On a more serious note, should the club have just got behind Gigg last season and let him manage the team full stop? If anyone knows the philosophy of that club, how Ferguson installed a winning mentality, how they trained, prepared and got their systems right... it's Giggs. 20 plus years at that club that no-one else had. Almost seems obvious when you see how disjointed that United team is. But do I care? Do I f....
You say that Flaspur but Giggs is there right beside Van Gaal and it doesn't seem to be making much of a difference!
The bucks stops with the manager. He picks the team and decides who to bring in as his coaching staff. Just take Jol under Santini - we were slow, dull and boring under Jacques but under BMJ, we were a totally different side. So I wouldn't suggest assistants have that much influence over the team. They're just there to offer support, opinion and another perspective. But I can imagine Van Gaal is his own man and won't be seen to let a subordinate dictate to him. No chance.
Save for Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness I cannot think of any other players who were that successful when they went to manage those teams for which they played. Giggs an excellent player but he's no Dalglish as a coach. They're calling for LVG to be replaced by Giggs already on the Utd board but he is not the answer. Before Ferguson Utd were struggling at second bottom and so here is history repeating itself.
"Save for Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness I cannot think of any other players who were that successful when they went to manage those teams." Not even a dour Yorkshireman who played in a team managed by some guy called Arthur Rowe ...
Before my time RDBD, I'd have to look him up. I think perhaps there's a lesson here ie never take on a coach after he's managed a national team.
