Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | W15 D2 L4

Is Ole a good appointment?

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I want Ole to be out next manager but we should just wait till end of the season. There is no reason to hurry, he is here till end of the season and he is ManUtd fan and will take the job without even thinking. So we don't have to worry about someone else offering him the job.

Let him continue the great job he is doing and end of the season board can make decision.
 
Suv666 said:
Naa mate I'm in the Ole camp. My post was about making it official. I'm actually enjoying watching United play and its plain as day the Galactico strategy and high profile managerial appointments isnt the way to go foward.
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Agreed. It's something I find intrinsically Manchester United, I'm not a fan of the galactico approach at all. One of the reasons I'm excited about the summer is because I want us to mop up some of the young talent in and around Europe to see what Ole can do with it. I'd love De Ligt, Joao Felix, Chong, Gomes and Greenwood in the first team next year, dream come true.
 
What's the rush? Ole knows the deal: impress and there's a good chance he'll get the gig permanently. I doubt he'll be offended if he doesn't get offered a five year contract before a ball has been kicked against PSG.

He's done brilliantly, nobody denies it, but there really doesn't seem to be any very good reason for rushing the decision.

The smart move would be to keep monitoring his progress while working on alternatives in the event that the season doesn't end as well as we all hope it will.
 
Chesterlestreet said:
What's the rush? Ole knows the deal: impress and there's a good chance he'll get the gig permanently. I doubt he'll be offended if he doesn't get offered a five year contract before a ball has been kicked against PSG.

He's done brilliantly, nobody denies it, but there really doesn't seem to be any very good reason for rushing the decision.

The smart move would be to keep monitoring his progress while working on alternatives in the event that the season doesn't end as well as we all hope it will.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when dating an amazing person, is that they will stick around regardless. Even when you're looking over at other people and wondering what it might like to be with them, you presume they'll stay because why not, right?

We have a vacant post, it appears Solskjaer has applied for that post seeing as he's met with Woody to discuss long term plans for the club, at this point, we don't even know if anyone else has applied for the position. Usually, what happens with major corporations and head hunting is the company will let it known that there is a vacant post and they would like you to consider an application, it's then down to you to make that application and show you want it. If we've approached Pochettino's people and he doesn't declare an interest to us, it's a non starter anyway.
 
Atheist said:
How do Molde fans feel about him leaving them briefly and potentially permanently at the end of the season? Even if he doesn't get the United job, I'm sure he'll be flooded with other offers.
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I rather want him back in Molde asap, and I would love if there was some cooperation between the clubs so that Molde could borrow and develop some of your younger big talents.

I really just don't want Rosenborg to win, ever again.
 
Trizy said:
No point jumping the gun when there is no need to. He's here til the season ends and we won't announce a new manager til then.

We've plenty of challenges for him until then to prove he's the man, especially with 4 top 6 games, Chelsea in the FA Cup and PSG in the cup.

I'm all for Ole but what if he lost the majority of those games?
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yeah I don't see any advantage to appointing him now either
 
#07 said:
Ole's camp?

I don't even think Ole has a camp.
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I am sure he and his staff have intermediaries who answer questions put by media. He is a nice guy who won't do sneaky briefs like Jose, but I don't think he is totally divorced from press connections.
 
After all that Ole has done in such a short space of time I think it is amazing.
I still think it is a little early to think about giving him the job permanently.

I think personally he is doing well just taking every game as it comes and producing results which I think has firmly instilled him as favourite. He just needs to keep on doing what he is until the end of the season and I think he should definitely get it although a lot can happen between now and end of season I think Ole will keep on producing the results.

My one concern is that Woody might still be after someone like Zidane who I personally wouldn't want after the great job Ole has done so far and one I hope he continues to be doing in the distant future.
 
I'm not sure Poch would want the job right now. With all the positivity going on the downside for him would be immense. A few bad results and everyone would be screaming for Ole.
 
Kapardin said:
I am sure he and his staff have intermediaries who answer questions put by media. He is a nice guy who won't do sneaky briefs like Jose, but I don't think he is totally divorced from press connections.
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Can't remember where I read it but SAF would delegate his media responsibilities and Phelan would take the ones that weren't televised. Would be surprised if this wasn't the case now as well.
 
Eric's Seagull said:
After all that Ole has done in such a short space of time I think it is amazing.
I still think it is a little early to think about giving him the job permanently.

I think personally he is doing well just taking every game as it comes and producing results which I think has firmly instilled him as favourite. He just needs to keep on doing what he is until the end of the season and I think he should definitely get it although a lot can happen between now and end of season I think Ole will keep on producing the results.

My one concern is that Woody might still be after someone like Zidane who I personally wouldn't want after the great job Ole has done so far and one I hope he continues to be doing in the distant future.
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I think even if he wanted to, he would be entirely voted down by a majority of the board on this. Fergie and Charlton would obviously want Solskjaer, the Glazier's will look at the release clause of current candidates (Pochettino £40m, Solskjaer £8m, Zidane £0m but big wages) and they'll vote with that in mind and how the team is performing currently. There wouldn't literally only be Woody fighting Zidane's corner at this rate.
 
I guess the longer we wait the more chance there is of the speculation unsettling the team. He's being asked the question pretty much every week now, it will only get worse towards the end of the season. It's never a good situation when players don't know the future of their manager.

Making him permanent immediately gives him more authority and allows us to plan for the future with more conviction.

Also think Ole will want to respect Molde and give them as much notice as possible. Same with Phelan and his commitments in Australia.
 
Ciedre said:
I rather want him back in Molde asap, and I would love if there was some cooperation between the clubs so that Molde could borrow and develop some of your younger big talents.

I really just don't want Rosenborg to win, ever again.
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No one wants Rosenborg to win anything.

Molde should go for Klopp. He'd love it here where there never have been any issues with snow, rain, wind and shite pitches.
 
Kapardin said:
Appears to be a direct briefing from Ole's camp about the changes he's implemented and the way he's behaving. The part about Ferguson not driving him from the backseat is likely to dispel the myth that he is just doing what SAF wants, which is fair.
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Not sure it's Ole's camp but it started last week when there were rumblings about Ole getting the job permanently.

Last week we had influential current squad players coming out in support of Ole, talking about how great of a manager he is and how good of a job he's done.

Now we've got the BBC writing pieces on how Solskjaer has transformed the club from a toxic environment to what we have today.

All signs point to the United press room laying the foundations for his permanent appointment. They wouldn't be going on this charm offensive if he was to be canned in the summer. Benitez and Hiddink never got anything like this at Chelsea before they were let go.
 
Kapardin said:
I am sure he and his staff have intermediaries who answer questions put by media. He is a nice guy who won't do sneaky briefs like Jose, but I don't think he is totally divorced from press connections.
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I don't think Ole plays those games. He happily answers questions after the press conferences are finished. You see him doing it as the camera come off. Crucially however everything he says is on the record.

The quotes about Fergie having limited involvement come from a presser.

Ole is not going to mount a hands free briefing campaign to big himself up to try and secure the manager's job. He knows at United actions speak a lot louder than words.

How many times has Solbakken, his agent, even been seen in Manchester lately? Ole's just not the type for that stuff. He's as old school as the class of 92. He doesn't need to be whispering in Simon Stone's ear to get good press.

If anything these pieces are more likely being done at the behest of the board so that, if its true they have decided to give him the job, nobody questions the appointment.
 
crossy1686 said:
Not sure it's Ole's camp but it started last week when there were rumblings about Ole getting the job permanently.

Last week we had influential current squad players coming out in support of Ole, talking about how great of a manager he is and how good of a job he's done.

Now we've got the BBC writing pieces on how Solskjaer has transformed the club from a toxic environment to what we have today.

All signs point to the United press room laying the foundations for his permanent appointment. They wouldn't be going on this charm offensive if he was to be canned in the summer. Benitez and Hiddink never got anything like this at Chelsea before they were let go.
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Exactly. On MUTV there is an open campaign for Ole to get the job.

MUTV would never be allowed to do this if there wasn't strong support from Ed Woodward.

Do we think its an accident that the newspapers are running stories with Thomas Cook data about surges in trips to Old Trafford from Scandanvia? Or that we have the media team firing out videos of Pogba and Rashford with Solskjaer voiceovers? Or the official twitter account retweeting every single video of Ole's at the wheel that it can find?
 
Get a proper DOF in, Berta for example and I think he could really do the business here. He definitely has core beliefs in what he expects of players, from getting the best out of what we have now and not rotating the CMs, he knows what he wants. If someone with a keen eye for that and foresight to plan for the future, we could be on to a winning combo.
 
#07 said:
Exactly. On MUTV there is an open campaign for Ole to get the job.

MUTV would never be allowed to do this if there wasn't strong support from Ed Woodward.

Do we think its an accident that the newspapers are running stories with Thomas Cook data about surges in trips to Old Trafford from Scandanvia? Or that we have the media team firing out videos of Pogba and Rashford with Solskjaer voiceovers? Or the official twitter account retweeting every single video of Ole's at the wheel that it can find?
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Spot on. There's nostalgia at play but this is also a heavy media campaign from United so they can say "Well look at what he's done and look what people are saying about him" when they do make the announcement. It's also a good way to gauge public opinion about the appointment.
 
crossy1686 said:
One of the biggest mistakes people make when dating an amazing person, is that they will stick around regardless. Even when you're looking over at other people and wondering what it might like to be with them, you presume they'll stay because why not, right?
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Yeah, but that analogy doesn’t really work. He’s clearly not going anywhere – if United offers him a job, he’ll take it whether it’s tomorrow or at the end of the season.

If he was a random caretaker who turned out better than anyone had hoped for and he was starting to get linked with other jobs – then yes. But that really isn’t the case here.
 
question to norwegians here: Is his name pronounced as Ole or Ola? I seem to remember Ingrid addressing him as Ola in the fulham pre-match press conference.

Also, we should wait before giving him a new contract. Let us see out this season first. We must also assess other options in the summer.
 
There's no rush to make this official, Ole certainly isnt going to walk away because he isnt getting the recognition he feels he deserves or anything like that. But uncertainty is rarely helpful in football and I dont think it would be a bad thing to tie this down in the next few weeks, assuming things continue as they are. If anything I could see it giving the players another little lift which could be helpful in the final stages of the season.
 
crossy1686 said:
I think even if he wanted to, he would be entirely voted down by a majority of the board on this. Fergie and Charlton would obviously want Solskjaer, the Glazier's will look at the release clause of current candidates (Pochettino £40m, Solskjaer £8m, Zidane £0m but big wages) and they'll vote with that in mind and how the team is performing currently. There wouldn't literally only be Woody fighting Zidane's corner at this rate.
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Fergie and Charlton don't have a vote though. It is Woody, Arnold and the Glazers. Obviously, the Glazers can decide whatever they want, or delegate the job to someone (the someone typically is Woody).
 
VJ1762 said:
question to norwegians here: Is his name pronounced as Ole or Ola? I seem to remember Ingrid addressing him as Ola in the fulham pre-match press conference.

Also, we should wait before giving him a new contract. Let us see out this season first. We must also assess other options in the summer.
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Ole. And it's closer to the Spanish Olè than the "Olly" English speakers are saying.

Solskjær isn't as hard to pronounce as many Brits make it sound either.
Sol= like Sol (Campbell) but pronounce the 'o' more like how you do in boot.
Skjær = pretty close to the English word "share". No k-sound.
 
#07 said:
On MUTV there is an open campaign for Ole to get the job.

MUTV would never be allowed to do this if there wasn't strong support from Ed Woodward.
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Haven't watched MUTV for a long time. Thanks for the information.

Really hoping your are right as it would make me very happy :D
 
VJ1762 said:
question to norwegians here: Is his name pronounced as Ole or Ola? I seem to remember Ingrid addressing him as Ola in the fulham pre-match press conference.

Also, we should wait before giving him a new contract. Let us see out this season first. We must also assess other options in the summer.
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Well, dane here, but it's a common name in Denmark as well. It's not Ola. It's Ole and the O is almost pronounced as if there were two or three of them. You can put it into Google translate and listen to the norwegian pronounciation if you'd like: https://translate.google.dk/?um=1&i...b#view=home&op=translate&sl=no&tl=da&text=ole.
 
VJ1762 said:
question to norwegians here: Is his name pronounced as Ole or Ola? I seem to remember Ingrid addressing him as Ola in the fulham pre-match press conference.

Also, we should wait before giving him a new contract. Let us see out this season first. We must also assess other options in the summer.
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Ool-a. Ingrid was spot on.
 
VJ1762 said:
Is his name pronounced as Ole or Ola? I seem to remember Ingrid addressing him as Ola in the fulham pre-match press conference.
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Grylte explains it pretty good. And if you replace the A-sound in "Share" with the A-sound from "Have", "Can" & "Thanks", it's pretty close to perfect.
 
VJ1762 said:
question to norwegians here: Is his name pronounced as Ole or Ola? I seem to remember Ingrid addressing him as Ola in the fulham pre-match press conference.

Also, we should wait before giving him a new contract. Let us see out this season first. We must also assess other options in the summer.
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Ole.

Ola is another name, and would sound strange with Gunnar after in my ears.

I also think we should wait until the summer, even though i want him for the job as badly as the next man.
 
Hmm, i would have waited assessed Solskjaer's suitability for the full time gig and maybe made a decision during the international break in March.
 
The thing that is most refreshing about Olen’s that he has established his first team almost immediately. It shows that he knows what he wants and has a real plan ahead
 
Revan said:
Fergie and Charlton don't have a vote though. It is Woody, Arnold and the Glazers. Obviously, the Glazers can decide whatever they want, or delegate the job to someone (the someone typically is Woody).
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Would be very surprised if the Glazier's don't take Fergie and Charlton's word, otherwise there wouldn't be much point in them being there.
 
crossy1686 said:
I think even if he wanted to, he would be entirely voted down by a majority of the board on this. Fergie and Charlton would obviously want Solskjaer, the Glazier's will look at the release clause of current candidates (Pochettino £40m, Solskjaer £8m, Zidane £0m but big wages) and they'll vote with that in mind and how the team is performing currently. There wouldn't literally only be Woody fighting Zidane's corner at this rate.
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You need to read up on our organisation. Fergie and Charlton has no formal say in who we appoint as our next manager. It’s purely a Glazer decision.
 
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