Honest assessment of the Don Carlo reign so far

[Michaelcoyb]

We’ve been trash for years, trash squad and spent our money on trash and people aren’t happy with Carlo?

Pull your heads in

 

[Connor]

We all said restart football would be trash, we all said it would be worse than pre-season matches, yet somehow we’re analysing the games to judge the manager? Hmm

Every team looked garage bar those with something to play for - relegation or Chelsea

Zero stock should be put into it

 

[heatmeiser]

No, but he'll be around for the next two windows.

It'd be best if he was fired now. Scrap the DoF role and hand the team affairs totally to the manager backed by a top Head Scout.

United are looking to appoint a DoF, maybe you'll get your wish!

 

[davids]

No, but he'll be around for the next two windows.

It'd be best if he was fired now. Scrap the DoF role and hand the team affairs totally to the manager backed by a top Head Scout.

Says a lot about Moshiri that we have one of the World's top managers and a DoF who has done nothing at the top level.

 

[davek]

United are looking to appoint a DoF, maybe you'll get your wish!

I take it you're referring to West Ham United?

 

[Bigduke1234]

dress it up how you will...my original point still stands. 5 games in and we were getting passed all over the park by a Southampton side who looked miles better than us and as a result have finished higher than us.

Yeah, think you’ve got to be worried about how we played in a couple of those games, the usual capitulation in critical games bothered me a bit.

however, I’m very happy with Carlo, think he’ll improve us markedly for next season. In fact, without Carlo I’d be quite depressed.

 

[orly]

That's what he was brought in to solve, and all he's done is added to their numbers.

To be honest, this is true. The Iwobi signing has put us into major financial difficulties.

 

[davek]

Says a lot about Moshiri that we have one of the World's top managers and a DoF who has done nothing at the top level.

He just likes a big name. A plan to use the big name is never in place, though. It's like putting a conservatory on the back of a slum.

 

[Darth Toffeeman]

He is not the issue, and this squad is no better than Bournemouth or Watford squads.
The fact he had steered the club to safety before the lockdown speaks volumes.

He has given the players at the club plenty of opportunities to prove that they deserve to be here in the long term.
The majority have failed that assessment.

 

[davek]

To be honest, this is true. The Iwobi signing has put us into major financial difficulties.

Delph was another beaut.

 

[davids]

He just likes a big name. A plan to use the big name is never in place, though. It's like putting a conservatory on the back of a slum.

What advice can Brands give Ancelotti That he'd take seriously?

 

[davek]

What advice can Brands give Ancelotti That he'd take seriously?

None.

This is a total mismatch.

There can surely be no respect fro Brands given the utter trip he's bought.

 

[Jebus_lives]

Prior to the interuption we were playing ok. December and January and early February we showed progress - although, seemingly as is the case with this group of players, when there was impetus to push on and pressure to perform, they buckled. We have had a season with decent results and smalls runs punctuated with awful performances which has meant we've derailed ourselves.

I would assume the interuption has brought with it messages to a number of players that they should look to find another club hence the poor restart.

The most important thing Ancellotti has done this season is indicate that the players, performance and mentality of the club is not acceptable. The big challenge as a club is how we start to adapt for next season - no short term fixes, it has to be a long term strategy for complete structure change and rebuild. I'm not expecting huge things over the summer, I'd like to see less panic and more steady decision making. Look to offload the players who need shifting (a lot) and identify targets and valuations - too high, move on. We probably realistically only need 3 to make a big difference if they are the right 3.

 

[orly]

Delph was another beaut.

Yes he's totally unmarketable as well. We'll be paying him until he leaves on a free. That's comfortably over £50m for the pair of them in wages and fees, which is near-fatal for a club like ours.

 

[tom_b1807]

Silva 0.93 points per game
Ancelotti 1.5 points per game

That's an effective 61% increase in our points per game.

Am I happy with an average of one win and one loss for every 2 games? Definitely not.

Is a record like that a heck of a lot better than we had under Silva? 100%.

Just to put that into perspective, 1.5 ppg over a season is 57 points which puts us 8th, 2 points behind spurs and wolves. And that's with this bunch.

You'd like to think given time and the resources to get better players that ppg is only going to improve?