Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | W15 D2 L4

Is Ole a good appointment?

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staniswin said:
He finished 2nd last season with the same exact squad for your info but why he wasn't back up by the board to push just a bit more to achieve our ultimate target ? Because Ed thought the team already good enough to at least gets into top 4 which has always been their main target , we don't aim for the league with this squad , as simple as that , you all see it for yourself , when it wasn't our best 11, we slipped because their replacement wasn't good enough, and we can't play our best 11 every game , there will be moment when we have to rotate and we should maintain the quality by having a proper squad. Mourinho threw tantrum once he knew he won't be back up which it reflected on players and our performance under him. He used to win the league before losing the dressing room, we are the only club he failed to do so. Man with 27 major honour by age 55 across 4 leagues, any of young modern manager would be lucky to reach half of that.
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Ok this is something you've completely made up in your mind and there is absolutely no evidence for. Change my mind.
 
29 is basically 30 which is basically when you go the old people's home.
 
I still think OGS gets dinged a bit too hard for the second half of the Spurs game. Everyone readily acknowledges that we're short quality on the defense (though maybe not as much as so many complain). And really, it took Poch another 15 minutes in the second half to really get going, which coincided with Ole's observation on arrival that the team was short on conditioning. 60 minutes in and we were gassed. And still didn't give up a goal (we are allowed to have a good goalie). Further, that was only his sixth game in with the team. Could he really have a perfect handle on all of his personnel and how to deploy them? Frankly, I think he's still tinkering a bit. He's on a 10-game unbeaten streak with a team that was in the dumps and ready to bolt at the first offer. His tactics are fine.

As far as the transfers and recruitment aspect of things, he seems to be fine in Norway. You can say what you want about any league, but no matter where you are, you're working within the confines of that league. Molde is not the big dog in that league, yet he wins. That takes good recruiting, and with fewer resources than the competition, it takes a higher level of evaluation to find the bargains. Working with less. Sounds like a quality some attribute to another candidate. But then, the DoF sounds like where things are heading anyway, making this somewhat of a non-starter.
 
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crossy1686 said:
Mourinho wore a hoody and hid at the back during last years memorial, generally looked like he didn't want to be there/didn't care. The board were thoroughly pissed off with him, especially when you consider Bobby Charlton is on the board and was on that plane. And he wonders why he didn't get backed in the summer...
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Never thought off it from Bobby Charlton's view. It seems obvious to me there was a clear lack of respect from Mourinho in many situations, how can he disrespect Sir Bobby and everyone that loves the club like that, unforgivable really !

Now we have a complete opposite situation with Ole, he clearly got respect for our values. The difference with Ole and Jose when it comes to this is that Ole gives respect to everyone and Jose demands it before giving it to anyone.
 
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@Damien, completely off topic, but do you have statistics about average age, how many users per age group etc on the Caf? Would find that interesting.
 
I'm 27. What does the Caf recommend I do to make the most out of my last three remaining years on this planet?
 
How would people feel about Ole if we lose both matches against PSG? Is he still the man? Is this squad good enough to beat a PSG side with some serious artillery up front in Mbappe? Our big problem in defense in that game is going to be Phil Jones if he starts. Mbappe will destroy him with his pace. Even lindelof will have problems.

We are incredibly thin in defense, but perhaps Smalling will be back? Altho he will be incredibly rusty. IF Baily gets injured, we are in serious trouble potentially.

I read that the board will give the job to Ole if he defeats PSG. I am just not 100% sure that is a fair assesment given our defense personell.

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If he loses to PSG, you've laid out enough reason anyone would and you cannot hold it against him.

If he beats PSG, that should answer those still opposed regarding his tactical abilities because he will have overcome those reasons. You have to hire him.
 
I don't think anyone should solely judge OGS on this PSG tie. We could set up perfectly against them but Mbappe's individual magic wouldn't be able to be stopped. Utd could beat them over two legs but PSG could play complete shit over both games.

I wouldn't really class this PSG tie as that important. Utd's squad isn't really up for winning the competition anyway quality wise (look at our woeful right side)... If OGS had the 08/09 Utd squad then there would be more scrutiny on this game as we'd be expected to get past PSG.
 
It’s not whether or not we lose to PSG but how. I don’t think too many are expecting to progress.
 
Tom Cato said:
How would people feel about Ole if we lose both matches against PSG? Is he still the man? Is this squad good enough to beat a PSG side with some serious artillery up front in Mbappe? Our big problem in defense in that game is going to be Phil Jones if he starts. Mbappe will destroy him with his pace. Even lindelof will have problems.

We are incredibly thin in defense, but perhaps Smalling will be back? Altho he will be incredibly rusty. IF Baily gets injured, we are in serious trouble potentially.

I read that the board will give the job to Ole if he defeats PSG. I am just not 100% sure that is a fair assesment given our defense personell.

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Desabailly will have Mbappe in his fecking pocket all night, no question.
 
bosnian_red said:
The sooner he gets the full time contract the better :drool:
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Nah you always wait this out until the end of the season. You can't be sure what happens in the next few months. Even if it's just a signature away play it out in case anything catastrophic happens.
 
Main thing I'll be judging in the PSG tie I our football. I don't expect us to go through and it would be a brilliant surprise if we do. But I'm interested to seeing the way Ole sets us up.
 
crossy1686 said:
I still find it amazing that 184 people think Ole is a bad temp appointment.
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185 now but can only assume that a lot of these votes were cast very early - maybe even prior to the first game? Hard to believe people that aren’t permanent residents of Jose’s nether regions and / or not named Paul Ince, are still unhappy or believe that someone else would’ve/could’ve been better...
 
René Meulensteen says SAF himself is impressed: read all about it in Oles native tongue at vg.no! :-D
 
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