Comments on: Forget Ronaldo – Reasons Why Queiroz Is The Man We Need To Stay

By: Hughsie

Hughsie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:26:51 +0000

If Queiroz goes there will be no one to shield the players from the excesses of Fergies Hairdryer. Prepare for a barren season, it has happened before! A forceful manager is ok but tactical nouse is as important.

By: Red77

Red77 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:04:08 +0000

Cantona as number 2 is preposterous…we need a assistant manager who knows the tactical side of the game and has contacts in the european market which will facilitate future transfers.

Some of the fans need to realize that great players don’t necessarily make good second in commands. Plus you have to wonder if Cantona’s ego would even allow him to play second fiddle while Sir Alex is still running things.

Finally, thanks Carlos for doing an unbelievable job with the team. His presence will be missed as demonstrated by United’s performance the last time he left the club. We need a solid 2nd to come in now that he has left…I’m afraid Cantona isn’t that man.

No matter how much the fans would like to believe.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:20:29 +0000

What has he done as the top man? Nothing. If he leaves and does well than he will have proved he can be the main guy at United. He will have respect from the players who remain if he returns but I want nothing part of Quieroz if it resembles his fiasco at Madrid. If he can take Portugal to the World Cup and get them into the Semis, he will have proved his worth, but if not, lets go for Keano, Cantona, or any other manager who has barely proved himself on that level. Being a number 2 is vastly different than being number 1. I am an asst. coach and being the head is a much tougher job. You have to set the tone in a way people buy in, you have to make sure each level of coaching is working in a way that meets your final goals, you have to produce, make split second decisions, and deal with the fact the buck stops with you. At Madrid he struggled with that, if he can do it for Portugal, I think he can do it for us. But then again what do I know.

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:28:51 +0000

Well of course your entitled to your opinion Tom and people are going to see things differently. Like I said I am gratefull to the work Quieroz has done at United and I would wish him luck at Portugal if he goes.

Seriously tho he is not the man to manage United after Fergie. There are only a handfull of people capable of taking that impossible job and Quieroz is not one of them. He doesnt have the mental strength to cope with the pressures of being the main man at a club like United. Putting your ideas across to someone and coaching the players is one thing, managing the team is another. Great coach, never will be a great manager.

By: Tom F

Tom F — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:51:37 +0000

Gary Fergie has said himself that the different sides of coaching that CQ has brought in are things that he couldn’t have done himself.

Wisdom can be passed down from SAF to Quieroz along with experience and a respect is then grown.

I think CQ would’ve made the managerial transition a hell of a lot smoother in 2 years time.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:09:26 +0000

I can not believe that over 70 per cent of United fans think Quieroz is more important to United then Ronaldo!!!! What a joke!!!

Also our tactic used in Europe were the making of Fergie and not Quieroz as susgested. To even think otherwise is silly!

By: azza

azza — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:02:13 +0000

forget quieroz, get eric in as numba 2, 3yrs unda fergie then let him put his magic on the team himself!!!

By: Tom F

Tom F — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:04:41 +0000

“Players come and go, but replacements for one of the greatest ever managers are not ten a penny. Queiroz was supposed to be the one, and I can’t help but dread his imminent departure will hit us far harder than Ronaldo’s.”

I couldn’t agree more.

You’ve pretty much touched on all I could say.

There is no other man, than CQ who I feel right to suceed SAF. It’s isn’t just his ability but you have to be in the right time and place also to make this transistion work.

If he goes I hope he gets bored after a year and returns though it’s not until World Cup 2010 is over that will happen.

By: Drew Vader

Drew Vader — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:48:01 +0000

look, if ronaldo leaves and Carlos stays, we will still have his influence at training to work with andersonsonson and nani which will be huge. But, if both leave, then, to put it simply, we’re fucked. What incentive woudl either of those two soon to be super stars have to stay? Loyalty? HA, not in this day and age.

Thats what bothers me most about all this transfer shit. I could honestly care less if ronaldo leaves, fuck him, but i’m worried sick about what effect its going to have on the other two.

By: denton davey

denton davey — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:29:21 +0000

Gimme a break – does Carlos kick the ball and score goals ? The game is about players – not robots or “fromations”.

Just about the only successful “seamless transistion” I can think of in sports is the Shankly/Paisley succession. In most cases, planning for a “succession” after the departure of a great man is disappointment. One need look no further than the Busby/McGuiness fiasco to know the truth of that.