And rest assured - if Lingard doesn't improve he will go - if Pereira doesn't take that NeXT step he will go - and Mata will stay maybe a year or 2 as a squad-player and then he will be gone as well. Matic will go - maybe as soon as during the januari-window.
Despite popular belief - OGS is ruthless if the players don't perform. But he can't get rid of everyone at once.
This is the part that makes me so confused. When it comes to players who underperform he’s doing the right things. He also started lwith a paper thin squad in some positions so it’s more then understandable that he couldn’t replace all the deadwood in one window. We all get that.
But how could he accept that we sold both Lukaku and Sanchez without a back up replacement behind Rashford and Martial? As it stands we only have three players who’s capable of scoring goals on their own. Martial. Rashford. James. None of them was a natural goals scorer last season.
Same regarding our midfield. Selling Fellaini and let Herrera leave without replacements.
What’s going on inside our club? Carrick. Solskjær. Our scouting team. Woodward. Butt.
Don’t they communicate with each other??
It’s unbelievable that a club of our size ends up with Periera, Mata and Matic as our only options as starters after four games. Matic and Mata lost their legs last season. Pereira has never been good enough to be a starter. All of us who follows United knew this! One injury and our team looks unbalanced and short of quality options. How is it possible with one of the highest wage bills in the history of football?
As I said all of this makes me so confused. Solskjær clearly knows what to do to make this club moving forward but at the same time he seems to be totally blind regarding the consequences of some of his actions.
Another part that confuses me is how unprepared our player seems to be.
When the game starts we run like lunatics then after 20-25 minutes everything falls apart. The game plan seems to disappear. Our movements slow down. Our passing game lose tempo and quality. Players starts to do mistakes whenever they get stressed. Simple things gets complicated.
What are we doing between our games? We can’t practice or prepare because the majority of our players looks tired and totally clueless after 20 minutes. How is it possible?
Like I and many others has said before. Ole Gunnar is doing the right thing when it comes to administration and selling and buying new players. But when it comes to preparing his players, game plans, technical improvements, making his team fluent and functional his results are poor. That part of his management isn’t working.