Spent more time than I should during lockdown on various streaming services and a recent Marvel TV show had me turning my thoughts to some of the bigger “What If…” moments in football. Procrastinating could end up costing the club, as any Arsenal fan could tell you.īeing a United fan isn’t any fun this week, so I’m gonna open up the Mailbox to a hopefully more interesting topic than #OleOut. Despite the obvious flaws in the balance of ManU’s squad, surely anyone can see that, as far as managers, there are better, and more proven options than Ole available.
And with the up and coming Saudi FC entering the fray (assuming they don’t get relegated first), it behooves ManU’s board to ensure they are at the table competing for honours before places become even harder to come by. Gian Piero Gasperini will do a great job if we ever decide to play the Manchester United way.Ĭonte – Man United? Surely a sustained title challenge is the minimum a club like ManU should be aiming for. I wish Ole well though I know this team will never win anything with him at the helm… But come Tuesday… We go GGMU!!! No system, No spine to make difficult decisions, just a man feeling lucky. After all, the puppet is only as good as the puppet master. I am sorry but Ole will never mount a serious title challenge even if we the best players in every department. The floor has been raised… the ceiling is still as low as it was… and the fans are trying hard to get comfortable with football which is not going to happen because expectations are higher.
We the fans adjusted our expectations accordingly.Now the story is different, we have some world class talents in almost every area of the pitch bar midfield… Fred is actually a Brazil international though… but we still have that average manager. It was the story of a very average manager managing a group of very average players. So Ole came in brought a feel good factor/energy and managed our expectations. The truth is for the past three to four years post Ferguson… Manchester United have had some bang average to ridiculous players. Thank goodness those days of wasting the clubs money are well behind us… Last and definitely not least…Ronaldo, million a week to sprinkle glitter on the proverbial turd! Total cost 100 million + and likely someone’s job! Couldn’t find anyone interested enough to publish the value of his contract. Mick Phelan new deal…could be worth it…not actually sure what he does. Total cost 30 million (estimated cost of paying him off if he’s sacked by January 25 million+) Ole has his new contract, 3rd highest paid manager in the league. Van De Beek…did he actually sign a contract? Total cost 31 million, just in case it’s true 861 minutes in total last year, which on his annual salary would have cost Utd just under 10k a minute. Juan Mata, given a new 2 year contract, and er…well he’s a top bloke. Jesse Lingard, stopped from leaving, allowing him to run down his contract, plays in the most competitive area of the team, doesn’t get game time…hmmm…Loss 15 – 20 millionĮric Bailly…given a brand new 4 year contract, promised game time and then can’t get in over a crocked Harry Mcguire (currently in poor form).
Our biggest saleable asset, Paul Pogba…shortly will be signing on for free somewhere across the continent. A handshake is worth more than a contract…įor a club obsessed with making money and in huge debt we seem to make some curious contract decisions…some recent examples…