If you hire managers with similar styles, you dont need to waste time and money changing the squad for each new coach.
Pretty simple
fifadex on
As long as they keep hanging on to this united DNA, United way shit the task for any manager is nearly impossible.
notsas on
**Just like Spuds, it’s a poisoned chalice**
CubicDice on
One thing I don’t understand is their insistence on getting an interim manager and not just start looking for a permanent manager. It’s reported they’re in for Ole as an interim, have they learned any lessons over the 10+ years since Ferguson?
meme-man-421 on
Yes that’s why Steve Bruce or Gary Neville need the job as soon as possible
CicadaAny3066 on
I know they don’t wanna be compared but imagine if Liverpool kept banging on about the boot room and hire Dalglish (which they did😂). Obviously they recognise the history
Gortonis on
It’s going to take time to convince Roy Keane to come back
Nosworthy on
It’s absolutely fair to say certain personalities fit certain clubs more. Spiky characters like Maresca or Conte would never work there for example – I think Mourinho probably could have if he’d gone there straight after Fergie but by the time he went there his antagonism had already worn thin after his Chelsea departure and they really needed someone who would roll their sleeves up and get on with it instead of the constant whinging.
That said, their position now is similar to Liverpool in the 90s and 00s. The media is dominated by legends of the Fergie years, just as it was in the 90s/00s where every pundit had played for Liverpool in the 70s and 80s and grown up with Paisley, Fagan, Dalglish and the Boot Room. The likes of Neville and Scholes played for one club their entire lives and had massive success with one manager controlling every aspect and ruling everything. Until Man United find success again they will forever call back to this. But the game has moved on and it is just pure romanticism. They’ve tried other approaches and it hasn’t worked so they will forever cling on to the last one that did.
It’s been taken to a new level this week with Butt pining for Steve Bruce, supposed advanced talks with Solksjaer and talk of the Fletcher/Carrick/Ole/Bruce dream team. They must surely take a step back later down the line and realise how ridiculous it sounds.
Caesarthebard on
They need to completely purge the “I need to ask Sir Alex for permission to fart” elements from managing and they need to completely and utterly ignore any ex pros in a nostalgia wet dream because Ferguson was the only thing they ever know when playing wittering on about the “United Way” in their podcasts.
Untied will get a new way one day and that way will only come from a manager doing it his way and not bowing to nostalgic fantasies.
Pale_Ad9086 on
DNA is irrelevant
Man Utd lost their DNA when Fergie retired
Also NO manager since Fergie retired that has won a trophy has any ” Utd DNA”
Let that sink in,Pretty much answers the question
J1m1983 on
Football clubs don’t have DNA, mate.
complexvibess on
They were at least sticking to 1 manager until their little feelings got hurt
1_innocent_bystander on
“Don’t Need Amorim”
BOSpecial on
I think it’s very relevant. Wingers, attacking football, bravery, a few young players, a bit of pace.
Ferguson is a different aspect, a genius that they can’t replicate. But UTD dna/tradition should not be hard to do, nor is it unreasonable to demand it.
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If you hire managers with similar styles, you dont need to waste time and money changing the squad for each new coach.
Pretty simple
As long as they keep hanging on to this united DNA, United way shit the task for any manager is nearly impossible.
**Just like Spuds, it’s a poisoned chalice**
One thing I don’t understand is their insistence on getting an interim manager and not just start looking for a permanent manager. It’s reported they’re in for Ole as an interim, have they learned any lessons over the 10+ years since Ferguson?
Yes that’s why Steve Bruce or Gary Neville need the job as soon as possible
I know they don’t wanna be compared but imagine if Liverpool kept banging on about the boot room and hire Dalglish (which they did😂). Obviously they recognise the history
It’s going to take time to convince Roy Keane to come back
It’s absolutely fair to say certain personalities fit certain clubs more. Spiky characters like Maresca or Conte would never work there for example – I think Mourinho probably could have if he’d gone there straight after Fergie but by the time he went there his antagonism had already worn thin after his Chelsea departure and they really needed someone who would roll their sleeves up and get on with it instead of the constant whinging.
That said, their position now is similar to Liverpool in the 90s and 00s. The media is dominated by legends of the Fergie years, just as it was in the 90s/00s where every pundit had played for Liverpool in the 70s and 80s and grown up with Paisley, Fagan, Dalglish and the Boot Room. The likes of Neville and Scholes played for one club their entire lives and had massive success with one manager controlling every aspect and ruling everything. Until Man United find success again they will forever call back to this. But the game has moved on and it is just pure romanticism. They’ve tried other approaches and it hasn’t worked so they will forever cling on to the last one that did.
It’s been taken to a new level this week with Butt pining for Steve Bruce, supposed advanced talks with Solksjaer and talk of the Fletcher/Carrick/Ole/Bruce dream team. They must surely take a step back later down the line and realise how ridiculous it sounds.
They need to completely purge the “I need to ask Sir Alex for permission to fart” elements from managing and they need to completely and utterly ignore any ex pros in a nostalgia wet dream because Ferguson was the only thing they ever know when playing wittering on about the “United Way” in their podcasts.
Untied will get a new way one day and that way will only come from a manager doing it his way and not bowing to nostalgic fantasies.
DNA is irrelevant
Man Utd lost their DNA when Fergie retired
Also NO manager since Fergie retired that has won a trophy has any ” Utd DNA”
Let that sink in,Pretty much answers the question
Football clubs don’t have DNA, mate.
They were at least sticking to 1 manager until their little feelings got hurt
“Don’t Need Amorim”
I think it’s very relevant. Wingers, attacking football, bravery, a few young players, a bit of pace.
Ferguson is a different aspect, a genius that they can’t replicate. But UTD dna/tradition should not be hard to do, nor is it unreasonable to demand it.