Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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He's clearly out of ideas but not like he's got much of a choice. I am sure Rashford won't play if we had options.
You're completely delusional if you think that.
Ralf would not get another Premier League job on the back of the job he's done so far.
Any of the other interim candidates would have done a much better job.
Favre, Fonseca, Garcia and Valverde would have all had us playing much better football and getting results.
The results might be more acceptable if there were signs of progress and there were a few decent performances, but he isn't getting a tune out of these players at all.
No not really. He ran in behind a lot more than Pogba and yet was offside less as well. But the performance was a shambles from start to finish, that's not Rashford's fault is it given he didn't start?
I would certainly say it has been a disappointment, even taking into account the unexpected loss of Greenwood.
But then there was always a fair chance of it being a disappointment given he was an average manager temporarily taking over a very flawed squad in an emergency. Once the season went off the rails and we were in a position with no permanent manager to hire, we were already in a hole.
Not like I think Rangnick has done much worse than any of the other interim options would have and that's all you can really judge him against. Not his fault he isn't good enough to be a United manager or that we were in a state where we had to temporarily employ someone who wasn't good enough to be a United manager (which was the case with all the interim options we were linked with). I just hope we get some benefit from the club listening to his bigger picture assessment of our problems, which has been pretty accurate, as well as the time having him here bought us in indentifying the right permanent choice.
If I could fast-forward to the end of the season, I would. What a pile of shite this one has been, from almost the very start.
But then there was always a fair chance of it being a disappointment given he was an average manager temporarily taking over a very flawed squad in an emergency. Once the season went off the rails and we were in a position with no permanent manager to hire, we were already in a hole.
Not like I think Rangnick has done much worse than any of the other interim options would have and that's all you can really judge him against. Not his fault he isn't good enough to be a United manager or that we were in a state where we had to temporarily employ someone who wasn't good enough to be a United manager (which was the case with all the interim options we were linked with). I just hope we get some benefit from the club listening to his bigger picture assessment of our problems, which has been pretty accurate, as well as the time having him here bought us in indentifying the right permanent choice.
If I could fast-forward to the end of the season, I would. What a pile of shite this one has been, from almost the very start.
Because our first two strikers are injured and the kid that everyone thought was going to play there is a cnut.
Ralph didn’t sign anyone so what is this in about
Lots of angry people absolving our dreadful players at his expense.
He got it wrong today. Play someone as a conventional striker. Rashford or even Elanga could have been asked to play that role today.
And people actually wanted him as a permanent manager at one point ? Feck me.
I certainly won’t miss this and I doubt he will either.
A lot of questionable decisions from RR but I can't look beyond the players. They are the biggest problem
Has an interim manager ever been sacked and replaced with another interim manager?
No don’t be daft. It’s Rashford’s fault, even though Elanga did nothing, Sancho was a mess, Pogba and McTominay contributed nothing, Varane looked broken. Rashford is supposed to come onto the pitch low on confidence and suddenly make the difference, otherwise he’s the problem.
He is not good enough to change things around. Not surprising.
Next season will be the same, people think the next manager will suddenly turn these players around are in for a surprise. Outside of Pep and Klopp, no current manager could get these players moving.
Next season will be the same, people think the next manager will suddenly turn these players around are in for a surprise. Outside of Pep and Klopp, no current manager could get these players moving.
Wish we had hired an interim who could polish a turd and make it look like a diamond
Ralf ain't that dude - but he sounds intelligent, right?
Have to wait till he goes upstairs and we move on, with a new team too (hopefully)
Ralf ain't that dude - but he sounds intelligent, right?
Have to wait till he goes upstairs and we move on, with a new team too (hopefully)
It would have been difficult for Ole to have done worse by this point. The only benefit is that we aren't in a will they/won't they sack him situation at the end of the season.
It should’ve been obvious that the Lokomotiv Moscow director of football who’s managed one top flight season in the last decade and managed a total of zero big clubs in his entire career would have been a bad appointment. Baffling how this is how we followed up appointing the ex Molde and Cardiff manager, they have to be the 2 strangest managerial appointments ever.
He’s not the best manager out there but I have to admit that he was also dealt a very bad hand when he signed. A divided dressing room, some players who had already checked out, while others used to be spoiled. Coupled with not being allowed to bring in a single signing in January, not even a relatively cheap one. The club hierarchy wanted to write the season off, and they got what they wanted. Congrats to them.
If Garcia or Favre would take the job for the last 8 games, I'd 100% sack him now.
We aren't getting top 4 with Rangnick in charge so it's time to roll the dice.
- United fans want us to play a modern style
- United fans also want Rangnick to be our permanent manager
Luckily it never seemed to cross the club's mind.
They couldn't either. They'd either sell most of them or not put themselves in that position in the first place.
As said several times before, he has been a failure as interim manager.
Time almost runs out. If we still want to try to finish in the top four, we should fire him and reinstall Carrick as interim manager. But, it won’t happen.
So, we should just accept the season is over and look forward to the next season.
Time almost runs out. If we still want to try to finish in the top four, we should fire him and reinstall Carrick as interim manager. But, it won’t happen.
So, we should just accept the season is over and look forward to the next season.
Still think he just doesn't fully understand understand the PL and the demands of the game here.
I can see why is no longer a coach and hasn't been one for a long time now. Football has moved on since he last coached.
I can see why is no longer a coach and hasn't been one for a long time now. Football has moved on since he last coached.
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For the excitement behind the hire and his press conferences, results remain shit.
It's a big ask, but all the hype gave me hope he might somehow pull it off. Though was a bit sceptical why a top manager was working as a DOF in Russia
It's a big ask, but all the hype gave me hope he might somehow pull it off. Though was a bit sceptical why a top manager was working as a DOF in Russia
A terrible appointment. I can fully see why he has never managed a top team before.
Not much he can do. The squad is just atrocious. Cavani injured all the time. Ronaldo gone now too. Rashford is a footballing calamity. Elanga too green to have a serious go in the first team. Bruno just can't pass the ball to save his life. Pogba long since checked out. Shaw being Shaw. The defense is completely unbalanced. I don't think even Klopp can get a tune out of this lot. Half of this squad needs to be gone before first whistle next season and hungry players brought in.
I don’t think Carrick wanted to stay as he resigned in the end. Also, out of respect to Ole, he would not have stayed because him, McKenna and Phelan were equally responsible for the failure at the end of Ole’s tenure. It wouldn’t have been fair for only Ole to lose his job and bear sole responsibility of the fiasco. They were a management team.
I gave him time but no he has been rubbish. He either had to get everyone on board and adapt to his style of play or he had to get the best out of the players qualities and he has done neither.
Perhaps he doesn't have the players he needs but I have not seen much sign of improvement in our style of play.
He's been shite.
It's almost impressive how every single decision we make turns out to be a load of crap.
It's almost impressive how every single decision we make turns out to be a load of crap.
People like you would just moan about something else.
Just awful manager. He makes our squad look much worse than it is.
One thing I would say is that some of the framing when he took the job (primarily that he was going to come in and modernise us with his pressing football) was rather funny given it's over a decade since Klopp came to prominence at Dortmund. The idea that something that has been pretty much standard for top level football for that long would be crazily innovative for us says a lot about the mess we are in.
I'm not sure if we can actually blame him that much for the state we are in. He came in midway through the season and instilled some semblance of structure, and had some rotten luck such as Greenwood derailing the forward options, Cavani transforming into Louis Saha on the treatment table, Rashford's sudden deterioration, and players otherwise checking out. I don't know if any other interim manager would have done a lot better.
The players know there's nothing to play for and most of them play like it. The fans know it too.
The players know there's nothing to play for and most of them play like it. The fans know it too.
Club really feels rotten it\s sad times, you have to view his job in that context. Why are we there just dishing out superstar contracts left right and centre, it's like watching any successful brand go bust. Brand just got to a place where it sells itself and massive complacency and parasitic owners took over. You start wondering where it ends, let's pray ETH can sort this shit show out, what a job he will have on his hands.
I’m struggling to understand why (Lingard) he’s in the match day squad when in games like this we aren’t going to use him? Seems bizarre.
Elanga and Sancho were poor second half and Lingard should have come on. If you’re not going to use him why not give a spot to one of the young players? Seems odd.
Put this in the Lingard thread but guess it fits better here. Can’t understand the logic.
Elanga and Sancho were poor second half and Lingard should have come on. If you’re not going to use him why not give a spot to one of the young players? Seems odd.
Put this in the Lingard thread but guess it fits better here. Can’t understand the logic.
Have you forgot we got hammered left right under Ole last few games (Watford who is on 18th place ripped us apart) ? We would have lost by 2 goals at least if he was managing us today
There is nothing else to moan about that position. I was never in Dalot's camp. And it was pretty obvious to see why.
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