...... united legend, dedicated, skillfull, & intelligent, now making noise in the management world. at the sweet age of 38 and honing his new skills, and doing more than well - he has taken his team to the top of their league, does anyone else think that by the time fergie retires Ole could/should be a perfect replacement? IMO a FAR better candidate than "the special one" or Guardiola, and with Ole one that is already is well connected with the United's cause!
I hate it when people say we should appoint an ex Man Utd player as Manager. We need someone with sufficient experience and a proven track record, I don't give a **** if they used to play for us or not.
agreed, but my suggestion is based on what Ole is doing NOW and not as what he did as a United player, look at Keane, Robso, Ince, Bruce, great players for United but haven't really cut it in management. Ole is doing well as I've already said, and by the time Fewrgie retires we will know how experienced Ole is and whether he could cut it at United .... that he was a player at United is a bonus not essential The question I mooted is whether Ole could be a potential United manager in years to come. As for experience how old is Guardiola and Villas-Boas? not many years of experience there, but assigned to big clubs.
Would like to see him step up from managing in that league to something more competitive before being given the opportunity to manage United
This . To follow on from Berbs point would you consider any other manager topping the norwegian league as united quality? Not to say it wouldn't be fantastic if Ole could eventually do a job here.
One season of management in the Norwegian league does not prove much. As things stand he's nowhere near proven enough and whether he'll actually cut it at the highest level only time will tell. He's made a fairly promising start in management but let's not get ahead of things. Say if SAF called it a day next summer I wouldn't want OGS in the job, it would be a gamble of pretty epic proportions. And how is he a 'FAR better candidate' than Mourinho or Guardiola? They have proven themselves at the very highest level, OGS has not, and being a club legend as player counts for squat when in the dugout. I want the best man available to replace SAF when he eventually retires, makes no difference if he's an ex-United player or not. So let's wait and see if OGS can actually cut it as manager before making statements about him replacing SAF ? Maybe some Prem/fizzy pop club will try and sign him
rite because guardiolla was an established manager who won countless trophies before he took charge of barcelona....
Something like the SPL? You know in Aberdeen or something. IMO Fergie will have the final say in his replacement, Ole would be a good choice. He's done a great job in Norway, and still has a few years before Fergie calls it quits (if he ever does). The two biggest things Fergie has brought to the club, are the never say die attitude, and the family like togetherness our squad has. The fact that our squad is so tight knit in this day and age where money is king, is pretty unbelievable. Whoever our next manager is, whether its Ole, Mourinho, Sky, or Me, those 2 things are something the next manager will have to bring/maintain.
Spot on. According to the media and Untied sources, Fergie wants Mourinho to replace him and Fergie will have the ultimate say to who replaces him.
I understand what you mean. He does not seem the type to me that will stick with a job for no more than a couple of years but his success and his records speak for themselves.
True. My concern is he usually does well with considerable money to spend. Also at times I find his tactics and teams a little boring or maybe thats just me. Also his ego is immense. Yes maybe he's the man to control superstars; but who controls him?
The only thing Mourinho doesn't have in his resume is developing youth. I'd like whoever the next manager is to have a long successful spell at OT and given time to stamp their mark on the club. Mourhino has an ego, but he often uses it to protect his player, something Fergie has done in the past. Heard a rumor awhile back, that Jose Mourhino wants to coach the US National Team in the future, so he can have his kids go to school in the U.S. Probably false, but I swear I read it somewhere.
Why would he need to be controlled? I.e. what does it mean if he's out of control, a couple of relatively stupid press comments? The occasional dugout ban? I can live with that. And this thing that he changes his club every couple of years is a bit of myth... He left Porto to prove himself in a much stronger league, at Chelsea he was sacked by an owner with more money than sense, and Inter was always going to be a stop-gap for him, though that didn't stop him from doing a phenomenal job there. I don't see a reason why he couldn't stay at United for a pretty long time, and even if he did stay for only say four years then the club should be in a great shape for his successor to continue the good work. What's the problem? His ego is immense - it should be because he's arguably the best manager in football bar SAF. I don't see what's wrong with that. I would say as it stands Mourinho is the standout candidate. Might change if the next few years though, it's not like SAF is going to quit anytime soon, hopefully.
I suggest you try watching his Real team in action sometime, they're pretty easy on the eye to me. No denying Chelsea under him parked the bus from time to time but SAF does it too on occasion, it's all about whatever it takes to win. And I agree that the biggest drawback with Mourinho is his pretty poor record in developing youth players. But it's not like he completely ignores them. At Inter he spent considerable amount in developing Santon (who'd be a regular at Inter if not for injuries, and is doing OK at Newcastle) and Balotelli (who just happens to a tw*t of the highest order) and at Real he's given chances to lots of youngsters. I just imagine that if, at United, there were talented youngsters knocking on the door like there often is, he is too smart not to give them a chance.
Do agree that at Real some of the football is good though it'd be hard not too considering his team. Not saying I don't want him at OT, just a feeling I have about him.
That is why i said "some" of his tactics and not all of them. I do agree that Madrid are playing good football but you just need to look at the players they have.
