The thing I can't quite work out is who exactly is responsible for the tactics? We keep hearing about this tactical masterclass from Solskjaer in the first half but any time he was in the stands it was always McKenna in conversation with him. Obviously they all have a job to do behind the scenes and all have an input to the tactics/gameplan but it really wouldnt surprise me if most of the tactics was down to McKenna and not actually Solskjaer.
Good point, I think it is very much a combined effort from our coaching team. That is actually the case with most clubs, when you hear 'tactical masterclass' it isn't just down to the manager and in reality it is probably more to do with his coaching staff just as much. That's not me taking anything away from Ole at all, a manager has a lot of duties and he clearly played a part with the tactics. But like you I do think McKenna and to a lesser extent Carrick are able to express their opinions much more now than when Mourinho was here.
It was a great gameplan anyway, especially in first half and however they came up with it was definitely catching Spurs off guard. Also one thing that we do have to remember that Ole has only been here 5 minutes, the fact that he was able to achieve that performance in 45 mins alone was a massive achievement. If he had of been here longer who knows maybe we would of seen that performance throughout the whole 90 and they would of been able to adapt tactically to Spurs. Especially in the second half when it is fair to say we were hanging on a bit.
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