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Posted January 23, 2020 08:56 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:50

Rusty Dunks wrote:
20 Legend wrote:

We should have been 3-0 at half time. 

Players are buggered. Manager has no options.

I'll start this off by saying that the whole problem with United at the minute is the ownership. They're only interested in their dividends, and as long as Ed gets that for them then they are wiping their arses with Man U branded toilet paper.

Ole is neither the problem nor the solution to what is going on.

However.....

Ole has not, overall, made the most of the situation. You say he has no options, but he rushed Pogba back who got an injury. He didn't rest Rashford, who picked up an injury. He kept McTominay on the field while he was injured. He hasn't trusted the likes of Garner, Gomes, Levitt, Ramazani, etc, which would have a) bulked the squad out, and b) either prevented or minimised the impact of the injuries. 

You think Ole should be doing better, with this squad than the current 5th place, still in both cups (for now) and topped the Europa group? The squad is worse than the one Jose couldn't do better with. 

I also didn't know that Ole was head of the medical team too? The medical team will say who is fit and Ole picks the team from that advice. Clearly the medical team are making some risky assessments, but when you only have two senior strikers then you have limited options. Or when you have one fit proper CM in Fred, then you will more likely play Pogba. You also cant pin injuries to Bailly, Rojo, Tuanzebe, Shaw, Dalot and the first time to Pogba, on him. So lets not confuse causation with correlation

I suppose the question is, would you rather Ole have played Greenwood, Chong/Gomes (both of which are having contract difficulties despite Ole wanting to keep them), Levitt and Garner more and be worse in the table, or be where we are right now. And I think most would stick with the current on field performances because the issues dont lie with Ole and most of the players. 

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Rusty Dunks wrote:
20 Legend wrote:

We should have been 3-0 at half time. 

Players are buggered. Manager has no options.

I'll start this off by saying that the whole problem with United at the minute is the ownership. They're only interested in their dividends, and as long as Ed gets that for them then they are wiping their arses with Man U branded toilet paper.

Ole is neither the problem nor the solution to what is going on.

However.....

Ole has not, overall, made the most of the situation. You say he has no options, but he rushed Pogba back who got an injury. He didn't rest Rashford, who picked up an injury. He kept McTominay on the field while he was injured. He hasn't trusted the likes of Garner, Gomes, Levitt, Ramazani, etc, which would have a) bulked the squad out, and b) either prevented or minimised the impact of the injuries. 

You think Ole should be doing better, with this squad than the current 5th place, still in both cups (for now) and topped the Europa group? The squad is worse than the one Jose couldn't do better with. 

I also didn't know that Ole was head of the medical team too? The medical team will say who is fit and Ole picks the team from that advice. Clearly the medical team are making some risky assessments, but when you only have two senior strikers then you have limited options. Or when you have one fit proper CM in Fred, then you will more likely play Pogba. You also cant pin injuries to Bailly, Rojo, Tuanzebe, Shaw, Dalot and the first time to Pogba, on him. So lets not confuse causation with correlation

I suppose the question is, would you rather Ole have played Greenwood, Chong/Gomes (both of which are having contract difficulties despite Ole wanting to keep them), Levitt and Garner more and be worse in the table, or be where we are right now. And I think most would stick with the current on field performances because the issues dont lie with Ole and most of the players.