Always makes me laugh when people believe what he says in public is what he says in private
It always makes me laugh when people would rather guess what he says in private than go by what he says publicly; there’s a wave of our fans who are ITKs, say something they don’t like & it’s ‘he doesn’t think this in private’ as if any of us have a tangible bit of evidence but when he says something they do like [‘players I wanted weren’t available’] it’s lapped up & used as a defence.
I started the season ‘reading between the lines’ but made the decision to judge him on all his words & his teams actions on the pitch.
I have no doubt he says a number of things in private that he doesn’t in public but I can’t say definitively what they are.
I actually believe very few words he says.
Maybe he can’t improve some of these players because they are beyond improvement?
Agreed yet he persists in starting Juan Mata, he came into the season with Ashley Young as back up to oft injured Luke Shaw. He has 17 y/o Greenwood as back up ST but moves Rashford central when Martial is injured.
The level of improvement you’ll get from a Lingard is vastly different to a Rashford; neither has made great strides.
He doesn’t/hasn’t improved players.
2 of the most talented have spent most of the season “injured”
True. Player absence hasn’t dictated a change in pattern of play though. We’ve stripped our squad of talent in the last 2 windows so lapses in quality are understandable what is unforgivable is the clueless nature we approach each game. I’m not expecting this team to win the league, or genuinely challenge for Top 4 but to see a style of football should be the minimum. It’s a quality & coaching issue.
He’s tougher than what most fans give him credit for and i like that because I believe he will have these bluffers out the club a lot sooner than any new manager would.
Again, claiming to see something others don’t that isn’t actually tangible; I understand you’ve chosen to believe & respect that perspective but our results have been historically bad - you can’t counter that fact with you being able to see something that can’t be quantified.
I believe most managers would have sold Sanchez & Lukaku so wouldn’t give OgS credit but I can’t definitively say this.
Is it gonna be pretty? no but im old and ugly enough to shoulder a mid table place to let him do the work that is necessary.
The notion that we have to be substantially worse to become substantially better is truly laughable.
A rebuild does not mean sell players, leave yourself short; underachieve so the lofty transfer targets you set will be even less interested, then attempt to buy players.
The thought that treating ins & outs mutually exclusive is ok, is absurd.
‘Shouldering’ a mid table place isn’t some badge of honour; United could get relegated & as fans we would still support the club.
It is not necessary to perform meekly & write of a season; no one was thinking league title on here but OgS selling that things need to be this bad for them to get better is honestly shameful.