29 Jul 2018 10:11:58
I've backed Mourinho through thick and thin, comment after comment and tantrum after tantrum. Last nights interview overstepped the mark, he is begging to be sacked as he was in his third year at Chelsea. Clearly fed up with Manchester and unhappy with his personal scenario and the lack of quality being brought in.

I will of course support the team, but we need to be thinking whose next?

I wouldn't like to see Allegri or Simeone. To top this league we are going to need free flowing and attacking football. For me, Ancelotti is first pick, Zidane would be excellent or Pochettino should he prove this year that he can build a side that doesn't feature a soft underbelly.

1.) 29 Jul 2018
29 Jul 2018 10:48:30
I think there's a lack of outstanding candidates. And if Woodward's doing the hiring I don't trust his judgement. Hardly got an inspiring track record has he.

2.) 29 Jul 2018
29 Jul 2018 11:44:50
Jardim is another who should be considered. Played good football, probably overachieved with a young Monaco side, brought through some of the young players and in the transfer market he seems to look for young players who can develop.

For me though, if there was to be a situation where we needed a new manager, I don't have a huge amount of confidence that we would appoint a forward thinking coach who has a plan. The fashionable word in the football is project but it feels like that is what we would need. Woodward, like anyone in a job like his, has his priorities. Making Manchester United the most marketable brand possible seems to be his main focus. The football side has certainly been secondary since Woodward was promoted to his current role.

One thing I will say regarding Mourinho is the club are almost like the girl who tries to change a guy and is then surprised when it doesn't work. I'm as guilty as anyone for thinking he was a good appointment. However, his track record of reasonably short stays at clubs, signing of players either in their peak now or people who would be described as "experienced and cautious style of play has continued here and in hindsight it shouldn't be a huge surprise to us. The only problem is that generally Mourinho has won a league or 2 before the implosion happens where as this time we haven't been good enough to do this.

{Ed004's Note - Why would Pochetino or Jardim leave their current clubs to come here though? Can't think of any currently unemployed top managers other than maybe Zidane but not sure how good he is or just how good his squad was}

3.) 29 Jul 2018
29 Jul 2018 11:49:30
I really don't understand why people suggest simeone, people moan about mourinho's football, Simeone's is worse.

4.) 29 Jul 2018
29 Jul 2018 12:12:28
Pochettino would obviously be looked at but I agree he would prob at not leave Spurs. Jardim for me is a realistic target as Monaco are a good side but are in a league where PSG will dominate and I think h has probably overachieved at Monaco due to this. He won the league, had a good CL run and put the club in a good position moving forward.

I would be wary of Zidane. It looks a very Woodward type of signing. Big press, known worldwide but not very well thought out. Zidane has accolades most managers would kill for but is that because he has managed a very good team at a time where there are no outstanding teams in Europe or is it because Zidane did things to make Real a brilliant team? He was the perfect manager for Real, he was an exceptional player himself and the players respected him because of this. That is half the battle at Madrid.

5.) 29 Jul 2018
29 Jul 2018 12:39:50
Arsene Wenger as our manager maybe?