Solskjaer's contract

He deserved the contract extension for what he has done so far, which is to bring stability to the club. He himself has said he is a not a coach, but the club still insists on surrounding him with inexperienced coaches. Excellent coaches are expensive, and the club is trying to save money in the wrong places again. The club is once again spending money on players, and the investment shouldn't ignore other areas.
Rubbish, it's pure speculation that they were forced upon Ole. I think they were all his choices again speculation but I don't see why he couldn't bring in better coaches SAF was allowed to shake things up all the time, I doubt Ole sees an issue with it.
 
Even in his later years SAF was struggling with the new style that was press pass and move football. He still went out on a high and I'm sure he would've adapted to it if he could've carried on for years more. Ole like the other managers that have played under him all still have the same old school way of playing and pundits talking about.
Now we've got a far worse version of him that's not even remotely as attacking or forward thinking blindly feeling his way in the dark for success when we as a club should've been moving forward for 10 years. I don't mind Ole as manager cus hes a hero and a nice connection to the football past I adore but please Ole get some decent coaches to move us forward on the pitch.
 
Even in his later years SAF was struggling with the new style that was press pass and move football. He still went out on a high and I'm sure he would've adapted to it if he could've carried on for years more. Ole like the other managers that have played under him all still have the same old school way of playing and pundits talking about.
Now we've got a far worse version of him that's not even remotely as attacking or forward thinking blindly feeling his way in the dark for success when we as a club should've been moving forward for 10 years. I don't mind Ole as manager cus hes a hero and a nice connection to the football past I adore but please Ole get some decent coaches to move us forward on the pitch.

Sadly he's too sentimental to ever admit he needs better coaching and means the team will suffer, quite unbelievable when he has openly admitted in interviews that his coaching knowledge is pretty much non existent. Don't even get me started on pissing £35m up on the wall on Donny last summer instead of buying what we actually needed, should have been DM last summer then a backup CM this summer but nope got neither of course.
 
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I swear, half you lot would have sacked Fergie before he won his first title.

The reality was even in Sir Alex’s Barren years he had proved himself elite in winning a European Trophy for Aberdeen by beating Real Madrid as well as breaking the old Firm domination of a more competitive Scottish league at the time, so you give him time.

I think Ole done a great job, I really do but I don’t see him ever being mentioned in the same Conversation as Naigelsman, Tuchal, Simone, Allegri, Guardiola, Conte, Klopp, Ancelloti , Rogers, Zidane!

My point if we can’t get a world top 10 coach why would Ekite players wa t to play for us ?

I guess the best example at international level would be Roberto Martinez, great guy, plays great football but ultimately they always choke, cause he just gets the big calls wrong.

I say that with some respect because Martinez won an FA cup with Wigan, yes Wigan against the all rich Manchester City, Ole failed in a Europa final against Villa Real.
 
People criticise Chelsea for their hiring and firing policy but because we have this blind faith belief we won't ever do it
 
Like some have said on here, the club should have waited till December or January before handing him a new three year contract, that way we could have assessed things properly to determine if he's the man to take us to the title or not, it's obvious that the same problems we had last season, with teams we are expected to beat were all evident in today's game, even though i stand in the bracket as feels it would be too early to call for Ole's head, but i can't help but imagine what the likes of Conte or Manncini would do with this very talented group of players.
 
Like some have said on here, the club should have waited till December or January before handing him a new three year contract, that way we could have assessed things properly to determine if he's the man to take us to the title or not, it's obvious that the same problems we had last season, with teams we are expected to beat were all evident in today's game, even though i stand in the bracket as feels it would be too early to call for Ole's head, but i can't help but imagine what the likes of Conte or Manncini would do with this very talented group of players.

Yeah but we will never get the chance to find out
 
People criticise Chelsea for their hiring and firing policy but because we have this blind faith belief we won't ever do it

Chelsea are better positioned to do what they do. It's a top down strategy. They don't sign or sell players based on manager/head coach decisions alone. They sign players that the board feels the team needs, taking the manager's and scouts' opinions into account.

As a result of this strategy they can hire and fire managers who are essentially head coaches, there just to get the best out of the squad. They don't need a rebuild every time a new manager comes in. Tuchel came in and found a ready made squad and by shoring them up defensively, he won the CL.

We do not do that. We seem to follow the model Fergie left behind, of fully trusting the manager with making squad decisions. A system that only works well if you have a genius manager whom you implicitly trust. As a result of this model every time a manager left, we were left with a hugely expensive rebuilding job for the new one. Which in turn meant giving the new manager more time to complete it, thus perpetuating the vicious circle.

Our squad is much improved now. We have a good crop of young players, some great experienced ones, and we're really only missing a top DM/CM and a better RB to have a squad capable of mounting a challenge in my opinion. However the simple fact is that our coaching team (which is comprised of an inexperienced and unproven at this level head coach and some young inexperienced coaches who just done their badges recently in Carrick and McKenna), is nowhere near on par with what City, Liverpool or Chelsea have put together with Pep, Klopp and Tuchel.

My biggest worry is that we've wasted Pogba's years here and will do the same with Maguire, Bruno and Varane, without having the staff capable to coach this team to a title.
 
The lineup, the subs, the lull in the game. Yeah we drew and it isn't the end of the world but ole is built to be a Dof, not a manager
 
The lineup, the subs, the lull in the game. Yeah we drew and it isn't the end of the world but ole is built to be a Dof, not a manager

Ole is built to manage Molde. Shouldn't be anywhere near the English top flight.
 
Last year he made it to top 4 so its only fair for him to get a contract. However that target shouldn't be a fix thing especially after United bringing in Varane and Sancho. Our game need to improve, we should seriously compete for the EPL title and we should win a trophy.
 
Even in his later years SAF was struggling with the new style that was press pass and move football. He still went out on a high and I'm sure he would've adapted to it if he could've carried on for years more. Ole like the other managers that have played under him all still have the same old school way of playing and pundits talking about.
Now we've got a far worse version of him that's not even remotely as attacking or forward thinking blindly feeling his way in the dark for success when we as a club should've been moving forward for 10 years. I don't mind Ole as manager cus hes a hero and a nice connection to the football past I adore but please Ole get some decent coaches to move us forward on the pitch.
Saf was struggling in his latter years? Which year was that?
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The lineup, the subs, the lull in the game. Yeah we drew and it isn't the end of the world but ole is built to be a Dof, not a manager

He already made plenty of mistakes with his transfers.
 
Saf was struggling in his latter years? Which year was that?
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Yea not struggling to get results I meant it was becoming clear the football landscape was changing. Our football would've needed to evolve and he would've done that.
 
Saf was struggling in his latter years? Which year was that?
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People don't acknowledge how crazy that was! 5 titles in 7 years. The 2 we lost were by one point and goal difference!