@StrettyEnder07
I think it has been discussed a lot but here it goes:
1. If he was to be appointed permanently on the merit of his initial appointment - CL qualification as a bare minimum last year - we finished 6th. When he took over we were 6th and ended that way.
2. Actual and definite style when approaching games. He started off with press then we ditched it. He started the current season with 4-2-3-1 with Lingard at #10 - enough said.
3. In game management close to the top managers in the game - late subs, man for man subs no real plan B.
4. Tactical flexibility when playing teams that defend deep or when facing top teams who take the initiative - we don't have plan B when things aren't going our way. Late LvG football at moments when we don't know what to do with the ball, naive mistakes especially in midfield.
5. Ease in young players, give them chance, but not put the whole responsibility on their shoulders - incredibly short first team which requires a lot from youngsters like James, Greenwood, Garner, Gomes who have had handful of appearances at top level. Overuse them and you can run them to the ground.
6. Create spine of the team - don't prioritize only the defence. You have to have at least 3 senior players (leaders) in each line. Lukaku was pushed out of the door and not replaced. Herrera was lost and not replaced.
7. Improve what we have in the team - I'm not sure I can pin point a single player whose form has drastically improved or a player that you can say Ole has improved single handedly.
8. Clean some of the deadwood - good start, but we still have Young, Mata on 3 year deal.
9. Lack of improving the basics - we still can't take set pieces and the penalty debacle was amateur level.
10. Brexit transfer strategy - there are ton of other and much cheaper continental options, yet we overlooked them (Woodward, scouting team of course will share the blame).
11. Not going on the worst run we have seen since more than half a decade - 3 wins in 15.
12. For this season top 4 is a bare minimum. Everything else should be considered a failure, especially when you consider us missing CL last year. Do that and we fall even more behind making the rebuild process even tougher with no top player wanting to join us.