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We beat Fulham 4-1 literally a few weeks ago under Jose, so it's not like getting results like this against dogshit teams that should still be in the Championship mean the players have suddenly turned over a new leaf. Nobody will know how much has really changed until we actually face some half-decent opposition.
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The result is not one we normally get (evidenced by 5 years without 5 league goals) And neither is the performance and set up. Our full backs pushed up. We played the ball forward. We attacked with 4 or 5 players in each attack. None of this is rocket science and it doesn't make Ole a genius, but to deny there wasn't a stark difference based on the contrasting styles of the managers would be crazy. Suggesting it's just the players trying harder would be even crazier. |
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Tbf to Merse apart from being an overweight piss-head he would never have not given everything as a professional.
Players have looked disillusioned to me, rather than not interested. And the increased running is very much tactical. Proactive teams tend to do things like try and win the ball back outside their own penalty area and make angles for short passes rather than hoof it. |
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Amazing the difference a bit of positivity makes.
Ole wouldn't have had much time to put together any detailed tactical plan for Cardiff, but it's clear he put some general instructions in place for our players - both full-backs pushed high into the opposition half, centre-backs playing it out from the back with confidence and finding teammates between the opposition lines, attacking players showing the courage to dribble and take their opponents on, quick triangles of passing, and more energy in the running. That's a handful of instructions that would have got the players immediately invested, and had them expressing themselves and enjoying their football. The peak of the game for me was that Martial goal, and I actually felt a joy watching United that I hadn't felt in a long, long time, probably since Van Gaal's run where we played Spurs, Liverpool and City off the park. It was a great goal, and the proof that this squad is capable of playing some excellent attacking football, as long as it has the right leadership. There will be bigger tests, but everything that was stultified during the horrific Mourinho reign seems like it could now blossom - attacking, exciting football, played by a team of brilliant, young players with the freedom to take some risk and really play the United way. "You are my Solskjaer..." |
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