Everton?
They even made a separate sub Reddit for it beforeExactly how I feel as well.
I think the pressure has ramped up again on Fonseca after losing to Fiorentina. Saw a report in the Italian media (not sure how reliable tbf) saying he's got three games to save his job.Not sure about Milan doing well on that list, not anywhere near sack the manager stage but been very hit and miss.
Was thinking exactly this, I think it honestly could be that"Club" could be lost in translation. What if it's the England job?
"Club" could be lost in translation. What if it's the England job?
Here I was thinking Manchester United fans prefer winning big trophiesI’d take ole just to see all the ole outers moan. Inject it into the veins.
Genuinely could be, if the chiefs want continuity of tactics and prioritise a squad being happy and not causing drama, then why not. He's better than Southgate."Club" could be lost in translation. What if it's the England job?
Genuinely could be, if the chiefs want continuity of tactics and prioritise a squad being happy and not causing drama, then why not. He's better than Southgate.
Wolves and Southampton are in more precarious spots than us. We will also be waiting as long as we can with Dyche as it would be better to change under the new owners than before. I still think the plan is to change in the summer unless we are in a really dangerous position at Christmas.Everton?
He's been offered better than championship level after United.
You can't equate performance in a cup competition to having a 2nd and 3rd place finish in the PL over 38 games.We'll never know for sure what he's been offered until he actually takes a job.
Avram Grant finished second with Chelse and nearly won the CL. He did end up getting the West Ham job, and got them relegated. And that was it, except for a tenure at Portsmouth when they went to administration, and he only got the job there because of his connections, first as DOF and then as manager.
Having decent achievements doesn't always mean you're appreciated.
Waiting for the United job...I always hear of him being close to a gig and then it going to someone else
You can't equate performance in a cup competition to having a 2nd and 3rd place finish in the PL over 38 games.
Di Matteo won the UCL for example, it can be fluked. A full season can't.
He'll never get itWaiting for the United job...
That's what you thought before he got it the first time.He'll never get it
No it actually wasn't. I wouldn't put silly decisions past the previous owners. I think we have sensible ones this time though.That's what you thought before he got it the first time.
The Ole redemption arc will be the greatest entertainment saga seen for a long time!
I think, measuring coaches in such way, good and bad, is what led us where we are. Look at Potter, certainly a good coach for Brighton, apparently not good enough coach for Chelsea. Context matters, we should have a profile in place what we are looking for in a manager. This whole stuff of good or bad bright us 10 years of misery.For the love of god dont we have better candidate than Ole or Southgate?
Just keep hiring the best manager and sack if they dont work. We dont have a crystal ball so might as well do what every succesful club does. If we happen to find the next SAF along the way then it's the bonus.
I see managers going in and implement their ideas, 2 season max and we see their idea. We're heading on 3 seasons and still dont know what sort of football we're aiming for.
This should be this bow closed in which role the fans might play in our misery... Longing for emotional stories while ignoring what happens on the pitch. "We won, so we must have played well..."That's what you thought before he got it the first time.
The Ole redemption arc will be the greatest entertainment saga seen for a long time!
He didn't. Thats total BS. I honor Ole by saying that throughout his time here, he was able to get generally good results but convincing performances worthy of a real challenger were almost non existant. I think, we were close to City at one point in december or january in his 2nd place season and then managed to throw it away in spectacular fashion. Horrible displays where we started games very very poorly, only to get back to an average level in the 2nd half - his managed convinced themselves that this is comeback quality... After a few weeks, there were what, like 14 points between City and us, we played them and got a result and celebrated it even if it meant nothing at all. Pep didn't even care to adjust his tactics to us. The games against us that mattered that year, think it was league cup, they brushed us aside. And to top that season, we managed to play 120minutes against a very average Villareal team without coming close to scoring.wow. Ole had an impressive run of games until Ronaldo arrived. The highest peak for the last 12y. He was only a trophy away from being a success. The Ronaldo effect is clearly expressed in the figure.
I don’t want Ole back by the way, and regarding “the talks with a major club” I think we can exclude Italian- or other Latinoclubs. Most likely bottom-end of PL or a club in Bundesliga.
This should be this bow closed in which role the fans might play in our misery... Longing for emotional stories while ignoring what happens on the pitch. "We won, so we must have played well..."
I think, measuring coaches in such way, good and bad, is what led us where we are. Look at Potter, certainly a good coach for Brighton, apparently not good enough coach for Chelsea. Context matters, we should have a profile in place what we are looking for in a manager. This whole stuff of good or bad bright us 10 years of misery.
This should be this bow closed in which role the fans might play in our misery... Longing for emotional stories while ignoring what happens on the pitch. "We won, so we must have played well..."
He didn't. Thats total BS. I honor Ole by saying that throughout his time here, he was able to get generally good results but convincing performances worthy of a real challenger were almost non existant. I think, we were close to City at one point in december or january in his 2nd place season and then managed to throw it away in spectacular fashion. Horrible displays where we started games very very poorly, only to get back to an average level in the 2nd half - his managed convinced themselves that this is comeback quality... After a few weeks, there were what, like 14 points between City and us, we played them and got a result and celebrated it even if it meant nothing at all. Pep didn't even care to adjust his tactics to us. The games against us that mattered that year, think it was league cup, they brushed us aside. And to top that season, we managed to play 120minutes against a very average Villareal team without coming close to scoring.
Reading takes like the bolded parts are pure crazisness to me.
We did control games under LVG but we were very impotent in attack. I wouldn't mind us muddling through with some boring football until ten Hag gets replaced.It's a little hard to believe that our performance was worse under LvG (4th and 5th, very good big club record) than under Moyes (6th, lost to every big club by bad margins).
The unsmoothed lines do make slightly more sense - the big drop a few months into Moyes, the drastic drop in the last 6 months of Jose and the big pickup during Ole's interim spell, ETH's very good first season, are all totally missed in the smoothed line but visible in the thin jagged line. But even the unsmoothed line has LvG consistently under Moyes.
It probably weighs things from 6-12 months ago in the number (like chess elo or tennis rankings do) a bit too heavily to capture what's going on.
And to top that season, we managed to play 120minutes against a very average Villareal team without coming close to scoring.
There’s an implicit lag effect, in that each outcome is influenced by your current ranking. Which means that if you’re highly ranked compared to your opponents, you’ll gain fewer / lose more points for a win or a loss.It's a little hard to believe that our performance was worse under LvG (4th and 5th, very good big club record) than under Moyes (6th, lost to every big club by bad margins).
The unsmoothed lines do make slightly more sense - the big drop a few months into Moyes, the drastic drop in the last 6 months of Jose and the big pickup during Ole's interim spell, ETH's very good first season, are all totally missed in the smoothed line but visible in the thin jagged line. But even the unsmoothed line has LvG consistently under Moyes.
It probably weighs things from 6-12 months ago in the number (like chess elo or tennis rankings do) a bit too heavily to capture what's going on.
Fair enough and each to their own obviously. I think, it would be a complete waste of time. A little like his first stint here after the interim period.I know it's difficult to interpret when it's just text online.. but often some of the stuff people post is satire. Or me willing into existence.
Yes I would love Ole to get another shot at this with a proper footballing structure behind him. Do I absolutely think it will lead to a fairytale ending? No of course I can't imagine that. I would hope for the best, but I'd certainly think it would be better than what we have been served over the last year.
If Ineos struggles with finding their long-term permanent manager I would much more like they persist with Solskjær instead of Ten Hag.
He was a hipster choice because of what the achieved with Brighton. Talking about whether he was good or great or something in between is, as I said, Voodoo stuff because it is just subjective. He was a perfect fit for Brighton at the time he was there and considering what he achieved, it would be, in my eyes at least, daft to say he isn't a good coach because he was a very good coach in the conditions that Brighton provided.Except Potter wasnt great, he's just hipster choices
Good managers are names like Pep, Simeone, Ancelotti, Klopp, we're talking about top tier managers. Not some cut from the same cloth young potentially the next Ferguson type of managers
He was very promising. On a similar level as some of the names that are now thrown around when talking about who should take over. He was the right choice at the time, a modern coach who was able to create two very good teams at Ajax. That means something. Obviously it isn't a guarantee for success but there is no such thing anyway.ETH wasnt even that great. He shine on 1 game against Madrid and we lap him up as some kind of pedigree.
I am sorry, I forgot the one goal we scored after going in behind after 30 minutes. Doesn't change much, xG was 0.9 both and we had the majority of the ball giving us 120minutes of a symbolic showing that opposition was just fining giving us the ball knowing that we were not able to do much with it. It was a bad game, had we won it in the shootout, it would have still been a disappointing game even though I am sure, given the outcome-dependency of some parts of the fanbase, it would have been hailed as a great game that brought us a title.Makes me question your memory.
Firstly we did score in that match, secondly we had 2 or 3 really good chances.
I am sorry, I forgot the one goal we scored after going in behind after 30 minutes. Doesn't change much, xG was 0.9 both and we had the majority of the ball giving us 120minutes of a symbolic showing that opposition was just fining giving us the ball knowing that we were not able to do much with it. It was a bad game, had we won it in the shootout, it would have still been a disappointing game even though I am sure, given the outcome-dependency of some parts of the fanbase, it would have been hailed as a great game that brought us a title.
You might be right, I tend to get to a certain conclusion about a game and then remember that conclusion rather than individual events. That being said, this here was the first highlights reel that popped in my youtube search - Youtube highlights - and I kind of feel I remembered the match just fine. Our goal was a bit of a pinball moment where Cavani was the first to react, not really something we created in my book and apart from that, I don't consider any of the chances shown as good chances. Maybe the Rashford one but commentary suggests it would have been offside anyway.I don't really buy into xg all that much and I remember Cavani had a couple of really good chances outside the goal. I think you just don't remember the game very well which is fine.
It was a tight game, we didn't play great or terribly. If the overall point you are trying to make is that Utd struggled against a low block under Ole then to a degree that is right.