Do you really think we have improved under bruce?? 13th place followed by 10th (which would have been 14th had we lost that last game of the season at upton park). and now back down amongst the dead men with a small, weak squad, and a man in the managers chair who is proving beyond doubt his all round managerial skills are atrocious
Bruce said.Youve had your chance and blew it. What BIG players have we got ? NONE. 3 Man U rejects and 3 relegation players from last season being given an undeserved second chance of premier league football. Not an ounce of quality in a team he's been given more money than anyone at SAFC ever had to build. Truth probably is, the lads dont want to play for him. Am certain Brown and O'Shea will have seen through him by now. Theyve seen all, done all, won all, and now there's Bruce dictating how they play. And enough of this needing time to gel together. thats b*ll**ks. Theyre professional footballers. Last night they couldnt even pass the ball to each other. What on earth goes on in training is beyond me. Happy days.
The fact is though we did beat West Ham, and we finished 10th, if we got beat off chelsea and west ham, and gyan never scored in the last minute against the toon, we may have went down, but we did beat Chelsea/West ham and Gyan did score in the last minute agaisnt the toon, so we stayed up and got 10th. Man U rejects, dont agree sorry, Brown has been a revelation, the 2nd goal last night was elmos fault, he just let the winger ghost passed him, he seen him then just stopped, it was a huh moment for me. O`Shea has been a bit rusty but it will come (i hope). Vaughan looked good against stoke, but before the season started i said on here I couldnt see the clamour over Gardner or Vaughan, Gardner has 17 goals in his career, 10 last season, so he isnt exactly prolific from midfield (still time yet though). Norwich played well, they pushed us further and further back, they had more bite about them, and we just couldnt handle it, they also pressured our passing, hence why most went astray. its like some think Norwich wil never win another game all season, of course they will, no game is easy in the PL.
I have to say, we have little genuine quality in the team right now. Yes some decent players but only Brown, O'Shea, Sessegnon and Larsson impress me with their ability. We have some good work horses such as Bramble and Bardsley, but no match winners. Wickham, Ji and Bentdner have the potential though - so I have my fingers crossed they come good this weekend.
That 10th finish was something we have been able to brow beat the mags over ever since and statistically, yes we ended the 2010/11 season as 10th. However, can anyone actually say that this hasnt masked over a mountain of problems at the club. For 9 months we have been on a downward spiral and this season, although only 7 games in, that trend is just continuing. 26 games since January 1st, we have 7 wins, 5 draws and 14 defeats. 4 of those defeats have come this season alone. The rot has set in good and proper and its not going to get better.
Man U rejects dont stay at Old Trafford as long as Brown and O'Shea did. Winning games isn't just a matter of who is the most skillfull but also who wants it more, is more confident and team spirit etc. Sadly for us the minute we seem to lack footballing ability and the sheer will to win. For these, only one person can truly influence both.
