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He can work wonders on a 400m budget
Not going to make any outlandish claims about Ole's coaching skills here but it is a fact that he is more qualified and has actually accomplished more as a Manager than Frank Lampard for example and yet Frank gets linked with every opening going and seems likely to actually get the Everton job. I do think Ole is not really looking for a new job right now and would probably prefer not to coach in the PL for a different club but it does not alter the fact that the media perception of Ole shows a clear anti English bias. Fat Frank is one of our own so he has instant credibility whereas Ole is a foreigner with a funny accent so clearly can't be taken seriously.
Yep, just like we all knew Carrick and McKenna were the problems.We all know why, no need for another thread to shit on him.
Pretty sure he was linked with a job recently which surprised me how quickly his name was being mentioned
The abuse in this thread is absolutely disgusting by the way, he's a club legend who did his best and his best was better than managers with so called better CV's post Fergie. His time was up, he's gone and the Ole outers who was against him from day one got their wish so can we cut the guy some slack now?
Because he's not very good.
At the bottom end of the table he got Cardiff relegated.
At the top end he was given the world and failed.
PL bosses are either trying to push for top 4, or avoid relegation. He's shown he's no good at either.
edit: unless you give him half a billion to spend.
Apart from getting top 4 twice?
No, his biggest failing is actually implementing what he says.He was never taken seriously, in the main, because he wasn't a good public speaker. By far his biggest failing as a manager. We had our own fans tearing him apart for what he was saying about passion & energy in his press conferences, when that was exactly what we could all see this team was lacking. Rangnicks comments on our play have been largely a carbon copy of that and nobody minds.
Not the only ones, but yes.Yep, just like we all knew Carrick and McKenna were the problems.
Are we back to claiming abuse at every criticism? Come on now have some self respect
Given you're the biggest club in the country I'd argue he got it incredibly easy compared to what he would have got by the media and especially fans at your equivalents on the continent (Juve, Bayern and especially Real).Agreed, he gets way too harsh a rap in my opinion. I think he'd do well at a middling sort of club who showed some patience.
I always found it uncomfortable how he was constantly slapped with the Ole Ole Ole I love you shite while Lamps and Arteta did equally bad if not worse yet and yet were given way more leeway.
I think he'd do well to stay away from managing in England, for the foreseeable at least.
That makes absolutely no sense
Don't bother replying either
yeah I’m struggling with the lack of common sense being applied here. Ole finished top 4 back to back, 3rd and 2nd.
Am I missing something here?
Read above. He spent a fecking fortune on an already ridiculously expensive squad. Nothing in his time with us suggested he knew how to build a team outside of scattergun spending, and nobody outside Russia/Israel/wherever he's hiding now could or would support that.
The biggest thing people will be looking at is that stint at Cardiff, where he was really bad. He'll likely need to go to a smaller club like in the Championship or abroad and do well there before he gets considered for any of the lower-end PL teams.
Frank despite not being great at Chelsea did well at Derby so he has that credit in the bank to work from.
Good shout. He's better than Solbakken and would finally get to coach Haaland.OLE is probably waiting for the Norway job!
Read above. He spent a fecking fortune on an already ridiculously expensive squad. Nothing in his time with us suggested he knew how to build a team outside of scattergun spending, and nobody outside Russia/Israel/wherever he's hiding now could or would support that.
Narrative FC.
Was the Cardiff team outside the relegation zone when he took over?
And as it stands right now with around 6-7 players on the verge of leaving and midfield badly neglected.That’s on top of a team already worth around 800M and that finished second the year prior to his appointment.
Even if that were true (it isn't) he then lead them in a division they won comfortably the last time they were in it and got sacked with the team 18th in the league.
A move by his right arm perhaps.whenever scarlett johansson is single do you seriously consider making a move for her?
Good shout. He's better than Solbakken and would finally get to coach Haaland.
Couldn’t disagree more! The man was protected for his entire stay, right up to the point it was miles beyond over. His competence was never questioned, he stayed on for free even though the club was doing incredibly bad. Contrary to your opinion, he was protected by the media and former players for being nice and sweet, unlike Mourinho and the likes who get no favors.