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    Ole Goner Solskjaer





    He's done.

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    I suppose the best that can be said is that he improved the squad a fair bit and it was a shame he ultimately didn't have a clue what to do with it.

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    He did was he brought in to do. Steady the ship of the 6/7th place finishes and steady the ship until a proper manager came in. Unfortunately for him and United the board forgot to go about doing the 2nd part of that.

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    Zinedine Binman isn't the answer. They need to just get whoever the biggest name willing to do it for seven months is while they work on putting a proper structure in for next season around that Ajax man or somebody similar (I would be happy with Brendan Rodgers).

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    Steve Clarke is the answer but it would require having a basic knowledge of football rather than his Wikipedia‘img a name so it won’t happen.

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    How about Fletcher and Carrick til the end of the season?

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    I did think it would go to Carrick until the season.

    Ideally it would have gone to:



    But it doesn't seem likely.

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    Arsene Wenger mate. I said it before. Fourth place guaranteed and a CHEEKY FA Cup.

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    Paul Ince has to be worth a go.

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    Roy Hodgson or Gareth Southgate, or maybe both of them. Bet the United board would at least consider it. Think waistcoat would turn them down though, he's got it made for life.

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    What they need is a club legend that has managed over a thousand games.

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    I'm still reeling at United considering Steve Clarke from phonics. I think he's a good coach but surely no one in the top 4 would be thinking of him.

    Anyway, this change is at least 4 games too late (Liverpool should have been the end) and basically feels like if they both do relatively well, we're back into the same cycle. We should have committed to Conte when we had the chance and probably want to wait for Pochetino if the midfield managers do well.

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    Bring in Lucien Favre for the season. He wants something short term, has pedigree and plays attacking football

    The whole elevating ex-players thing is so lazy but I guess is the problem with having businessmen over footballmen at the top of the hierarchy.

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    Sad times, although at least it came on the back of a properly disastrous performance, rather than just being outclassed by better sides.

    Binedine Binman though? Good of them to keep the lols rolling in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    I'm still reeling at United considering Steve Clarke from phonics. I think he's a good coach but surely no one in the top 4 would be thinking of him.

    Anyway, this change is at least 4 games too late (Liverpool should have been the end) and basically feels like if they both do relatively well, we're back into the same cycle. We should have committed to Conte when we had the chance and probably want to wait for Pochetino if the midfield managers do well.
    You missed out on all the good coaches to put ole at the wheel. Clarke gets teams to be the sum of their parts. You have really really good players. You just need them to put them in a system where they show up and you’ll win 80% of your games.

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    Look, I like Steve Clarke, but there's next to zero chance any of the top teams in Europe are appointing him.

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    That’s exactly what I said. Right appointment. Won’t get the job.

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    https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footb...astle-25286027

    He has the hotline to Ferguson. Club status: known.

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    Man calls man he knew for most of his life.

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    Sure, it's not like United's bothered to ask him for his pick before.

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    Carrick to be interim to the interim.

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    Michael Carrick is surely partly responsible for how bad it is. Either he contributes and he's shit or he doesn't and he's useless, so kick him out as well.

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    Strong English. Even stronger logic. Get him in.

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    Just missed out on Stevie G by a week.

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    It would be worth bringing Steve Bruce in just to hear Ronaldo's future autobiography comments on his training methods.

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    To but have the time.



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    You'd have to imagine there's no coming back at anywhere near the level for Solskjaer himself after this either. Back to Norway?

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    He'll get paid and just retire, you'd think.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    You'd have to imagine there's no coming back at anywhere near the level for Solskjaer himself after this either. Back to Norway?
    Depends on his appetite really. He didn't do an awful job at all but I doubt any top team would hire him. Maybe a smaller team would but again, does he want another job.

    Maybe Norway manager.

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    To be fair, he was sacked before he could do an awful job, but he was well on the way there.

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    I honestly think we could have been in the bottom half easily if we didn't sack him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kikó View Post
    I honestly think we could have been in the bottom half easily if we didn't sack him.
    Agree completely. Yesterday was a properly relegation standard performance and against a side with four of your rejects in it.

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    A tragic day which can only be compared to the day David Moyes lost his job. I don't see Zidane as the answer though he doesn't strike me as the type of manager to improve players and structure a team which has no structure at the minute. Not saying he won't do it but I'm not sure.

    From a United viewpoint though who actually thinks you have a good team? I wouldn't want any of your back 5 in the Liverpool team, central midfield Fernandes if you have the right system and then upfront you'd have Ronaldo because he's Ronaldo and Greenwood I think would improve the Liverpool team instead of Mane. But who else? For all the money spent it's a very mediocre squad/team. Yes you finished second last season but that was more because Chelsea had Fat Frank in charge and Liverpool had no defence for most of the season.

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    They should go mad and get Simeone in, even if they have to wait for the end of the season. He's done it all where he is and it doesn't really feel like that team is getting any better.

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    Simeone in the premier league.

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    What they need to do is have a bit of nous and go down the betting order a bit. I think Eddie Howe actually wouldn't have been a bad choice, had he not already taken the murderous petro dollars. Short of that, if they want to wait for Ten Hag at the end of the season then they just need to put Carrick/Fletcher/David May in charge, accept that they won't be playing European football in 22/23, and go from there.

    I suspect they'll be unable to see past the top couple of most famous names and won't be wiling to write the season off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luke Emia View Post
    Greenwood I think would improve the Liverpool team instead of Mane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Manc View Post
    That one stood out for me too

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    Lol wut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd View Post
    What they need to do is have a bit of nous and go down the betting order a bit. I think Eddie Howe actually wouldn't have been a bad choice, had he not already taken the murderous petro dollars. Short of that, if they want to wait for Ten Hag at the end of the season then they just need to put Carrick/Fletcher/David May in charge, accept that they won't be playing European football in 22/23, and go from there.

    I suspect they'll be unable to see past the top couple of most famous names and won't be wiling to write the season off.
    Going down the field who does that yield? Laurent Blanc is a club-knower with at least some pedigree, I guess. Wouldn't fancy him to be anything other than shit. Graham Potter? Can't see it, he seems to be on odds-par with Ronaldo (). Jogi Low? Mancini? 'Arry and Steve Bruce rolling in at 100/1?

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    Hadn't thought of Blanc. Is he available? You'd imagine whoever comes in until May would be a free agent.

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    They should get Big Sam in.

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    Simeone would be best but I'm not sure he'd touch it. He'd need a whole new squad and the fans would hate the style of football.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luke Emia View Post
    From a United viewpoint though who actually thinks you have a good team?
    It's hard to say when the manager is so utterly disorganised. You can't account for individual errors and there are clearly a number of players stealing a living but by the same token it wouldn't surprise me if those defenders look a lot better if we can get a halfway competent organiser in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Giggles View Post
    Hadn't thought of Blanc. Is he available? You'd imagine whoever comes in until May would be a free agent.
    He's managing a Qatari club. I checked yesterday as I thought he was likely to come in if he was free.

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    I already said the correct answer.

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    Are you fucking Steve Clarke?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ian View Post
    It's hard to say when the manager is so utterly disorganised. You can't account for individual errors and there are clearly a number of players stealing a living but by the same token it wouldn't surprise me if those defenders look a lot better if we can get a halfway competent organiser in.
    I don't think they are as bad as they are playing. There's talent there if they are trained properly.

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    Yeah man, Steve Clarke

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