QUOTE(even_steven @ Oct 17 2019, 04:28 PM)
They bought player but not the one the that the manager requested. They bought players based on marketability of said player. Not football skill.
Are you sure? Don't tell me all the players LVG and Mourinho bought was based on marketability. The only player I think they bought on marketability are Pogba and Sanchez. Don't tell me Mourinho did not want Pogba at that time. Every United fans were so happy when he joined. Maybe Mourinho did not want Sanchez but nobody thought he will be a dud after joining us.
The problem we are facing now is really continuity. Ferguson build a few successful team but he has always maintained a few experience players in the team to lead by example. Look at the team we have now. There's no player capable of leading by example. Those older players might not be able to perform all the time but you need them to give confidence to the youngsters and blood the new recruits into the team and culture.
I think the biggest mistake was letting LVG go and replace with Mourinho. Yes, LVG style of play was boring but he was really building a team for the future. If we have not let him go, I believe we would have a top 4 team today capable of challenging Liverpool & City. Mourinho was a big mistake. He is not suitable for teams that is in the process of rebuilding.
United fans are also part of the problem. We are too use to success during Ferguson era and the exciting style of play until we forgot that success does not come instantly. Look at the number of fans who criticise Lukaku when he was with us but now after he left, everybody blame Ole for letting him go. Every season all the fans are expecting big stars to join due to so many rumours created by agents to inflate the players price. Then the fans are complaining about why this player is not playing and that player is not playing. Why youth players are not playing? Do you want to overexpose youth players before they are truly ready? Look at what happened to Rashford.
This post has been edited by Namelessone1973: Oct 17 2019, 04:58 PM