I'm one of the ones who didn't want Mourinho, but he's obviously still looking to figure out his strongest team and best formation, and he's still looking at the potential of some players he's not so familiar with. Phil Neville is right about the City game, the problem was not so much Pogba, but the players failing to understand Mourinho's game plan. Carragher fails every time to read games. He's the worst pundit I've ever seen on TV. Pogba was obviously given licence to go forward, which means other players have to fill the gap in midfield, which they didn't do. And it's why they were hauled off.
Also we saw the defensive limitations of Blind when under severe pressure. And lastly there is the Rooney situation. The problem isn't so much that Mourinho is playing Rooney, but it's how he integrates players around him, and the understanding they have with what he's supposed to be doing.
For me, Rooney is a number 10, but because he keeps dropping back, players around him struggle to understand what kind of system is in place. Managers are seeing that when Rooney is man marked, he's too slow to shake his marker off. He's not particularly good at turning with the ball, and more often than not gets stuck with nowhere to go, where in reality he should be high up the pitch with the goal or Ibra in mind.
I think Mourinho is trying to give Rooney every chance, and he's been trying out other players as well like Lingard, Mata, Martial, Herrera, and where he's some good things against lesser sides, there is not the consistency yet we're hoping for. It's only a matter of time before the right formation is discovered, and the players understand each other, and then we'll be a beast.
I said I didn't want Mourinho to begin with, but the transfers he's pulled off have really impressed me, and I've been happy with how positive he is about going for the title. I still think we'll with the league, but Mou needs to know what his strongest team is soon so the players can understand the game plans with the player understanding each other.