I personally wouldn't look at Poch as a solution but Solskjaer has been so inept managerially he's become part of the "style" problem. I also think people are overhyping our recruitment, AWB was one of the best fullbacks in europe last season playing for a side who's expectations are to be fighting above relegation. Maguire was wanted by Mourinho and has been decent since arriving hardly outstanding. James has had a positive influence but not in his cohesion with the team, all of his best moments have come from his own independence to the extent we have been relying on him solely to dig us out of bad performances.
Look at the spine of our team: DDG, Shaw, Maguire, Lindlelof, Pogba, Rashford, Martial that's 7 out of a possible 11 who all have the given quality to have us at the very least rummaging around the top four. So if Solskjaer can't get this spine of players performing where is the proof that the likes of Maddison, Rice and Sancho will improve under his tenure ?
This is where I draw the line with Ole, blind hope is not enough to justify spending millions in the expectation that performances and results will improve. It's how Ole adopts his tactical methodology to the team to bring the best out of his players. How many managers in world football truly have a team that is entirely of their own identity, maybe two or three ? A managers responsibility is also to make the best use out of his resources, that's why a coach like Nagglesman for me is what the club needs. Because we can build for the future without having to literally sacrifice the present.
Ole isn’t the best manager tactically but in the absence of a DOF I trust him to sign the right players. I don’t think I am overhyping the players signed all of them have settled well and quickly.
7/11 of our first team are ok yeah but how many times this season have those 7 started together! This is exactly my point. IF Ole had his first team fit like with quality depth that wanted to be at the club like Liverpool and City of course I would want him out the door if we were anywhere near the position we are now but you take Pogba and Martial out of that team and what do you notice? All of them are defensive players except Rashford who cannot create. How are you meant to break down low blocks without creativity?
He can’t get the spine performing because he’s not had the spine fit! He’s improved Daniel James, improved our defence and McTominay had developed even more too. There are positives but we’ve been unlucky.
Coaches at United face a unique problem though very few teams come at us most sit back. So when you have your only creative outlets injured you are relying on having squad players to do the hardest job in football breaking down a well drilled defensive block.
The thing it this won't be just a bad season. It'll be another bad season. One bad season is an anomoly, but several? Thats a trend. Europa league winners, second place, 6th, mid table. Not to mention that follows 7th, 4th and 5th.
That is where we are now. We aren’t a top 4 quality squad but next season we could be there with the right players and then you build on that. Right now out first XI is missing 2/3 players but our squad has very little quality in creativity. That is the biggest flaw.
Rochdale is a league 1 club, Championship teams will take apart Rochdale. If Ole cannot even make us compete against those likes with the squad he has, he deserves to get sacked.
You can cry all you want about poor planning for the last 5 years, but the reason our squad is thin this year is because Ole decided to gut the squad and not replace players.
As for your other point about opening a parked bus requiring movement and passing, that is exactly Oles job, it's what he is getting paid for and that is the one he is seriously failing at. Any good/decent manager will make his squad play beyond their ability by coaching or employing good tactics both of which Ole is seriously lacking.
I don’t judge managers on one game I judge them based on what the biggest need is at the club. The biggest need we have is a clear recruitment policy to enable us to have athletic and young players who can develop into a potential league challenging side. That takes time and many of the fans I meet at games seem to get that but I come on here and people seem to think a new manager will change our fortunes instantly?
Ole wanted more players and he didn’t fit the squad he got rid of shit players that everyone wanted gone! Some argue Lukaku was good but Lukaku suffered from the same lack of creator under Mourinho too. We’ve had similar issues for years and rather than address them we keep blaming managers instead of accepting the truth. We’ve signed badly and are suffering after 5 years of mistakes.
Ole is doing a good job of coaching this if you watch our play live you can see the little movements and patterns developing but of course we’re having trouble without our best players.
Take Mane and Salah out of Liverpool and do you think they’ll be blitzing the league?
Our biggest problem is not recruitment, it's the appointment of absolutely pathetic managers and giving them the freedom to sign whoever they want.
So sign a DOF. But until we do that Ole has signed very well.
We are supposed to be a club like Barca, RM, Bayern, Juventus.
With loads of money to implement a very good system in the club. Challenging year in year out not only domestically but in Europe.
We are now in 15th and there are still fans giving excuses for Ole. We deserve it!
In any of the club above mentioned, there will be riots every game. White handkerchief everywhere.
We are not that big a club anymore. The above clubs have a all got a clear mix of world class and creative players. We don’t even have two world class creative options.
we have been shit at recruiting to replace what was a title winning side. We let the rot set in and now we’re painfully having to remove it. But I think Ole can do a lot of this for us.
Then the next manager can coach us to a trophy.
at those making excuses for Ole.