José did too.
I’m asking what qualities he was, that others who failed don’t?
- winning trophies isn’t a quality, it’s a result
- José was a master tactician
- Ole was (for a time) a good man manager
- LvG had club and international experience
- José was great at getting players to run through walls for him
- LvG got multiple teams to play his way
- ETH got Ajax on a great CL run with a ridiculous GD over the season
- Some of the managers were good coaches
- some were strict disciplinarians
- so were nice and cushy with the players
- some got the players to play a strict style of play
- some got players to express themselves more
All of them have, thus far, failed.
So what would Tuchel bring that’s different, that would make him a success where others failed?
First of all no manager will succeed at United unless we get our backroom staff in order. That mean better fitness people, better negotiators, better sporting director, better technical director, better CEO and better communication from top to bottom. Secondly while I don't deny that the manager is indeed a problem its pretty evident that we have some serious attitude problems within the squad. These things are something we have to take in serious account
Now let's analyze the managers we had since SAF retired. Moyes was the EPL proven manager. Unfortunately he never worked at top club level and by the time he joined United his tactics were already becoming dated. LVG replaced him. He was Woodward's version of top manager. Again by the time LVG signed for us his tactics were already dated having been previously sacked at Barca and Bayern. LVG saddled us with some unsuited players such as tiny Blind, Rojo, Depay and co. Then Mou came. He was considered as the EPL proven winner. Again by the time Mou signed for us his best years were already behind him. Then we went for the former player, the Ole and the wheel. Ole had 1 EPL experience as a manager that went horribly and proven to be completely out of depth. Finally we went for one of the most promising manager at the time in ETH. Similarly to LVG he had no idea how the EPL works and the Eredivisie invasion returned.
As said no manager will ever succeed unless we sort the football side of the club. We can't go for a 30m rated winger only to spend 80m for him. Now assuming that's sorted then what do we need? In my opinion we need
a- someone who already worked in a difficult environment. That would help him navigate at this club
b- someone who had worked with big names. If those big players happen to be ours then the better. He'll know whom to trust and whom not, who should be shown the door and whose not
c- he understand the EPL, its physicality, its ridiculous high tempo and its culture. No more CMs made up of 1 DM with two no 10s, no more 5ft10 CBs etc
d- his tactics needs to be modern and effective.
I can only think of one man that fits the bill ie Mckenna. He had previously worked with United, he understands the EPL, he knows exactly whom to trust having seen not 1 but 2 managers being backstabbed by their squad and his tactics at Ipswich are off the charts and can fit our current team quite well. If this is set to become a head coach job than Mckenna is perfect for it