Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Radcliffe should use the £2m he's took off Ferguson to get the TNS manager in as a high performance, Europe facing, marginal gain strategic vision consultant.
Man United - the team that gets me excited? 2024-2026
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Wilf
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Bit unlucky today apparently, but still, 14th after a 1/4 of the season. Haven't checked, but that must be lowpoint since, phew, when? 
Probably 1988-9 when they ended the season 13th, the year Ferguson nearly got sacked iirc. Also, dreadful Europa campaign.
Not much point sacking the manager, but equally not a cat in hell's chance he can pull it round. Which probably means they need to sack him, get someone in to buy a team in their own image and close to start again from scratch.
Probably 1988-9 when they ended the season 13th, the year Ferguson nearly got sacked iirc. Also, dreadful Europa campaign.Not much point sacking the manager, but equally not a cat in hell's chance he can pull it round. Which probably means they need to sack him, get someone in to buy a team in their own image and close to start again from scratch.
Never change, Jose, you mad old bastard. Incidentally, someone on the Everton v Fulham HYS referred to Marco Silva as the 'Portuguese Pulis', which is a bit harsh when Mourinho exists.I just checked the minute by minute on the guardian: sent off.
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Erik ten Hag is over.
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The39thStep
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Latest odds. I'd be shocked if Amorim took the job tbh after turning down West Ham last year
Rúben Amorim 3/1
Ruud van Nistelrooy 7/2
Xavi Hernández 6/1
Thomas Frank 8/1
Gareth Southgate 8/1
Steve Cooper 10/1
Kieran McKenna 10/1
Zinedine Zidane 14/1
Graham Potter 16/1
Simone Inzaghi 20/1
Massimiliano Allegri 20/1
Andoni Iraola 25/1
Julian Nagelsmann 28/1
Xabi Alonso 33/1
Roberto De Zerbi 33/1
Unai Emery 40/1
Eddie Howe 40/1
Rúben Amorim 3/1
Ruud van Nistelrooy 7/2
Xavi Hernández 6/1
Thomas Frank 8/1
Gareth Southgate 8/1
Steve Cooper 10/1
Kieran McKenna 10/1
Zinedine Zidane 14/1
Graham Potter 16/1
Simone Inzaghi 20/1
Massimiliano Allegri 20/1
Andoni Iraola 25/1
Julian Nagelsmann 28/1
Xabi Alonso 33/1
Roberto De Zerbi 33/1
Unai Emery 40/1
Eddie Howe 40/1
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
I reckon it'll be Van Nistelrooy, after a bunch of others have been approached and said no. Being 5th choice will undermine RVN from the start, and so the cycle continues.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
There is a surplus 'c' in the thread title
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
You'll love the picture they are using here:
Manchester United sack Erik ten Hag after West Ham defeat
Manchester United have sacked their manager Erik ten Hag after the club’s troubling start to the season
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Why would any of those want it? You're taking over a team of failing, increasingly unpopular, overpaid egotistical prima donnas. The first cup you'll win is a poisoned chalice.
Has to be Badenoch or Jenrick, no?
Mind, Liz Truss is 50/1 and she has a record to rival that of Brian Clough's.
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Nagelsman down to 6/1
RvD now 1/2
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
To be fair, only another 10 years of shitness and they become Sleeping Giants. Then, the only way is up.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Nagelsman is intersting
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
any former spurs manager would be best able to bring them further along ten hag's trajectory
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i remember the day united won the league and city were relegated, back in 1996. sure there's a lot of city fans would be very pleased to see the tables reversed.To be fair, only another 10 years of shitness and they become Sleeping Giants. Then, the only way is up.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
In passing, non-existent defence, but still a beautiful goal. Despite him saying it was a fluke.
Sadly wasn't in the UK back then, would have loved to have seen it. Could never happen again of course. (massive hex!)
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
And getting even further into jumpers for goal posts, the classic red shirts v sky blue, with no players names or sponsors shite, was nice to see. Showing my age even more, I preferred the older United strip, without the collars and pretty much a red version of the City strip. But still an absolutely classic set of images on display. 'What colour telly was made for' as people (probably) said at the time.
Ten Hag won 2 cups... he was the 2nd most successful Premier League manger while he was in the job
he does seem to have had some terrible luck. should have been "out of sight at half-time" on Sunday according to the BBC report, and yet a dodgy penalty at the end sends it the other way. but that's the deal - you take the fall for the players being crap.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yeah, true, but there's a sense that these were pretty much his players. Iirc, he did better when he had a squad purchased by his predecessors. I've nothing against him, this is just a badly run club.Ten Hag won 2 cups... he was the 2nd most successful Premier League manger while he was in the job
he does seem to have had some terrible luck. should have been "out of sight at half-time" on Sunday according to the BBC report, and yet a dodgy penalty at the end sends it the other way. but that's the deal - you take the fall for the players being crap.
It was a very dodgy penalty. No idea why it was given and could have cost him his job. Although his employers were probably looking for an excuse tbf.
yeah, badly run club for sure. and it has been too crap too many times, so his days were numbered. just a bit of a bad luck thrown into the mix recently.
it is the sign of the times that managers get hardly any time now. 2/3 years is just the norm. I was looking at Chelsea's recent managers and it's crazy - about one every year.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Yeah, definitely. Ten Hag's clearly a decent manager who may well go on to do well again elsewhere. It's just with united, you think, fuck, where are they going to go next. Failed to get the Glazers out which is the big issue for me and now we've had Radcliffe coming in as the peering over your shoulder hard man, which has yielded nothing at all. The sad fact is that United are only likely to get back to the top if some Petro State or monster like Musk gives the Glazers untold billions. Which would be the point I tip from being a semi-detached fan to actively hostile.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
One every year ? If you really want to compete with us you'll have to have six in the last two years pal .
