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Sport24’s Bathing Gillion Y Tashreeq Vardien debate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s skill as an elite manager by following United manchester be unceremoniously thrown out of the Champions League.
Tashreeq Vardien is of the opinion that Solskjaer should be supported and given time to improve the team, while Baden Gillion believes the Norwegian is out of his reach and out of his misery.
Ole stay (Tashreeq Vardien)
Another miserable Manchester United defeat that resulted in the club’s relegation from the Champions League to the Europa League.
Could the pressure of being the manager of such a huge club be weighing on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, or is the former player just out of reach?
December 19 will be exactly two years since the Norwegian returned to the Red Devils under the pretext of being an interim coach after the inevitable dismissal of José Mourinho.
The now 47-year-old, who signed a three-year deal in March 2019, is 108 games deep: 60 wins, 21 draws and 27 losses with a moderate 55.56 winning percentage.
Not bad, but not good enough either.
The tactical set-up in their 3-2 loss to RB Leipzig failed as soon as the whistle blew for kick-off.
United were two goals short before the 15th minute when Solskjaer experimented with a three-four-three defensive formation.
However, Tuesday could be the final straw as fans begin to turn against the former forward and cEverything about Solskjaer’s firing began to turn on all social networks even before the halftime whistle.
It’s been a rollercoaster season for United as Solskjaer continues to play his starting XI week after week as he searches for his best combinations.
With 16 games played, United have suffered six defeats in a campaign that started less than six weeks after the previous one ended to regain ground from the coronavirus.
Part of me wants United to end their deal with Solskjaer and fire the Norwegian with Mauricio Pochettino waiting behind the scenes as the favorite to take over.
But then logic kicks in and, like United’s current board, I start backing the baby-faced killer again.
He came into this job with minimal experience managing a top-tier club and has so far failed and stumbled at the helm several times.
However, my optimist sees that all that failure could be the basis for something great in the future.
It’s never ideal to cut ties with a coach in the middle of the season.
I suggest keeping the #OleOut hashtags, out, until the end of the campaign as United are doing well in the Premier League and still have a chance to win titles under their tutelage this season.
“We see positive signs on the court and training ground that reinforce our belief in the progress made by Ole, his coaching staff and the players,” said the much-hated United against Executive Vice President Ed Woodward.
These comments were made last week after United’s loss to Paris Saint-Germain.
So with that said, Solskjaer’s next assignment is the Manchester derby on Saturday, and a win could twist fans to start backing the coach again.
To be out (Baden Gillion)
Manchester United crashed in this season’s edition of the Champions League in dramatic fashion shows in which Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is out of their reach as an elite coach.
It was a horror show for the Norwegian as his Manchester United side took defeat from the jaws of victory to exit the competition after a stunning 3-2 loss to RB Leipzig.
Man United led the Group H standings until the final round of matches and needed only one point from their last two matches to secure qualification for the knockout stages.
A win against Leipzig would still have been enough to secure an unlikely first place in a difficult group.
After making a perfect start with an away win over Paris Saint-Germain and an emphatic beating over Leipzig, Solskjaer’s men were in the driver’s seat to secure qualification.
It all went downhill from then on though, as the alarmingly inconsistent Man United under Solskjaer seemed to do enough to bottle it up and out of the competition.
A shocking loss to Istanbul Basaksehir was followed by back-to-back losses to PSG (at home) followed by a loss to Leipzig at the last hurdle.
Solskjaer has continued to show troubling signs of his inability to guide the Red Devils back to his former glory days as a player.
An alarming sign of this has been the number of times Manchester United have had to fight a deficit.
United failed to pull off another unlikely comeback against Leipzig on Tuesday night, with nearly all of their recent victories coming in comeback situations.
Solskjaer claims that his team is displaying Man United’s “never say never die” attitude, but it is more likely due to their inability to effectively prepare their team with regards to game plan and tactics.
United trailed West Ham by a goal before winning 3-1; they fell behind by two goals against Southampton and the same thing happened against Everton in a 2-1 victory.
The prevailing feeling is that Solskjaer is constantly being surprised by rival coaches before having to make adjustments with the quality of his team, which shows the difference during the later stages of the games.
Another example of Solskjaer’s shortcomings as a coach is the opening day loss to Aston Villa in the Premier League. Both teams were affected by a brief change between seasons to prepare properly, but it was Villa who looked better miles.
This was followed by a 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace the following week, with Solskjaer again outscored by the experienced Roy Hodgson.
A high degree of blame for the current situation involving Man United must be attributed to Ed Woodward and a smooth transfer window.
But this doesn’t cover the cracks that the current team has shown little signs of improvement individually as players and collectively.
The inspired signing of Bruno Fernandes has had a significant impact on the squad, but other than that, no other player stands out for making a notable improvement with Solskjaer.
With the cloud of an available Mauricio Pochettino hanging over the club, additional pressure is being placed on Man United’s management situation.
When results don’t go as planned, there is a sense of inevitability that a change will occur sooner rather than later.
