Ole Gunnar Solskjaer | W15 D2 L4
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Best part is - he has heaped pressure on them and yet he says that he doesn't believe in mind games. In the same bloody interview.
Give Ole a chance and he will probably be trolling RAWK in the thread here.
Best part is - he has heaped pressure on them and yet he says that he doesn't believe in mind games. In the same bloody interview.
I cannot believe this man has been managing Molde till now. Everything about him shouts like a top manager.
I feel like this is glossed over too much. It seems like in most of these debates Poch gets the benefit of starting off as some sort of 10/10 top manager which he hasn’t really earned and Ole somehow needs to prove perfection in every aspect of management to reach his level. Ole has shown what a United under him looks like and it’s most fans dream scenario. It would be a way bigger risk at this point to see what United under Poch would look like because we don’t know and there’s any number of reasons it could be worse. At this point it would almost certainly be since United under Ole has been near perfect.
I remember back, a guy was talking about how detailed and accurate the game FM was in its predictions and simulations. Right at that time a few articles was written about how Ole studied the game as a substitute, and how he studied SAF before taking his badges as a coach. I always truly believed he would become our manager and sort of a SAF regen It is such a fantasy based mindset, but it has some legs because of the fact almost all managers are former players. Anyways, Ole obviously always had the dream and when Moyes got the job he probably realised the long road ahead of him and thought feck it, I'll build my own and he went to Cardiff. That went horrible, and he went back to Molde where he stayed. I had faith right up to the point it became obvious he would stay at Molde rather than trying to manage a bigger club in Europe.
So from 2004-2015 I truly believed he would become our manager, before realising and learning how stupid it is to have those weird predictions. Ole could never be the manager for Man Utd, right? I have to admit I am super annoyed at myself for not betting some money on it. I would probably be rich
It is such a fantasy based mindset, but it has some legs because of the fact almost all managers are former players. Anyways, Ole obviously always had the dream and when Moyes got the job he probably realised the long road ahead of him and thought feck it, I'll build my own and he went to Cardiff. That went horrible, and he went back to Molde where he stayed. I had faith right up to the point it became obvious he would stay at Molde rather than trying to manage a bigger club in Europe.So from 2004-2015 I truly believed he would become our manager, before realising and learning how stupid it is to have those weird predictions. Ole could never be the manager for Man Utd, right? I have to admit I am super annoyed at myself for not betting some money on it. I would probably be rich
He wanted to be his own man.
Yeah but he did all of that by bringing smiles back to faces.
MOTD showed a newspaper article saying that Sir Alex wants Ole to get the job.
As well as Cantona seemingly wanting him.
Shearer has always had a soft spot for knowing United are big too, and you can tell he likes Ole.
As well as Cantona seemingly wanting him.
Shearer has always had a soft spot for knowing United are big too, and you can tell he likes Ole.
No matter what happens today, I see progression.
Under Jose I didn’t see progression, but with ole I can feel us building something. a bit like city with Guardiola, you could see things were building even though the results didn’t immediately come.
We’ve had the honeymoon period and our performances have stayed at a high level. I have faith he will target the right players come the summer and continue to get the best of our lads.
The thing I love about ole the most is he isn’t a back stabbing liar. He speaks the truth and is honest. His positive demeanour makes a huge difference, similar to how klopp changed Liverpool’s attitude.
For me there is no better choice, I originally wanted Poch but why would we go back now?
Under Jose I didn’t see progression, but with ole I can feel us building something. a bit like city with Guardiola, you could see things were building even though the results didn’t immediately come.
We’ve had the honeymoon period and our performances have stayed at a high level. I have faith he will target the right players come the summer and continue to get the best of our lads.
The thing I love about ole the most is he isn’t a back stabbing liar. He speaks the truth and is honest. His positive demeanour makes a huge difference, similar to how klopp changed Liverpool’s attitude.
For me there is no better choice, I originally wanted Poch but why would we go back now?
Very naive to ask Lingard to play 70 minutes if he wasn’t fit enough to start and we had other options. The other injuries are perhaps unlucky, but that was an undue risk.
Can't emphasise the stupidity in bringing Lingard on after 15 minutes knowing full well we've rushed him from injury. I know Sanchez is shite but ffs at least he's generally fit.
Why wasn't Sanchez dubbed on before jese?
He has his favourites. Sanchez isn't part of the club.
Lingard never looked right coming onto the pitch. Not sure why he didn’t see that in training. Lingard was just casually walking as soon as he came on.
You do realise that it’s fitness staff at the club who assess player fitness. It’s also down to the player to be honest about their fitness.
Anyone criticising Solskjaer is a prize plum.
You do realise the manager is the one who picks the team.
Questions need to be asked of who declared Jesse fit.
Exactly. This place is like a cult at the moment.
Didn’t ole say before the game that Lingard couldn’t do 90 min? Hindsight is always 20/20 but I think he was naive in that selection
You do realize manager picks the team based on info gain from fitness staff and the player himself?
The Lingard substitution is probably the first strange thing he’s done since taking over. Made no sense to send him on at that point in the game.
I think he is over-anxious to reach the targets for this season to make a case for himself. Understandable, but still quite detrimental to risk injured players.
He isn’t the person responsible for declaring players fit to play. You must realise that blindingly obvious aspect of club football?
Look, if he wins this it will be one of footballs greatest achievements.
If Ole has info that Lingard is fin then he choose him, never Ole's fault in this.
Sanchez looked very sharp vs Chelsea. No idea why he wasn't starting today and then to bring on an unfit Lingard instead of him is just mental.
Come on. Even Neville was spot on, Lingard usually buzzing around and non stop running. He barely moved since coming on.
His lack of squad management could cost him getting the job full time. Bringing Lingard was a terrible decision, clearly not fit.
Nah, Solskjaer came into this game knowing Lingard was only able for limited minutes and said as much beforehand. That didn't suddenly change just because Mata and Herrera were injured too, unless you think the medical staff had a sudden and miraculous change of opinion.
Bringing on someone you've already deemed only capable of limited minutes so early in a game where you have already used up substitutions was a clear risk and it backfired.
That’s fine, but if he wasn’t fit to start, he almost certainly wasn’t fit to play 70 minutes. Him being on the bench for 20 minutes at the end if the situation warrants the risk is completely different to him being asked to play the majority of a match.
Not his fault if Lingard gets injured. He takes advise from the medical staff and Lingard himself.
Playing Herrera and Matic in every game for 90 minutes and then subbing on Lingard. Of course Ole shares a big part of the blame.
You can dress it however you fecking want, mate. Ole chooses the team. He's not blameless at all like you're trying to make out.
‘Limited’ minutes is vague expression. You’re either fit to play in a football match or you’re not. If Lingard was deemed fit to play (which he clearly was) then that’s a decision made by medical professionals, not football managers.
Big gambles bringing on an unfit Lingard and Pereira over a player with lots of Champion League experience in Fred. History will be written by the winner so this could be a master-stroke or a stick for his detractors to beat him with.
You have no idea whether he's deemed it worth the risk to overrule the medical staff. Managers have the final say.
To bring him on with the substitutes you had left was a huge risk and has predictably backfired. Taking away any accountability from the manager who made the decision is ridiculous.
It was especially risky with the substitutes you had left to bring on a player who was deemed not fit to start.