10 Sep 2022 15:44:25
Another news, another player blaming Ole.
Don't think we could have had a worse manager than him. He's been the worst manager for United and it's showing.

Signs Maguire, AWB who we cannot move now.
Basically ruins a young Rashford's career by playing him through injury. Martial has come out and said an exact same thing again, he was injured he couldn't sprint yet Ole kept playing him.
Kept playing that horrid Maguire, made him captain basically leading to Bailly blasting ole in public.

Hendo similarly promised game time given nothing.
Same with Donny.
For some reason did with same with Lingard
Dropping a certain Tuanzebe when the lad literally pocketed Mbappe. He comes has one bad game and suddenly he's an untouchable.

Gave the birth to McFred which is something we've not be able to get rid of. It's like a pest.

Kept saying we're improving, we were fantastic in games where we might have had 1 shot and a goal through that shot.

He's set us back so many years.

1.) 10 Sep 2022
10 Sep 2022 16:37:37
Thought it was a refreshing interview from Martial, rarely speaks in public.

Clearly still holds a grudge against Mourinho for having to accomodate Sanchez after playing really well in the 17/ 18 season which is fair i think.

Also fair is having to play with an injury, him and rashford were poorly treat in that regard under Ole.

Less reasonable is the sulking over having his number swapped for Zlatan to get the 9 shirt.

Also Needs to take more ownership of his career, stated he could be more consistent which is true but he needs to be more aggressive as well when he plays up top.

Has his last chance under ten hag if he can stay fit, needs to take it.

2.) 10 Sep 2022
10 Sep 2022 19:04:48
Having a pop at ole for not playing tuanzebe donny Lingard and Bailey! He’s to blame for a lot of things but those 4? Get a grip Rohan, there’s a obvious reason behind that! Garbage!

3.) 10 Sep 2022
10 Sep 2022 20:13:23
I really disagree Chris.
Bailly put in performances miles better than Maguire did. Half fit Maguire played over Bailly, just because Maguire was Ole's 80m mistake.

Our team performed woefully and he promised Lingard mins, I never said we should start him, please read again, I am hinting towards the absolute dishonesty from him.

Tuanzebe, he did have good game at PSG, young player has 1-2 bad games and never sees the light of first team. Ole was absolutely terrible at managing youth. Even I could have managed and given a debut to Mason, who was an unbelievable player, there's nothing Ole had to do with him.

He signed Donny, and never really played him. Donny made 1 mistake and never started again, whereas Fred could make 10 in one game and yet start again.

Ole was a **** of a manager. Clueless idiot.

4.) 10 Sep 2022
10 Sep 2022 20:42:26
Somethings do not reflect well on Ole. The players playing through injury and being rushed back is a big red flag. However, those decisions are made with player and medical staff too. It would be interesting to have been a fly on the wall for those conversations. I know myself when I played rugby I’d do anything to get on the pitch even when I was nowhere near 80% never mind 100%.

Lingard, Henderson, Bailly, Van de beek. Those lads weren’t taking us very far now let’s just be honest. Tuanzebe hasn’t made it at Villa or Napoli, so not good enough for us. Yes a good game against Mbappe, and he has the raw ability as a defender but he’s always injured and didn’t make it elsewhere.

5.) 10 Sep 2022
10 Sep 2022 22:50:30
I find it all really stupid. His main complaint against Ole is that he didn't tell the media that Martial thought he's injured enough to play, but the medical staff and coach thought he can play and so he did. And that helps Martial?
Ole can be and should be blamed for many things but as a professional sports player, you play through pain. Also, Tuanzebe, Lingard, Henderson, Bailly are not good enough, it really is that simple.

6.) 11 Sep 2022
11 Sep 2022 09:04:38
Ole's gone, ultimately it didn't work for many reasons.

It's a fresh start, draw a line under it and look to the future and not to the past.

I want the players thinking about how they can improve, and focusing on moving forward. That is the only way the club will move forward.

7.) 11 Sep 2022
11 Sep 2022 09:23:28
I don’t think ole had the clout to influence and sanction who we bought. Woodward and the structure he put in place was a disaster in terms of how to run a club. The owners are also guilty of allowing it to go on for so long.

As far as the players mentioned go let's be honest not every manager can be an idiot and these guys never cut it under multiple managers. They are simply not good enough.

8.) 11 Sep 2022
11 Sep 2022 18:14:17
Bailly? has his moments but lacks discipline, and has poor positional sense. Would frequently play the opponents onside as a result. Under a good manager he might have improved.

DVDB? Simply not good enough. Couldn't even stake a claim for a regular place at Everton. And clearly EtH doesn't rate him either. He's clearly been unable to step up the the level of the EPL.

Tuanzebe? Clearly not good enough and injury prone. Another Phil Jones?

Maguire? Arcticle in MEN back in April 2020: scouted by Moyes, courted by Mourinho, championed by SAF and bought by United to fill a glaring gap. Is that Ole's fault?

Lingard? A top player he is not. Someone who plays with flashes of quality but is generally not good enough.

Ole was clearly not a good manager, but the problems at United ran far deeper than him. Just the fact that he was appointed tells you all you need to know. I still maintain that the real reason that happened, was that they looked around and no top manager really wanted the job. Why would any of them want to work for Woodward?

9.) 12 Sep 2022
11 Sep 2022 18:59:09
Shawthing,

Totally agree. We can all lay blame and moan about things but woodward is a light weigth who somehow landed into job way beyond his skill set and we have suffered for it. The fact that owners allowed it to continue for as long as it did makes them as culpable snd incompetent as well.

Our current challenge with some of the players is not ole driven and goes much deeper. Poorly run club and even this last window was not a great example.

10.) 13 Sep 2022
13 Sep 2022 10:48:19
People know my views on Ole, horrendous choice from the start. Martial comments are cheap but he is clearly a player who likes to be mollycoddled, if chief mollycoddller Ole could not keep him happy then it tells you more about Martial and his mental status.
AWB is one that we should focus on, Ole wanted a modern style of full back, we had one in Dalot yet the Norwegian numpty saw us spend 50m on someone who gets dizzy in the opposition half. There can be little excuse for Ole, surely he would have had to describe the sort of RB he wanted before they spent that much. The club should have asked why Dalot was not the one. So now we have a 50m RB worth probably 10m, an 80m CB worth probably 20M. I spent several years pointing Ole weaknesses but now the club are paying a financial price plus the complete lack of professional controlled direction the 3 wasted years gave us. ETH does look like he will give that direction now. There are deeper problems but Ole was a disaster that is going to take ETH time to mop up. Disgraceful that Norwegian was given 3 years and 400m.

11.) 13 Sep 2022
13 Sep 2022 13:14:56
The list of his shortcomings is endless redman as we know.
The most pathetic excuse for a manager we have ever had or at least since the early 70s
It will take time as you say for eth and team to correct the errors but imo he has started in the right vein and we can only hope he continues to be supported by the owners they way he was this summer.
Get it right on the pitch and the rest of the issues will become easier to fix.

12.) 14 Sep 2022
14 Sep 2022 11:02:06
Ole was crap. So crap he managed to get second in the league and beaten finalist in Europa League.

Ole wanted Haaland and Bellingham before anyone even knew who they were. Wanted Grealish and was given Van de Been instead as he was half the price. Maguire and AWB purchases sure you can pin on him but where was the scouting department identifying alternatives? And I don't remember, despite the obvious United tax on the fee, there was huge uproar to signing Maguire. Pep was a fan too remember.

Ole should never have been appointed of course and ultimately proved he was not up to the job. let's not tarnish his memory with the likes of Moyes though who took us from a league winning team to 7th in one season.

Whilst I do think Ole was a passionate United fan and former player in his dream job he didn't ultimately have the skillset to compete at the top. That is not to say he did not do his level best for this club.

13.) 14 Sep 2022
14 Sep 2022 15:08:13
I'd take moyes anyway over ole.

14.) 15 Sep 2022
15 Sep 2022 05:41:39
Halesini, Ole bottled the Champions league group stage (from leading the group) and therefore we were dropped to Europa. That is not something to cheer about, is it?

His decision to make Maguire captain who is a liability was shocking and still creates dressing room rift.

Played players through injury and crocked them.

So many terrible decisions that we are still having to clean up his mess.

The worst managerial appointment ever.

15.) 15 Sep 2022
15 Sep 2022 09:46:44
TRD - objectively Moyes is a far worse appointment. Played 1, finished 7th, with a league winning team.

Ken - you’re welcome to Moyes. Bet United are really regretting their decision to sack him given his trophy haul since. Moyes is Fergie’s second greatest mistake. That error of judgement and no clear succession plan with someone capable of succeeding has put us back a decade.

We all have opinions on different managers. I don’t think for one minute Ole was qualified to manage United. But he had as much suitable experience as Moyes, ie naff all.

16.) 15 Sep 2022
15 Sep 2022 14:38:32
As you say your welcome to your opinion.

17.) 15 Sep 2022
15 Sep 2022 15:25:38
I stopped posting or even following our week in week stuff when they appointed ole. I am not convinced he is the guy, who said go get me mcguire and awb. I don’t think he had that kind of sway. If you look at our purchases last 10 years we have had a poor scouting/ buys and its structural and not one mans fault.

Under mourinho and van gaal we bought a lot of players who turned out to be underachievers and a busts too. If you believe some of the stuff mourinho has said with the players coming in not being his choices, then its crazy to think ole had a say when jose did not.

If anything ole was the easiest appointment for the brass to walk over in terms of football decisions.

18.) 16 Sep 2022
16 Sep 2022 03:15:51
Can we move on from Ole? That has been done to death. He does not need nor deserve the vitriol being served up day in day out!

Ole was, is and always will be an MUFC legend. He was measured like all since SAF on that goal. Ever since then nobody has a chance unless they repeat the feat which is ever more difficult as football evolves.

None of us know the facts of who he did or didn't bring in and whether he wanted them or not. Maguire was, allegedly, touted before he "brought" him in so I suspect that was not entirely of his own doing. That could easily be the case for a few players.

How many of you old enough stood, yes people, STOOD in the Stretford End baying for Fergusons blood when he was supposedly 1 game away from the sack? He was "clueless, out of his depth, should go back to Scotland etc. " A few I would imagine! The rest as they say was history. Sadly these days managers are not given such luxuries and are gone in days after a few bad results.

I am not about to defend Ole as a manager. We can all see that he was a passionate person in the wrong job and with the wrong credentials. To call him the Norwegian Numty or a **** of a manager is just damn disrespectful. How many of the haters would shake Ole's hand and say what an idol he is were they to meet him? Most I suspect! And don't put him down for wanting to give it a go. Most if not all of you would jump at the chance and most if not all of you have no managerial clue! I certainly haven't!

Move on, look to the future and get behind EtH and the team.

19.) 17 Sep 2022
17 Sep 2022 19:35:46
Ole came at a time where the team was tired of Mourinho and the Mourinho rein failed the moment Rui Faria left and he was not backed. Perisic has been a terrific player and Maguire was available at a cheaper price and would've suited his let's sit back and counter. When we have to sit in a low block I think Maguire can be a really good defender.

Moyes came in to replace the best manager in the premier league, taht was obviously going to be huge boots to fill. Especially for someone who is not as big as a van Gaal or Jose.
And he was backed with just a fellaini signing and mata in January. Added to the fact SAF left him with players almost to the end of their career with Fergie God knows how working his magic on the squad winning against an extremely talented Man City, Fergie was a genius and he could easily make any squad overperform atleast 2 or 3 places in the table.
The way he handled players, the soft nature and yet his harsh side ripping into players, I just wish he was 20 years younger.

You cannot compare moyes and ole.
Moyes is an actual coach, Ole is nothing.