20 Dec 2015 01:36:00
Sorry, I should have added this to my earlier post. I know ed002 has said LVG will see out his contract here but ed001 has said that LVG is running the risk of losing the confidence of the board as well as the players (something like that I believe) . Walking a tight rope.
So ed001 what do you feel wil happen? Will our board back him or do you believe that they will act now? There was just something about today that feels very much like the Moyes era.

{Ed001's Note - it really depends on results and attendances. If results carry on as they are, he won't have more than a couple of games left. He is certainly fighting for his job right now. If results improve but attendances fall, then they will move him on anyway. He has made so many enemies behind the scenes that it is only about how long he can hold on, rather than him being safe.}


1.) 20 Dec 2015
20 Dec 2015 06:26:46
Ed001

I think we haven't won in 6 games, Knocked out of the UCL, Back to back losses to teams at the bottom, Out of the top 4 and playing poor football which is pedestrian and is completely anti man united spirit and the fans at Old Trafford are booing the manager, something never seen before.

I don't know what more the board is waiting for. Yesterday was too much for me. I was all for givibg him time, but he wasn't even bothered to get on the touchline, Giggs was doing it for him and it was almost as if he had resigned himself to a loss in the last 15 minutes and that showed in the players as well.

{Ed001's Note - nor me, though having a full stadium makes it easier for them to wait. It is not affecting them financially.}


2.) 20 Dec 2015
20 Dec 2015 07:14:32
Ed001

I think going of the UCL and being out of the top 4 is financial damage enough. And with the likes of Jose and Pep available I really don't see what they are waiting for.

{Ed001's Note - if you drop away from the top 4, then yes he will be gone. Though I have a feeling he has already accepted that his time has come judging by his post match comments and body language. He looks ready to hand in his notice to me. I would not be surprised if a 'mutual' agreement happened this week. There is just a real draining of the supreme self-confidence that normally powers him through.}


3.) 20 Dec 2015
20 Dec 2015 07:31:48
If it looks like we might miss out on the CL, that will affect them financially, though? I don't see us finishing top 4 with LVG.

{Ed001's Note - yes, he would not survive if the club finished outside the top 4, that is his target for the season.}


4.) 20 Dec 2015
20 Dec 2015 10:13:49
Thanks Ed001. I agree about the body language - LVG looks like a dead man walking after Norwich. I don't agree at all with fans singing 'Mourinho' at OT, but if something like that happens you must suspect your time is nigh.


5.) 20 Dec 2015
20 Dec 2015 12:25:45
The similarities to his time at Bayern apart from him winning titles there is crazy. If he is to leave I really don't know what our next step will be.