Watched the QPR game today - utter gash for the most part. United playing the same old pedestrian tosh they've been serving up for a while. Why they haven't moved on James , Matic, Pereirra and Mata is beyond me. We actually looked more coherent with the likes of Mebri, Garner, Elanga and Shoretire on the pitch. Ole's new deal is fine but if he's serves up the same sort of lame football as we've got too used to seeing then I'll give him till Christmas.
This is exactly the point - the only player yesterday who's likely to play a significant part of the season was AWB - otherwise it was deadwood or inexperienced youngsters (or 3rd choice /non-existant gk's lol)
Not to mention that QPR are a few weeks further into their preseason, so are considerably fitter (match fitness if nothing else).
Sounds as if Garner will probably have another season on loan, Elanga /Shoretire /Amad will possibly cover Rashford's injury alongside James (suspect Martial will be sold to cover some of the £125m already spent.....if Varane deal actually is agreed of course @39m seems too good to be true of course)
I honestly think there will be significant changes in how the team is setup/ play IF / when Utd get Varane and hopefully the DM or "CM" midfielder that Ole seems to want (as well as perhaps Trippier, which IF we can get over the line for £20mish would be reasonable for both clubs imo)
Really think Ole has shown enough of how he wants Utd to play to deserve the new deal - it hasnt always come off, and sometimes he has been too conservative but with Matic (the only real DM at Utd) being on his last legs for at least a year if not more - Ole has been doing quite a bit with at least one hand tied behind his back.