You always makes these posts and end up running away when asked about the last trophies won by both teams.
When was the last time Dortmund won League and Manutd won the league?
When was the last time Dortmund won cup and ManUtd won the cup (not super cup btw)?
How many trophies did Dortmund won in last 5 and 10 years, compare that with ManUtd?
I think there's hardly a post displaying fundamental issues so nicely.
The key question IMHO is not how many trophies a club has won within the past but how solid and functional is the foundation of a club to reinvent and develop itself to keep up with the development of modern football - because that's all a club can influence.
If trophies and buying shiny new toys à la Fiorentino Perez are what matters most for you as a United supporter, fine, and I sincerely mean it. Fans enjoy and support clubs for different reasons, I accept that.
However, if I were a United fan, I wouldn't be content with United of the last 5-6 years because I come from an 'entertain and excite me with vibrant football' perspective. That's why I watch football, why I support my club, why Pep's Barcelona bored me to death, why SAF's United was for a long time mostly enjoyable to watch. How long ago though did United play a consecutive 5-6 matches exciting football? Watching paint to dry was more often than not more entertaining than watching United.
At some point United will come back but although you've invested again in shiny names, I'm not sure how smart the investments were and pretty certain that United still lack what SAF stood for: A football identity which he bought or formed players for that suited this idea. That's where I fully agree with slig. Note that I admire Mourinho but think he and his style are not compatible with United and that the squad is not suited to him. Whether Mourinho is past his peak is a totally different debate but also not for this thread.
Sorry for the long off topic, back to Julian Weigl.
@slig
I guess we have different opinions on Weigl's performances this season but am confident we can agree to disagree. I don't say that he's been shite but hasn't delivered as he has been for us in the previous season. I'm neither concerned nor unhappy with that but find it perfectly normal for a guy of his age. Remember the first matches of the
Rückrunde? He didn't shine as well and was benched or subbed on/off for some matches - and all of a sudden he came good again.
I'm more than happy how our kindergarten gang (Weigl, Passlack, Pulisic, Dembele, Mor) have performed so far, the kind of 'innocent' joy may of them exude on and off the pitch is infectious. But again, I find the hype around them unbearable. Give them time, time, and time again to develop without labels like 'next Busquets', 'American wonderkid', 'next Ronaldo', 'Turkish Messi', and without putting their every movement under global magnifying glasses.