As it seems a common thing at various times to compare to Klopp-
In that first season under Klopp, we had a horrendous injury list that lead to the best available fit XI being reserved for the Europa League final run with back end squad players and kids mixing and matching the league run-in. All with no players signed at all his first year. (From the October so just the January window. Bar a loanee to aid with the CH crisis we had when we were down to 2.). For him to get that group to two major finals, and finish within 2 games of City in 4th was a ridiculous achievement with someone else's squad (and an incredibly poor one at that), were you could see his ability to improve everyone on the training ground. We had 19 players make over 25 appearances with the likes of Benteke, Ibe, Clyne, Moreno, Lovren, Lucas all key players. All with the handicap of the abysmal Mignolet in nets too.
When Solskjaer took over from Mourinho, he didn't have any transfers ( and granted, it was hard time to make transfers as a caretake manager) and he made United look like a world beaters, until injuries and fatigue of a very, very thin squad kicked in and he finished in EL places. Like it or not, United did not have the foundation like Liverpool had with Brendan Rodgers. Mourinho was never a "future proofing" option, he was brought in to succeed and he is by far most successful coach United had since Ferguson, but at what cost? Aging squad full of ego hungry players who were broken with Mou's management. Brendan Rodgers was building pressing side similar to Liverpool today, but he simply isn't tactically astute as Klopp.
You then look at the second season with players like Origi, Clyne, Can, Lallana and Lovren making up the top 10 appearances as an example of sub-standard players he worked hard with to improve. Milner who many would have had out the door from the get-go making 40 appearances and being a main-stay. 16 players made over 25 appearances that second season. Which resulted in an improvement to get back into the CL spots for only the 2nd time in the previous 8 seasons. (Mignolet was still handicapping everything.).
If you can call defender of a World cup vice-champions a sub standard player, then you can make case for anyone in the world. Also Can was anything but sub-standard at the time. He was regular starter for Germany if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, Solskjaer got United into CL spot in spectacular fashion, with the best league record counting from January. Matic, who everyone had out the door became one of the key members of that United squad. When two best players got injured ( Imagine Liverpool playing without Dijk and Salah) he still managed to get results. United team is no where good as City's or L'pool's, nor as deep, so him getting the 3rd place is a magnificent achievement. Oh and btw, De Gea had his worst ever season.
His third season, or second full year, that had grown to 18 players making 25 plus appearances as the club mirrored up another CL season through the PL (the first time they'd had back-to-back CL seasons in a decade), by reaching the European Cup final in Kiev. With such studs as Moreno, Klaven, Can, Solanke and Lovren still main-stays as regular starters. (Mignolet now had the equally woeful Karius to rotate in ineptitude.).
Moreno is such a S*hit player, he only won Europa League with Sevilla and u-21 European Championship with Spain prior to winning pretty much everything with Liverpool.
Klaven was a Klopp's signing, as was Solanke.
Can was so terrible that he went to Juventus and then to Dortmund after Liverpool. Its unbelievable how Klopp can make a world class player out of a pub drunkard.
And Lovren has silver ******* medal from World Championship with Croatia. What a terrible player.
You made it sound like they were all crippled and blind and Klopp as Jesus pour some holy German beer over them to make a miracle.
I could go on but the point is if you're going to use Klopp in comparison, use him in the right context. He never has been scared to utilise every player at his disposal as he fully believes in his ability, above any else, to coach and educate through hard graft on the training pitch before he turns to the market. (People would say he has no interest int he domestic cups. I think from his point of view, he firmly believes in whatever side he picks and his own ability to coach them up to have as good a chance as the opposition they're playing. Call it arrogance in his own teaching ability or whatever but that confidence in himself is unwavering. And well-founded given there are very few players that he's had, either inherited or bought, including everyone that's left, that hasn't improved under his coaching.). Which you naturally have to eventually turn to utilise to improve further on what you have. But until you can get better players in to take you onto the next level, work with the players you have and at the least get the maximum out of their ability. That's the art of coaching in a nutshell.
The only players your fella really boosted was a world record signings ( at the time) and Salah who was tearing Europe apart with Roma, just everyone was "scared" to take the risk cuz of Chelsea situation.
Which your fella' either patently isn't doing, or he patently isn't trusting either those outside the perceived top 12/13, or his/ his staff's ability to get the best out of them.
That's an English media for you. For example:
Fred: 48 appearances
Daniel James: 46 appearances
Andreas Pereira: 40 appearances
Jesse Lingard: 40 appearances
Juan Mata: 37 appearances
Those are players who never expected to feature so much. They simply got the chance because it was a long season.
Also, 18 players had more than 20 appearances. That narrative is BS due to Uniteds last couple of games where Solskjaer featured the same team.
