Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as care taker manager with I think MIke Phelan as coach. Interesting and saw a single comment perhaps Utd could do what Di Matteo did with Chelsea in 2012.

Its always a risk yet hope he does ok as care taker manager, thought not too well, 6th will suit me.

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

They had enough practice, that was their 3rd penalty shoot out in a row 

maybe it was mental exhaustion then - bloody awful pens  

5 hours ago, Slojo said:

It looks like a sponsor but the timing is impeccable, a few hours after Jose was sacked. 

If he did this intentionally Paul Pogba is one immature prick. 

I enjoyed Gary Neville's response 

Does Bellamy know something we don't ? 

Be interesting to see what happens now at Utd. You can probably expect a bit of an upturn in form as the players will no doubt warm to Solskjaer & Phelan.

But it is a strange appointment as he didn't exactly do that well at Cardiff. Be great to see them hovering just above relegation!!

 

I have taken a look on the Redcafe and there are a mixture of views, a large number see Solskjaer as exciting and a smaller number are worried it could get even worse.

He is fortunate that due to Carrick taking the Cardiff match he will probably be introduced at OT amongst a huge friendly crowd that will lift the players.

He has a good chance to get some early points and build on that goodwill. 

 

Wasn't Solakjaer pretty sh*t when he managed Cardiff?

Just now, Zeta said:

Wasn't Solakjaer pretty sh*t when he managed Cardiff?

It certainly didn't work out well though consensus was he took the wrong job, a club on the decline.

9 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

It certainly didn't work out well though consensus was he took the wrong job, a club on the decline.

Maybe United have missed a trick and should have actually gone for Neil Warnock who did manage to turn Cardiff around 

15 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Maybe United have missed a trick and should have actually gone for Neil Warnock who did manage to turn Cardiff around 

They certainly discussed and wrote off a lot of suggestions like Hughes, Bruce even Cantona got a mention, now that would have been interesting for a week.

47 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Wasn't Solakjaer pretty sh*t when he managed Cardiff?

He surely didn't get much done... but what could you expect from a team like Cardiff?

Can't say I expect miracles now, but at least I'm gonna start watching games from now on and hope to be entertained. Mourinho has got me to feel so disconnected... been a fan since the 80's and I've always done everything in my power to not miss any games. Lately It's been more like "f**k that, I'll check the result later"

Strange appointment by United even if it is interim. 

Feels like they’re writing off the season already. 

2 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Strange appointment by United even if it is interim. 

Feels like they’re writing off the season already. 

Perhaps they are hoping for the Di Matteo effect in 2012.

I have a feeling this will work out well for United. They have the attacking talent to be very dangerous and Pogba will now be invigorated by Jose leaving. If they finish top 4 I won't be shocked. Spurs and Arsenal are the only two big away matches they have left. Di Matteo effect indeed. Not sure he is the long-term answer but as for this season, I think they've made a pretty shrewd hire considering the managers available to them and their current predicament. I don't imagine Ole will want to bring many players in this winter and they'll be able to clear the deck a little for the next guy. 

1 hour ago, TheChelseaBlues said:

I have a feeling this will work out well for United. They have the attacking talent to be very dangerous and Pogba will now be invigorated by Jose leaving. If they finish top 4 I won't be shocked. Spurs and Arsenal are the only two big away matches they have left. Di Matteo effect indeed. Not sure he is the long-term answer but as for this season, I think they've made a pretty shrewd hire considering the managers available to them and their current predicament. I don't imagine Ole will want to bring many players in this winter and they'll be able to clear the deck a little for the next guy. 

I think they will achieve 6th and given the circumstances will be satisfactory anything else like cup success will be a bonus.

I was scrolling through on twitter & I saw some Emery Out tweets already by the gooners 

On 19/12/2018 at 10:49, carrickblue said:

rumoured that Zidane is lined up for next season with Jose going to Inter 

The Inter thing is a largely nonsense link, easy for the English press to mindlessly make but not much in it. Completely new regime there, and they're under FFP pressure so he couldn't even compete with Juve in the market. 

 

13 hours ago, TheChelseaBlues said:

I have a feeling? this will work out well for United. They have the attacking talent to be very dangerous and Pogba will now be invigorated by Jose leaving. If they finish top 4 I won't be shocked. Spurs and Arsenal are the only two big away matc?hes they have left. Di Matte??o effect indeed. Not sure he is the long-ter?m answer but as for this seaso?n, I think they've made a pretty shrewd hire considering the managers available to the?m and their current predicament. I? don't imagine Ole w?ill want to bring man?y players in ?thi?s winter an?d they'll be able to cle?ar the deck a little for the next guy. 

 

No way do they make top four, perhaps if they only had to overhaul one of ourselves Spurs and Arsenal but they've got to overtake two. Gap is already in double digits and none of those three teams mentioned are showing any signs of slowing down, they're setting a pace United have shown themselves to be incapable of matching. 

The whole point of the Di Matteo 'effect' is that it didn't really have much to do with him per se, and that's no slight on Robbie. That squad basically managed itself and was brimming with leaders and type-A personalities. Our CL win was lightning in a bottle. 

I bet if anyone asked United fans 6 months ago about an interim manager in December, they'd laugh about it. Now they are happy to accept a former player ( good one he was) from a mini mouse club to manage the rest of the season, how time has changed.

See Dele Alli got a plastic bottle on the back of his head last night.

Can't condone that. Shocking behaviour. If you're going to throw something at Dele Alli, at least make it something like a house brick.

 

Has the bottle throwing been linked to racism yet by the usual gobsh*tes on twitter, in the media etc? no....well I am surprised.

4 hours ago, Nibs said:

See Dele Alli got a plastic bottle on the back of his head last night.

Can't condone that. Shocking behaviour. If you're going to throw something at Dele Alli, at least make it something like a house brick.

 

The big question is did it have a bottle top? They’ll be extra vigilant at the Bridge now, I might have to hide mine up my bum 

2 hours ago, dkw said:

Has the bottle throwing been linked to racism yet by the usual gobsh*tes on twitter, in the media etc? no....well I am surprised.

I was just about to say that, if that was from us you know what the headlines would be. 

3 hours ago, Munkworth said:

The big question is did it have a bottle top? They’ll be extra vigilant at the Bridge now, I might have to hide mine up my bum 

Like you weren't gonna anyway.... 

poor dele, any one would think it was a brick

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Wonder why this isnt on bbc yet... because its not chelsea?