Paul McShane

**John83** · 24/07/2021, 1:20 PM

Originally Posted by Longfordian

Great opportunity for him, he must be doing something right as a coach.

I doubt they'd have hired him if he's not at least fairly capable as a coach, but there may be a lot of other factors at play. He may know Solskjaer from his first stint there, the "Man United DNA" shtick may have helped, and timing of a reasonably high level career coming to an end so U23 overage player looks attractive to both sides may be rare enough. It's a good opportunity for him anyway, and hopefully he grasps it with both hands (unlike Thierry Henry, who only needed one hand to beat him).

**Olé Olé** · 24/07/2021, 3:14 PM

It's hardly "shtick"- it just makes sense for someone that was in the academy and knows a lot of people there to get that role. Gary Dicker took on the same role at Brighton. Brighton and Hove Albion DNA.