Manchester United Superthread 2014 mod warning #8081

keane2097 wrote: »

Wildly beyond the realms of normality - I actually thought you might have something remotely plausible but it's pretty unbelievable that you think something along the lines of the above would potentially happen between the Chief Executive and the interim first team manager on the day of a match.

Out of interest, could you suggest something Giggs could reasonably respond to the question with?

"Any chance you could help us putting out the cones this evening Ed - I know you're busy but it's a match day like"

"Well Ed, hows it goin? Ryan here. Listne, Rooney is not fully fit. Any chance you could start for us"

In all seriouness the squad has been together all week and training. Injuries and any problems with the current sqaud is up to the manager and coaching staff to deal with. Woodward may not even need to be informed of this stuff but would surely hear.

He is in his office dealing and communicating with our global partners and looking at ways on the upcoming tour to get more. That plus any progress made on targets Moyes had would still need keeping up on. Possibly conversation with LVG on Moyes and his targets to see if they fit the new manager and things LVG would like in place before he takes over. Woodward would have his plate extremely full.

He may pop into Carrington a couple of times a week and see Giggs and the coaching staff there and have an informal meeting.

Not only would all of this be normal it would 100% the right way to conduct things. The idea of him ringing Giggs a day or two before a match asking him if he needed anything for the match is laughable. Intereferring with Giggs job is what it would be and more insulting than helpful. "Well Ed I've been at the club 20+ years and involved in preparing for thousands of games, If I don't know how to set up by now I never will"

Its just more thinnly veiled Woodward bashing from Homerjay which offers nothing constructive to the thread other than him trying and failing to push his personal dislike of Woodward onto others.

The Mulk wrote: »

Mitch Connor wrote: »

Fergie and Gill said they spoke daily.

Moyes and Giggs, seemingly, have said there is little communication from Woodward.

This was in the later years when they'd been working together for years and seemed to have become friends as well as just work colleagues which can still be seen as they are often spotted in the stands talking.

I've heard plenty of times over the years Fergie commenting on his relationship with both Kenyon and Gill and was praising them for leaving him to do his job and if he wants anything he goes to them. I think he might even say it in the Treble 99 DVD.

I would prefer to be in the Europa league and making a serious effort to win it, its a trophy after all. But I do like the idea that the absence of European football would encourage a complete clear out of the squad. If less games means the new manager is more inclined to get rid of the likes of Valencia instead of keeping him as cover, then that couldn't be a bad thing.

On another point, am I the only one annoyed by the "give everybody a chance" approach Giggs has taken so far? These four games could have been put to some good use but instead he has chopped and changed worse than an international friendly and apart from maybe Wilson getting his goals the games have been no use whatsoever to anybody.

Could have given Nani four games to help him back up to speed, could have drpped Carrick and gave Felliani four games in that position, could have played Kagawa central for four games to try it out, could have played Buttner four games to see how he fared in an extended run.

All of those things could have paid off in the long term, but instead we got junior B style games for the boys that told nobody anything.