Manchester United

[destinydude]

Their remaining games are Norwich (h), Sunderland (h), Hull (h) and Southampton (a). Piece of piss bar the last one. Imagine if Giggs cons them into giving it to him full time

Would be amazing

We need this to happen

[Sarb]

Their remaining games are Norwich (h), Sunderland (h), Hull (h) and Southampton (a). Piece of piss bar the last one. Imagine if Giggs cons them into giving it to him full time

We cant be that lucky

[Chazza]

[ame]https://twitter.com/skysports_bryan/status/458526429459005441[/ame]

[Shaggy]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/22/jurgen-klopp-job-manchester-united-moyes-borussia-dortmund?CMP=twt_gu

Jürgen Klopp says 'I don't want Manchester United job'

• Borussia coach says his contract is 'not 'breakable'
• Describes Reds as 'a great club with wonderful fans''

Jürgen Klopp has ruled himself out of the Manchester United job. The 46-year-old told the Guardian: "Man Utd is a great club and I feel very familiar with their wonderful fans. But my commitment to Borussia Dortmund and the people is not breakable."

Klopp, who was widely reported to be one of the United board's preferred candidates to succeed David Moyes, extended his contract at the Bundesliga side until 2018 in October and explained that he was "still in love" with the club last week. United did inquire about the possibility of attaining his services recently but were told that Klopp was insistent on honoring his contract at the Signal Iduna Park.

Contrary to the perception in England, neither Dortmund nor their coach believe that the team have hit their glass ceiling after losing two key players, Mario Götze and Robert Lewandowski, to the league winners Bayern Munich.

The club have only begun to establish themselves as the German league's second force after nearly going out of business in 2005. Strong financial growth over the course of the last three years has seen their turnover rise to £256m in 2012-13, a figure that puts them ahead of Premier League teams like Liverpool £240m and Tottenham Hotspur £172m.

Since taking on the job the 2008, Klopp has led his young squad to two championships, one German FA Cup and an appearance at the Champions League final in Wembley last may. Dortmund have qualified for the next Champions League group stage and will also contest this year's cup final in Berlin, where Bayern will once again provide the opposition.

[destinydude]

Aaaand the articles have started

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-united/10778690/Ryan-Giggs-is-the-right-short-term-replacement-for-David-Moyes-at-Manchester-United.html

Ryan Giggs is the right short-term replacement for David Moyes at Manchester United
Long-serving winger has all the qualities to make an exceptional manager and René Meulensteen would be an able lieutenant

Never, ever, ever underestimate Ryan Giggs. All the talk is of experienced, charismatic European managers to succeed David Moyes as the manager of Manchester United, men such as Jürgen Klopp, but at some point at Old Trafford, maybe even as soon as today as short-term caretaker, Giggs will be manager. It is his destiny.

He has worked hard on his Pro-Licence, getting “badged up” in dressing-room parlance. He studied Sir Alex Ferguson for 20 years, and Moyes for a few months, absorbing lessons, good and bad.

He is ambitious. Once Moyes is dismissed, United’s board are expected to place the side in the tender hands of Giggs, assisted by Nicky Butt, and the club should consider adding the support of René Meulensteen.

United were always going to be the poorer the moment Moyes signalled that he did not want to retain the Dutchman’s coaching expertise and wisdom. Meulensteen has strong opinions and will voice them. Nobody did that to Moyes, who made unchecked mistakes from dugout to press conference.

Installing a Giggs-Meulensteen-Butt caretaker axis would give United’s board time to find a successor, to commence the complicated courtship of the likes of Klopp. It would also give the board an opportunity to have a look at Giggs in the role, to assess the reaction of fans and players

“Management does interest me,’’ Giggs told me once. When I asked what a Giggs team would be like, he smiled: “I would like a few wingers in there.’’

The emphasis would be on attack, on adventure, on taking on opponents, on raging against the ticking clock and unflattering scorelines, on never giving up. On reverting to the Ferguson way, the United way, after the timidity of Moyes. There would be no deference to rivals from Giggs in his pre-match utterances, a Moyes weakness that has infuriated United followers.

There would be no fear of the media; I helped give him a mock press conference during his Pro-Licence studies at St George’s Park and he just could not be caught out. He was polite, controlled, confident. He was in charge. He knew all the ruses; he had watched the laird and master, Ferguson, in action for a couple of decades.

Could he handle the pressure? Yes. This is a man who has lived in the public’s scrutiny since his teenaged years and remained sane, whose private life was all over the front pages and yet he remains grounded, if occasionally guarded, with those new to his company.

Otherwise, he is good, frank company. A rare coffee with Giggs is a privilege, an education and a reminder of his managerial potential. It is in his eyes. There is a hardness there, an unrequited hunger for more success. It might stem from his early years, from growing up without a father figure because of the estrangement between his parents.

The father figure in Giggs’s life was a manager, a Scot who protected him, chastised him, and helped his fulfil his dreams. The role of the manager is huge for Giggs. No wonder he sees his next job in the dugout. Carrington and Old Trafford are his homes.

He has absorbed knowledge from Ferguson down the years, heard the team-talks and noted how Ferguson knew the names of all the staff at Carrington, the names of the schoolboys breaking through, even their parents’ names. He really knows only one manager – the best.

Giggs’s thirst for knowledge has always kept him ahead of the rest, kept him playing into his 40s, and set him on the path to management. He talks to United’s sports scientists on a daily basis, anything to extend his career and understand players better.

He speaks to the coaches. He works with the players, taking delight in Adnan Januzaj’s hunger to learn. They have talked of the skills required to take on full-backs, the strength needed off the field to deal with the limelight. Giggs is already shaping United’s future.

Now embarked on the player-coaching journey, Giggs is still a fighter, still moaning in the dressing-room, admitting that if “someone’s made a mistake, I’ll let them know”, shouting “what were you thinking?’’

If Giggs talks, players listen. He commands respect. Partly it is his delivery, which brooks no argument, but it is also the playing pedigree of a man who has won 13 Premier Leagues, four FA Cups, four League Cups and two Champions Leagues, whose blood runs United red.

Great players do not often make great managers. Being able to do skills instinctively is no preparation for explaining them. Legends often lack patience with lesser footballing mortals. Appointing Giggs would run against accepted footballing practice yet there is something special about him, something that radiates “unfinished business” with United.

Meulensteen has never been in any doubt that Giggs possesses the skills-set to dominate a dugout and shape a team’s fortunes with his nous rather than his feet.

“Without a shadow of doubt Giggs can be a manager,’’ Meulensteen told me in February. “He’s got enormous knowledge about the game.

"He’s a very good thinker. He’ll be a very shrewd decision maker. He’s tough. Believe me, Giggs is tough. He’ll handle the media and the stress with ease. It’s about getting the right guys about him.’’

Meulensteen could do that. As a short-term double act, with Butt assisting, it could just work.

[Sarb]

You got to love Henry Winter

[dom9]

Yes!!!!

[PTP]

from that telegraph article this line made me laugh

[IMG]He studied Sir Alex Ferguson for 20 years, and Moyes for a few months, absorbing lessons, good and bad.[/IMG]

[Shaggy]

Mark Ogden @MOgdenTelegraph
Ryan Giggs was probably the first to spot that Moyes was the wrong man for #mufc. Not damaged by association having distanced himself.

[BubbaZanetti]

Comedy moment: Just overheard Utd fan at the office say 'Well, it's gotta be Ancelotti now'

[tsb]

Please let it be Giggs. Please!!!

[bradsdad]

The club would like to place on record its thanks for the hard work, honesty and integrity he brought to the role
yeah the club are not use to these qualities from the manager must have felt very strange

[G]

Their remaining games are Norwich (h), Sunderland (h), Hull (h) and Southampton (a). Piece of piss bar the last one. Imagine if Giggs cons them into giving it to him full time

Said that yesterday. If he does well in the remaining games the clamour for him to be given it will be huge.

They're the same as everyone now, hiring and firing constantly. Get someone in, does the job for a while or looks capable for a while but eventually fails and the process starts over again, like us for he last 24 years. They'll have success and failure along the way like we did but unless they pump city and Chelsea type millions into it their days if being dominant are over.

[PTP]

Mark Ogden @MOgdenTelegraph
Ryan Giggs was probably the first to spot that Moyes was the wrong man for #mufc. Not damaged by association having distanced himself.

I disagree - i think every liverpool fan spotted it well before anyone else

[Shaggy]

Rob Harris @RobHarris
Ryan Giggs confirmed as interim manager - might now miss out on scoring in every Prem Lge season he played