Yeah, I didn't think about it the first time, but Oldham is in Greater Manchester, and maybe he can take Scholes with him as assistant, since he's an Oldham fan as I remember it.
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Yeah, I didn't think about it the first time, but Oldham is in Greater Manchester, and maybe he can take Scholes with him as assistant, since he's an Oldham fan as I remember it.
Jesus him and Moyes must have really not got on. All it takes is a minor note to say thanks for his time (not that I particular like Moyes at all). Maybe the stories of Giggs mentally checking out during that season (as a coach) are true.
Thanks for the memories. Wishing best of luck in whatever path he is taking.
Shifted out of the door with little fanfare, gotten his contribution to the international stage embarrassed by Bale, rendered him a bit bart player in Wales football history. Gotta feel for him, or not.
Hopefully he'll say something about it tonight if he's in the studio again.
After all, it was Moyes who gave him his first job in coaching albeit as player coach.
Yeah all those Premier Leagues, FA Cups, two champions leagues, individual honours and playing in the best period of Manchester United's history for more than 20 years are now irrelevant.
It does seem like Giggsy has just walked out of the back door into the shadows.. he deserves better than that.
You'd think he was dead with how some of you are moping.
He'll be back on TV. He'll hopefully get a managerial job soon.
He'll be back on TV. He'll hopefully get a managerial job soon.
It's entirely his own fault he's a bit part player in Wales' football history. 64 caps over a 16 year career is rubbish when he easily would be the first name on the team sheet and constantly pulling out with suspect injuries just to make the next club game is shady. Contrary to popular opinion the Wales side of those years weren't too bad.
Brilliant Utd player nonetheless. The poster boy of wing wizardry as a youngster. I don't recall a teenager making such big waves as he did in that manner. Reinvented himself as a good forward thinking midfielder when needed and a testament to his talent that he held his own in big games.
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Always a shame for a United legend to go but can't help but feel this is for the best for both parties. United want Giggs to be a future manager but can't justify it when he doesn't have enough experience and Giggs wants the job too. By stepping aside he can start to forge his own path and if he does turn out to be a top manager then I'm sure the United job will be there for him.
Best of luck to him and hope he succeeds in his next job. Obviously not at our expense.
Best of luck to him and hope he succeeds in his next job. Obviously not at our expense.
It's fine, no need for fake thanks.
After all Moyes didn't even bother thanking his players in his statement when he left us.
Then the official United statement also thanked Moyes just for his hard work because really there's nothing else to thank him for. And hard work should be there anyway on top of the talent, no one should be thanked actually for hard work alone, as that's the least one is expected to do when earning several millions a year.
Legend. He is one of the big reasons I became a United supporter. Given so much pleasure and joy down the years.
Attempts at belittling him by some in this forum makes me want to throw up. Sometimes I do wonder: is this really a Manchester United fan forum?
Good luck for whatever you do, Ryan Giggs.
Attempts at belittling him by some in this forum makes me want to throw up. Sometimes I do wonder: is this really a Manchester United fan forum?
Good luck for whatever you do, Ryan Giggs.
Maybe you need to change your skirt.
That statement by Moyes showed what a petty little man he is.
LVG also said:
- his philosophy was an attacking one
- that we would compete for the title in his first season
- then when that failed, we would compete for title in his second season
- then when that failed, that we are not a title contending team and that we need to stop living in the past and revise our expectations
- and 4th place is our target, from now on
- after spending £250M in 2 seasons (more money than any other club had spent during that period) that 4th/5th place was not a failure and perfectly acceptable
- that he was desperate to have a player who could unlock defences with a bit of magic...when around the same time he sold Di Maria
LVG said a lot of ridiculous things. The fact that he said R.Giggs (who has no prior experience in management) would take over at MUFC manager in 2017, was just another ridiculous thing he said.
I think it's great that we have a complete change to the MUFC management, for what will hopefully be a fresh start.
And regards Giggs: good luck to him. I wish him all the best in his career and hope he makes a success of that.
That's pretty much what I think happened.
Why would he want to thank Moyes if he felt Moyes didn't contribute much to his career? He felt SAF and LVG were helpful and he thanked them, he didn't think Moyes was, and he excluded him. Good for him.
Sad to see him leave, but it was time.
He can come back when he proves his management ability. Other than that he's too big of a risk.
He can come back when he proves his management ability. Other than that he's too big of a risk.
There is no way on earth the thought didn't cross his mind though. That's the point. It's piss easy to just put his name in there but he chose not to.
It's not hugely dramatic but to me it suggests Moyes was far from Giggs' cup of tea, as they say.
His stock seems to have fallen as quickly as Keano's... Great player for United, should've moved away from the club, his comfort zone, a few years ago.
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How can you know that though? Let's reserve judgement until he actually manage a few games.
agree. If he had been serious about management, either be an assistant elswhere or just take the manager's job at a smaller club.
Huge decision on the right club to manage first now.
Right time to leave for certain. It was getting farcical just seeing him sat there looking glum barely communicating with the manager.
Right time to leave for certain. It was getting farcical just seeing him sat there looking glum barely communicating with the manager.
He worked under 2 guys with monumental records, so referenced them. It'd be a bit embarrassing to then add "also thanks to Moyesie, who erm...was good in a mediocre way for years"
Brings back memories of their combo in that run to the final of the European cup circa 2010/11
Lots and lots of stories about Giggs not even showing up for training sessions due to his dislike of Moyes...
Can't blame him tbf.
Can't blame him tbf.
He has followed him.
Best of luck in the future,hope he returns to us as great manager.Legend.Even tho some posts and attitude towards him here were classless to say at least.
When the dirty washing came out it was supposedly Giggs saying 'whats the point, he doesn't listen to anything' etc. Think it got to the stage they wouldn't sit next to each other on the bench anymore
Good luck Ryan. One of the players who epitomized United for ne since I started following the club.
What a servant to the club. He joined as a kid back when it was Jesper Olsen running down the wing, and I was just 17. Now I'm 46 and he's leaving us finally. Sad, but the right decision.
Time flies. I remember when he burst on the scene, and he was being compared to George Best, and George was so excited about him singing his praises on match of the day.
I really wish him all the best, and part of me wishes he was given a shot at the Utd job!
Time flies. I remember when he burst on the scene, and he was being compared to George Best, and George was so excited about him singing his praises on match of the day.
I really wish him all the best, and part of me wishes he was given a shot at the Utd job!
A United legend and one of the best wingers I've seen in my lifetime, also a pretty good CM in his latter years. Definitely the right time to make his own way into management though in my view, and I hope he starts in the Championship and does an Eddie Howe, the PL is utter madness right now with the money flying around and not an ideal environment for a first job.
I think he stayed two years too long. He should have moved on as soon as he retired from playing. The club was going through the biggest change for 27 odd years and it was never going to go right. His playing status is untarnished, but I can't help feeling the last three years have damaged his immediate memory, which is unfortunate considering his contribution to this club. However I do think in years to come the memories of his role as assistant manager will diminish and it will be his legend as a player that will grow and take precedent of those memories of him.
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Love Giggsy but his Tommy Doc/Russell Brand type love life have made him a toxic option to be the manager at a 2 billion! £ club.
I ,sincerely, believe it has impacted him professionally.*
*His sense of entitlement is baffling too, surely that goes against everything Fergie instilled in him?
I ,sincerely, believe it has impacted him professionally.*
*His sense of entitlement is baffling too, surely that goes against everything Fergie instilled in him?
Giggs was my favorite player when I started supporting United as a kid around 1991. All the best to you Ryan I hope you forge a career in management. But still I think that as good as he was as a player he will not become a really top tier manager. He lacks in leadership an charisma for really top tier management.
I agree. I also think that fan's feelings about Ryan, that negativity about his personal life and his role as Assistant Manager, is kind of reflected that the most loyal and arguably the most influential and skillful player United has had for decades only has 46 pages as a tribute! However, maybe I'm just being cynical.
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