Things that have been recurrent in our play style under Ole and even Jose during the last few years:
1. Much more emphasis on recovery pressing individually rather than collective, organised pressing with blocking passing lanes.
2. No clear passing patterns and movement, mostly some long balls, hopeful crosses often underhit/overhit, some individual combination play that breaks down after 3-4 moves showing the lack of systemic coaching.
3. No tempo most of the times to exploit gaps in opponent's defence, and at times when we do have them, it mostly breaks down due to poor passing, lack of penetrative, quick passes.
4. Passing is inconsistent, and some of the players are horrible at it. Also, there are some players who makes runs from the deep, only to pass sideways/backwards, showing lack of clever movement. Very poor set pieces other than direct free kicks.
5. We still haven't figured out how to break low blocks, even after having so many technical players in the squad.
6. Poor positioning, sometimes huge gaps between players, sometimes 3-4 players occupying the same space.
We are mostly dependent on counter attacks through the runs and individual skills of Bruno/Rashford/ Martial/Greenwood. Some basic wingplay, some combination play and occasionally some clever movement from the forwards are there.
All in all, we are a side that reeks of poor coaching. Most of the teams facing us look much better organised than us. For me, McKenna and Carrick are as much to blame as Ole and Phelan. In my opinion, they all need to be replaced. But considering how inept the owners are, I have no faith that they will be able to find the right person for the job.