LACKING IN COACHING ABILITY?
The main criticism? Solskjaer, a former United star striker, is simply lacking in coaching ability – with title wins in Norway and a relegation in England.
Yet how is this the reason when coaching standards in England have never been higher? Other clubs don’t have this problem.
Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Manchester City’s Pep Guardiola and Chelsea’s Thomas Tuchel had won major trophies before being hired and went on to collect more silverware at their current clubs.
Perhaps it doesn’t help that Solskjaer has a largely inexperienced coaching staff? Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher pointed out that Michael Carrick and Kieran McKenna had never coached before in their lives.
After dropping out of last season’s Champions League group stage, United reached the “consolation” Europa League final. Winning a trophy could have lifted the club and provided some much-needed momentum to its unproven manager.
But it was not to be – Manchester United slipped up in a dramatic 22-kick penalty shoot-out to Villareal, a team operating on a fraction of United’s budget that placed seventh in Spain’s LaLiga that season.
Unable to secure a convincing win in regulation time, Solskjaer was judged to have been out-manoeuvred tactically by opposite number Unai Emery.
OLE’S MAJOR MISSTEPS AS MANAGER
The thing is Solskjaer just doesn’t seem to know what to do with a squad bursting with talent.
Fans and observers agree the team is currently massively underperforming at a level less than the sum of its parts.
Observers have pointed out United’s goals tend to come from the players’ individual brilliance rather than any coherent plan worked on the training pitch. Gone are those days when Manchester United’s formidable formations made weekend conversations.
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