Why are United fans so oblivious to importance of good managers?

[glazed]

We’ve been trending like 90s and 2000s Liverpool since Sir Alex retired. The similarities are scary and like the dippers with sourness and evans, we’re holding on to a romantic idea of the club that just doesn’t exist in reality anymore.

Exactly. Elite managers get to choose their next club. The idea that Old Trafford would be on their list is the delusion of fans who don't see the reality of how our club is actually run. We are in the tier below at best and a poisoned chalice at worst. Having Ole around hides that.

 

[EricIn93]

It's the fans you need to be asking that question to, it's the board mate.

This. I completely agree with the post but ultimately the owners and board are stuck on tradition and identity. Very nice, lovely and loyal, but we wont win anything until the manager is top level modern manager with big personality.

 

[devilish]

Ole is doing a lot of things that Top reds like. He's a club legend, whose hiring club legends as coaches, whose buying British talent and who playing the likes of McCleverley. When pressure gets too high he goes in full nostalgia path by quoting Sir Alex as if the old man would have accepted spending that shitloads of money and not getting anywhere near a top trophy. So you'll have a segment of fans who will always support Ole no matter what.

Ironically Sir Alex found the same resistance as well. I know of fans who started supporting United in the 60s and 70s who doesn't look kindly at him removing the pub club mentality. They just miss getting wasted with the likes of George Best.

 

[devilish]

Exactly. Elite managers get to choose their next club. The idea that Old Trafford would be on their list is the delusion of fans who don't see the reality of how our club is actually run. We are in the tier below at best and a poisoned chalice at worst. Having Ole around hides that.

Actually United is a dream coming true for most managers. Managing with barely any oversight whatsoever is what managers always wanted up until they actually get it and then they make a mess out of it.

 

[youmeletsfly]

Isn't it the same thing? You own a $4 billion football club and you don't understand football? That's because you put an accountant in charge whose performance targets are based on how much cash he sends you every month and nothing else. Said accountant sees little financial gain in finishing first instead of second third or fourth and quite a big cost to making the investment that makes such a winning outcome likely - given it means beating a rival that cares nothing for how much they spend. So he makes little effort to do so. It's that simple.

Klopp basically said that he didn't want the United job because we are not a football first club. There's every reason to think that's completely accurate. Any other elite level manager will think the same.

He's not the only one. Ancelotti didn't want to come, Pep didn't even get back to Sir Alex after they met for dinner, Allegri refused United in 2018/19 when he was still managing Juventus (but knew he was going to leave that season).

 

[Mr. MUJAC]

Ole is doing a lot of things that Top reds like. He's a club legend, whose hiring club legends as coaches, whose buying British talent and who playing the likes of McCleverley. When pressure gets too high he goes in full nostalgia path by quoting Sir Alex as if the old man would have accepted spending that shitloads of money and not getting anywhere near a top trophy. So you'll have a segment of fans who will always support Ole no matter what.

Ironically Sir Alex found the same resistance as well. I know of fans who started supporting United in the 60s and 70s who doesn't look kindly at him removing the pub club mentality. They just miss getting wasted with the likes of George Best.

Firstly, Ferguson DID spend shit loads of money at first and got nowhere. From 1986 to 1990 he bought Viv Anderson, Brian McClair, Mark Hughes, Steve Bruce, Jim Leighton, Mal Donaghy, Mike Phelan, Gary Pallister, Paul Ince, Danny Wallace, Neil Webb. That's a whole new team.

And there plenty of United fans from that period who knew that moving towards a more disciplined approach was necessary if we were going to really challenge for the league.

In addition, this 'pub club' mentality existed in 91 other clubs as well during that period. That was the culture at the time.

 

[devilish]

Firstly, Ferguson DID spend shit loads of money at first and got nowhere. From 1986 to 1990 he bought Viv Anderson, Brian McClair, Mark Hughes, Steve Bruce, Jim Leighton, Mal Donaghy, Mike Phelan, Gary Pallister, Paul Ince, Danny Wallace, Neil Webb. That's a whole new team.

And there plenty of United fans from that period who knew that moving towards a more disciplined approach was necessary if we were going to really challenge for the league.

In addition, this 'pub club' mentality existed in 91 other clubs as well during that period. That was the culture at the time.

Sir Alex found a disaster of a club, a sleeping giant who was happy to with just rising to occasion at times to ruin Liverpool success and go back to mediocrity and nostalgia soon after. It also had a severe alcohol problem at every level from youths to first team which meant that it had to be destroyed and rebuilt again. Its a very different situation to what Ole found. Actually I dare to say that in some aspects we're reverting to that level of complacency, with many fans happy to spend yet another trophyless season as long as we're 'heading to the right direction' and we're stocking with 'people who knows what Manchester United is all about' BS.

I agree with your second sentence. However I assure you that some weren't happy with the discipline and professionalism Sir Alex brought. I met with people whose fondest memories are getting totally wasted with the likes of George Best. Sir Alex ended that and I dare say he set the bar for other clubs to do the same, bringing EPL football out of the dark ages.

 

[gerdm07]

The problem I have with this thread is that many of you think a new manager will bring instant success. Yes, there are success stories about new managers coming in and winning a significant title, however, there are more stories of new managers winning nothing and leaving a club in 2 to 3 years. Nothing is guaranteed in sports. LVG and Mou are prime examples. There is no manager in the world who would have won a big title with the roster Ole had his first 2 years. We were not that good. We are much better right now, but the major problem right now is the midfield, not Ole. No one wins titles without a very good midfield.