What can Manchester United do to compete for Premier League again?
Does Manchester United do to compete? Manchester United seemed to be in disarray, as the early excitement of appointing a new coach is gradually fizzling out. Meanwhile, the tenacious Gengen pressing style introduced by the new coach seems to be making the players tired and they find themselves closer to the bottom of the table than the top despite sitting comfortably at 7th position.
Though United have two games in hand on the league leaders, City’s supremacy in play and tenacity is what sets City worlds apart from United.
Since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013, United have continually changed their backroom staff, and while the most successful Premier League team have preferred superstar acquisition to homegrown talent nurturing, but United are still way off the pace in terms of competing with the best, City and Liverpool keep setting the standards.
Many had thought that this year could well be the year that Manchester United could challenge for the Premier League after they came second in the last campaign. While they started emphatically after ruthlessly displacing Leeds United, many bookies instantly gave United short odds to really contend for the title alongside City, Chelsea and Liverpool this time out.
With a series of bad results and weeks of inconsistency, many had fancied Manchester City and closely followed by Liverpool as the title favourites at -330 odds and +350 odds respectively. But with the bet365 promo code, many bettors now fancy their chances with United at +15000 odds to win the Premier League despite now only having an outside chance of making the top four.
More so, many have been expecting United to go on a good run of games with the new management team and high-intensity football to propel the Old Trafford heavyweights back to their former glory, but dropping two points at a struggling Newcastle.
However, after his first league game in charge, Ralf Ragnick showed a glimpse of the superiority trait present in the United with much intensity and purposeful football that saw many predict the rise of United back to their glory days. Since the win in which struggling Norwich taught United how the game should be played, there have been mixed feelings on what the new coach is doing wrong.
Many are beginning to wonder if Ralf is the problem, could it be the players attitudes? Do the players lack purpose? Just what could United do to bring back the old days?
Moreover, from the coach down to the players, from management to directors, there have been constant change, but there is something that seems consistent – the fact that United’s inability to compete with the very best (except when Jose Mourinho won the Europa League) and since his departure, United have found it hard to cement their place as Premier League contenders once again.
In fact, with Solskjaer, United were on the path of glory from finishing fourth in his half-season, third in his first full season and then second in his second full season. This was a magnanimous improvement for a team that only occasionally shows the trait of a bigger team when competing with the best teams in the league.
Ole might have left the dugout, and Ragnick is has occasionally shown what he is capable of, but being outmuscled by struggling Newcastle and outplayed by Norwich is not what is expected of a team coached by the person who has shaped a footballing philosophy adapted by Liverpool and Chelsea’s manager who have both enjoyed success with the same philosophy.
Similar to how Mourinho struggled after his first few games, Ole, in the same manner, Ragnick has begun to show the same traits, leaving many to believe that there is more to United’s problems than just changing the management team.
Thus, Manchester United need to find a solution to address its inconsistencies. one of the main issue plaguing the 13-time Premier League Champions since Sir Alex Ferguson walked out of the ‘theatre of dreams’ in 2013.
But, with the mighty club having to be patient for new team recruitment, it’s way too much to bear for the fans and their ex-players who regularly criticize the decisions of any tactician leading the affairs of the team.
Furthermore, their glory years are well and truly behind them, and they are now beginning to realise that it’s well and truly time to transform their team to compete at the highest level of the game with the likes of City and Liverpool.
For example, Pep’s City juggernaut is known for his Tikitaka and pressing, while Klopp’s Liverpool is respected for Gengen pressing and wide creativity. Tuchel’s Chelsea is also revered for his Gengen pressing and swift, counter-attacking football but all these sides ultimately have the management support and demand the utmost respect.
In Manchester United, there have been a few cases of players silently building grudges, which is reflective of their pressure of performing at the highest level. Though United have shown a glimpse of what its team is capable of and given the caliber of the players in their team, United should be consistently competing for the title.
Though United’s owners have mostly backed its coaching team, releasing plenty of money for transfers if United want to challenge the mighty City and Liverpool for the Premier League gong again, the management will need to continue to back the manager with a huge transfer kitty.
There was a trend of free-flowing attacking football at the start of this season, and some would argue that the addition of Ronaldo had since created some imbalance in the team. Thus, the management must learn how to build a project beyond their strong franchise marketing strategy.
Building the bridges which ensure that the franchises marketing and sporting projects rely on each other will enforce the team to compete at the very top level. However, the cameo of Ragnick is expected to start a new era that would shape how well United can compete at the highest level for a very long time to come.
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