I like our squad, but when we are off... we are off. Last year our away record helped, but other teams could say the same about us when they played at Old Trafford. I think the fans are that big of a difference. Too early to tell for me, but I really hope we dont give up goals as often as last year.
I swear at points you could tell when the other team was going to score... you just knew...
This, just about this. When you watched United in the last 2-3 seasons you really knew when they were going to concede because it's so fecking obvious.
What I find sickening is that a lot of the goals we concede are from failed attacks(no shit Sherlock) in which one of our players (Bruno/Pogba for example) receive the ball, look up, nobody is making a run, end up losing the ball and the other team score on the counter or from the next corner.
Fergie's good teams were obvious. Bar the keeper we'd concede goals just because the other team was better in that particular play or overall. That's what set us apart back then, very decisive and efficient attacking and no nonsense defending.
The best examples that definitely show how much quality is between Fergie and Ole's team are:
- in the last game Pogba dribbled 1 or 2 players on the left, looked up, there was nobody even close to the box, looked back for a pass and Luke Shaw was 30meters behind him
- In 07 or 08 we played Newcastle or Portsmouth at home and I remember the same fecking play, absolutely identical, Nani dribbles 2-3 players almost down to the touchline, looks up, nobody in the box, quickly passes the ball to Evra who was 3 meters behind him and Evra squares it to someone on the edge of the box and they score.
That's the fecking difference between United of old and today's United, fecking quality coaching. I don't even think it's Ole's fault here, it's the fecking mediocre coaches we currently have.
So to answer the OP, no, I definitely don't have an 06/07 feeling about this United just because we're so badly coached. I can feel a group of quality players and dudes being created, but I don't see the coaching, don't see the leadership and I don't see that one motherfecking player that can carry the team on his back with his performances and raise everyone else's level by a notch. Hopefully Varane brings that because that's what we badly miss at this moment.