News: Impact Sub - OGS The New Gaffer Thread

After the failure in Poland, OGS got home at 6am. By 11 he was back at the training ground. For @SCMP_Sport https://t.co/JZdBjzxF8l

— Andy Mitten (@AndyMitten) May 29, 2021

 

Good article, very direct from the author

 

This is a pretty balanced summary of what Ole has done and what the options are moving forward.

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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He's done some good things at Man Utd. That doesn't mean he can just keep doing those things. https://t.co/jD6iZz1jKQ

— Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️ (@GraceOnFootball) May 29, 2021

 

I have a hard time believing things will be any different this time next year. We're stuck in this meh loop of bang average that's always sprinkled with a top 4 or a promising failed Cup run. It's getting harder and harder to look forward to the new season with this Glazer/Ole/Woody stew of stagnation. Ole is too much of a company man to make waves and giving Woody another summer window is setting the table for another season of mediocrity. This has got to be make or break for Ole and hopefully he manages like someone who is fighting for his job.

 

Ole may just be a steady the ship guy and not a mountain top guy. I want him to be the latter but he has to improve key areas or find an assistant that can. His current crew ain't cutting it.

 

Hold your horses till next season...we all know the club need reinforcements.

 

I was just making a statement. I, like you, want to see if with a proper roster of players that can actually challenge

 

I want him to be backed this summer, not just because I want us to bring in some good players, but because we'll never be able to judge him properly if we don't. If we fail to spend this summer and we finish with a similar season, it'll be easy to blame it on the squad. If he gets his guys and fails, it's on him and we need to move on.

 

United did struggle with teams that parked the bus and much of that has to do with the lack of attacking width. This past season Ole made a brave decision with Pogba at left-wing and helped to elevate Shaw's game in trying to address this problem. He tried to make it work when possible, but in the final that big hole on the right and how Rashford had disappointed, despite the faith that was given to him, cost United more in the end than Ole's conservative tactics I felt--not that his approach helped any.

Maybe there's a question to be asked of OSG's mettle. There's an argument to be had he bottled it against Leipzig in the UCL. For a team United had beaten 5-1, that was a bigger disappointment.

United didn't go into these games with the kind of confidence needed to win and maybe that's a reflection on Ole. The 2019 win over PSG might suggest differently, but Ole was still a caretaker at that point who hadn't put his own proper stamp on the team. PSG, for their part, have never been a side with a strong character. Only PSG can beat Barcelona 4-1 and then lose 6-1 on the return.

I think Ole is a good manager, but compared to someone like Zidane who took a poor Madrid team to the UCL semis, he's got some way to go still. I don't know if it's just a question of getting the right staff who can handle the nuts and bolts of training and preparedness for games. It could be a question of belief and confidence too, of being bold and putting it all out there, getting that confidence to permeate to his players like Rashford who probably need that. Maybe Ole doesn't have enough of that quality. That's how Zidane took a lot of players who were getting a bit too on and still got something almost miraculous out of them when other managers were letting Madrid slip to embarrassing defeats. He got this Madrid side to really believe in themselves.

 

I certainly hope Ole can bounce back at least for next even though I don't think he is the right man for the job after the EL final debacle but I feel we do have something with this squad and could be built upon. I am willing to give him another season but like pretty much like everyone says we need something tangible from Ole to show he can manage at this level.

The thing that worries me the most when it is time to let Ole go who is going to pick the next manager... Woodward is on the way out and Murtough isn't really in the position to pick manager (he is at the same level as Ole based on the organization chart, iirc).
It all goes back to the lack of direction from the Glazers that keep this club from moving forward.

 

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— Emma (@ems95x) July 3, 2021

 

Pogba

 

It will not happen. Let's go back a minute, what is underperformance if he does get Varane Camavinga and now has Sancho? Anything below a second place in EPL, a cup win (preferably FA cup), and semi final Champions league is a failure.

 

Like I said previously, this team progression of the team reminds me of the 06-07 season onwards. The players have more experience under their belt, and add a few new faces with quality, that will come.

 

Just say you hate Ole. Ole has led us to more dominant victories than every post SAF manager combined, x2. Ole has flaws, he's not perfect, but to say that we don't look confident under him is WILD. We look more confident under Ole down a goal with 30 minutes left than we look up 2 goals under Mourinho.


EDIT: like even Ole's harshes critics say he doesn't have tactics, just vibes. The tatics part is horse shit, he absolutely has tactical ideas but the vibes bit is like first and foremost his strength. He's got all the players believing in themselves and in the team.

 

@Holy__Joe if you think about it, it isn't surprising. Ole is good at coaching attackers and counter-attacking. He has an idea about how he wants us to defend and how/when/where to win the ball back. However, he has clears struggles when it comes to more structured build up play and breaking down a deep block.

That's why we play cautiously against teams that sit deep. He knows we will struggle to break down bunkers. You can say that it is his job to develop a system to beat these teams. You'd be right.

I think though that if you take stock of what was here when he took the job and what he's been able to do, I think it is fair to say that we've made progress each season.

He arrested the free fall. He restored confidence. He got us to beat bad teams, he got us to beat good teams. He's struggled to get us to beat good teams who focus all their energy on defending. I think while that is disappointing, please consider that those teams are by and large, the hardest teams for most big teams to beat. Remember Wolves had the best record in the league against the big 6 a couple years ago?

There's an argument to be made that Ole has completed his assignment. He was needed as a manager to get us out of our funk and heal us and make the team palatable as a project. We are there now.

I think maybe it is wrong to say we 'owe' him a shot to see if he can be the manager that completes the project. Ole's the only manager we've made progress with since Fergie. Any top manager we hire would demand a bunch of money to bring in players he wants for his system. I think it makes sense to see what Ole can do if we have a functioning midfield pivot and a dominant attack with a competent defense.

If we don't win a trophy this season, cut our losses, but one season with a functioning pivot and the proper pieces in attack isn't too much to risk given the shit we've had to put up with till now.

 

I think Sancho is at his best during counters but I think he will help significantly in more steady build up as well due to a few factors:

Where he receives the ball: he holds width to act as an outlet or comes deep
Gravity: he's a great dribbler, teams will close him down with 2 or 3 players
Unselfishness: he is a pass-first star and the results will be great
Movement: he's dynamic and will drag players out of position

 

When Solskjær recognised all his players from their baby photos 😂👶

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— United Zone (@ManUnitedZone_) July 10, 2021

 

@Sofabloke Apart from Mata i got all right ...

 

Our past. Our present. 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

✍🇳🇴 We are delighted to announce that Ole has signed a new deal with the club! #MUFC

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) July 24, 2021

Good.