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Solskjaer United Manager
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The binman chronicles
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Curse of the caretaker turned permanent manager strikes again.
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Big Fat Sam
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He won't get afforded too many bad performances like that, that's for sure. Bad bad day at the office.
mmmmsnouts
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Kind of hard to blame a nailed on red card and a wacky own goal on the manager but sure, go ahead
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
It's a bit more than today, when he first came in they were smacking these sort of sides out of the park. The football is progressively getting worse and they have lost 3 out of their last 4.
The binman chronicles
Player Valuation: £80m
Good job he has got an easy run of upcoming fixtures to help regain the confidence:
Barcelona (H)
West Ham (H)
Barcelona (A)
Everton (A)
Man City (H)
Chelsea (H)
Shouldn't really be must win games for him this early in, but that West Ham looks like one + at least a result against A.N. Other in that list.
Barcelona (H)
West Ham (H)
Barcelona (A)
Everton (A)
Man City (H)
Chelsea (H)
Shouldn't really be must win games for him this early in, but that West Ham looks like one + at least a result against A.N. Other in that list.
Won't end well at all imo. Gone by end of next season.
end of next season?
i thought christmas is me being generous.
Glad they signed him up for three years. He's utterly useless. The team got by on a bit of adrenaline and relief at getting rid of Mourinho. Good God, I'd get that team to 4th, no bother.
Calls for his head already lol
gonetomorrow
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They started off like a steam train but ran out of fuel well before the journey's end.
Sacked in the summer.
Sacked in the summer.
Bungle
Player Valuation: £90m
This is the reality for me, just can't see him lasting there.
He seems a nice guy and has done well to rid them of the negativity and general bad feeling that Jose left behind, but I suspect a lot of caretaker managers supported by the old backroom staff and getting advice off of Alex Ferguson could have done a similar job. I understand why they gave him the job but I can't see him still being in it come the end of next season.
Chris O'Connor
Player Valuation: £35m
Tbf the majority of United fans were even behind Moyes to the end. You got a few flying aeroplanes with banners but they were still in the minority until very late on.
LVG and Mourinho the bigger names attracted far more criticism, but understandably as they both were given large amounts of cash.
Where they both went wrong was in trying to impose two different styles of football, both absolutely foreign to that with which United fans had grown up with and used to.
The possession style of LVG or the very structured and disciplined style of Jose with the emphasis on not conceding, wasn't at all welcoming and was always unlikely to bring much entertainment. They both won domestic cups but came nowhere near meaningful honours.
Solsjkaer has tried to give them the football style and given their crop of injuries and unable to change a less than ideal squad left behind, has for the most part exceeded any realistic expectations.
Doing extremely well over a three month period with a decent team if everyone is fit, but not so decent without Rashford and Martial, has been enough to secure him the post.
He is though absolutely unproven in other equally important aspects of the managers job, and part of a single season is just that, an extremely short time on which to base any long term decisions, and after three consecutive and relatively quick fire failures at appointing the right man, its one they had to get right.
I know the argument was he needed to be in now for Summer transfer business and stability, but to me it's too quick and a mistake.
Spurs are suffering now for not recruiting in two successive windows, the squad is nowhere near deep enough and consequently players have been overplayed, most didnt even have a summer break with the World Cup, they're paying for it now but Spurs' shortcomings only masks how well Pochettino has done over several years for me.
Spurs haven't won a major trophy since 1961, but United aren't Spurs and with cash and a better squad I'm convinced he would have been ideal even if far more difficult to secure.
Solskaer might work, but it's a huge gamble, he's never worked with a technical director or been involved in the perils of recruitment before, he hasn't much status or name and is totally reliant on the magnet that is the club's name. If he fails in reaching the top four then he may find it very tough indeed as United generally shop only for the most expensive goods, most top players want Champions League football and the name of Solskjaer won't hold much attraction.
They've acted too soon for me, he'll likely be gone within two years and possibly half that time.
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