The guy that defeated (humiliated even) our greatest manager in two finals…

RedStarUnited

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Do you think if we had more compentent owners, they would have tried to get Pep in 2013 to replace Fergy? When I think about the trajectory of what City have gone on to do in the last decade, it all doesnt happen if Pep manages us in 2013. Even if he flops with us, it means he never goes on to manage Man City and their last few years are vastly different (Liverpool might have a few extra titles though).

Mind you in 2013, most United and PL fans thought possession heavy football was impossible in this league and that Peps greatness was largely due to the players at Barcelona. He wasn’t exactly the popular/obvious choice he is now. Id even say that if you run a poll back then between Ancelloti and Pep most fans would have wanted Carlo. You know, Prem proven and all that.

And yes before someone mentions it, I know City lured Txiki Begiristain in 2012 to lay the groundwork for Peps future arrival. But maybe even that also doesn't happen if we have a propper upper management team.
 
We had no succession plan after SAF's retirement.

That should have been the biggest red flag for our immediate outlook post-SAF.

I highly doubt Pep would have wanted to succeed SAF immediately. I think only Jose would have taken that job, but I could be way off.

I also don't think we could have lured Pep in without planning for him like City did.
 
Eddy_JukeZ said:
We had no succession plan after SAF's retirement.

That should have been the biggest red flag for our immediate outlook post-SAF.

I highly doubt Pep would have wanted to succeed SAF immediately. I think only Jose would have taken that job, but I could be way off.

I also don't think we could have lured Pep in without planning for him like City did.
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Assuming you mean the team was in bad shape and not that the pressure was high? Because he took over Bayern after they won a treble I think.
 
RedStarUnited said:
Assuming you mean the team was in bad shape and not that the pressure was high? Because he took over Bayern after they won a treble I think.
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I think he wouldn't want to follow in SAF's footsteps immediately. Just a personal opinion.

I don't think the comparison to Bayern is apt. The pressure of managing immediately after SAF can't be matched imo.
 
Jose was the man to replace Sir Alex, not David fecking Moyes. It was all downhill from there. Although you could say the rotten seed was sewn the day the Glazers took over the club. Fergie just delayed the inevitable while he was still managing us.
 
The writing was on the wall with the squad, club structure and ownership

Even if we went for Pep there's no way he would have come
 
Didn't Fergie take him out to dinner, but Pep had already agreed to join Bayern?

Though I'm pretty sure Fergie's said at various points that each of Moyes, Mourinho, Ancelotti and Pep were his first choice.
 
Fergie tried to convince him in their meeting in New York before he announced he was going to retire. Doubt it would've made a difference with the Glazers still around mind.
 
Fergie choosing Moyes as his replacement was rather costly, wasn't it. Just cannot imagine what on Earth the man was thinking.
 
UnofficialDevil said:
The fact that Moyes was Sir Alex's successor. What a clusterfeck.
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It honestly wasn't, and since leaving us, Moyes has once again demonstrated his ability to be a very competent manager. There was no way of knowing he couldn't hack it at a higher level, but IMO he was hugely deserving of the job when he got it and everyone in the world knew how big a task it would be, yet they deemed him up to it. it just went wrong, but it would probably have gone wrong for anyone.
 
This is why my caf is turning blue on my opera mini interweb browser.
 
wr8_utd said:
Fergie choosing Moyes as his replacement was rather costly, wasn't it. Just cannot imagine what on Earth the man was thinking.
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maybe he seen a manager that could win a european trophy like last season
 
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