Think that says rather more about the quality of United's midfield than it does Fellaini's, tbh.
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Think that says rather more about the quality of United's midfield than it does Fellaini's, tbh.
Missing the point entirely. No one said it was horrendous. Moving on.
As for the 67m investment. Fellaini has been injured most of the season, and Mata has been here since Jan.
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Quite. Been papering over the cracks for some time, testament to Ferguson. And lets not forget that Liverpool have massively improved. We should be much closer to them, but still facing a fight.
Assuming that's true, things are even worse - I would wary from giving 200m warchest to manager who brings 30m players that aren't even nearing word class.
But I think Fellaini will be a success at United...eventually.
Easy for us to say now! Hindsight is 20/20, etc.
There's that ****** smile again. What a plonker. We played quite well (grin), created slot of chances (grin) and I thought we where the better team (grin).We played well, we were unlucky, we created so many chances.
I have a 6 year contract.
Like in the immediate sense, Van Gaal is still managing Holland. AVB has just gotten a new job. Can't think of any competent manager who is readily available. So you literally will have to cede control to Giggs for the rest of the season which might push United even lower. Better to sack Moyes in the summer if that's what the board really want to do instead of doing it now and pushing the season to new lows
And ensure that United sink to new lows this season making them even more of an unattractive option come the summer
It doesn't ensure anything, yet. Thats the whole point.
What are the odds that Giggs will do a better job than Moyes has been doing so far?
Given there is apparently a internal struggle, and the players are not all apparently behind Moyes, fairly decent. We just dont know yet. That's the point.
What are you even talking about. The only way they could become even more unattractive then they already are, is if they fall to Championship. Otherwise I seriously doubt new players will care about Europa League or whether United finished 7 or 8th.
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Disagree ... Just because the players are behind Giggs, if they are at all, doesn't mean he will necessarily do better. Remember that the players were behind Moyes from the start as well. Look I really don't have any qualms about sacking Moyes but their needs to be a high probability that his replacement will improve the situation rather than asking someone like Giggs to warm the seat just for the sake of getting rid of Moyes
I am pretty sure that if the trend of poor results continue then United will become even more unattractive and this is the most likely situation if Moyes does get the sack
If Van Gaal is ready to take over after the world cup then it's simple. Sign him now and make Giggs take over till then. Even if we just avoid relegation it doesn't matter as we have manager lined up already. And also it would help in making a move in transfer market much early as Van Gaal would give his transfer targets and the staff will work on getting them.
And I don't think Giggs can do any worse than Moyes. We have hit rock bottom and I don't see any positive with Moyes staying.
I wouldn't appoint Giggs yet myself-and I stress yet. Newcastle did that with Shearer and things did get worse. Something worth bearing in mind. Obviously Man Utd aren't threatened with relegation and never will be for many years to come, but still. Not something I'd do personally.
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Another way to look at the situation is this.
Taking over from a manager like Alex was going to be tough for anybody because He was so successful. Not a lot of managers would have been brave enough to do it.
Now United are in need of rescue, it would be an attractive position for a top manager to come in, bring success and stroke his ego. Following Fergie was tough, following Moyes? Well? We all know the answer to that.
Taking over from a manager like Alex was going to be tough for anybody because He was so successful. Not a lot of managers would have been brave enough to do it.
Now United are in need of rescue, it would be an attractive position for a top manager to come in, bring success and stroke his ego. Following Fergie was tough, following Moyes? Well? We all know the answer to that.
Just read an article where a united fan writes that he hopes we lose tonight and against city then the board will have little choice but to sack moyes. I can see where he is coming from. We have no chance of winning champions league and no chance of finishing in top 4. So a little pain will bring a big gain I.e moyes out van gaal/klopp in.
We've been over this. Sorry, but wishing your club to lose is idiotic. If Moyes is going to be sack, those 2-3 games wouldn't matter. Shouldn't matter! If he's that bad, then he'll screw it up in other games. But wishing to lose to one off your rivals is stupid.
