Guardiola confirmed to City... what does this mean for us?

Hire Jose. No Giggs/LVG - we needto be aggressive now - can't have our rivals with top notch bosses and us fumbling along.
 
What does it mean for us?

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Mourinho fecks over every club he stays at ffs, why did we sack moyes. I said it, i said it when we sacked moyes. Liverpool won every single league title during the 80s, and then boom the 90s came and they fell away. United are moving in a similar fashion.
 
Who would be your choice to take us to that style?

that is a tougher question, I'd love to see if Mourinho is capable of adapting to it or Simeone

however I wouldn't say no to Poch but we have no chance of Spurs doing a deal on that
 
Mourinho fecks over every club he stays at ffs, why did we sack moyes. I said it, i said it when we sacked moyes. Liverpool won every single league title during the 80s, and then boom the 90s came and they fell away. United are moving in a similar fashion.

:lol:
 
At least it's put to bed now rather than further months of speculation. It pretty much leaves us with Mourinho as the only prize fighting option unless we look at Poch, Blanc etc. As long as it doesn't mean LVG will be staying on!

That's the fear. City doing Bayern-like football-based business. Utd are trail & erroring for the 3rd year running with no real plan for the future that we know of other than Ed getting plenty of sponsors to keep the Glazers pockets lined with cash.
 
Bring in Mourinho, Zlatan and kick City's ass next season.
 
It means no title in the next 3 years with the structure in charge (Giggs or LvG).

It also means it's more and more likely we'll turn into another AC Milan or Liverpool. I still have a little bit of faith but this summer will be make or break for us.

But don't worry anyway we'll be the number 1 in Forbes List next year.
 
Pellegrini is a decent manager, Guardiola is an elite one. It's a perfectly valid decision.

Oh sound lets just disregard a massively successful manager because someone has decided he is elite.

It's a bit pathetic really. Who cares about support and history when there's a shiny new toy. Secretly Man City fans will be feeling apathetic towards this. Why appoint Pep when in two years there will be a hot new manager to court. City used to pride themselves on their homegrown appeal, local fans and commitment. Now they have to put up with this.
 
I can't see anything changing with ourselves - LVG will be here next season, Giggs will then takeover after that. The activities of the title challenging clubs doesn't concern us at all, so I can't see our club's plan changing due to this or any other appointment.
 
If Mou is not our next manager, we are going down the liverpool way
 
Absolutely embarrassing for City btw. a manager who could win them the league and is in another final announced to be going. What an absolute farce from that club. Poor Pellegrini.

For all their riches, they haven't actually been that bad when it comes to their handling of managers. The owners went there in 2008, and have had 3 managers in 8 years. That's not really a terrible record, especially compared to the likes of Chelsea and Real Madrid.

I feel like it's harsh on Pellegrini, yeah, but the question has to be asked as to who the better manager is between Pellegrini and Guardiola. And the answer, quite unanimously, is Guardiola. So, if you have a chance to get Guardiola, then it's potentially daft to turn him down. Pellegrini's done a decent job (and could have a successful season), but when you look at our club's current dithering, you can perhaps see why City are deciding to act proactively, as harsh as it may be.
 
People getting in a twist over something we've known for a while? Why?

I'd rather go for Pochettino

Seems like some people had convinced themselves that Pep hadn't made his mind up, when it was obvious months ago he was going to City. Like everything else, our name gets thrown in to the mix to sell papers/clicks and some of us lap it up. He wouldn't have announced he was leaving Bayern unless he already knew where he was going.
 
Oh sound lets just disregard a massively successful manager because someone has decided he is elite.

It's a bit pathetic really. Who cares about support and history when there's a shiny new toy. Secretly Man City fans will be feeling apathetic towards this. Why appoint Pep when in two years there will be a hot new manager to court. City used to pride themselves on their homegrown appeal, local fans and commitment. Now they have to put up with this.
Eh
 
Pep to City - Giggs to United. The perfect storm of our demise continues
 
Mourinho fecks over every club he stays at ffs, why did we sack moyes. I said it, i said it when we sacked moyes. Liverpool won every single league title during the 80s, and then boom the 90s came and they fell away. United are moving in a similar fashion.

Errrr...because he was atrociously bad as a manager.
 
I was thinking we should stay with LVG until end of season as there might be possibility to get Pep at the end of it but now we might as well get in Mourinho as he is the best realistic target we can hope to get. Let him take over now, get used to the team/lay down his foundations and then he can take on Pep next season.
 
that is a tougher question, I'd love to see if Mourinho is capable of adapting to it or Simeone

however I wouldn't say no to Poch but we have no chance of Spurs doing a deal on that
Despite the negative set up in big games, Mourinho's teams do actually play good football. His Madrid side were entertaining as were some of his Chelsea side. I would take him here regardless of the baggage he brings. Blanc would be a decent shout also, but it remains to be seen if he can do it outside of France.
 
Warren Joyce until the end of the season.
Get talking to Pellegrini and appoint him in May. Sorted
 
Despite the negative set up in big games, Mourinho's teams do actually play good football. His Madrid side were entertaining as were some of his Chelsea side. I would take him here regardless of the baggage he brings. Blanc would be a decent shout also, but it remains to be seen if he can do it outside of France.
I an one horse league too
 
Mourinho fecks over every club he stays at ffs, why did we sack moyes. I said it, i said it when we sacked moyes. Liverpool won every single league title during the 80s, and then boom the 90s came and they fell away. United are moving in a similar fashion.

Is that a serious question?
 
This sums up the direction of this club

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It may seem extreme, but the way this club has gone, has been like a sinking ship taking on water
 
The United board need to get off their arses and find someone worthy of going head to head with Pep. Only one man comes to mind, but sadly he doesn't seem to resonate with the likes of Sir Bobby Charlton.

If we don't hire a massive improvement on LVG, this club shall suffer in the long term.

Having said that, don't expect Pep to have an easy ride. The PL is a different kettle of fish, and the quality of City's squad is far from the squads he had at Bayern and Barca.
 
Are you insane? Like seriously white jacket level insane? You suggest we take on the richest club in the world with the best manager in the world in charge we a guy who was a terrific player but has no real managerial experience?

Calm the feck down. Getting Jose in and spending shit load of money isn't going to change the narrative all of a sudden. He will still be stuck with the same squad that lvg leaves behind. I think it is a shit approach to pander to whatever the market expects us to do. We have already been there few seasons ago with lvg(money splurged & philosphies learnt). I rather we show faith in Giggsy(who has been working behind the scenes for the last 2 years) and see how it goes. United fans always overreact to news like this. Very typical of us. Stop building these crazy narratives in your head, the proof is right in front of us. Hiring&firing or splurging have gotten us nowhere.
 
Giggs won't take over, the coffers have been closed this Jan when we needed reinforcing, and if Giggs was to take over we'd be looking at his targets for next season now.

It'll be someone externally, probably Mourinho, and hopefully he'll be backed financially. This also gives him plenty of time to asses the club, target players and hopefully bring some bloody stability.
Very little business is done in any January window. It means absolutely nothing.
 
City are running rings round us on and off the field at the moment

And before you quote number of fans or worldwide revenue - I'm talking about trajectory
 
I'm pinning our whole clubs future on Martial at this point, hopefully he turns out to be a Ballon D'Or winner and is completely unplayable carrying us single handedly to title after title.

No pressure kid.