Last season, albeit assisted by VAR to some degree and the introduction of using the word subjective as an excuse for plain wrong decisions that all other instances of were given the polar opposite the filthy did make considerable improvements
They did have a game plan, it wasn't based almost entirely on counter attacking as Neville suggested, it was direct at times, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with that
I genuinely believe the signings of Ronaldo and Varane were ridiculous and seem to have completely derailed the progress Ole had made
This was their plan before those signings
De Gea
Wan Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
McTominay Fred
Greenwood Fernandes Rashford
Cavani
Not the best, but it was working for them and a lot better than things have worked since those 2 signings whose coming into the club seems to have an incredibly detrimental effect on numerous other players, both in the short term and in their long term development, they added Sancho as a very good option to play left or right, Martial has been pretty decent for them there, Lingaard does ok there and they have a couple of very promising other young lads, so fuck knows why they gave Mata a new contract.
They really needed another number 9 who presses and leads the line quite aggressively like Cavani
They should have got shut of Pogba too, he's been nothing but an incredibly disruptive influence since he arrived there, he doesn't fit that system, but, because Rashford, Greenwood, Martial and Sancho are all forwards who with coaching could operate like ours, their plan B or plan A for some games could have been
De Gea
Wan Bissaka Lindelof Maguire Shaw
McTominay Pogba Fred
Greenwood Fernandes Rashford
Cb wise they already had Bailly, their very own Carragher in Jones and Tuanzebe who has looked decent when they used him to be fair, no need to sign Varane at all, and if they were to bring in a big name defender for big money and wage Koulibaly would have cost less in wages and is a miles better defender than Varane who always has a mistake in him and he's equally comfortable playing LCB or RCB which most CBs aren't
Their fans should cut Ole some slack because I'm quite sure their board is mostly responsible for the signings of ROnaldo and Varane, it's fucked everything up for them and neither are what they needed with the other players they have
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