I havent been invloved in the whole 'Ole out' brigade, but who is to blame when that amount of talent plays as badly as that?. I mean its not like it only happens once every 10 games or something.
Its the coaching thats the problem.
I have a lot of thoughts about our general issues so pardon the lack of organization below.
It's the 3rd game of the season on the road with 2 starting debuts today. If the poor misplaced passing continues then it is a real concern for me. Just because you have a lot of talent doesn't guarantee anything, no matter how good the manager is, if you don't have players to provide balance. Man City, Liverpool, and Chelsea have competency at every position on the pitch. Of those teams, we seem to want to play somewhat similarly to Liverpool, but the big difference is they can attack down both flanks while we can't. If we could then we would get 95 points, no doubt. I have always felt that Fred is not good enough in a 1 and he showed that today, absolutely incapable of keeping possession in dangerous areas, which is why Ole has always played McFred. I actually was pleased with what I saw from Pogba in the pivot and think that with the right partner (younger Matic or someone who can at least efficiently recycle possession) we should be in a good spot. Another option is to get Trippier and allow him to switch with Fred while in possession, making Fred (or McTominay) drop into a 3. Tripper will ping dangerous crosses and handle possession well, allowing for attacks to come down both flanks (what Liverpool do).
To summarize it, Ole is in a tough spot currently. He can't really play Fred in a 1 with AWB as RB, which is why he has always had to play McFred and play Pogba as an attacker. No amount of training is going to change this as plenty of more knowledgeable football people have extensively covered the serious limitations of Fred and AWB. Scouts felt at the time of the Fred transfer that he was completely out of his depth despite being a nice kid. AWB has never shown the ability to be good in build up play and I don't think even Pep would be able to fix this. One of those two need to be replaced against the lower sides to create consistent chances. I don't think you need to replace both but in an ideal world you probably would. I would of course continue to play AWB in the bigger matches or in a 3 as he is amazing defensively.
EDIT: Also, people keep on asking for Donny but he is incapable of playing in a double pivot and has shown this a couple of times (Watford FA cup last year as an example). Only good at playing 1-2s on the edge of the box and is basically Bruno's backup. Quite a confusing transfer with hindsight, probably Ole's one miss in the market so far.