Never should have gotten the job in the first place and he really needs to either do the right thing and step away or get the sack. Unfortunately, I love the guy and what he did for the club as a player, that honeymoon period when he came in for Jose was great and probably the most fun period for this club and it's supporters post Fergie, it gave some excitement back but since he got the job permanently it's just gotten worse and worse really. He simply is not up for it and or getting results, we are worse than ever.
The summer went horribly bad in regards of transfers and you have to say some of that must be on him (I am in no way saying the board and Woodie are not at some blame at all). The squad is too thin and low on quality and although OGS says youth is important he persists with players like Lingard, Mata, Young and so on. I know rotation is needed but is it really worse to give proper chances and run of games to players like Williams, Gomes, Garner for en example, they can't do much worse and the pressure would actually be lesser on the team. I know I would be happier to see them have a go and even have bad days because that is expected from them, but seeing players like Lingard and Young for an example show up and contribute nothing game after game while getting ludicrous money just pisses me off, surely they have proven to everyone they are not up to the task or standard of Man Utd.
He keeps going on about the importance of scoring the first goal, yes of course that plays a part and gives confidence and sets a tone, you always want it but you also don't completely make or break a game on it, he as a player of the 99 treble winning side and someone who so looks up to Fergie should know that comebacks and mentality is also important, as soon as we go behind you just know we ain't gonna win and probably not even draw.
Like so many have pointed out it's hard to see some progress, in the last few games the team has been a bit more aggressive (shots and such) compared to September but we are still not creating anything, there does not seem to be any trained executions or tactics in place other than hit them on the break with pace. Like why did he change back to a formation today that has not worked for us when the one he has been using was at least giving some pay off, especially since a lot of our players, like Fred and McTominay were probably not on a full tank after playing Chelsea in what was a competitive match just 2,5 days ago. His subs come late and rarely have effect, to a certain degree there is lack of quality on the bench as well as squad but it just so often feels like he gets them wrong and tries way to late, often close to or over the 80th minute mark.
It's all a culmination of many things gone wrong at the club, bad planning, bad choices, wrong people in charge of footballing side, owners, coaches, players, managers and although there is no quick fix here, I am genuinely worried now we are gonna finish in the bottom half, perhaps even be fighting relegation cause I ain't seeing no progress and teams/managers have figured him out completely. I would love nothing more but for OGS to succeed and turn it around but that just ain't looking likely and January transfer window for some added aid in that regards is far away, too far away, so how long should we give him the benefit of doubt to turn it around?
I think I have reached my breaking point. Think he will still be hanging in there though because Woodie will not do anything drastic unless more pressure by fans or media is on.
