We didn't get much help from Southgate at all. We wanted to keep him out of the spotlight and not giving any interviews. Then he went away with England and the first press conference Southgate has him sat next to him infront of the press, answering questions about Maguires arrest.
We were handling him perfectly last season, we were not reliant on his output winning us games at all and he was progressing very well physically and technically.
This season he's had a lot going on mentally, he lost his friend and had the England debacle to deal with, he's never had such a spotlight and scrutiny before. I feel Ole & United have done well to protect him, we took him out of the spotlight and gradually brought him back into the team. This season has been a test mentally for him and I'm sure he's going to start banging in the goals soon enough, he said himself in an interview a few weeks ago, he just needs a goal to get going.
Its also we're noting we've had a change in tactics this season, last season Greenwood and Rashford were playing as inside forwards allowing our fullbacks to overlap, this season they're playing more as wingers to allow our full backs to underlap.
Keep the faith instead of writing him off, you get wildly inconsistent patches of form with every young player.