Josep Dowling
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What has made Mourinho so successful in the past?
Generally it was having a solid back four, three in midfield, two pacey wide men and a big man upfront. This was his receipe was success at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real.
Another factor was a settled 11. You could name his starting 11 at Chelsea every week.
Since he’s joined us we have had constant changes to our starting 11 and formation. At pre-season we were playing 3-5-2, this has now changed to 4-3-3. Why has he changed his formation? Last season we reverted to 4-2-3-1 at some points as well.
In terms of the squad selection it’s just constant changes. Even today, Darmian was ok last week. Dropped for Young who hasn’t played RB for a long time. Martial comes in for Sanchez. I suspect Pereira and Mata will be dropped next week as well now.
On the right he tries Mata. It works for one game, he then plays badly. Dropped for Rashford. That doesn’t work, he plays Lingard. That doesn’t work go back to Mata again.
With his transfer activity he has bought just 2 defenders. Both of which are CBs. Both don’t look like Mourinho type CBs. If defensive solidity is so important why has not been more of a priority? I know we have needed to strengthen all over the pitch but for me CM was the least of our problems in the summer.
Why has he not stuck to his tried and tested formula?
Generally it was having a solid back four, three in midfield, two pacey wide men and a big man upfront. This was his receipe was success at Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real.
Another factor was a settled 11. You could name his starting 11 at Chelsea every week.
Since he’s joined us we have had constant changes to our starting 11 and formation. At pre-season we were playing 3-5-2, this has now changed to 4-3-3. Why has he changed his formation? Last season we reverted to 4-2-3-1 at some points as well.
In terms of the squad selection it’s just constant changes. Even today, Darmian was ok last week. Dropped for Young who hasn’t played RB for a long time. Martial comes in for Sanchez. I suspect Pereira and Mata will be dropped next week as well now.
On the right he tries Mata. It works for one game, he then plays badly. Dropped for Rashford. That doesn’t work, he plays Lingard. That doesn’t work go back to Mata again.
With his transfer activity he has bought just 2 defenders. Both of which are CBs. Both don’t look like Mourinho type CBs. If defensive solidity is so important why has not been more of a priority? I know we have needed to strengthen all over the pitch but for me CM was the least of our problems in the summer.
Why has he not stuck to his tried and tested formula?