I love ole and we could argue that all managers we have had since fergie have failed, which is true. A valid argument is how many time’s can you not back a manager? How many times can you change the manager when results don’t go your way? How much of this is sustainable? We’re in danger of becoming Real Madrid or Chelsea with the managerial Merry go round.
Then you take a look at the squad we have... Over 400million £s worth of players. Marcus rashford, paul pogba, Anthony martial, Mason Greenwood, Bruno Fernandes, Nemanja Matic, David de Gea and so on, it’s a hell of a squad we have. (Even if the balance is off). We still have a better squad at our disposal than most managers have. A expensive squad at that.
THE BARE MINIMUM is to get these players playing some nice football. Fight and compete. Thats all we have wanted for a long time now. Make us horrible to play against. Make us entertaining. Give us something to atleast feel some pride towards, even in defeat. Atleast get the tactics and positioning right. It’s a basic fundamental in even grass roots football. It’s not that much to ask.
Then something clicked after the game yesterday. Ole walked around the pitch, smiling, joking with the officials. Shaking the players hands... pats on the backs. I mean, I don’t expect him to run down the tunnel sobbing .. but to be smiling and laughing after that defeat... it just doesn’t feel right. It doesn’t sit right.
maybe we were too spoiled with fergie being our manager and being such a sore loser? We had so much fight and aggression. The players gave everything to the club, the team and the manager. The manager would be running up and down the touchline directing players, jumping for joy when we win. Punching the floor when we lose.
Just give us that passion. I don’t see it from ole, at all.