I love it. This is exactly what our inexperienced bunch of coaches need. Carrick is the luckiest fecker alive to have seen the methods of Fergie, LvG, Mourinho and now Rangnick. That is an absolute education in so many different styles of football.
Ralf Rangnick | ex-interim manager | does anyone rate him?
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I love it. This is exactly what our inexperienced bunch of coaches need. Carrick is the luckiest fecker alive to have seen the methods of Fergie, LvG, Mourinho and now Rangnick. That is an absolute education in so many different styles of football.
Of course - Rangnick was highly influenced by Valeryi Lobanovskiy's football and later Arrigo Sacchi
Thanks for sharing.
‘Encouraging to know we are bringing in a team and there are already some pieces in place.
This is set up for an epic letdown! 
I'm extremely excited about it though. It seems like the first time we've actually made a good, forward-looking decision. But how likely is it that he's going to drastically change this team the way it's been hyped up in the media? We have a packed schedule, a group of players who are bang out of form, and hardly any time on the training field.
Not sure
I'm extremely excited about it though. It seems like the first time we've actually made a good, forward-looking decision. But how likely is it that he's going to drastically change this team the way it's been hyped up in the media? We have a packed schedule, a group of players who are bang out of form, and hardly any time on the training field.
Not sure
Understandable that you are not expecting any quick fixes but I am optimistic that him coming in will give us some structure that has an impact. Hoping for similar to Wenger when he first came to Arsenal, Tuchel last year, Flick with Bayern...we shall see.
This is set up for an epic letdown!
I'm extremely excited about it though. It seems like the first time we've actually made a good, forward-looking decision. But how likely is it that he's going to drastically change this team the way it's been hyped up in the media? We have a packed schedule, a group of players who are bang out of form, and hardly any time on the training field.
Not sure
The excitement is more about mid to long term than the next weeks or months. Without a preaseason there is little chance to see quick changes, even if the players understand instructions, athletically they are likely not prepared to sustain that style for long, it's similar to Klopp first season.
That's how I feel about it. I'm not expecting anything revolutionary in the next few weeks/months. I mean, it can't get any worse I suppose. If they just run more, I'd be over the moon!
But I do think there's going to be a few hasty judgments when things haven't changed THAT much over the next few weeks.
All I'm expecting over the next few months is to be better organised, have a decent shape and pattern of play.
I'm really interested in where we go over the next two years, hopefully this will see us develop a style of play and a transfer policy which instead of just buying for the sake of it but buying players to best fit into a tactical set up
I'm really interested in where we go over the next two years, hopefully this will see us develop a style of play and a transfer policy which instead of just buying for the sake of it but buying players to best fit into a tactical set up
I don't foresee a quick fix, but as things stand right now I would take an over the line top 4 finish if it meant we can see what's being built long term.This is set up for an epic letdown!
I'm extremely excited about it though. It seems like the first time we've actually made a good, forward-looking decision. But how likely is it that he's going to drastically change this team the way it's been hyped up in the media? We have a packed schedule, a group of players who are bang out of form, and hardly any time on the training field.
Not sure
Any cup would be a bonus.
Bitterness? He was asked questions about the appointment. Fairly apropos considering the history the two men share. Even then, he was rather complimentary in a roundabout way.
This is set up for an epic letdown!
I'm extremely excited about it though. It seems like the first time we've actually made a good, forward-looking decision. But how likely is it that he's going to drastically change this team the way it's been hyped up in the media? We have a packed schedule, a group of players who are bang out of form, and hardly any time on the training field.
Not sure
Yeah this. People need to temper their expectations. If United wanted a trophy winning interim then obviously they would have sought out Valverde for a few months. This exciting, and more well thought out plan, is focused on changing the club and it's culture. There's only Rangnick who could do an interim role and seemlessly move into a director style role allowing consistency and clarity which is what we've missed since SAF.
Exactly. What Klopp said was very positive for United and the appointment.
The Countdown Clock should have the TV show's theme music played as well. Ralf: "Ah, Phil Jones, what did you get?" Phil: "I got 7." Ralf: "7! So what is your word?" Phil: "Injured." Ralf: "But... there is no J in the puzzle."
Might have been posted before but this gives a better idea of what to expect than the Statman Dave video, although its explained through Ralph Hassnhüttl's time at Leipzig, after Rangnick was elevated to DoF.
Please be true!
need to make him DOF after we bring in a replacement. But he sounds prefer he can stay permanently if he wants to.
need to make him DOF after we bring in a replacement. But he sounds prefer he can stay permanently if he wants to.
I heard about Lars Kornetka as assistant. But I wonder if you have a stable job at Monaco as a sporting director why you would leave for a 6 months stint at united.
The thing that pleases me most about this appointment is that we now have a short-to-medium term plan to improve the football side of the club, for the first time since Fergie retired.
Obviously there is no guarantee it will work, but a plan is a wondrous thing after all the knee-jerk decisions we have endured.
Obviously there is no guarantee it will work, but a plan is a wondrous thing after all the knee-jerk decisions we have endured.
Kornetka isn't Monaco DoF; that's Paul Mitchell, who of course might be a person of interest for Man United.
He is currently working with Rangnick for the Lokomotive Moscow. He isn't working at Monaco and never have.
We already have a DOF, that's the person that brought him, Murtough.
Just read a long article in The Athletic on him, and Rangnick sounds like a savior in human form. This guy sounds like exactly what has been missing at OT since Fergie left. We have been wondering since Ole was appointed how much influence a coach had on the players, and I think we are about to see that the correct answer is a massive amount of influence. The glue that binds the players together into a team has been absent this season, and Rangnick will instruct them on what to do and where to be, so we will finally play as a team and not a bunch of assclowns and individuals.
(Unless we get mauled by Chelsea, that is.)
(Unless we get mauled by Chelsea, that is.)
That’s true. Ronaldo will be desperate to be getting more chances for us. Living on scraps so far
I’ve only seen details around Rangnick’s pressing play so far. Anyone know what his preferred formation is?
To be fair unlike most of our players, Pogba trained under someone like Conte who is considerably more demanding than any manager they have had.
Seems like if he does extremely well in the coaching role for us he won’t mind going full-time.
I think OGS did admirably after the mess he was left. He took us as far as he could…and after his time was served, it’s still difficult to understand what we, as a team, we’re trying to do at times.
I don’t have any doubt that after 3,4,5 weeks with RR, it’ll be abundantly clear to see patterns of play and his vision clearly evident. It might go horribly wrong at times but we’ll still be able to see a direction, a focus
I don’t have any doubt that after 3,4,5 weeks with RR, it’ll be abundantly clear to see patterns of play and his vision clearly evident. It might go horribly wrong at times but we’ll still be able to see a direction, a focus
With this much exposure to managerial greats will we see Carrick morhp into Superman(ager) and conduct the game from the sideline with nothing but a conductors staff and three cones on the pitch?
The players are pissed? Oh boo hoo maybe now they'll have to work. Does anyone else find it incredibly annoying that the players feel entitled to be annoyed about this? They should be concentrating on their game not throwing tantrums because they weren't consulted about the new interim manager, the dressing room needs sorting big time, get rid of these personalities who think they are entitled everything
In fact he did something rather unusual when he took over Leipzig in 2018. The season before under Hasenhüttl had been just a wild ride: They scored a lot but conceded almost as much and finished only 6th in the league. So when Rangnick took over he announced that he wanted to improve the defense foremost, and he did: They had the best defense in the league, conceded the least goals, and finished third. Important to mention: As a byproduct they also scored more than the year before. He simply knows what he's doing.
Ronaldo's agent would have been leaking like a sieve and spinning like a top. He knows what's coming...
Nice post. The bolded bit is the most exciting. They’ve picked up cheap players from fringe leagues for relative peanuts. Their methods can definitely spot a player ready to step up. I suppose the jump from that to United is pretty big but I’m excited to see what they can cook up. Even if we have a lot more first team squad players out on loan. It’s a good approach that can make us money to hopefully reinvest in the starting squad. Player recruitment should be a major way to make money and I feel like we’ve been missing a trick big time. We can make good money like that. We can also free up millions by slashing the bloated fringe wage and replacing them with cheaper younger unknown and hungrier players. It’s a win win. Far more interesting as a fan to watch someone like Szobozlai develop than pay Matic Lingard and Mata a fortune to do almost nothing.
I can't follow it word for word until the 'hit back' part, but from what I'm hearing: 'We can talk all we want and the others can talk all they want - just do it'. Turns off the lights. 'Get out!' Turns the lights back on. 'I want to see outside what [...] is, I want there outside [...]. Hit back with everything you have, cause where we want to go, you get nothing for free! Nowhere! So now go outside and GET what you want!'
From what I've read, the intensity of your previous session is what you bring into your next. That's why it's important that your final training (and preferably as many as possible) is at full match intensity, so that this becomes your body's and mind's standard mode of operating, and that's how you start the game. Otherwise, you'll spend the first bit of the game gearing into the required intensity - which is why I suspect that training sessions under Ole likely weren't very intense. (Given everybody always commenting on United's lethargic starts.)
I do think non-intense training is common though, based on the idea that you don't want to injure or overstretch players outside matches. But so from my understanding, it's misguided.
That sounds very sensible and very promising for the long term.
From Monday, I’m sure some of them won’t know what has just hit them. An actual proper hard working training session rather than posing for selfies together and playing piggy in the middle for a laugh.
Thanks for the translation. I remember Jesse Marsch's similar video when he was at Slazburg (IIRC)
"A little bit of pressing? Come on, what does it even mean? Little bit of pressing, is like little bit of pregnant. You are either pregnant or not." Our players will have to play out of their skins with 100% concentration all the time. What a time to be alive.
Mendes according to reports was trying to influence the board to appoint one of his clients.
Apparently i read a report that Ronaldo actually approved, so I don't think it's him that's upset at all, he's a professional after all, I can guarantee I know some of the players who would complain though
The difference between the players we have now and say the class of 92 that broght this club so much success. Prima donas these days, name on the back is more important than the name on the badge. Scholeys and the bunch would of run through walls for Rangnick and been happy with it.
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