Hummels went to BVB. And yes, he is better than Maguire (but then, except the second half of last season, I think that Lindelof has been better than Maguire).
No fecking way has Lindelof been better than Maguire. No chance.
Lingard is not, Martial should be good enough but dunno what happened in the last season and this one. Nevertheless, if they were not good enough why Martial got a new contract, and why Ole returned Lingard and offered him a new contract. Why Ole is hoarding players that are not good enough?
Is that down to the Manager though? Or is that down to our owners not wanting our players to leave on frees? It's been happening for too long with too many players on a consistent basis for it to be a Manager issue imo. I put it down to another example of the higher ups at the club being utterly stupid fecks.
For the money spent, I think it has been ok. The squad has been improved quite a lot after over 400m spent and two free transfers in expensive wages. I would not sat brilliant though. Brilliant is what Klopp did with Liverpool, when he signed awesome players that did not cost much. And when he spent a lot (like VVD) it was absolute quality, not just an upgrade on what he had.
I'd say if a new Manager does come in with actual coaches who know how to get a team playing football then we'll look back at Oles rebuild and think it was excellent. I'm of the opinion that if something happens on a consistent basis despite Managers being replaced then it boils down to perhaps it's not entirely the fault of the Manager after all. The clubs been run so badly for years and years, despite the PR coming out of the clubs making it sound like we're a world class team. It's just all misdirected rage.
Carrick/McKenna should have been replaced years ago, they're simply not upto the task. We fail on a consistent basis on the very basics of football and this has happened through two different Managers now so clearly its not a Manager issue. That's not to say Jose/Ole were blameless, but it's a complete mystery to me that we've not changed our coaches and instead the PR coming out of United tells us that they're elite coaches. It's utterly baffling and if we force the next Manager to deal with Carrick/McKenna again then nothing will change. This whole "United Way" bullshit is also utterly shite, the very reason why Sir Alex managed to compete on a regular basis wasn't by having himself surrounded by old United players, it was hiring the very best coaches he could find. McClaren, Knox, Queiroz and Smith were not involved at United as players were they?
Anyway, i'm going wildly offtopic as I haven't had a chance to rant about United yet in the last few days.