Woodwardfan
Woodwardfan
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I've watched United since 1956 and this is the 23rd new manager appointed in that time.
Am I excited? YES. Have I big expectations? YES.
Amongst those 23 new managers few excited me and indeed a number of the appointments offended me. Less than a handful of them actually excited me, though I hadn't a clue who the likes of Ken Furphy, Harry Haslam and Arthur Rowley were. In fact, thinking about it none of the 21 previous appointments excited me so the new owner has at least achieved something with these last two, maybe more to do with our low base than anything else I suppose.
We have appointed some managers who seemed destined to fail. This new one stands an even chance of putting something together IMO. As always I'll give it a year before I make my mind up though, especially after waxing lyrical about Clough in his early days.. It's not all about that initial honeymoon period, it's about years 2 and 3 which matter. That's not to say Year 1 is not vitally important because it's so very hard to recover from a bad start.
The best scenario is Premier League in say 4 years. The worst is needing to appoint another new manager within a couple of years and Wednesday doing well at the same time; Wednesday have taken the pressure off our owners in recent times but who knows what they will do now? None of us know what's in store that's a fact. I hope beyond hope that our new owner is excited in a year's time, we are all in his hands, whoever he is and whatever he's got!
Am I excited? YES. Have I big expectations? YES.
Amongst those 23 new managers few excited me and indeed a number of the appointments offended me. Less than a handful of them actually excited me, though I hadn't a clue who the likes of Ken Furphy, Harry Haslam and Arthur Rowley were. In fact, thinking about it none of the 21 previous appointments excited me so the new owner has at least achieved something with these last two, maybe more to do with our low base than anything else I suppose.
We have appointed some managers who seemed destined to fail. This new one stands an even chance of putting something together IMO. As always I'll give it a year before I make my mind up though, especially after waxing lyrical about Clough in his early days.. It's not all about that initial honeymoon period, it's about years 2 and 3 which matter. That's not to say Year 1 is not vitally important because it's so very hard to recover from a bad start.
The best scenario is Premier League in say 4 years. The worst is needing to appoint another new manager within a couple of years and Wednesday doing well at the same time; Wednesday have taken the pressure off our owners in recent times but who knows what they will do now? None of us know what's in store that's a fact. I hope beyond hope that our new owner is excited in a year's time, we are all in his hands, whoever he is and whatever he's got!
