on a United forum excited for the Derby! Why would anyone possibly think otherwise? Definitely Man United fans who sound absolutely nothing like the Scousers I know at work.
Do not disagree or you’ll be called the dreaded “top red”
If you’re a “top red” you’re not as good of a fan as them, they know what’s really going on. They’re just making a stand against the Glazers and mediocrity by obsessively writing thousands of posts slandering Ole and because they have standards and you don’t.
If you disagree, well then you’re obviously a deluded cult member.
I have been a United fan since 1967. Even in the old second division. When did you start supporting United? Or you are an Ole fan?
If we buy Van Dijk, Ronaldo, Haaland, Messi, Kante, Sancho, we might win the PL.
whats your exciting derby prediction?No these are not quotes from RAWK’s Man United thread about how shit we are, they’re just United fans on a United forum excited for the Derby! Why would anyone possibly think otherwise? Definitely Man United fans who sound absolutely nothing like the Scousers I know at work.
Do not disagree or you’ll be called the dreaded “top red”
If you’re a “top red” you’re not as good of a fan as them, they know what’s really going on. They’re just making a stand against the Glazers and mediocrity by obsessively writing thousands of posts slandering Ole and because they have standards and you don’t.
If you disagree, well then you’re obviously a deluded cult member.
I think it is just context.
We have not finished back to back seasons in top 4 since 2012-2013. If Ole does that this season, it is progress.
If the board then don't invest after that to kick on, they are achieving their target which is top 4 every season, with not enough ambition to challenge for the league.
That should be the case, yes. If Ole is in command of what coaches we hire and what their overall goal is, failure in that aspect does ultimately come back on him. So I'm not excusing him of guilt in the aspect, just that it's not as direct as the guy I was responding to said.Surely thats on the manager to sack them and get experienced coaches in then, not just hope one day they will suddenly know how to coach actual tactics and a plan of attack.
We have not finished back to back seasons in top 4 since 2012-2013. If Ole does that this season, it is progress.
This idea that we have bottled it is absolute shite. Our best first team players are good and can just about challenge, but the backup players are nowhere near that standard.It's only progress if we improve our style of play, performances and results while achieving back to back top four finishes. The first two certainly haven't improved at all on last season. Results very much hanging in the balance right now.
And if we get dragged into any sort of top four dogfight over the last 10 games of the season, having been top of the table and 7 points clear of the top four fight on gameweek 20, then it's representative of nothing other than a newly developed culture of bottling it, having zero consistency and having long barren periods at crucial times again and again season after season.
I think you have a complex about Jose.Jose 2nd even coming off a EL win but still.
It's all about the manager. If he's loved It's progress. If he's Jose It's regression.
No these are not quotes from RAWK’s Man United thread about how shit we are, they’re just United fans on a United forum excited for the Derby! Why would anyone possibly think otherwise? Definitely Man United fans who sound absolutely nothing like the Scousers I know at work.
Do not disagree or you’ll be called the dreaded “top red”
If you’re a “top red” you’re not as good of a fan as them, they know what’s really going on. They’re just making a stand against the Glazers and mediocrity by obsessively writing thousands of posts slandering Ole and because they have standards and you don’t.
If you disagree, well then you’re obviously a deluded cult member.
Without jumping on any bandwagons, I just realised....
1: We're top of the league (Jan 2021)
2: We're top scorers in the league (Feb 2021)
3: We're second in the league (Mar 2021) ...
No these are not quotes from RAWK’s Man United thread about how shit we are, they’re just United fans on a United forum excited for the Derby! Why would anyone possibly think otherwise? Definitely Man United fans who sound absolutely nothing like the Scousers I know at work.
Do not disagree or you’ll be called the dreaded “top red”
If you’re a “top red” you’re not as good of a fan as them, they know what’s really going on. They’re just making a stand against the Glazers and mediocrity by obsessively writing thousands of posts slandering Ole and because they have standards and you don’t.
If you disagree, well then you’re obviously a deluded cult member.
Yes as a manager you should be able to do that . If he hasn't got that he is just a glorified coach himself.That should be the case, yes. If Ole is in command of what coaches we hire and what their overall goal is, failure in that aspect does ultimately come back on him. So I'm not excusing him of guilt in the aspect, just that it's not as direct as the guy I was responding to said.
I do wonder if hiring the coaches is set up like our transfers are now though, where a committee of people decide on it rather than just the manager himself. I hope not as that is forcing the manager to work with one hand tied behind his back.
Will be interesting to see if he bottles top 4
You talk about having a nuanced debate then don’t answer my question as to whether you only have a problem with people who are new to the forum?
It seems you only have a problem with newbies who like Solskjaer, like I said you haven’t criticised any of the long time members who’ve compared people who think Ole’s doing a good job to “deluded trump supporters” and “cult members” no answer for this? I’m on 5 posts a day because I’ve been on this forum a month and already have 5 likes, well on the way to becoming a god mode full member. I’ll even be able to post a lot in the gaming section like you soon, anyway let’s not turn this into a debate about how many likes I have on a football forum. I thought you wanted a nuanced debate?
The idea that newbies have somehow lowered the quality of posting on this thread is hilarious when there’s many long time posters on this thread who have said far far worse than me (none of which you’ve criticised).
No these are not quotes from RAWK’s Man United thread about how shit we are, they’re just United fans on a United forum excited for the Derby! Why would anyone possibly think otherwise? Definitely Man United fans who sound absolutely nothing like the Scousers I know at work.
Do not disagree or you’ll be called the dreaded “top red”
If you’re a “top red” you’re not as good of a fan as them, they know what’s really going on. They’re just making a stand against the Glazers and mediocrity by obsessively writing thousands of posts slandering Ole and because they have standards and you don’t.
If you disagree, well then you’re obviously a deluded cult member.
Lose or draw today and his Premier League win rate for his 2 full time seasons in charge is 48%, incredibly that's the worst since SAF.
Include his honeymoon period and that bumps him up to level with Moyes on 50%.
Shit, I kinda wish I hadn't posted that, I'm gonna regret it aren't I?