It’s lazy management. Set pieces are a key method of winning football matches, it shouldn’t be left to chance.
Thank you.
When we hear talk of or see 'training ground routines' in action it's almost never to do with United. I don't even remember it going back to Fergie days to be honest. Beckham/Scholes corner....that's about it!
The second the other day was so obviously Fernandes' range wise. The 5/10 yards makes all the difference. I could understand it if they gave it Mata when a few yards outside the box and Fernandes further back, but even that will, as the OP rightly says, mentally and technically affect the rhythm of either taker.
No matter the BS Ole says on this, there should be a designated free kick taker/penalty taker/corner taker for either or both sides. End of. He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
That Pogba/Rashford penalty debacle was a joke and a news story we didn't need to contend with. We've enough uncertainties as it is; preventing those we can is good practice. Inviting our own players to jostle over things is not good practice.