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Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:02 pm

So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:07 pm

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:

Can only remember our fans criticising Ole on message boards and not at any of our matches, but 11 points out of 33 we got under Ole this season and 16 out of 24 under Slade!

No need to justify his dismissal/resignation further!

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:09 pm

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:

I have my backing to ole but tbh we should of got rid of him in the summer ,slade appointment gave all the players a lift and freshinfreshen things up ,the players under ole had no confidence at all and his sacking was the right thing to do

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:15 pm

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:16 pm

paulh_85 wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Cala for one! :)

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:17 pm

Overthemoon wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Cala for one! :)



whats that got to do with slade? if i remember rightly cala specifically mentioned it wasnt to do with slade didnt he?

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:19 pm

paulh_85 wrote:
Overthemoon wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Cala for one! :)



whats that got to do with slade? if i remember rightly cala specifically mentioned it wasnt to do with slade didnt he?

Don't think he was as specific TBH, but I was only joking anyway! :)

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:22 pm

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



He was the most clueless manager I've ever seen at Cardiff. We started the season with 3 teams worth of players who were an absolute country mile away from being fit. We had no fight, no consistency and played some of the wettest football I've ever seen.

Re: Ole

Sun Nov 30, 2014 11:24 pm

nubbsy wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



He was the most clueless manager I've ever seen at Cardiff. We started the season with 3 teams worth of players who were an absolute country mile away from being fit. We had no fight, no consistency and played some of the wettest football I've ever seen.

Stop sitting on the fence Butty! :)

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:15 am

A non-Thrread IMHO, TBH :oops:

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:48 am

If he had an experienced number 2 alongside him he would still be here I think. Should have got Phelan or Mulensteen when he had chance.

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:19 am

Should have been sacked in the summer. In fact, should never have been employed! :lol:

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:31 am

Jesus christ what a load of shite ive just read. Ole wrecked the club. Sent us down at rock bottom of the prem after being 17th under malky.
Near relegation in the championship then slade takes over and we are 8th. The stats dont lie and fact is ole was f*cking shite

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:33 am

BlueMagic wrote:Jesus christ what a load of shite ive just read. Ole wrecked the club. Sent us down at rock bottom of the prem after being 17th under malky.
Near relegation in the championship then slade takes over and we are 8th. The stats dont lie and fact is ole was f*cking shite


Have to agree!!

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:15 am

You had to assume that by keeping him that there was something above Ole seeing he had the tools to do the job this season. Yet clearly that wasn't the case.

He had a tough job coming in because even now there is a legion of fans that want to suck Malky off, so his replacement was always going to have it tough. Through this people were hypercritical of aspect of his team, rotation being a clear example as all managers rotate but for some reason it's bad when Ole does it.

But that doesn't excuse that, despite the funds he was given he really only ended up with one LB and one RB. Despite loaning out two right backs. Replaced Medel with a injured, overweight, under enthused freebie when he should have been aiming higher. Then didn't set about any particular system. 433, 4231, 41212 all implemented in the championship this season when he should have settled on a system them ensured he had 22-24 players that suited that system.

Slade has done this straight away and its reaped benefits. He's spoken in the media about having 2 players for every position and a squad of 24-25 which gives you space for Conolly, Ralls and a forward/winger utility players to cover larger injury issues. It's not even hard but Ole just seemed so lethargic about it all.

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:21 am

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:


So, codswallop! :oops:

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 10:44 am

BOWMAN wrote:If he had an experienced number 2 alongside him he would still be here I think. Should have got Phelan or Mulensteen when he had chance.

That's like having a leader who doesn't make decisions and has to be told what to do! :)

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:37 am

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:


You say we have no believe at home under Slade yet we have a 100% winning record. You say Ole's transfer business was superb when it's been a mixed bag at best. Thanks for giving me a good laugh on a Monday morning, I needed it! :lol:

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 12:06 pm

Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:


You say we have no believe at home under Slade yet we have a 100% winning record. You say Ole's transfer business was superb when it's been a mixed bag at best. Thanks for giving me a good laugh on a Monday morning, I needed it! :lol:

individually his transfers mainly were good but he had no way or knowledge of how to fit them all in

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:13 pm

Overthemoon wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Cala for one! :)

Daehli? Guerra?

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:18 pm

LonCar wrote:
Overthemoon wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Cala for one! :)

Daehli? Guerra?



have either stated they are unhappy with slade then?

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:27 pm

wez1927 wrote:
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:


You say we have no believe at home under Slade yet we have a 100% winning record. You say Ole's transfer business was superb when it's been a mixed bag at best. Thanks for giving me a good laugh on a Monday morning, I needed it! :lol:

individually his transfers mainly were good but he had no way or knowledge of how to fit them all in


I agree to an extent but I still think individually, Ole's transfers were a mixed bag. I think Daehli, Fabio, Pilkington and Jones have proven good signings overall and I like Le Fondre a lot despite the majority disagreeing with me and slagging him off at will. Le Fondre has had to run himself into the ground to compensate for the lazy Macheda's lack of effort, Macheda has been a very poor signing imo.

Burgstaller, Cala and Sean Morrison I think were average signings although we paid way too much for Morrison and I still don't see what extra he gives us to Hudson.

Eikrem, Berget and Dikacgoi however have proven absolutely disastrous signings. I won't comment on Guerra as he hasn't been given a chance yet, but for the small fee we paid I think Guerra will prove a good signing, that's if he's actually given an opportunity to play of course!

But Manga was an unbelievable signing, he could effortlessly step into Arsenal's defence and improve them.

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:41 pm

bit of a big claim regarding Manga there ross. He's been bullied in a few games so i wouldnt go that far.

Also think you are being a little harsh on some of them. We have seen nothing of guerra, like you said, but then we have seen nothing on eikrem or berget for that matter either.

Re: Ole

Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:28 pm

paulh_85 wrote:bit of a big claim regarding Manga there ross. He's been bullied in a few games so i wouldnt go that far.

Also think you are being a little harsh on some of them. We have seen nothing of guerra, like you said, but then we have seen nothing on eikrem or berget for that matter either.


Manga's only poor game has been Bolton away, he's been excellent the rest of the games imo and with the amount of travelling he's done arriving home from Africa on a Friday and then playing for us the following Saturday and still looking head and shoulders above everyone else by a mile, I think he's an unbelievable talent and it's unbelievable we managed to sign him.

We have seen nothing of Guerra but Eikrem has had more than enough chances. Ole used Eikrem quite a few times this season and he's featured in cup games. His only decent performance was his debut at Man City for 10 minutes but he's looked poor every other game I've seen him. I just don't see what he offers and the game always seems to pass him by. I've read we paid 2.5 million for him and if true, 2.5 million for a player not able to make our Championship squad is a disastrous signing.

As for Berget, I've also seen enough of him for us and for Celtic to see he's not up to Championship level, nevermind the Premiership when Ole signed him. Berget's 45 minutes home to Wigan last season left me wondering what Ole had seen in him, apart from the fact he was a fellow Norwegian of course. He's also failed to impress for the development team with Rhys Healey constantly outshining him.

I also mentioned Dikacgoi because his unprofessional attitude since joining us has been a disgrace imo and how Ole can sign a player that lacks so much professionalism is baffling. When the Palace fans say he arrives back to pre season bloated, that says it all. We struggled under Ole because he signed players like Dikacgoi who simply don't have the correct attitude and desire. Luckily Slade is starting to change this.

Re: Ole

Tue Dec 02, 2014 1:11 am

Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:bit of a big claim regarding Manga there ross. He's been bullied in a few games so i wouldnt go that far.

Also think you are being a little harsh on some of them. We have seen nothing of guerra, like you said, but then we have seen nothing on eikrem or berget for that matter either.


Manga's only poor game has been Bolton away, he's been excellent the rest of the games imo and with the amount of travelling he's done arriving home from Africa on a Friday and then playing for us the following Saturday and still looking head and shoulders above everyone else by a mile, I think he's an unbelievable talent and it's unbelievable we managed to sign him.

We have seen nothing of Guerra but Eikrem has had more than enough chances. Ole used Eikrem quite a few times this season and he's featured in cup games. His only decent performance was his debut at Man City for 10 minutes but he's looked poor every other game I've seen him. I just don't see what he offers and the game always seems to pass him by. I've read we paid 2.5 million for him and if true, 2.5 million for a player not able to make our Championship squad is a disastrous signing.

As for Berget, I've also seen enough of him for us and for Celtic to see he's not up to Championship level, nevermind the Premiership when Ole signed him. Berget's 45 minutes home to Wigan last season left me wondering what Ole had seen in him, apart from the fact he was a fellow Norwegian of course. He's also failed to impress for the development team with Rhys Healey constantly outshining him.

I also mentioned Dikacgoi because his unprofessional attitude since joining us has been a disgrace imo and how Ole can sign a player that lacks so much professionalism is baffling. When the Palace fans say he arrives back to pre season bloated, that says it all. We struggled under Ole because he signed players like Dikacgoi who simply don't have the correct attitude and desire. Luckily Slade is starting to change this.


Don't agree that Manga was poor at Bolton, as he stuck to the task admirably, but he was out-muscled by Craig Davies on the day, the same as he had been when up against Ishmael Miller at Blackpool a couple of weeks earlier!

This what I posted in another thread (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=150900), regarding the same topic:-

The problem we have when Manga plays, is that when he comes up against a really big centre forward like what happened at Blackpool against Ishmael Miller and when he came up against Craig Davies at Bolton, he can be dominated!

Don't get me wrong, Manga stuck admirably to the task, but he came off second best against both of these players overall"

I believe the management may have made a mistake in not switching Morrison with Manga during these games and should have tasked Morrison to mark the centre forward(s), allowing Manga to drop off, where he is so much better at controlling matters and making his interceptions!

As Morrison & Turner are such big lumps, when they play together, theoretically we wouldn't have had the same problem, as they should have done much better at neutralizing their effectiveness as big players, much the same as they did against Troy Deeney on Saturday!

Re: Ole

Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:39 am

Ole would be considered by many on here as one of the greatest managerial talents of his generation, if he managed Swansea City :oops: :oops:

Re: Ole

Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:05 am

James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:


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Re: Ole

Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:08 am

Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
wez1927 wrote:
Tonteg Bluebird wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:


You say we have no believe at home under Slade yet we have a 100% winning record. You say Ole's transfer business was superb when it's been a mixed bag at best. Thanks for giving me a good laugh on a Monday morning, I needed it! :lol:

individually his transfers mainly were good but he had no way or knowledge of how to fit them all in


I agree to an extent but I still think individually, Ole's transfers were a mixed bag. I think Daehli, Fabio, Pilkington and Jones have proven good signings overall and I like Le Fondre a lot despite the majority disagreeing with me and slagging him off at will. Le Fondre has had to run himself into the ground to compensate for the lazy Macheda's lack of effort, Macheda has been a very poor signing imo.

Burgstaller, Cala and Sean Morrison I think were average signings although we paid way too much for Morrison and I still don't see what extra he gives us to Hudson.

Eikrem, Berget and Dikacgoi however have proven absolutely disastrous signings. I won't comment on Guerra as he hasn't been given a chance yet, but for the small fee we paid I think Guerra will prove a good signing, that's if he's actually given an opportunity to play of course!

But Manga was an unbelievable signing, he could effortlessly step into Arsenal's defence and improve them.


With such a big squad, it´s quite obvious that not everyone can be a star.

Re: Ole

Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:34 pm

paulh_85 wrote:
LonCar wrote:
Overthemoon wrote:
paulh_85 wrote:
James Willicombe wrote:So recently I've been seeing a lot of people on the forum slagging off Solskjaer saying he wasn't good enough, recently we've had a big outburst with players coming out admitting they're not happy, fans have seemed to go downhill and I haven't seen any belief at home since Slade has been here, even if we have been winning.

Ole firstly came into the club in a very difficult situation and it was not his fault about relegation, he inherited a squad in January which wasn't good enough. Don't tell me he had backing from Tan, ever since he was appointed Tan didn't give a toss, all he wanted was to get back at Malky and destroy his managerial career, and he is still trying to this day.

He brought in some fantastic players and some of the transfer business he did was superb, (Dæhli and Fabio) when he was sacked we were going through a rough patch but surely every team goes through one or two during a season? Some of the fans were disgusting towards Ole and showed him no respect whatsoever because they were still Malky Mackay lovers.

In my opinion, We would be doing just as good under Ole if not better, or at least everyone at the club seemed happy under him, unlike Slade... Will always support the bluebirds though whatever the situation is! :bluescarf:



who are these players unhappy with slade then?

Cala for one! :)

Daehli? Guerra?



have either stated they are unhappy with slade then?

I don't know but i doubt Matts was happy when the manager said he was injured and he says he is not

Re: Ole

Tue Dec 02, 2014 3:08 pm

I've been watching football a long time and in my opinion Ole was the worst manager we've ever had. The guy was completely clueless and we were going down rapidly if he was still in charge. The jury is out on Slade but I think he's already proved he's far superior to Ole, and he hasn't even had a transfer window to work with, and when he does I doubt he will have Ole's budget!