That is an interesting choice of players, AWB is obvious, Maguire more or less as well but how do come to the two others?
Apart from that, I definitely agree - we added random players and hoped, they could just copy paste their highlight reels to ours. There was no plan at all, I was wondering about AWB and Maguire and asked how are we supposed to play a modern style of football with these two? I mean, you don't have to play modern to win but it isn't like we assembled the rest of the squad for a low block counter attacking side... I just doesn't click, as you say. We have Bruno who thrives in unlimited freedom and will produce once you make sure he is well protected and has runs availabe from the strikers. Then we have Fred and McTom who (at least I am pretty sure about it) would thrive in a very rigid systemic approach with clear roles and tasks. You have Maguire who is slow and unagile which makes it hard to play a high line, you have Martial and Pogba who have a very low intensity style, we took two young strikers and called them wingers even though they still play as if they would be strikers. Lets not talk about the fullbacks.
It sucks so hard but there is a good thing I thought: due to this mix, we should be able to play multiple kinds of football to a good degree. Granted - never with all out best players on the pitch in their "best positions" at the same time but still. So far, that didn't materialize.. and to be honest, it breaks my heart imagining that RR just abandoned his style because of whatever. That is, where he excels, where he has the knowledge. I don't know, what he is trying these days but that isn't much control. We are not preventing chances very well. We are not creating any (felt like even less than under Ole). We are not keeping possession, we are not countering, we are not pressing. This is Mourinho/Ole - all over again. No particular style but a mix, whereby nothing is really on a good level. Infuriating
