I just knew it. The only time we've been featured on the BBC Football home page in ages was for the loss at Barrow and because we've hired somebody from Man U
I can’t put this on Twitter because the twitteratti will slaughter me (they’ve gone from ‘sign Bonne’ to ‘send Bonne back’ in 5 mins remember..) what I’m wondering is; if km is such a good coach And tactician, why have Man U been so tactically inept? Indeed Fernandez said they had no idea where they were supposed to be in phases of the game just before ole was sacked. Man U fans are glad he’s gone; they associate him with the coaching team under ole that failed to win anything despite a huge budget for players. That doesn’t make him a crap coach. I’m trying to figure out why they were so bad at times given he was a key man there. I’m not pissing on the parade. He’s my preferred choice over Harris. Warnock and JT but it’s easy to get carried away by the hope and ignore the tricky questions which I hope we can explore here.
Yes that is a concern but we'll never know what influence he had on that. But Man Utd have played pretty similar to us this season, lots of good players but indifferent performances
Man United are two points off a Champions League spot with a game in hand. Ole was hardly a disaster. The fans just demand titles.
A risky appointment on paper, but as discussed elsewhere it could be a refreshing appointment where we go down the head coach route and the team coaching significantly improves. Clubs like Blackpool have opted for a similar type of appointment and they’re in the Championship now. If anyone is playing “Nuggets Bingo”, I’m about to mention the coaching staff, but I think getting his backroom staff right is crucial to determining McKenna’s success here. If he can surround himself with the right team, then I'm quietly confident he can take this club forwards. A lot of Manchester United fans appear keen to see the back of him, probably because of his association with the Solskjaer years. But I’d rather trust Mourinho, Solskjaer, and Rangnick (who all rated McKenna), rather than some reactionary teenagers on Twitter.
True but he'd built a team over a number of years that was added to over the summer and expected to challenge for the title which they are no where near and some of the performances given he was there 3 years were awful especially considering the players they had. Very similar to our performances to be fair but the difference being the bulk of that Man Utd team has been there years. I just hope McKenna coaches the team to press because that's been a big weakness and it's been a weakness for Man Utd
Well it’s daft because both Man City and Liverpool took a very long time to progress to where they are now.
Good points Nuggets, and Jim Magilton rates him highly too. Fans are a fickle lot and if their team is not top of the Premiership table by Divine rights, they will complain. We just wanna see some exciting footie in L1, and the odd win! I am sure we will all get behind him and his staff. Meantime, we have a little challenge this Saturday. I have a hunch that everyone will respond, the players who all know they havent performed of late, the crowd will be right behind them, and we might get something out of this match.
From coaching Cristiano one day to Toto Nsiala the next, quite a change! Probably time to move Toto on, he looks increasingly lost and I dont like watching a game waiting, expecting him to make a howler. While Mckenna has no managerial experience as such he has worked alongside some of the greatest. I really hope he is given time to adjust and find his feet, and develop his methods and style. We have all been hopeful for promotion this season, which has bred impatience and recently anger and frustration. McKenna has a a very decent record as a coach, and he is going to need time to adjust. TBH, promotion now seems very unlikely and our supporters perhaps need to accept this. In my book, so long as we see progress on the pitch, a more united team playing for each other, more of that bold attacking style we saw earlier and a strong finish to the season, then that will worth building on. A few additions in January, to be his chosen players, not Cook's or Ashton, then we can look forward to the next season.
I'm with you there Gaffer, however certainly feel lied to by the club who said they sacked Cook because they wanted to achieve something this season, this to me seems like a more long term appointment. It says to me Cook was a dead man walking as he wasn't Ashtons man and didn't fit in with the rest of 'his' team. This is a big risk by Ashton not giving an experienced proven manager much time, saying he was sacked because the club wanted to do something this season and then appointing a rookie coach. If this doesn't work out and we don't see progress this season Ashtons head will certainly be on the block.
They did but there was visual progress season on season and I can't remember a Guardiola or Klopp team delivering performances that badly 3 and a half years into their tenures after spending so much money.
I would agree that if things dont improve as we all hope over the next 12 months or so, then the Chief Exec will indeed take the rap. No-one is indispensible.
It really hasn’t been that bad though. Either they need to back a manager properly or do what Chelsea do and make it a temporary position. At the moment they’re stuck in a half way house.
None of these players should be ruled out or ruled in. It’s up to the new manager to see which players are going to work out for him. If it were down to me I think our priority should be with strikers and attacking midfielders, I’d be looking to keep the rest of the group as they are until next summer.
