Ole Gunnar Binman's 3 year Man United contact

[Ian]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47691296

Solskjaer confirmed, 3 year contract.

Poll about his future success, or lack thereof, to follow.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I think he'll be so good that Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Hammurabi etc will all travel forward in time and offer to be ball boys for his famous United reds.

[Baz]

Hopefully United go back to how they were under José at the start of this season.

[Ian]

I feel a bit foolish for not including an option of him overseeing the sort of dominance that reduces Alex Ferguson to a Dave Sexton-esque figure. What a fool I've been.

[SvN]

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[SincereTheRebel]

Surprised they annocued that now. Losing back to back games against Wolves and especially Arsenal, isnt a good look at all.

[SincereTheRebel]

Major priorty is finishing above Man City. Its been about five years now.

[Gray Fox]

Major priorty is finishing above Man City. Its been about five years now.

Good luck with that. City getting less than 95 points a season looks unlikely these days.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im not a Man Utd fan, but if it was, im sure it would hurt my heart that the blue side is far superior.

[Shindig]

If they win the Champions League, it'll not matter.

[SincereTheRebel]

If they win the Champions League, it'll not matter.

Which means they finish above Man City

[Shindig]

Alternatively, they'll laugh at Liverpool's expense and ignore City's success because it was 'all on dodgy stadium deals and oil money'.

[randomlegend]

We'll probably get bought by the Saudis and end up with a blood-money budget to make Man City look like Pontefract under 12s.

[Lewis]

I liked how the Guardian reacted to it with an article about how Smallpockets is now a prisoner at Tottenham.

[phonics]

This is going to go full Di Matteo without the success and I can't wait. Remember when people thought Ricky Sbragia was the answer to all Sunderlands problems?

[Lewis]

He never had Mike Phelan.

[randomlegend]

This is going to go full Di Matteo without the success and I can't wait. Remember when people thought Ricky Sbragia was the answer to all Sunderlands problems?

When we win the treble under OGS I'm getting this quote painted on my bedroom wall.

[phonics]

Weren't you the one who used to post about how your brother believed all types of dumb shit about Liverpool? Clearly, it runs in the family.

[randomlegend]

Yes, believed being the operative word. Clearly I'm actually going to do that.

[Shindig]

Remember when people thought Ricky Sbragia was the answer to all Sunderlands problems?

No. No, I don't. :cab:

[SincereTheRebel]

What is the binman reference about?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Years ago, I think when Tito Vilanova took over from 'Pep' at Barcelona, someone on here (probably Yevrah) compared it to putting a binman in a club blazer. So it refers to an alleged club stooge dressed in corporate regalia being the manager, rather than someone like Mourinho who is probably the opposite of that.

We really need a glossary of TTH jargon.

[Pepe]

I think that the original binman was 'Tata Martino' but I will wait for Lewis to confirm.

[mugbull]

I had no idea what binman actually meant until just now when i looked it up. I thought it was just another British insult like “mook” and “gimp”

Props though

[Shindig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E4F0cDN-rQ

[Lewis]

Years ago, I think when Tito Vilanova took over from 'Pep' at Barcelona, someone on here (probably Yevrah) compared it to putting a binman in a club blazer. So it refers to an alleged club stooge dressed in corporate regalia being the manager, rather than someone like Mourinho who is probably the opposite of that.

We really need a glossary of TTH jargon.

I think it was Dave, and it merely meant to reflect their nobody status. The club blazer stuff came later when niko came up with his prescient (and genius) theory that the modern Big Club, which can just throw money at its weaknesses, is better served by a binman in a club blazer whose primary task is keeping egos in check through 1) unspoken appeals to their own elevated status within The Club; and 2) not actually telling them off and overwhelming them with tactical instructions.

United are the first test of this in England really. The Chelsea Phantom Manager isn't really comparable due to their omnipotent Dressing Room managing itself. United don't have that depth of Character, as Madrid and Barcelona never did during their successful binman periods.

[Kikó]

I'm happy for Ole but it's another example of the glazers doing it on the cheap. Just like everything with the club.

I hope he does well.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I'm sure Pogba at £89m and Di Maria at £60m was miserly business.

[phonics]

35 million on Lindelof.
40 million on Bailly.
30 million on Shaw.

Done on the cheap my arse. How even the likes of Kiko have bought into Mourinho's 'its not my fault' propaganda is beyond me.

[niko_cee]

The Glazers have raked fortunes out of the club, but whether that would/should have been spent on yet more players or whatever is debatable.

They've spent fortunes on the playing staff in one way or another (Pogba, Lukaku, Sanchez and all the other £30m-£40m bunters over the years). Moyes is the only one who could legitimately say he got a bad deal in terms of financial backing.

[phonics]

IIRC De Gea is asking for half a million a week if the papers are to be believed. Doing it on the cheap.

[SincereTheRebel]

We really need a glossary of TTH jargon.

Make it happen

[Ian]

Moyes is the only one who could legitimately say he got a bad deal in terms of financial backing.

He got Fellaini(mania) out of it, more recruitment than any proper manager would need.

[SincereTheRebel]

Its pointless counting the clubs money. They all have cash and they are all willing to throw it away. A fool and his money will soon part ways.

[randomlegend]

The Glazers have raked fortunes out of the club, but whether that would/should have been spent on yet more players or whatever is debatable.

They've spent fortunes on the playing staff in one way or another (Pogba, Lukaku, Sanchez and all the other £30m-£40m bunters over the years). Moyes is the only one who could legitimately say he got a bad deal in terms of financial backing.

Moyes didn't get bad financial backing, he just had a retarded, unattainable list of targets.

[Shindig]

Its pointless counting the clubs money. They all have cash and they are all willing to throw it away. A fool and his money will soon part ways.

Paging Mike Ashley ...

[Kikó]

Sorry yes. Please tell me more about the glazers and their wonderful ownership.

[Smjffy]

He won't see out the three years.

[randomlegend]

Does smiffy ever post any more other than to comment on Man Utd?