Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: “I didn’t win a trophy at Man United. I was a penalty kick away from winning Europa League. […] We were unbeaten away from home for 29 games. We went to Man City & beat them. Trust me, to finish 2nd & 3rd place in the Premier League with the squad I had was an achievement.”
by TheBiasedSportsLover
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He’s right.
He’s correct.
I mean…. He not lying tho
the football was a bit shit to watch, but he had a lot of comebacks that were entertaining. Does not at all deserve the criticism he gets, and if he was a bit luckier would’ve won some silverware.
First manager to beat Pep 4 times in a season and people would say he had not tactics, and by that I mean people who wouldn’t watch his games
Win: ‘that’s the United way.’
Lose: ‘that’s not the United way.’
Ole over achieved at united. Lasted the longest of all their recent managers. He should go coach in another solid club
They were dog shit in that final against Villareal. When it went to extra time I had a feeling they couldn’t push it through. De Gea looked like he could only miss when he walked up to take a penalty
The away record whilst being a big achievement is a bit skewed by the fact a lot of it came over lockdown/covid affected period where little/no fans were in stadiums if we’re being fair here. I don’t hate Ole or Utd particularly – obviously an okay manager and Man Utd under glazers not been an ideal environment for managers better than him
Bollocks. His unbeaten run was when there was no crowds and there was no advantage to playing at home. That season, there was actually more away games won than home games albeit by a small margin. This is some crazy mental gymnastics.
That’s not even mentioning the fact his third place season was a 66 point season which won’t get you into the top 5 most seasons and his second place season was a 74 pointer
Ole is 100% correct
And I truly believe that had he got a proper young and athletic striker to suit his block-and-counter style, he’d still be in a job.
Shut up Ole you had all the help in the world from VAR during your tenure so don’t act like it was you. 25+ penalties in all competitions is unheard of and the season you finished 3rd you would have finished 8th if not VAR.
I’m with him on this one, the team was bad and he did a lot with a really bad team and even made them look like they could contend at some point. I’ll also say he would probably have a better record than ten hag does now.
Jose said the same.
As utd fans would tell me, unconvincing wins or last minute smash and grabs.
Like now., had a utd fan tell me they are on the most unconvincing win streak ever
I agree! Ole did a sterling job with the bile he had to work with.
With the squad he had?
Sorry, how much did he spend again?
That’s odd, because he said that Manchester United finishing second wasn’t an achievement when Mourinho claimed it was, now he’s saying finishing second, third, and losing in the final of a competition they were favourites to win **is** an achievement…
Edit: He also spend around £440 million in the process.
Finishing 3rd and then 2nd was mainly due to the other teams underperforming.
Coming 2nd in the league but 12 points behind the winners is not a fucking achievement.
He was absolutely one of the worst mangers at a top team the prem has ever seen.
He had no man management skills whatsoever. He lied to players about game time, when they had loan moves or sell options on the table so they stayed. He would reward players who had good performances or saved his ass with bench time.
If a team sat back in a low block he had no idea how to break them down, which albeit is ten haags problem too. The football was terrible and could never win anything, just scrape wins.
He bought Amad and another and never played them. 50$ mill gone. He did zero scouting on Maguire and had no idea what type of CB he is.
trust me bro
And yet no other big club wants him, really tells you something
Calm down jose
Wait for the outcome of the 115 charges and he may well be a premier league winning manager lol
*with the squad I had three years and almost as much money spent as Man City to build