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As soon as i heard he was going to be caretaker manager. it was one of them things that you feel it wasn't going to be good.
Smalling had the game of his life as well. Astonishing performance from him and Shaw if i remember correctly. You're right though. That was one of the best feelings I had as a United fan for a long time but it was really a massive smash and grab robbery. It was the only way we were going to win it and its was glorious but it was a miracle.When we won that PSG game in the Champions League and everyone was going absolutely insane, including Rio who was telling us to write him a blank check and that 'United were back' and 'Ole's at the wheel'
Everyone says but we won, we won, just enjoy it don't be so miserable, you want us to fail.
Reality is we played absolutely garbage that match, and PSG hit the woodwork a ridiculous amount of times and they absolutely played us off the park
Youre going to LOVE what he has in store for us come sundayNot long for me. It was when he went from 4-3-3, which got found out and he went to 5-3-2 to steady the ship and to stop leaking goals, which got found out vs Partizan in the EL, this was the moment I realised he is severely limited tactically and when I realised he's not up to it.
...to come to the realisation that Ole was not right for the job? For those that were prepared to give him a chance once he was appointed.
It took a while, about 1 month ago (Sept 2021) in my case. Some are still hanging on to Europa final and second place fumes. But most of them will eventually come around. Except those that will support him into the championship.
So out of random curiosity, when did it dawn on you.
It's funny because you've mentioned 4 players there, all of whom have arguably been awfully mismanaged by OGS. Maguire and Rashford have both have been hugely overplayed and suffered injuries. He clearly favoured Henderson when both he and DDG were fit and probably would have started the season this year with him despite the fact most fans knew he would never reach DDG's standards.He was literally flavour of the month during his first month in charge as interim. I thought it was a mistake to appoint him on the back of that. The nostalgia and Rio calling to make him permanent manager I felt was a mistake.
When he was appointed permanent manager I thought he’d be the manager before the manager who’d take us to success, but simply because he was spending money on quality players although I thought Maguire for £80m showed a lack of ambition and was going for a safe bet, so many POTENTIALLY better & younger CB in the French and German leagues. But I understood the logic considering our previous transfers. So it was good to build a team for the now and next few years
Over the seasons I’ve not seen him change or improve. The first time I became aware of his match game limitations was actually a match we won. It was his while he was interim and we played spurs. We took the lead but then for 60 minutes Spurs bombarded us and had like 20 shots on target. They were cutting through us like a hot knife through butter and Ole just froze, clearly hoping DDG wouldn’t get beaten and hoping we’d get a counter. When he finally made a change it was very late and basically put the lukaku on the wing which made no difference.
I knew that’s something that would never change about him as it’s an X factor that people have or don’t and can’t be learnt only improved with experience , but I hoped I’d be wrong. Unfortunately, almost, 3 years later he’s still the same.
Also our players are not improving tactically. As I’ve said before… yes some are improving according to their natural ability. But Rashford is basically the same player he was when only took over with points increase in the things he was already good at and that you’d expect to improve regardless of coaching.
I think selling lukaku was a good decision, and at the time many United fans wanted martial and rashford over Lukaku. My problem with lukaku is the same as my problem with Kane, old school number 9s, you have to cater to them too much and it limits goals from other areas. Plus with lukaku, pretty much every big game I watch he gets marked out very easily.It's funny because you've mentioned 4 players there, all of whom have arguably been awfully mismanaged by OGS. Maguire and Rashford have both have been hugely overplayed and suffered injuries. He clearly favoured Henderson when both he and DDG were fit and probably would have started the season this year with him despite the fact most fans knew he would never reach DDG's standards.
He also sold Lukaku and favoured Martial up front only to realise he wasn't a real striker and has since signed Ighalo, Cavani ad now Ronaldo. It's actually nuts.
Ironically Ronaldo is now more an old school number 9. I wasn't hugely against that decision either but in hindsight I think Lukaku's play against teams that sit back was sorely missed after he left.I think selling lukaku was a good decision, and at the time many United fans wanted martial and rashford over Lukaku. My problem with lukaku is the same as my problem with Kane, old school number 9s, you have to cater to them too much and it limits goals from other areas. Plus with lukaku, pretty much every big game I watch he gets marked out very easily.
Agreed it seriously lacked imagination. He should've only ever been thought of as a caretaker manager.I knew he wasn't up to the job before he was appointed.
Yeah Ronaldo has become like the fox in the box who can score great goals from outside the box. Key is to provide him chances, but still have a way of playing that gives others regular chances to score.Ironically Ronaldo is now more an old school number 9. I wasn't hugely against that decision either but in hindsight I think Lukaku's play against teams that sit back was sorely missed after he left.
...to come to the realisation that Ole was not right for the job? For those that were prepared to give him a chance once he was appointed.
It took a while, about 1 month ago (Sept 2021) in my case. Some are still hanging on to Europa final and second place fumes. But most of them will eventually come around. Except those that will support him into the championship.
So out of random curiosity, when did it dawn on you.
One month into his tenure when I saw we weren't working on a style of play. If you remember the "needs a preseason/fitness' excuse was still in vogue at the time. Goodness his time here has been an excuse factory. You can't convince the faithfuls our lack of playstyle has nothing to do with signings, backings or some minor handicap we encounter like a shorter preseason. Some of these guys were calling the Jose fans cultist only to surpass them.
I think my posting history is public if you care (just don't cherrypick posts outside their contexts pls). I don't know if it was a full month but it was definitely january. It wasn't yet popular to openly criticse Ole but I know I said on here I was worried about having no style of play and we should wait to make him a permanent manager. We actually started putting in questionable performances long before the results tailed off. One that really stuck out was that Spurs fixture when we played the whole game in our halves for defensive counterattack. I was mad when we renewed because it came off the back of two defeats. Not necessarily because of the defeats per se but because the results had finally caught up to the poor performances but the club still ignored it.You mean while we were on a crazy winning streak? I think most people even the skeptics about his credentials withheld judgement during that period.