Hoping for a Mustafi and Xhaka master class this afternoon. Red cards, own goals, giving away penalties, all of these will be fine.
United should be competing with Real Madrid and Barcelona to be the most important club in the world. They've got that level of income and worldwide support. Right now, they're nowhere near them. In terms of being a footballing super power, Juventus are arguably equal with them currently and Bayern Munich must be getting a lot closer. The two Spanish giants are developing their stadiums and are going to seriously invest in premium young talent this summer. United have a dodgy roof on an ageing stadium and a recent record of buying the wrong players at premium prices. It's hard to see Solskjaer out-muscling the other big boys for someone like de Ligt, who they could dearly do with. It's all looking like it needs overhauling....
So, that's a penalty is it? ****ing hell! Same referee from the NLD, who gave a foul every time one of their players dived.........
It shows that success requires all parts of the club to function properly. Everyone with a meaningful role has to perform - from the owners to senior management to the manager and the coaching staff to the players. Utd presently don't have a joined up strategy for how the club should operate. There is nobody keeping a proper rein on the purse strings. Nobody is identifying how players should be recruited and what the pay structure is. There is no plan about how to develop young players and progress them through the ranks. There was no plan to appoint a manager with a vision for the club and a blueprint for success (why allow Liverpool to get Klopp?). SAF needed to be succeeded by someone of similar stature. There has been a knee jerk reaction to transfer policy. Players have not been recruited who have either the ability/quality or diligence/determination to succeed at the level required. There is only so long that the club can rely on past glories to maintain popularity and therefore income streams. Soon association with Manchester Utd will be identified as failure. In our narcissistic world, no fans want to be associated with failure.
To answer one of your points Luke it was SAF's choice to appoint Moyes so basically, for that, the failure can be blamed on Ferguson. Success like that is impossible to follow.
Strange.Brighton fight to the death against us....then give away a 9th minute penalty to Arsenal. Go figure!
It's easy to figure, we're not playing that much better than Brighton, our recent results and play are both relegation form.
Am in Brighton with my teen beast to see my uni kid....and meet her gooner boyfriend The drag factor is killing the RCL effect
