Does anyone here feel that after the first hair dryer treatment the squad got from Solskjaer they turned against him.
I think so yes, but it whiffs of the new, or substitute teacher who goes into a new class and tries to be the student' best friend, cooler, and kinder than the old bat (that would be Jose) he's replaced.
But by not stamping (metaphor!) his authority over the students from the very beginning he ironically ends up enemies with them (blowing up and then having them turn on him), whereas had he kept control from the very start, eventually he could have eased up, and become on friendlier terms without even (or more rarely) needing to bollock anyone.
But to be fair to the players a little, looking at the games recently, the tactics look way off even to me as a layman.
Team can barely get a shot on goal (goals are extinct) and the forwards are utterly isolated going forward. Kinda reminds me of a game I play that simulates blitzkrieg (GGWITE) whereby if you send your tanks too far forward with too little support, they end up getting cut off from supply lines, surrounded and eventually obliterated.
I think Rashford, Lukaku and others are getting too much blame, as they are just not getting proper support or service from the midfield/defence. Far too cautious. Counter attacks, at half strength for fear of counter, counter attacks...
Worse than that though, is the constant chopping, and changing, which will surely piss alot of the players off, and set them against not only the manager, but each other as well.
It also makes him look like he doesn't know what he's doing. Like the old saying goes sometimes,
more is lost by indecision than the wrong decision. Just pick a team, and let it settle down and get used to playing together.
I wonder sometimes if Ole is trying to keep everyone happy, knowing that he
musn't lose the dressing room. Again acting from insecurity rather than a position of actual authority.
Any manager without top level experience is going to struggle at a top level club, without that reputation as a winner, and the arrogant confidence, and sense of security this brings, when results start going as badly as they have been. Small wonder really that, the players have begun to doubt him, as the exact same thing happened with Moyes (who again very unfairly the players downed tools on).
Not a justification, but from the players point of view, they are too, probably thinking that they would like a better more experienced manager. And why wouldn't they? After all, I doubt players like Pogba get all gooey eyed over Ole in the same way many of the fans do!
