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Originally Posted by devo22
I don't think you guys need to worry about that any time soon, United have been pretty hesitant when it comes to these things and right now I don't see an obvious choice available either. But I do wonder how long his leash actually is ... they gave him that stupid extension before the season and let him spend a lot of cash this summer, so that would suggest he's pretty safe. On the other hand, signing Ronaldo, Sancho and Varane shows serious ambition, and the quality on the sidelines should reflect that. It quite obviously doesn't, and the club has to be aware of that. I mean, how can you bring in those players and actually regress?
Recent performances are worrying, to say the least. Last six games:
CL - Young Boys (A) 1-2
PL - West Ham (A) 2-1
CC - West Ham (H) 0-1
PL - Aston Villa (A) 0-1
CL - Villareal (H) 2-1
PL - Everton (H) 1-1
that's a pretty shocking run just based on results, but it's even worse when you consider the performances. The win against West Ham was down to De Gea saving a pen in extra time, the Villareal win was down to a Ronaldo goal in extra time and they could have easily lost today (the offside goal). They were arguably second best in any of those games ... De Gea has had to save their asses numerous times. It's pretty unbelievable when you look at the squad that Solskjaer has at his disposal, there really are no excuses for serving up this dross.
Solskjaer was a decent bridge appointment to clean up Mourinhos mess and take the club back to the top 4. He's done that, but now, with all that investment, there's going to be more pressure and it's time to take the proverbial next step. And all I see is a manager who's out of his depth and out of ideas ... I certainly don't see a manager who can lift this team to win anything. United will take a long time to realize that and act, of course, which is a damn shame.
Next 10 games are pretty rough, too.
PL - Leicester (A)
CL - Atalanta (H)
PL - Liverpool (H)
PL - Tottenham (A)
CL - Atalanta (A)
PL - Man City (H)
PL - Watford (A)
CL - Villareal (A)
PL - Chelsea (A)
PL - Arsenal (H)
curious to see where the club stands after that.
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I know we often discuss chequebook managers, but imagine where Ole would be without all that money? Oh, right. We saw that with Cardiff City already!
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler
I am shocked that Arsenal have so many wins.
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They haven’t really beaten anyone though. Spurs gave them the win in half an hour and they beat two brutal teams. Today they scraped a draw, but were not the better team and the conditions were not good. It’s great, because it might give them hope that they’re not that bad, but anyone watching knows that is a terrible team. I know I’m biased, but seriously I don’t think that’s just my bias showing here.