Valverde>>>Ole on a tactical side though. The latter has no redeeming qualities (apart from being a nice bloke?).
Hm, sportswise he's fairly weak, yes.
But he seems like he's a good personality manager and is a good fit for position he holds on image alone. He knows the club, knows its history, reacts well to the media and is (or at least was at the start) more relatable to the players who couldn't cope with the weight of the shirt initially. He has arguably improved those that could be improved (Rashford, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, could argue Fred and McTominay) and those that couldnt or are too old for the job he tries to phase out and move on (Martial, Dalot, Matić, Mata).
I agree he should be doing a lot better irrespective whether he now has to deal with an additional difficulty of having Ronaldo around.
I don't see much similarity between them tbh.
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Both clubs huge
Both clubs struggle with having to meet the ends of having a legendary striker who doesn't work defensively, but is consistently doing what he does on offense.
Both clubs win games on talent of that person alone
Both clubs led by a manager kind of out of his depth, but kind of let down by the conditions he has to work in (see point 2)
Both clubs spending buckets trying to improve the side and having little to show for it (with respect to actual targets of each team)
Both clubs with senior voices in the dressing room that are, let's face it, cunts
In the end, Solskjaer is a Zidane hire which works wonders for a big part of his team, but one that has half the mind for organising the team and doesn't have the name to make the actual stars listen. At least has integrity to bench when they deserve it and the luck of having trust to stay in position when it backfires.