Today was the final straw for me.
For the start of last season you could make the excuse that
- Injuries to Pogba, Rashford and Martial screwed us.
- The squad wasn't good enough and needed more depth and quality.
However since then we've had a fully fit squad - and have added Bruno, VDB, Cavani and Telles. There's no excuses anymore, this team should be performing much better than they are. And it's the same old problems, we only ever look like a team when the opposition leaves themselves wide open on the counter attack. Any other scenario we look Sunday league standard.
I actually like quite a few things Ole has done, his squad building has been much better than Van Gaal and Mourinho, he sets us up quite well in certain big games whereby we're allowed to play on the counter, and I get the feeling the players like his man management more than they did Moyes/Van Gaal/Mourinho.
However I don't think the coaching is anywhere near good enough. We don't press well, we can't pass, there's no cohesion or understanding between the players in attack, there doesn't seem to be any plan as to how we can score a goal when the opposition has men behind the ball.
We may get a good result at some point and we'll be fooled into thinking we're finding form but deep down we know it will be another false dawn. It's always 1 step forward 2 steps back. 2 years in and we can't press, can't pass and can't create chances against a low block, I just can't see us going anywhere.