The manager is holding the team back IMO. Any time we get a comfortable 2 or 3 goal lead, which we rarely do nowadays, he instructs the team to lower the tempo. Any time we go behind, then he instructs them to push harder, which is normal.
But what I hate is the lack of the ruthlessness from minute 1 to 90, which is why we press so little or abandon the pressing once our defense starts it's regular brainfarts. I was just happy we scored the 3rd goal quite late in the goal in the Atalanta game rather than earlier. If we had gotten all 3 goals in the first half or early second half, I am very sure he would have instructed the team to take the foot off and play calmer and Atalanta would have found a way back. That's what makes Pep and Klopp different.
We have a manager who is not ruthless and hardly motivates from the side line. I don't ever underestimate what goes on in the mind of players seeing an agitated, animated manager on the sidelines invested in the game just as much as anyone else in the stadium. Motivating the fans to sing louder like a Simeone would. Everything's so soft and smiley with Ole. Ole's approach is so hands off it sometimes feels like he's not at the wheel, or maybe it's a self driving car.
One thing's certain, we will be here again to lament the team's inconsistent tempo.