Manchester Utd Thread

Merely talking about the Premier League here when we factor in how poor Liverpool have been (they will be back next year 100%) and the start City got off to, lets face it they looked like a dead duck around October surely this was the season United could really have announced that "they were back" and that's not saying winning a league but some sort of statement of intent?

For me they haven't even been close and given their current form look a million miles off a proper title challenge.

Tuchel has transformed Chelsea, came in at a great time

They could win the league next year

They'll comfortably finish second this year

And they could win the European Cup this year, bet anything they'll draw Man City in the quarters and take them out

Manchester United's problem now is that Pochettino is off the market

He was like the attractive girl dropping hints to a fella she liked for 15 months

The fella was too thick to read the hints

So she shacked up with the horrible rich guy

And Tuchel is off the market too

So who do Manchester United get now?

Nagelsmann? He could easily bomb like Villas Boas did at Chelsea

Ten Hag of Ajax would be a similar risk

Other than that they're looking at a van Gaal type appointment like Allegri - but Juventus might come back for him

Knowing Ed Woodward they'll probably appoint Neil Lennon

I think this hits the nail on the head. There has always been concerns about how limited OGS is since he took the job. He has one tactic and when that fails, the team does. T

here's no coincidence that the better results of the season against Leeds and Sociedad were against teams that attack, and were picked off on the counter

After last years great results against the big 6, where, he hit them on the counter, the top managers have realise this and adapted against United, where OGS has nothing to react to these changes.

As much as I like it him, he has to go. A Director of Football needs to be brought in to ensure the right players are bought and a clear out of the players not good enough has to happen

I don't think Simeone would suit Manchester United at all - he might suit Arsenal circa 1989

Manchester United had the chance to get Poch and they sat on their arse

Now there's feck all else out there, so if Solskjaer goes in the summer, their next appointment runs a very high risk of being another dud

Manchester United will likely look back on the last year and a half as a serious missed opportunity as they stuck with somebody not up to the job while the obvious replacement kicked his heels waiting for them before eventually getting fed up

I wonder have they thought of bringing in a joint manager alongside him?

Could work

 

I don't think anyone could argue to the contrary on that. Between the lack of a proper pre-season, the abnormally high number of injuries across the teams and the lack of fans - it's easily been the worst season of PL football I can recall. The vast majority of games are unwatchable in truth.

But to a degree, there is a veneer of achievement that is sustaining OGS. His original run when he took over from Jose, getting to the CL last term, leading the PL at the turn of the year etc. Not remarkable achievements, but stuff that can be sold as doing reasonably well.

This - 

Whenever it looks like Ole is under pressure they go on a run or get some big wins. 

2. Chelsea  - 75 pts

3. United - 74 pts

4 Spurs - 74 pts

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5. Leicester - 70 pts

6. West Ham - 70 pts

7. Everton - 68 pts

8. Liverpool - 67 pts

Spurs with great fixturea and form look like they'll get in, Leicester with the opposite to fade badly.