He'sRaldo
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I think it makes sense.Interesting to note, even if not surprising:
1. He says there is a marked difference in how Solskjær approaches training before games compared to Mourinho, in that Solskjær has the players focusing on our attack, ‘how we can hurt other teams’, rather than the opponents plans and how to stop them.
2. He says a another particular feature of Solskjær is that he has a long term plan that the player sunderatand and are behind. I guess he’s comparing to Van Gaal and Mourinho as that’s his experience.
3. He immediately acknowledges that our play at times have been ‘disjointed’ so far, and doesn’t put it down to lack of plan or players not behind the plans, but that the ‘young’ players look back at what they’ve done rather than what they should be doing (as I understand it). So it would seem they have had a few conversations in the wardrobe and traing ground about having style of play and game plans, and the difficulties of players of remembering it throughout all phases of a game or keeping composure, sticking to plans etc.
Views?
After 3 years of Mourinho, it's only natural that the players default to what he's taught them when the going gets tough. For instance, Ashley young continues to play those long balls down the channels when out of ideas, something that was a staple of Jose's time here.
I think it will definitely take time to change from one extreme to the other yet again, as Mourinho and Ole seem to have differing styles. I don't think we'll see a fully-realized Ole style this season; for the most part, it will always be Ole/ Jose. I think next season is when we can fully see how exactly Ole would like us to play.