Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | W15 D2 L4

Is Ole a good appointment?

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Also I remember when he took the Cardiff job that he was taking it so he could work his way to the man utd job.

Funny how life has its twists and turns. He got what he wanted but in a different way.
 
I think I'll have to go with the alternative "I love Ole more than I could love my own child".
My one-year old son is named Ole Gunnar ,so I guess it fits anyway. :D
 
Anyone know what formation he mainley used at molde
 
Love Ole but his record while managing Cardiff was abysmal and I mean truly awful.

He has better quality available here though and It’s only interim so I Hope he does well.
 
Camy89 said:
Stop getting your knickers in a twist about United getting relegated. That’s not going to happen for Christ sake.

Enjoy the ride. The slightly unexpected ride, but enjoy it nonetheless. The style of football can’t get any worse.
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A few losses later I wonder where your knickers will be
 
I have no idea how this will go and am saddened by the turmoil of the club. But every time i think of ole gunnar solskjaer- the baby faced assassin- managing united, i cant stop smiling. I hope he absolutely nails it.
 
All 3 United said:
Well he finished in 6th with whatever they’re called in Norway in 2014 and hasn’t won anything since returning in 2015. This is the best we can get as interim manager? You seriously couldn’t write this. If this was Liverpool appointing Gerard as manager we would all be laughing our socks off !
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I get that you don't think that achievements in the Norwegian league matter, that's fair enough, but why ruin your own arguments by lying about and distorting what he's actually done? He's finished 1st, 1st, 6th, 5th, 2nd and 2nd for Molde. The one season you seem to think is of importance, they at least won the cup, and he thus again brought them to Europe. This on the back of losing four of the key players from the previous season. (The next season, without him, they won the double, so he didn't exactly leave a shambles when he went to Cardiff.)
 
I have a weird feeling he'll do surprisingly well, leading to a prolonged debate in the summer as to whether he should be appointed permanently or not.
 
This season is a write off. The most important thing now is we get the DoF in early and start planning for the future and next transfer window.

What we most need from the caretaker is that he gets the club, works in line with that, leverages whatever knowhow and good advice is still available (SAF, Sir Bobby, tealady) and has the club's best interest at heart even if at his own detriment while a better setup is being put in place. I.e. you don't want someone trying to patch things up and working to retain the job permanently at the exclusion of everything else.

Can't think of anyone I would trust more than Ole for that gig.
 
I hope he improves our strikers with their identifying of space, presence near them and their finishing as well.

Knows the United way, have attacking principles, popular with fans and the board, though it's a huge ask for him to guide us to top 4 which is a tough challenge I believe. I hope he breaks the shackles like zidane managed to do in madrid but also hope he knows when to be cautious in the approach.

Exited, let's do this. Believe.
 
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I don't need top 4. I just need attacking football. I want all our players to play at their potential we all know they are capable of.
 
antohan said:
Thos season is a write off. The most important thing now is we get the DoF in early and start planning for the future and next transfer window.

What we most need from the caretaker is that he gets the club, works in line with that, leverages whatever knowhow and good advice is still available (SAF, Sir Bobby, tealady) and has the club's best interest at heart even if at his own detriment while a better setup is being put in place. I.e. you don't want someone trying to patch things up and working to retain the job permanently at the exclusion of everything else.

Can't think of anyone I would trust more than Ole for that gig.
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I don't like to think this season is a write off. Its only December.
 
I absolutely love the guy and what he has done for the club however managerial wise I have not been impressed. His time at Cardiff was really bad but the positive thing is he knows this club inside out and is fully aware of what will be demanded from him. I really hope things goes well for him because if things go bad I'll feel terrible for him as he is the first person we have appointed post Fergie era that I actually love.
 
Rozay said:
How could I possibly tell you that, from my bedroom in East London?

I am confident that if Solskjaer has spent his career elsewhere, and was judged on his merits as a manager, Manchester United would not struggle to get a more qualified manager than him, interim or not. Chelsea have managed to get Hiddink, Benitez and Grant in similar circumstances. If I had said yesterday we should sack Jose and get Ole in I can only imagine the reaction.
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They also had Di Matteo who was sacked from WBA but Ofcourse that wouldn't fit your post so you missed it.
 
Can’t really see this going wrong as most of you are scared of. When we play anything POSITIVE it looks like we can play with any team in the league. When we sit back , that’s when we get slapped around.
 
Patrick08 said:
I don't like to think this season is a write off. Its only December.
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Will be happy to be surprised... so long as it isn't all a mirage/papering over the cracks and leading to yet more wrong decisions/priorities.
 
ken11 said:
I don't need top 4. I just need attacking football. I want all our players to play at their potential we all know they are capable of.
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Yeah man, I hear you. Already witnessed my club winning all the possible trophies there are. What's wrong with some beautiful, mesmerizing football?

Even if there aren't many (if any) trophies won, I'd still be glad watching my side dominate games, with the players playing their hearts out.

It's been a while..
 
ken11 said:
I don't need top 4. I just need attacking football. I want all our players to play at their potential we all know they are capable of.
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Same - just hearing that Ole is going to be in charge has made me happier than United have made me in ages. If we can just play some good football, I'll be happy.
 
ken11 said:
I don't need top 4. I just need attacking football. I want all our players to play at their potential we all know they are capable of.
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Well we will see. I don't understand how we can suddenly play attacking football when we can't win the ball back quickly and can't string few passes together. 3 managers later and still no attacking football in sight.
 
fen4e said:
Yeah man, I hear you. Already witnessed my club winning all the possible trophies there are. What's wrong with some beautiful, mesmerizing football?

Even if there aren't many (if any) trophies won, I'd still be glad watching my side dominate games, with the players playing their hearts out.

It's been a while..
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Exactly. We've seen them win so much already and trophies aren't everything. All I ask is for players to work their asses off and play with passion. If they lose, it's ok, because that's football. But they can hold their heads high and we can applaud them proudly.
 
Listar said:
Well we will see. I don't understand how we can suddenly play attacking football when we can't win the ball back quickly and can't string few passes together. 3 managers later and still no attacking football in sight.
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We have Herrera fred who can press and win it back quickly, sanchez can press, if matic is made to press as well, he could find some form rather than having to sitting back and dropping deep. We can win the ball quickly in central areas. Let's see how we make use of the ball under ole.
 
KM said:
They also had Di Matteo who was sacked from WBA but Ofcourse that wouldn't fit your post so you missed it.
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Exactly. And what Di Matteo did was pretty much not care about keeping the job or being the big man or overcomplicating things.

Suddenly the players were solely responsible for performances and they reverted to type/memory and played the way that was hardwired into them and always got them results. In fairness to José, that CL win was probably more his doing than anyone else's. You could see Drogba's goal coming a mile away, before the corner kick.

Only problem in all that is I don't think our current squad has anything at all hardwired into them. Nothing coherent at least. That's where OGS will have his work cut out.
 
We are so relieved and happy I can imagine the players being up for it too
 
fen4e said:
Yeah man, I hear you. Already witnessed my club winning all the possible trophies there are. What's wrong with some beautiful, mesmerizing football?

Even if there aren't many (if any) trophies won, I'd still be glad watching my side dominate games, with the players playing their hearts out.

It's been a while..
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Can't see us getting beautiful football for awhile. We're a broken team now who have been mismanaged. It'll take time to get our football back on track IMO. What we can do is take important steps. Like start matching the running of other teams. Start pressing properly. Start playing some interesting attacking football albiet not Champaign stuff. Start developing players well.

Basically let's head in the right direction. You dont go from shit to brilliant overnight. But you can change course. That's the best we can hope for this season.
 
Patrick08 said:
We have Herrera fred who can press and win it back quickly, sanchez can press, if matic is made to press as well, he could find some form rather than having to sitting back and dropping deep. We can win the ball quickly in central areas. Let's see how we make use of the ball under ole.
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I've seen matic press and I am not impressed. There is 50% chance he will get bypassed and only 10% chance he wins the ball. And then he passes back to the defender.
 
amolbhatia50k said:
Can't see us getting beautiful football for awhile. We're a broken team now who have been mismanaged. It'll take time to get our football back on track IMO. What we can do is take important steps. Like start matching the running of other teams. Start pressing properly. Start playing some interesting attacking football albiet not Champaign stuff. Start developing players well.

Basically let's head in the right direction. You dont go from shit to brilliant overnight. But you can change course. That's the best we can hope for this season.
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With an exception of benetez zidane case. Let's hope ole really gets these players.
 
I hope it goes well but I'm a bit uneasy about it. The team isn't suddenly going to change their ways overnight. It'll take a while and in the meantime he's got to get results against managers with more experience, even at the smaller clubs. Of course we've got better players than most, but that hasn't meant a whole lot until now. But it's probably just me over thinking things. If we win the first three games, then no worries.
 
Ole has always seemed like a very warm and charming person, I'm pretty sure the players will love him. Given that the season is already fecked, cheering the squad up a bit and instilling some confidence for next time around is about all we can realistically hope for.
 
bond19821982 said:
Dalgish wasn't an interim manager.

This is a win win for everyone .
He is a success and our season will end well.
He is a failure and we will never hear about these emotional appointments ever again.
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This.
Negan said:
So we should give the job to anyone who does poor with a shit team then? Why not John Carver then. I mean managing Newcastle isn’t the same as managing United!... Right? :rolleyes:

Except it’s not fecking over. We’re SIXTH. We can still come fourth. We’re still in the Champions League and we still have the FA Cup. Do you honestly see us getting ANY of those things under fecking Solskjaer? Mourinho beat Juventus. There was a chance we could have gotten the win over PSG under him. There’s ZERO chance now. Solskjaer is a laughable choice and the rival fans must be laughing their bollocks off

Insightful. I bet you were all for the appointment of Moyesy aswell. Excuse me for realistic and not being blindly optimistic.

Keane at least LOOKS the part and has a charisma and confidence about him. Solskjaer will be like a deer in the headlights as United manager. He looked out of his depth at CARDIFF ffs. But he scored that one goal so I suppose it’s okay if he has us sitting in 15th by the end of the season... I mean he’s only interim right? Then we can give about 50m for a guy who’s never won a trophy in his life. That’s the plan, right?

Yeah I can really see this ending well.
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I agree with the notion that Mourinho maybe even could have won the CL this year, I mean if anyone could pull that off unexpectedly. So say we won CL, it would have been great but Mourinho would still have had to leave? It became toxic instead of competitive and professional, maybe not only his fault but he is who he is. If we're lucky, then changing the whole atmosphere could have more of an immediate positive effect on the team, something Mourinho ultimately became totally incapable of.

I agree that appointing Solskjaer would be a disaster if it was just a cheap option and trick to get everyone happy fast so the pressure on the likes of Woodward taper off, and they can keep doing the same stupid shit. However, I don't think that is whats going on here. We clearly has a manager lined up for the summer and wanted to fire Mourinho to move on from him early, and maybe even do a couple of transfers in January for the next man, on the hush. At least I hope we actually try to change our ways. If we miss out on a CL for the longterm benefits of restructuring and have an easy going manager while we do some changes, then fine!

As an interim manager he isn't much different, but just a better alternative than Carrick and Mckenna to take over, because he comes from the outside and hasn't been a part of the toxicity. I can understand and share your frustrations, but I also think you deserve to not be so bitter about this, relax and hope for the best until the summer. Have some fun.
 
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Great appointment. It’s an absolutely low risk way of testing the waters with a ‘non-experienced’ manager. Doesn’t do well? Well that’s okay, we’ll have made a much more weighted decision in the full time replacement. Rocks our world and reignites the ole flame in all of us? Get in, super sub strikes again. Full time he stays
 
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