Manchester United interim manager Ronnick has been quite depressed since taking office, and he has repeatedly bombarded the players at press conferences, seemingly to excuse his bad performance. Although there are indeed many problems in the Manchester United squad, as far as the interim manager is concerned, Lonnick can definitely do better.
The tactical level did not grow
In fact, taking over in the middle of the season does not mean that there is no time to inject new tactical elements into the team; taking the Blues last season as an example, the team changed its playing style after Thomas Tuchel took office and switched to a three-centre-back. The team's offensive and defensive system and playing style are also different from Lampard's period, but Thomas Tuchel still adapted the team perfectly to the new system and won the Champions League. It is worth mentioning that Thomas Tuchel did not bring in new recruits from his own line in the middle of the season, and the situation was similar to that of Ronnick when he took office. But after Ronnick took office, did he really bring qualitative changes to Manchester United on a tactical level? In addition to the improvement of the first two or three games of the pressing and consistency, the rest of the time is also back to the original form; in addition to the problem of the players, Lonnick is definitely responsible.
There has been no change in the mental outlook
There is no improvement in the tactical level, and it can still be excused by the lack of time; but since Lennick took office, has the team grown in mental outlook and morale? The answer is no. After taking office, Lonnick repeatedly bombarded the lack of ability and quality of the players in the squad at press conferences and visits, saying that he would sign ten new signings and rebuild the clouds in several years. Maybe he was right, but this kind of bombardment of his players in the face of reporters is also extremely rare in the football world in recent years. This will only heat up the dissatisfaction of the whole team, and without establishing any prestige, it will fall out with the senior main players in the squad. The reason why the team will change the coach in the middle of the season is to improve morale, to regain points and get out of the haze with a "honeymoon period"; but Lonnick just dragged the team's confidence lower and lower.
Although Lonnick has repeatedly said that Manchester United's personnel strength is insufficient, although the team has shortcomings, in terms of card strength, it is not inferior to any BIG 6 team. Ronaldo, Varane and Jayden Sancho are all very advanced; Maguire, Pogba, Nemanja Matic, Luke Shaw and others have also proved their strength in clubs and national teams. However, Rangnick knew the characteristics and shortcomings of the players, but still failed to integrate them, but made them more and more problems.
For example, In the case of Maguire, he is a slow center-back, but he still has the ability to face the front ball and the high ball; his promotion and turning defense into attack are also very good. As long as he has a faster player next to him to wrap his bags, or change the game three (but it certainly can't be Phil Jones next to him), his performance will certainly not be so unsightly. But Lonnick still chose to form a middle-way combination with Victor Lindlev (or Varane), and the three of them were all "VIP pack" center-back types, how could there be chemistry? In the end, Maguire only played worse and worse, becoming the focus of the fans.
Yes, United's squad structure and transfer operations are problematic; from the top to the players, they should be responsible for the bad performance. But Lonnick himself did not lead the team to rectify the situation, even if he shelled the team's players at the press conference, he could not leave all the responsibility. Can Ronnick, who will only let the responsibility, into management really lead United back on track?