ManchesterYoda
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One of my earliest memories as a child was the first game of the 1989-1990 season. The season before we had finished 11th, but as a child I simply remembered it as being rubbish. We started that 1989-1990 season by beating Arsenal 4-1 and as a child I remember getting all excited thinking we were going to win the league. Or at the very least, be much better than the season before. What actually happened is we ended up finishing 13th.
If the rating is a better indicator of how good we actually are, last season we were the 11th/12th best team in the league and we finished 5/6 places higher than we should have done.
13/14 with Moyes - 6th best team, finished 1 place lower than we should have done.
14/15 with Van Gaal - 4th best team, finished exactly where we should have done.
15/16 with Van Gaal - 10th best team, finished 5 places higher than we should have done.
16/17 with Mourinho - 4th/5th best team, finished 1/2 places lower than we should have done.
17/18 with Mourinho - 3rd best team, finished 1 place higher than we should have done.
So how good are we? Are we still the 11th/12th best team? If we are, we would need to finish 7/8 places higher in order to get the highly coveted "top 4". Is Solskjaer good enough as a manager to achieve that?