Lindelof was never a defender that would perform well under JM. He is not suited to defend sitting back and against crosses, and considering one of his strengths is his ability on the ball it was never a good match.
I wrote off Fred before we signed him. Still don't understand why we bought him, beside City wanting him which i did not understand either.
But isnt the argument exactly the same for Fred?
He was never a midfielder to fit into Mourinhos system either.
And you could question why we/Mourinho bought him as well considering this.
Fred is a high energy player with one of his major strengths in his pressing game, which was non-existent under Mourinho for any player. Offensively he is much better in a possession-oriented team like Shakhtar or like what OGS is trying us to be now.
As with Lindelof he needs the same opportunity to prove himself and considering that Mourinho threw away half of this season we might actually have to give him even more time.
We are eight games in under OGS, its kinda like a new season tbf. He will get his chances and I am sure he will perform better under OGS, when that time comes.
I perfectly understand that Ole has wanted to play a settled midfield the first games adopting a completely different way to play football. It does not have to mean that he does not rate Fred at all.