mariachi-19
Full Member
With Lukaku leaving and no player being brought in to replace him, has Ole reverted to a Sir Alex way of management? That is where the inherent need for a player to step up once another more established player has left, ensures that those filling the void raise their game to a new height to compensate for that loss.
When we lost Ruud, Ronaldo and Rooney stepped up another gear.
When we lost Ronaldo, Rooney stepped up another gear.
Since SAF retired, United have attempted to buy their way out of this position rather then trying to promote from within. It worked marginally with Zlatan, but otherwise we've brought in strikers that quite simply havent delivered and the development of the younger ones (Martial/Rashford) has stalled.
It feels as if Ole is looking at Rashford and Martial and saying, you boys have the potential to be king dingaling, now show me that you can do it and make that role your own.
Glazers and Ed will cop shit for not reinforcing the striking position, but sometimes you have to throw players into the deep end to find out if they're going to sink or swim.
Losing Ruud could have backfired on us massively considering Saha (being the only established 9 in the team at the time) was a sick note, but in the end we probably didnt even need him. In any event, if Alexis is played down the middle, he might be able to fill this void as an experienced head.
Discuss.
When we lost Ruud, Ronaldo and Rooney stepped up another gear.
When we lost Ronaldo, Rooney stepped up another gear.
Since SAF retired, United have attempted to buy their way out of this position rather then trying to promote from within. It worked marginally with Zlatan, but otherwise we've brought in strikers that quite simply havent delivered and the development of the younger ones (Martial/Rashford) has stalled.
It feels as if Ole is looking at Rashford and Martial and saying, you boys have the potential to be king dingaling, now show me that you can do it and make that role your own.
Glazers and Ed will cop shit for not reinforcing the striking position, but sometimes you have to throw players into the deep end to find out if they're going to sink or swim.
Losing Ruud could have backfired on us massively considering Saha (being the only established 9 in the team at the time) was a sick note, but in the end we probably didnt even need him. In any event, if Alexis is played down the middle, he might be able to fill this void as an experienced head.
Discuss.