I was listening to the United We Stand podcast covering the build up to the game against Liverpool and there's a point on their journey down where one of the fans mentions that he has been really impressed with the right hand side of the team, namechecking Yoro, Diallo, Mbuemo and it really made me think that because of the amount of narrative based media coverage, it's very rare you see discussion of issues that actually relate to what the game actually looks like on the pitch, especially without it being discussed in the context of tactics etc.
I get that people are into it and the desire for the constant news cycle and the pressure of clickbait mean that constantly pushing a narrative assists with content, but it becomes a relentless noise.
I would absolutely advocate for trying to reduce your diet of social media coverage, and where possible try and speak to real fans in person that might have original ideas or an appetite to have their own opinion rather than just discussing the current narrative.
As someone mentioned above, we've been sh** when you consider the amount of money spent, but we're still winning stuff and have spent the vast majority of our history in european competitions, it's only very recently that a certain moneybags club were way down a few tiers being beaten by Stockport County, now that's suffering!
The ABU coverage is ridiculous, it's like being gaslighted, Liverpool are having a mare atm (I don't think it'll be long before they pull their socks up though, they have bought some quality to be sure) but they are getting treated very leniently by the press, no real pressure or attacks on Slot considering the discussion pieces around every United manager since SAF tend to pile pressure on etc.
It's always been this way though, Sir Matt back in the day referred to the papers as tomorrows chip paper, don't know what the equivalent is with the digital press but there you go...
Talk to real people and read United We Stand / Red Issue and you'll feel much better...
