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I saw that one too, bloody clueless!
Looks like the Giggs bandwagon is gathering steam.
Scholes's rationale that because an experienced manager hasn't worked out, that it's worth trying an inexperienced one is hilarious.
Scholes's rationale that because an experienced manager hasn't worked out, that it's worth trying an inexperienced one is hilarious.
Given also one or two newspaper suggestions that there's still opposition to Mourinho in their boardroom, I'm thinking my money'd now be on Giggs if I were to bet on LVG's replacement. Got to wonder if Mourinho even wants the job any more, esp.if they don't make the Champions League spots.
Just rewatching the highlights and there is a genuine Phil Neal quality to Giggs as assistant manager. When the camera cuts to the bench Giggs is either staring blankly into the distance or nodding sycophantically along with everything VanGaal is saying, he probably doesnt even notice hes speaking Dutch.
I really want him to get the job, hed be a disaster but also unsackable for at least 18 months.
If they want any hope of improving quickly, thw first person they must sack is Giggs.
He has been the common denominator in succesive manager regime failures....any fool can see that.
His pals constantly harping on the telle that he should be manager can hardly help the incumbant?
He has been the common denominator in succesive manager regime failures....any fool can see that.
His pals constantly harping on the telle that he should be manager can hardly help the incumbant?
Exactly, if they appoint him the likes of Scholes, Ferdinand, Neville etc will all be cheerleading while he drives the bus over the cliff. There is a cognitive dissonance in the media sometimes, like when Hodgson got the job off the back of every fucking paper talking about how great he was at Fulham. Even when he was cratering the club and the fans were in open revolt the press was saying he deserved more time and it would betray Liverpools history to fire a manager so quickly.
I'm wondering if Mourinho could go back to Italy instead if his patience runs out or the Mancs don't make the CL (or even the EL). With Conte almost certain to head to Chelsea now, one scenario I suppose could happen is Allegri taking up the Italy national team job for 2 years (like Conte) and takes them to the World Cup before returning to club football, while Mourinho moves to Juventus in this summer.
Giggs would set them back another couple of years. It would be a ludicrous decision.
We should probably keep quiet about it
We should probably keep quiet about it
I wonder if the Giggs bandwagon is driven as much by him not being Van Gaal, as it is because he's a United legend?
Someone mentioned the cognitive dissonance around Hodgson at Liverpool, but let's not forget that there were some fans, players and media types who were in favour of it in the first place, and I often thought it was at least partly driven by the fact that he wasn't called Rafael Benitez, because surely deep down everyone KNEW he would be a fucking catastrophe, regardless of what they actually said.
The distaste for Mourinho in certain parts of the United setup (chiefly Charlton) may not be enough, because they simply can't afford to take a risk like Giggs at this point. And Charlton's influence is surely waning - along with Baconface's - because the last manager they enthusiastically endorsed was David fucking Moyes.
The Glazers are only interested in making money, so they will need some unearthly persuading to risk future profits on maybe two more years of risky team-building underneath a management ingenue like Giggs.
OK, so there are precedents: Dalglish and Guardiola, but they were put in charge of set-ups and squads that were in better shape than United's, and had more recent success too.
The Glazers are only interested in making money, so they will need some unearthly persuading to risk future profits on maybe two more years of risky team-building underneath a management ingenue like Giggs.
OK, so there are precedents: Dalglish and Guardiola, but they were put in charge of set-ups and squads that were in better shape than United's, and had more recent success too.
I thought so too, but LVG limped on. I'd still be very surprised if Mourinho isn't United manager by the time next season starts. I hope not.
If Giggs doesn't get it then I expect all his pals to be against Mourinho even if they hide it at first.
Totally not relevant. Moyes was, even at Everton, one of the best paid managers in the Premiership. The issue they have with Mourinho isn't really money-related, it's his personality, brand and how he manages clubs. He's not what they consider United material. I suspect that a club like Liverpool would have similar concerns. Or would have in the past, anyway.
It's why he would never be manager of Barcelona, even before his tenure at Real.
There have been reports over the years that he wanted the Liverpool job when GH left and registered his interest, but that the board declined to follow it up for the reasons you describe. This had something of a ring of truth about it as he had just done that sprint down the touchline when his Porto side knocked ManU out of Europe that season - which of course I enjoyed, but which I would also have wondered about as a prelude to appointing him.
I'm loving the media's eagerness to treat Scholes' various comments as grandly oracular pronouncements. Just because the daft sod used to be so famously mute, now that he's started mumbling for a living they seem to have decided that whatever he says MUST make sense.
He seems to be the living embodiment of the phrase 'better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt' Ive never heard him say anything remotely intelligent about any game hes commented on, hes hilariously thick but everybody seems to be in denial
Yeah, he also proves that 'game intelligence' is no reliable indicator of actual intelligence.
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