#3 No solid Plan B
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Mourinho might be a brilliant tactician, but throughout the recently concluded season, it became increasingly apparent that he had no contingency plan in place. His totem signing, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, was Plan A, B and often, C until the ligament tear.
At 35, the Swede started 27 of the 28 league games he played in and even in those he stayed on the pitch for the full 90 minutes. Mourinho’s over dependence on Ibrahimovic was understandable but in those tight games where the striker was ineffective, there seemed to be no plan B.
There was, however, a contingency plan – Marouane Fellaini, to be precise. But the only thing the Belgian can do is bring down the long balls and then give away possession. No title aspiring club can depend on someone like Fellaini to pull the team out of crunch situations.
