That honor is shared
Poch has just been sacked from a Spurs side that’s vastly superior to this United side. So we appoint him and he gets to play with the same disjointed team with huge gaps in the squad that are never filled? Allegri would need a new team purchasing, it’d be like going back to Jose.
A quick look at Sheffield before the game tells you this: they will pass circles around you but they will also camp in. There’s a reason why they had the least goals conceded.
He sold Fellaini, never replaced him. He likely knew from the outset Matic wouldn't be in his plans and never replaced him either. For what it's worth Matic would have been 100x better than Pereira today anyway.
We wouldn’t be 9th.
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The players weren't playing for Poch anymore. It went stale there. Again, it was the end of the road for Poch at Spurs, that's it. He did an excellent job at Saints and he'd do a better job than Ole with our current squad so yeah Poch is the answer. I can see you point with Allegri but he's still a far better option than Ole. Keeping him here is pointless. Lets not forget we sacked Jose and a year later we've not made any improvement.
When have we shipped 4 or 5 though?
When was the last time you observed Mata using this 'strong ability to link midfield and attack', particularly during an away game against a physical side? And what has Garner shown you in his handful of minutes this season that convinved you that the difference between us winning and drawing today was the mistake of playing Perreira instead of him? He's played even less than Williams has and Williams was lost today.
Because he decided to go 3 at the back.
The bucks stops with the manager, and Poch deserved to be sacked, however that was his first poor season since 5 years while Ole has been a nothing manager on the top flight at the same period. It will look stupid for us to overlook Poch because of one bad year while continuing with Ole who has absolutely no track record to support him succeeding here at all. With Poch you have arguments of if he will succeed here, with Ole it's just wishful thinking. That's all.
Trying to save his job. It was cringe listening to it.
We did not show up the the first half at all. It was pure shite from everyone bar De Gea
You’re missing the crucial difference. Klopp could point to his Dortmund experience and say that is what we’re working towards, I have a track record in a competitive European League and the CL. Extra Kudos that it was in a traditionally one horse league as well.
Utterly deluded.
We can go back and forth all day because hindsight is 20/20. However considering the options before the game - would you go with the one that guarantees failure? Andreas has broken records for ball possession loss in his midfield role. Knowing this would you consciously put him in a midfield 2 with no #10 in front of him and a team that will press him to the ground?
He didn’t go back to a back 5, Tuanzebe anchored the midfield.
Everton, last year.
They would have - after scoring the 4th goal. They were getting battered and had completely given up. Dropping back and giving them space so we can have our false sense of ‘defensive structure’ with Axel was exactly the breathing room they needed to get back into it.
Ole Gunner Solskjaer is a loser?? Wonder what you've achieved in life to even utter something like that.
So how did doing it sooner help ???
Couldn’t agree more, specially the underlined part.
Spot on. Any comparison to what SAF did when he started his United career is pointless.
Exactly. For the first time in the game we were taking them apart so why change a thing? When Ole has something to play for he just loses his nerve. So much for this attack minded plan of his. If it aint broke don't fix it.
Damn I though we played against Sheffield Utd, you make it sound as if we went to Camp Nou to face prime Barcelona.
Note the maybe at the start of the sentence. We would've lost the momentum sooner rather than later.
I too fear this to be true. It feels so much like what Moyes would have done to our team had he been given more time. Lower expectations, break negative records and establish us firmly as a plucky, midtable club, if even that.
Doubtful. Woodward would look like a prize tit. More so than he does now.
Guys, why would he say anything negative externally?
When would 81 points won the league on many occasions?
Some autocritic would be nice for a change, he just keep repeating the same things over and over like a broken record “we will learn from this” “we take it and improve for next game”.
This is apples and oranges though. Or more like apples and potatoes because it is incredibly hard to compare.
