Ole Gunnar Solskjær | 2021/22 Discussion
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Good interview on the Man United official app
God, I hope this goes well! I am so nervous after all the other failures.
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Not surprised that he got the job, but I am surprised that they did it now. I thought for sure they would wait until the season ended to make it permanent
Molde's season starts this weekend. They had to appoint a full time manager so obviously a decision needed making about Ole.
I think someone posted that it was leaving Molde in the lurch somewhat by not letting them know in time;they need to have a new coach in place.
Plus, if a new strategy is to take place, plans need to be undertaken now rather than the end of the season. We've seen already that Barca have tied up one great talent and most likely another, BM have got Hernandez. Clubs will have identified transfer targets and negotiations begun, we can't leave it until summer
Amen
Congratulations - you are now an Arsenal supporter.
The thing is, I’m with the club on that. If - and it’s a big if - Ole can continue to produce results somewhere close to what we’ve seen so far then it’s a shrewd move because even if we did appoint Poch, what more could he do? Whether he wins games or Ole does, it doesn’t matter as long as we win. But the board are businessmen, and if they can achieve the exact same result whilst spending 3 times less then why not do it?
No, I'd be an "Arsenal supporter" if I was okay with us fighting for top 4 every season without any progress towards truly getting back on top. I'm just being realistic as to what I expect from Ole.
This notion that we have no chance to compete with Liverpool and Manchester City, or any team in the world, is absurd. Indeed such a Gunner mindset!
Maybe an end of season boost for the players? Probably looks better to any agents of players we want to sign and are already in touch with too, knowing it's settled now.
TBH You really have a thing about Moyes. I said at the time that he should have got more time ,and i stand by that. If he was never given a contract i would thank him for what he did and move on. Now he's the manager ,i will get behind him as i do for any United Manager and hope he does well.But i have my doubts.
Where did I say that we'd have no chance competing with Liverpool and City? All I'm saying is next season I don't expect us to be challenging them for the title, which isn't exactly ludicrous. If we're still not properly challenging them after that then I'd be concerned.
Happy! Now the club can plan for the upcoming season.
We still need a DoF and I hope EW and OGS knows this.
Looking so freaking much forward to Saturdays game. WHAT a reception he’ll get!
We still need a DoF and I hope EW and OGS knows this.
Looking so freaking much forward to Saturdays game. WHAT a reception he’ll get!
It might work, it might not but just like any other manager why not?? But boy do I hope it works
Just seen the news now. Very happy and well deserved. Ole is the chosen one and I can't wait to see what the future holds.
People on caf love to have unrealistic targets and then moan about it when it is not achieved.
I hope Virgil Van Dijk has got the removals van at the ready now that landlord Ole is coming home.
We have sent the bare-chested marauding Marcos to deal with the removal job.
What would fill you with confidence?
I'm so happy he got the job, he deserves a proper shot at it.
He understands our club so much.
Excited for next season to see him from scratch with his new transfers and youth.
He understands our club so much.
Excited for next season to see him from scratch with his new transfers and youth.
Was just checking the MUTV "paid" app and it seems they have not been informed that Ole has been appointed the manager. No interviews, no videos, no mention of any PR stuff of this.
When you look at the TV schedule it is showing two programmes at four, I was wanting to record it but because of that it wouldn't acknowledge my request to record.
I know most will be hyped since we signed Ole, but a 4 year deal shows how dumb we are when it comes to appointing managers.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Ole was the obvious choice but giving him a 4 year deal makes no sense. For as good as he has been, he is not even close of being settled manager and things can go wrong in a heartbeat.
We had all the power in this negotiation, sure Ole had the good results to back him but if we would had offer him a 1 year plus another year option he would have taken it without a doubt.
Let’s not forget he is an inexperienced manager and we haven’t seen him perform on a batch patch, so we don’t know how good he truly is.
This nonsense of appointing every manager to long contrats has prove over and over to be a mistake. We had to pay off Moyes, LVG and Mourinho before their contracts expired.
Again, I’m happy we give him the job but we suck negotiating contracts, with the players and with the managers.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Ole was the obvious choice but giving him a 4 year deal makes no sense. For as good as he has been, he is not even close of being settled manager and things can go wrong in a heartbeat.
We had all the power in this negotiation, sure Ole had the good results to back him but if we would had offer him a 1 year plus another year option he would have taken it without a doubt.
Let’s not forget he is an inexperienced manager and we haven’t seen him perform on a batch patch, so we don’t know how good he truly is.
This nonsense of appointing every manager to long contrats has prove over and over to be a mistake. We had to pay off Moyes, LVG and Mourinho before their contracts expired.
Again, I’m happy we give him the job but we suck negotiating contracts, with the players and with the managers.
Isn't it 3 years? Or is it 3+1?
I do agree to an extent, but at least the payoff wouldn't be as great! I doubt Ole's on the wages that Mourinho had.
Get in!
That's what I wanted too, but that will be a tad unfair to Ole. How many managers would agree to a 1+1 deal.
Maybe he would have agreed to a 2+1 instead of solid 3, but his wages will not be astronomical as some high profile managers. So don't think it is a big issue.
From what I have read it expires in the summer of 2022. Not sure about the 3+1 year option though.
I don’t think he will earn even half of Mourinho’s wages, but I stand by my point I don’t see how that contract length is beneficial to us, it highly improbable that a club would want to steal him from us or that he would accept another job if that meant to leave Man Utd.
Excellent news.
For those worrying... What's the worst that can happen?
For those worrying... What's the worst that can happen?
The first step in the plan to make it 'Sir' Ole.
Its funny, I never saw him as one to move into management when he was a player. Then after the Cardiff fiasco I didnt see him coming back to the "big time" at all. Thought Molde would be his level. Hes sure showed me, Hes done great so far and very happy hes the new manager on a full time basis. Looking forward to seeing where we can go and to finally be able to see a path out of this nightmare forest we have been stuck in for 6 years.
Its funny, I never saw him as one to move into management when he was a player. Then after the Cardiff fiasco I didnt see him coming back to the "big time" at all. Thought Molde would be his level. Hes sure showed me, Hes done great so far and very happy hes the new manager on a full time basis. Looking forward to seeing where we can go and to finally be able to see a path out of this nightmare forest we have been stuck in for 6 years.
The length of the contract doesn't really matter, its what is negotiated in terms of how much he gets if he is sacked. That will obviously never be made public until he actually gets sacked (if he ever does), so we won't know how good a job we've done there and we may never know.
He earned the job. Next I hope getting a dof and back the manager.
I think Ole would have accept it no matter the length. He is a relatively rookie manager and to be fair he doesn’t have plenty of chances to manage top teams besides Man Utd.
I think it would have been totally fair to offer him a 1+1 year option, like I said before all can go south real fast. We are not certain about how good is Ole, he has done great until now but he has no backup to assure us that this good run will continue.
My main issue is we seem to negotiate real bad, either overpaying for players, not being able to get rid of the deadwood, overpaying wages, and giving long contracts to managers who may not be here in one or two years.
The reason no manager likes being on a one year deal is because it makes them a lame duck in the dressing room. That's why most contracts get extended a year before they expire.
I hope box won't fall on his toe while moving.
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