Finishing 3rd, 33 points off PL winners, and no Trophy (yet) is utter rubbish and shouldn't be celebrated...

[Rhyme Animal]

I'm reading lots of posters essentially celebrating what has been one of the crappest seasons overall in years, and it's hypocritical imo as well as a little pathetic.

This has been a fecking crap season, dippers winning the PL, no trophies yet and with Utd closer in points to relegation zone than to the top of the PL.

I've seen multiple posters claim this is their favourite season post Fergie (!!??). Since Fergie retired we've...

Finished 2nd - 19 points off winning the PL

Won an FA Cup

Won the Europa League

Won the League Cup

How the feck is finishing 3rd, no trophy, 33 points off the top, 32 points off the relegation zone now something to be fecking celebrated?

Ole should no doubt keep the job after securing CL footy, but please, please don't put this manager's plight above that of Utd itself, because it's an easy slide into mediocrity.

There are plus points about this season - few decent signings, one really special signing, more goals - but there's nothing that any fan of Man Utd should be actively celebrating.

It was a crap season, and the attitude should be, 'must do better next time', not 'that'll do', and certainly not, 'yay, what an achievement!'.

 

[Berbasbullet]

Season ain’t over yet.

 

[dwd]

In before you get rinsed.

 

[CassiusClaymore]

Thanks Roy.

 

[dove]

We definitely did well to finish 3rd but I find the celebrations a bit baffling to be fair. We used to laugh at Arsenal and now look at us...

 

[Heardy]

In terms of outcome - 2017 is the best season with Europa win and Carabao cup win.

Questioned people celebrating in another thread, but from a style perspective we’ve come on leaps and bounds and we have more to smile about in terms of play and future prospects.

The whole 33 points off first only shows just how easily Liverpool walked the league - shouldn’t devalue us and getting third.

If we won the Europa this would be our best season despite winning fewer trophies than in 17.

 

[Rhyme Animal]

In before you get rinsed.

Rinse away. Rinse this season off me.

 

[Silverman]

We're allowed to celebrate considering where we were before the restart.
It's not as if we were neck and neck with Liverpool all season and then fell away to third and celebrated making CL.
Context people, context.

 

[Jackal981]

We definitely did well to finish 3rd but I find the celebrations a bit baffling to be fair. We used to laugh at Arsenal and now look at us...

I mean considering our position before January, it is job well done. Life is sad without any means of celebration eh ? A bit is harmless

 

[thegregster]

It's relief more than celebration.

 

[pratyush_utd]

Dont think anyone is celebrating. But winning the league was never the target this season and we achieved what we wanted to do. Also we can still win Europa league and made it to two semi finals in cup competition.

 

[In Rainbows]

I don't think people are saying that with points in mind considering we didn't have Bruno for half the season and Pogba missed significant time through injury. People like it because it was a more attacking team with the right pieces in place. The highs were higher or more frequent than the highs of that 2nd place finish from an attacking standpoint.

 

[roonster09]

Going by form, there is lot to be excited about. How well we have bounced back since November-December and how good we looked since signing Bruno.

 

[JJ12]

It was a much needed step to progress where we want to go - what on earth are you going on about.

If you expected more this season then you are a bit mental.

 

[iammemphis]

Well.... In the annual table we are only 9 points off Liverpool, so...

 

[Falcow]

I dont think any United fan thinks 3rd is good enough long term, it will do for this season however.

Also, we are still in the Europa.

Beating both City and Chelsea three times each in same season was also wonderful. Throw in Greenwood and it's easily my favourite post Fergie season which isn't hard.

 

[ShinjiNinja26]

We’ve still got a chance of winning the Europa League. 3rd and a European trophy is a good season considering the mess we were in early on.

 

[kps88]

I don't know what to tell you. I'm not celebrating like we won a trophy but this was the most I've enjoyed watching us play since SAF retired. There's more to it than points and trophies won.

 

[Kostov]

There are lots of posters on here discrediting that 2nd place finish under Mourinho and lambast him because we finished 19 points behind. With this same points tally we would have finished 6th that year.

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

It's relief more than celebration.

My thoughts as soon as I saw the title. Definitely relief, and some sort of hope that Champions League football gives us a bit of muscle to recruit a couple of top players this summer.

I think the recovery into the top 4 and the second half of the season form should certainly be praised at least. I'm not celebrating it, but the way we played just before and just after the suspension of the league was the best we've played in ages.


And we still can win a good trophy, and we're probably the favourites to do so, which would also put us at the top table in the CL seeding.

 

[DomesticTadpole]

Going by form, there is lot to be excited about. How well we have bounced back since November-December and how good we looked since signing Bruno.

You have made a good point. It is more excitement for the future, when other years it has been trepidation. I am looking forward to the remainder of the EL and seeing who we will sign, which would have been a hell of a lot more stressful without CL football.

 

[Manutd GOGOGO]

How do OP deal with life man? You are only happy when you are No1?

 

[Neil_Buchanan]

So this is all a bag of shit because we used to win the league every time fifteen years ago? feck off.

 

[Steve Bruce]

It was essential to get CL to progress the club.

We were miles behind top 4 & we clawed it back playing exciting football (until last few games where everyone is knackered)

Theirs plenty of plus points this season. We can be happy with the progress.

I personally fist pumped when the match ended but that's as far as it went.

I'm looking at the bigger picture, I seen yesterday as a massive step in the right direction. It's not where we ultimately want to be of course & next season if we replicate this season isn't good enough.

We need to add to our squad & massively close the gap with the current top 2. Next season we won't win the league, but we should be targeting a decent challenge & hopefully win it the following year.

 

[Shaw Mee Tah Mané]

I've enjoyed it more than the 2nd place mainly because:

1. Average age of 24
2. Did it with the best players unavailable big parts of the season (Rashford, Martial, Pogba and Bruno)

 

[prateik]

 

[Infra-red]

This season has the added benefit of a strong finish and the unlikely (relative to where we were in December) achievement of a top 3 place, which will always leave spirits lifted. The team has been on an upward trajectory since January and that means the season has ended with a sense of optimism about what lies ahead.

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

Who's actively celebrating exactly?

Come on, tell us how you really feel?

And no it wasn't a crap season.

 

[JJ12]

There are lots of posters on here discrediting that 2nd place finish under Mourinho and lambast him because we finished 19 points behind. With this same points tally we would have finished 6th that year.

We played in 19/20 season though didn’t we and finished 3rd.

We’ve taken a huge stride forward since Jan. time to build on that now with squad improvements.

 

[kps88]

There are lots of posters on here discrediting that 2nd place finish under Mourinho and lambast him because we finished 19 points behind. With this same points tally we would have finished 6th that year.

Comparing point tallies across different seasons really makes no sense. It's like saying our treble winning team would have come second to Leicester in 15-16.

 

[ArjenIsM3]

Doom, gloom.. You have to consider the circumstances don't you? This is a good achievement considering those. We seem to be on an upward trajectory for the first time in years. That season we finished second I didn't enjoy watching us at all. This season I have, pre-fatigue at least. We're not where we want to be yet but I've a feeling we could be in one or two seasons and I haven't felt that in years. You have to celebrate the small things in life.

 

[sewey89]

I think it’s more the fact that in the last 15 PL games, only city have taken more points than us (by 1) and we’ve scored 30 goals, conceded 9.

We’ve ended the season really fecking well and the way we’ve turned the season around from what looked like a mid table finish to finish 3rd should be celebrated.

Not overly celebrated, but the players deserve praise and the fans are allowed to be happy with what was the best possible outcome at the start of the season. Our squad was never realistically going to compete with Liverpool’s or city’s

 

[JB7]

the attitude should be, 'must do better next time', not 'that'll do', and certainly not, 'yay, what an achievement!'.

Solksjaer said that almost immediately after the game.

Whats with this weird obsession of slating supporters for being happy about something? We had a terrible start to the season, to qualify for the Champions League from where we were at Christmas is miraculous and has come from us being the best team in the league over the final third of the season. The improvement since the end of January, both statistically and from actually using your eyes, is remarkable and Ole deserves a lot of credit for that.

No one is slating Chelsea fans for being buzzing about their season and they've actually gone backwards this season, less wins, more defeats, 6 less points, 3rd to 4th. We've jumped from 6th to 3rd in a season and done the double over the teams around us - City (2nd), Chelsea (4th), Leicester (5th). If we can carry the consistency we've built from February onwards and bring in 3/4 players to improve the team and squad then I see no reason why we can't look back on this season and be happy with the turnaround - ultimately finishing in that top 4 was imperative to bring in the players Ole might want so it is a good achievement.

 

[Adisa]

We are a poor team. The last seven years is more than enough evidence. I think relief is the right word.

 

[TrustInJanuzaj]

Nah Mourinho sucked away my love of Utd and football. Ole has brought that back tenfold and made me excited once again about the future. At the end of the day I watch Utd for entertainment and I draw entertainment from watching our young players flourish and grow; seeing us beat the expectations of the critics and rivals and playing fast, attacking football. I can honestly say since Fergie we haven’t had a manager tick all of those boxes until Ole and for that reason I will rightly celebrate what has been a hugely exciting and entertaining season despite some low points.

 

[Squeaky Bumtime]

There are lots of posters on here discrediting that 2nd place finish under Mourinho and lambast him because we finished 19 points behind. With this same points tally we would have finished 6th that year.

It's about progress, we didn't make any progress from that 2nd place the next season. This season we finished 3rd and the whole team is on the rise. So just stating points tally for this season and comparing it to that season doesn't make much sense.

 

[The holy trinity 68]

What a ridiculous post. So because we have been miles off winning the league for years means we can’t have moments to enjoy?

This team has massively over achieved to get 3rd, especially after how bad they were before the New Year. Getting 3rd spot after being so far behind is the reason people are celebrating.

Finishing 3rd could be the reason we challenge for the title in a year or 2. Getting this CL place gives us a lot of needed money due to Covid, and also might allow us to actually sign top players that we might not have been able to sign if we were in the EL.

People are celebrating moving in the right direction with the clubs future looking quite optimistic for once.

PS: Cheer the feck up!

 

[sp_107]

Anything in life is relative and even if we are happy it is all down to how bad we were in last 7 years compared to this year, Its been a long time since i was looking forward to our next match and it feels great to have that feeling back . That is a good change and I am happy about it

Celebrations after Winning tittles? It would come. At least we are in the right direction.

 

[Red-Man-Walking]

Finishing with a Top 4 trophy shouldn't be celebrated.

Finishing with a Top 4 trophy when after 9 games we were 14th with 10 cnuting points after our worst ever PL start, and at the season's halfway point were 11 points behind Leicester, is a hell of a turnaround.

It's almost like context is a thing that exists.

 

[Phil]

Way to ignore all context. I think all of us want to do much better next time too as well.