How come Ole can only get a semi? | Can he finally go all the way?

devilish

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He is doing well and he deserves to remain at this point but jeez his game is boring. I haven't been bored like that since LvG time.
 

AjaxCunian

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He's an alright manager but an awful trainer, he clearly has no idea and his team struggles to play a modern brand of football. It is clear as day, but hey, win 3 matches whilst your squad is 3x as expensive as the opponent and he's great. Don't think we will ever win anything during his tenure.
 

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He's an alright manager but an awful trainer, he clearly has no idea and his team struggles to play a modern brand of football. It is clear as day, but hey, win 3 matches whilst your squad is 3x as expensive as the opponent and he's great. Don't think we will ever win anything during his tenure.
whats a modern brand of football?
 

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What a mess. Only himself to blame he’s not only playing McFred constantly (we’ll win feck all with those 2 btw) but now he’s playing others out of position to accommodate them (Rashford and Pogba)
 

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The 2nd half of the 1st leg hasn't even started yet and y'all already moaning? :lol:
 

AjaxCunian

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whats a modern brand of football?
Being able to cut through deep-sitting teams by effective and quick ball-retention, positional-play, forcing errors from your opposition by pressing high whilst maintaining some defensive stability.

-Creating multiple chances in a match
-Laying your will upon opponents

These are symptoms of it. We barely see that at United despite all the star and high-salary players acquired.
 

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Need a midfield that controls games no matter the standard of opposition. Mcfred ain’t it. Can’t play forward passes consistently and are painfully average defensively too.
 

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What a mess. Only himself to blame he’s not only playing McFred constantly (we’ll win feck all with those 2 btw) but now he’s playing others out of position to accommodate them (Rashford and Pogba)
Not a horny enough combo.
 

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Being able to cut through deep-sitting teams by effective and quick ball-retention, positional-play, forcing errors from your opposition by pressing high whilst maintaining some defensive stability.

-Creating multiple chances in a match
-Laying your will upon opponents

These are symptoms of it. We barely see that at United despite all the star and high-salary players acquired.
Thats not a modern brand of football. That’s called playing well.
 

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Because he is not a good manager. Why is it difficult to see?. Just watch the football we play. It is the worst style of football among all the top teams in europe. He is just an interim manager with 3 years contract.
 

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Keep up the brave face of acting like conceding two away goals in a European game isn't a death knell in 99.9% of ties.
Not in the Europa it isn’t, and not if we win this game (which we will). Also we’re better away from home.
 

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Thats not a modern brand of football. That’s called playing well.
Fair enough, if you want to call it that. United will not play well under Ole long-term. There are some weeks where United do play well in a season, but usually it's poor.
 

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Because he is not good enough as a coach to go toe to toe with good teams. He will make the team stay compact and counter but fails miserably when the ask is to dominate games
 

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If he goes out here, then questions need to be asked. Five semi's and this is our easiest imo.
 

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Would be the 5th.

2019-20 FA Cup
2019-20 EFL Cup
2019-20 Europa League
2020-21 EFL Cup

Plus two quarter finals first season (FA Cup & CL), and a FA Cup QF this year.
Yikes.. At that point it's going to be a mental block then... For every semi we get to.

Actually it probably already is.
 

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Because he is not a good manager. Why is it difficult to see?. Just watch the football we play. It is the worst style of football among all the top teams in europe. He is just an interim manager with 3 years contract.
Why are you moaning? We might still win the tie, that is all that matters.. It isn't like this 45 minutes are any representation of the entire tenure of Manchester United under Ole Gunnar Solksjaer.
 

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He's an alright manager but an awful trainer, he clearly has no idea and his team struggles to play a modern brand of football. It is clear as day, but hey, win 3 matches whilst your squad is 3x as expensive as the opponent and he's great. Don't think we will ever win anything during his tenure.
Agreed. I’m still not sure what we are. Our football is undeniably bland and has been for a while with occasional exception.
 

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De Gea has played in 4 of the 5 semi-finals.

Our defence looks all over the show when he is between the sticks.
 

Giggsyking

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Should leave the same day with Ed. Thank you for your service. You are not good enough.
 

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Hasn't this happened enough times for people to be less reactionary and wait till it's over

*We are losing - Someone makes or comments on a negative thread regarding our play - We win