blindey said:
Not a Man U supporter by any stretch. That said, when does Solskjaer stop being the caretaker and just get the damn job? He's got your team playing their best/best looking ball since Ferguson.
What's the upside to announcing him now as the permanent manager? There's only three reasons I can come up with:
1) Ease the stress of fans and players who worry that it won't happen even though they really want it to happen
2) Not having a permanent manager is impeding results on the field
3) Not having a permanent manager is disrupting off field activities (transfers and the transfer season planning)
I think we can safely say that 2 isn't happening. As for 1, the stress of the fans has no tangible effect on the performance of the team. The players do but I doubt any of them are going to start performing worse just because he hasn't been announced as the permanent manager. 3 is the only reason why you'd announce a permanent manager. And while I think there will be a time in April/May when transfer season planning will probably pick up a notch, I don't think it's happening now. And besides, Ole has said he's talked with the club at a high level about who sees moving on in the summer and what type of players he thinks the club needs...which makes sense because you'd want to know that in any interview of a manager for a permanent position.
In short, I 100% think Ole should be given the job based on what he's done but I don't see any upside to doing it now. And by waiting another few weeks or month, you give yourself wiggle room in case it all goes wrong and United lose the rest of their games.
