That's complete nonsense.
But if you’re a club owner which part of his experience are you looking at and thinking ‘that’s great’? What kind of club would take the risk?
What's wrong with bringing Ole back on an interim basis? Last time it worked out for us. As long as we don't give him the full time gig, we should be fine.
Ole was fired because he did what ETH did. He tried playing a pressing and possession game with players that weren't suited for it. He also had to accommodate Ronaldo, who refused to press, which completely unravelled his tactics.
Unpopular? No! A lot agree with you, me included! ETH has created the biggest disappointment post-Fergie.
14th might not even be the bottom.
Our best manager post Fergie was Mourinho with 2 trophies and 81 points in the league (When we finished 2nd).
Yes he was so good that he is out of a job for years now and has Molde and Cardiff on his resume apart from failing at United.
He has had offers... Maybe not at the highest level, but certainly above Molde and Cardiff.
He said on The Overlap he’s had Prem offers and he also got offered the Bayern job, allbeit interim but good enough for Bayern but not United eh?
Last time didn't work out for us. And your reaction is exactly the reason why we should stay away as far as possible. With all due respect but some fans seem to be "gullible" enough (not sure, thats the best, most precise, most polite word but lets go with it) to simply fall for a good story even when they witnessed what consequences on the sports side of things there were. Ole lifted the mood, his "arm around the shoulder" approach was exactly the right thing after Mourinho but he was out of his depth and it was visible as early as to the end of his interim period. Of course, sentimental and shortsighted as the decision makers were, he was given the permanent job at this point already - somethng that was celebrated viciously back then. And while he was able to deliver good and sometimes very good results, it was clear as day that he wasn't doing anything to evolve us as a team. In a time, where all our competitors have made organized pressing, positional play and ball retention their thing, we acted as if it is still 2003. With him, our team had exactly one route to improve: bring in better players. He wasn't going to improve anything on the training pitch. His time with us was one big side step in which we stood still while rivals evolved, burning quite a lot of cash and, even though I am sure, he didn't do it intentionally, created a very suboptimal attitude around some players that we are in parts still suffering from.
You compare Ole to Hiddink and Allegri? Ok. Got it.
I am sure you don't. Lets hope that the decision makers put a little more thought into it.
Yeah never have there been lies or intentional misrepresentations of things on tv or internet shows. Thank god.
So far our best manager for me post Fergie is Jose Mourinho
Same. That start of 17/18 season was the only time I genuinely thought we can challenge for the league and do well in the Champions League. First season Mou won EL and league cup, we bought Lukaku who started the season really well and I was very optimistic
To be fair, Moyes was better than EtH, and Ole was miles better than Ole. Mourinho was easily our best overall manager though, would have Ole as second.
What a way to write a whole lot without saying anything of substance. And I imagine your reading comprehension isn't the best since I specifically said INTERIM, not full time.
It's not that unpopular... No mediocre manager finishes top 4 twice in a row in the premier league doesn't matter which team he is coaching. I maintain that if this club had a functional set up at board nd top management level, he time here would be a little more successful. Help with Recruitment and a proper Technical Director to help with developing a game model would have helped him massively. Would we have gotten to City's level, most probably not but we would have been much closer than we are today.
I noticed that. And it was exactly what people said when he took over from Mou. And then Paris happened and all of a sudden...
Maybe you are better off, getting Season review DVDs from the past. The old days are over. United sides of old wouldn't fare well these days (without adaptation) and just because you felt all those things, doesn't mean "all fans" did. Sorry to inform you, but there is stuff happening outside of your life as well.
Look at you, being so happy even thinking about it. And you want to tell me you wouldn't start to feel dizzy when there might be the prospect to give old Olly another run?
He can work in the Championship? He took us to 2nd. He's a PL level manager, maybe not the top teams but good enough for a mid to lower side IMO.
He's been offered better than championship level after United.
With players that are now playing in Turkey, Korea etc. Maguire/Lindelof centre back pairing.
Exactly. Find it laughable that people think he’s a championship manager.
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