After losing to Everton, United are getting farther and farther away from the top four, which means that the lowest goal of the season: to qualify for the Champions League, has become very difficult to achieve. Originally, the Reds wanted Lonnick to help save the season, but now it seems that this may not be an ideal choice.
Halfway through the change of coach, Lonnick was pinned on hope
Last November, United announced that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had been laid off and, after Carrick's temporary firefighting, had Ronnick in place, who had been officially announced to be in charge until the end of the season before moving on to club advisers.
At that time, the industry had a high opinion of Lonnick and placed great hopes on him, because he was known as the father of "German pressing", known as a "professor", a tactical master of modern football, a leader of Klopp and Tuchel, and a unique talent in attracting and tapping talents.
There are even media that believe that if Lonnick's team is outstanding, then the possibility of him directly turning positive and continuing to coach Manchester United next season is not ruled out. Even as a consultant, he will be the architect of the Red Devils' rebuilding path.
In vain! "Godfather" grossly overrated?
However, the 4222 system and high-level pressing style of play on which Lonnick became famous declared bankrupt after a few games at United, and has since abandoned it, restoring the 4231 formation of the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer era.
At both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, he is no different from his predecessors: defensive mistakes are frequent, always inexplicably conceding goals; the attack is disorderly, the quality is lackluster, it is really difficult to score a goal, 22 games in all competitions, and only 4 games with more than 2 goals in a single game!
In terms of employment, Lonnick failed to activate Cristiano Ronaldo, making the historical top scorer of football more and more depressed; B Fee and Pogba performed less than in the Solskjaer period; the game started with Nemanja Matic, but in the first half pogba replaced Fred, and let the veteran Mata play in the Premier League for the first time this season.
The data proves that since Ronnick took over, Manchester United have won only 8 of the 17 Premier League games, with a 47% win rate, the lowest in any Manchester United manager! 22 games in all competitions, 9 wins, 8 draws and 5 losses, a winning percentage of 40.9%, not as good as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: 7 wins in 17 games this season, 3 draws and 7 losses, the win rate is 41.18%.
Alex Crook said: "It's as if Lonnick was over-hyped, he wasn't actually that good. Sam Pilger also said: "It is difficult to know if the situation would have been worse if solskjaer was still there, but Ronnick's experiment was a complete failure." ”
Wasting half a year, United need to quickly finalize a new manager
Lonnick's biggest problem is that he has been on the front line for too long and has basically been doing management work. Tyrone Marshall, a manned evening reporter, noted: "United have appointed a man who has not been in managerial position for the past 10 years, which is an experiment and, like most trials, has failed. In this way, Ronnick is unlikely to coach again in the next 10 years. ”
Of course, at the time, United didn't have many options, because there were no famous managers at home. But keeping Carrick in charge until the end of the season may also be an option. But in any case, half a year has passed and it has been wasted again.
What is certain now is that after the end of the season, Longnick will definitely not be in charge again, can he stay at Manchester United as a consultant? In fact, it is also unknown. It is imperative to finalize the manager's candidates as soon as possible, such as Tenhag, to give the entire Manchester United world a reassurance pill, or to prepare for next season as soon as possible.