The simple reality is Ole has done a great job in getting us into contention for top 4, however the Arsenal loss and our incredibly difficult run in might be a bridge too far from where he started. Watford(H), Wolves(A), West Ham(H), Everton(A), City(H), Chelsea (H), Huddersfield (A), Cardiff (H). We probably need 20 points from those games just to finish 4th and that looks unlikely, purely due to mounting injuries, player fatigue and some players loss of form at the wrong time.
The wolves game only highlighted just how much work is still needed. Luke Shaw has had a good season but has no competition for his place which is no good for a club of our size and we saw that fatigue set into his game last night, we lack a deep lying playmaker that moves the ball quickly. We have too many players on the books getting paid decent to ridiculous wages who are not contributing, Valencia, Darmian, Rojo, Baily, Sanchez.
We have decent youth players but more time is needed and we still don't have a genuine right winger or a real goal poacher as a striker. Finally we lack a world class no 10 playmaker. In conclusion not much has changed in the last 7 years, the club still need a world class Centre back, another left footed left back, A deep lying playmaker, A right winger, A goal poacher and an elite level no 10.
We don't score enough goals because we don't create enough chances, the problem is 7 years of genuine neglect can not be fixed by 1 or 2 transfer windows so we have to look at youth promotion, free transfers as well as marquee names and may be selling one of our biggest names to help finance a total rebuild. I don't know the answer but I do know that signings alone can not fix the damage caused by the neglect of 7 years of poor player recruitment and overpaying in wages to seduce the wrong type of players to come to United.
Once upon a time as soon as the player heard United were interrested, the money was the least of their concerns but now it is the most important and represents everything that is wrong with the modern Game!
Would Koulibally, Rabiot, Tierney, Sancho, Isco, Bale, Ascensio, James, Auldeweireld, Bisaka, Felix, Icardi and Coutinho improve United, maybe but the £300M investment required for just 5 of the above list is a huge gamble that brings no guarantees, No only a combination of youth promotion like Axel Tuanzebe, James Garner, Angel Gomez, Mason Greenwood added to 3 of the above list would give the fans far more investment into next season's team. Surely the PSG away game showed us what the future must and should look like.