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Watched the first part of his interview and then the press conference.

Cards being played very close to the chest as expected really, but he seems a no-nonsense character, didn't really give the press any soundbites - probably wise this early on.

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When we appointed Rangnick, I was pleased because of his experience at a director level, not so much his coaching and management.

Depending on exactly what has happened, this isn't necessarily a great sign. Him taking the Austria job wasn't really ideal though, I wonder if this was decided some time ago.
 
Robert said:
Doesn’t bode well, bet eth will be gone by xmas
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I don't think so, we don't know what's gone on. Rangnick effectively accepted another job a while ago now, and we have a football director etc already.

It's a curious situation but no reason for a panic.
 
JamesH85 said:
Are you not at all concerned given the absolute atrocity that's been able to manifest itself inside United over the last 4-5 years?
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I am always very concerned! :p

However, in this instance we don't really know what's gone on. Rangnick had already agreed to do another job for a start. His time here hasn't really gone well either.

As long as Ten Hag is given the appropriate support from Murtough/Arnold, it should be fine. If we end up with Declan Rice for £100m, alarm bells will be ringing.
 
I can’t even be bothered to go over all of this again.

Ole was a poor manager who got found out in the end.

Rangnick wasn’t much better for various reasons, he could have contributed as a consultant but that’s not happening now.

We’re just going to have to wait and see what happens, it’s mostly speculation at present.
 
adam cool dude said:
I am not arguing over Ole. Merely pointing out that something was going right at the club and it has just all collapsed. There was year on year progressions whether you liked it or not. Every journo thought after our summer transfer window which on paper was fantastic ended up being such a disaster. It is our worst points total in over 40 years. It was a bigger collapse than the 13/14 season after SAF retired.

Rangnick was in charge of that. Now tell me why the board would want him still on for the future? His previous stuff building RB came in a super weak German league and a cup run with a team that got trounced 6-1 on aggregate by Fergie who was considered a dinosaur by then. I think initially they wanted him for that very reason to help structure the club and he would see us through to the summer but quickly he got found out and in that situation is better to cut and run than risk the future and becoming even worse.
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Providing structure for the club is not the same as managing the team. Yes, from a coaching perspective Rangnick could have done better, but he can't force the players to like him, he tried and ultimately it didn't work out. He had many things against him and it would have been a difficult job for anyone.

That doesn't mean he's hopeless as a Sporting Director. It would be like replacing Jurgen Klopp with Michael Edwards and then complaining when he's not very good.

Now, unlike some I don't think this is all doom and gloom. Ten Hag asked for a significant say in transfer dealings and given our track record, that's not a bad thing in my view. We just have to hope the directors will listen to him and get the players he wants. That may not be a good long term plan, but I think the club has decided to go all in with Ten Hag, so we may as well give him the best chance we can.
 
fez said:
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Completely agree. I was going to add something along these lines, also remember Rangnick had to cobble together some inexperienced backroom staff at short notice as most were in other roles/unavailable.

I'm not sure how people are still trying to make out Ole was some sort of success. He had a long time, spent a lot of money, and ultimately moved the club backwards, winning nothing in the process. It's really that simple.
 
Pogba is a very gifted player but his attitude is all over the place and he's hugely inconsistent as well as injury prone.

We'll be better off without him.
 
I think our fans have been indifferent about Pogba for years now. He's not consistent, not reliable, and generally doesn't play very well.

Glad to see Lingard out the door too. He's another toxic player who has no doubt caused trouble.
 
I thought he came across well, though it's not a surprise really, you don't get to that sort of level without being intelligent and personable. We can only hope he's more successful than Woodward.

These 'fans' who want to harass people at their home are stupid. For starters, the Glazers won't care. If you want to hurt the Glazers, you need large scale match boycotts - which won't happen. Secondly, it's fairly threatening behaviour and they've likely had a fair bit to drink - which often causes other issues.

In this instance I'd say it's generated some positive PR for the club.
 
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