Mellon gone and Hughes incoming

[Jedi u-Knighted]

Only a rumour and no idea of the original source but apparently Mellon was found to have been speaking to Tranmere without United knowing about it..!!

Don't shoot the messenger but be interesting if MM ends up there again...

Looks like my sources source might've been onto something after all... I'll chib him for the low down on our new manager 😛

[BackRowArab]

Looks like my sources source might've been onto something after all... I'll chib him for the low down on our new manager ��

Mellon was unsettled up here, don't think the pandemic made things easier. United board were like the fans, happy with the results, disappointed with the performances. This saved United money from sacking Mellon and made it easier to go back to Tranmere since there would be no compensation.

When Mellon came in, Courts was always the long term plan as the replacement manager (hence all the rumours since MM left), but was never the plan for it to be this early. Will be another manager in and when/if that manager leaves in 2-3 years then Courts will take over.

Yip, I might have been speaking to someone over the weekend wink wink

[AraBrian]

Mellon was unsettled up here, don't think the pandemic made things easier. United board were like the fans, happy with the results, disappointed with the performances. This saved United money from sacking Mellon and made it easier to go back to Tranmere since there would be no compensation.

When Mellon came in, Courts was always the long term plan as the replacement manager (hence all the rumours since MM left), but was never the plan for it to be this early. Will be another manager in and when/if that manager leaves in 2-3 years then Courts will take over.

Yip, I might have been speaking to someone over the weekend wink wink

That all makes a lot of sense mate think you'r contact could be bang on.

[Chick A Saw]

Mellon was unsettled up here, don't think the pandemic made things easier. United board were like the fans, happy with the results, disappointed with the performances. This saved United money from sacking Mellon and made it easier to go back to Tranmere since there would be no compensation.

When Mellon came in, Courts was always the long term plan as the replacement manager (hence all the rumours since MM left), but was never the plan for it to be this early. Will be another manager in and when/if that manager leaves in 2-3 years then Courts will take over.

Yip, I might have been speaking to someone over the weekend wink wink

See if someone like Nielson/Mellon had come out and said at some point through their time here, "you know what fans, we have this guy going through his managerial apprenticeship just now, and he is something special!", then i dont think there would be as much negativity as we are seeing just now. Add in a message from Tony last week to say, "we have this lad Courts, hes good, but no quite ready", then we might even have seen a "Give the boy a chance from the fans".

But there has been nothing but rumours, and ive heard all the same things again that GB was telling us about last week, and adding more meat to the rumours about who is making the signings.

[BackRowArab]

See if someone like Nielson/Mellon had come out and said at some point through their time here, "you know what fans, we have this guy going through his managerial apprenticeship just now, and he is something special!", then i dont think there would be as much negativity as we are seeing just now. Add in a message from Tony last week to say, "we have this lad Courts, hes good, but no quite ready", then we might even have seen a "Give the boy a chance from the fans".

But there has been nothing but rumours, and ive heard all the same things again that GB was telling us about last week, and adding more meat to the rumours about who is making the signings.

I don't think that Neilson/Mellon have had no say on signings, it will be a collaborative effort just as it is at any club, especially one that has a Sporting Director/Director of Finance.

Go watch that Man City documentary (I think its on Amazon Prime) and you see how it works. Pep is needing a centre half, he tells Tixi to go find him one. Tixi identifies Laporte, and does all the signing talks etc. Pep concentrates on the training field, he isn't flying all across Europe watching dozen of matches trying to find the right guy.

[Chick A Saw]

I don't think that Neilson/Mellon have had no say on signings, it will be a collaborative effort just as it is at any club, especially one that has a Sporting Director/Director of Finance.

Go watch that Man City documentary (I think its on Amazon Prime) and you see how it works. Pep is needing a centre half, he tells Tixi to go find him one. Tixi identifies Laporte, and does all the signing talks etc. Pep concentrates on the training field, he isn't flying all across Europe watching dozen of matches trying to find the right guy.

Im not hearing much that says that there is much collaboration on signings.

Im gonna decline the invite to watch the Man City thing, as it just doesnt interest me, but you are pointing towards something that is shown to work with results on the pitch, and our situation has people expressing serious cause for concern. The thing with the market that Man City are in, players like Laporte are not entirely unknowns to the likes of Pep and i expect he knew a fair bit about the lad before the team around Tixi did all the work to fill in the gaps.

From what i read on here alone, i think Tony has taken his role too far and has more of an eye on the future profit, rather than achieving a balance in the team to provide a good foundation to maximize that profit.

[shedka]

I'm genuinely not fussed about MM going, he did a decent job, not a great job

More concerned with who replaces him, and when there is an obvious proven choice available, why they are taking a big risk

[AraBrian]

I'm genuinely not fussed about MM going, he did a decent job, not a great job

More concerned with who replaces him, and when there is an obvious proven choice available, why they are taking a big risk

Is the Obvious choice you talk about available to us? Guessing by you'r previous posts mcinnes is you'r Obvious choice not sure he would do much at utd even if they wanted him and he wanted to come but don't know he did win one league cup at sheep with lot more money than he could expect at utd and was possibly helped from infirm for sheep keeping scottish football in dark ages with them backing the 11-1 voting structure.Are they taking a big risk? will wait to see who is appointed after the interviews.

[Arabdownsouth]

&#128405id I put a question mark at the end, or did I ask for your opinion

It's a message board, I'll offer my opinion as does everyone else 👍 my opinion was it was a ****e post and totally unnecessary 😃

[BackRowArab]

Also to add, there is no 'outstanding' candidate, its quite open at the moment. Wouldn't surprise me if there is a surprise appointment (I don't mean inexperienced like Courts, I mean a guy that hasn't been talked about much, or at all)