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If only we could make Florentino Perez a soci.
If only we could make Florentino Perez a soci.
Liverpool, Milan and United fans snarked with the same arrogance when anyone suggested they could hit a low as they did when they were on their downswing. "This could never happen to my club. We're rich, have millions fans and are still competitive!"
Let's use United as an example as they are currently relevant. Remove the old veterans from our squad and compare:
Dembele is Rashford
Fati is Greenwood
Puig is McTominay
Coutinho is Pogba
Ter Stegen is De Gea
Semedo is Wan Bissaka
Roberto is Lingard
Umtiti is Bailly
Lenglet is Lindelof
Not a perfect comparison and not every player is included, but you get the point. We aren't too far off from reaching that level of mediocrity in the next few years. Why should I not assume the worst? Success is a lot harder than failure and has a much lower possibility of happening. If you are a betting man you always put money on a manager and board faced with the challenge of rebuilding to fail. That is just the harsh reality of football and life general. Anyone who has watched the game for long enough knows this.
You keep speaking about a "good manager" and "good board." We need a great, not good manager and board to get us back to pinnacle of football. Unfortunately all the candidates for president are self-serving, dodgy politicians and there are hardly 3 great managers available in world football today.
The next few years will be interesting.
Perez has made more transfer fuck ups than anyone
Thats another issue with appointing midtable managers who don't have the balls to bench has-beens. Just look at Fdj for example , he played as a CAM , CM , LM , RM etc. How the fuck is management supposed to sign the right players when your current players don't even have an established role. FdJ shined at Ajax and Netherlands as a DM who drives the ball forward while at the same time being able to use his defensive prowess , yet today he was a RM/CAM at times.
Just got to hope that whoever gets appointed in 2021 is competent in the sporting department and knows that a WC manager is a minimum requirment.
If you thought that EV was bad, well you will be surprised what will happen in the next 2 years.
His record in the last 5 years or so have righted all the wrongs he had done before. He laid a GREAT foundation for them for many years to come.
Just got to hope that whoever gets appointed in 2021 is competent in the sporting department and knows that a WC manager is a minimum requirment.
I agree and that's a massive issue. And you either solve that by appointing a big name manager or clean shop. Something which the current board is not capable of.