That comparison would work if it was August 2023.
Shame there’s been 4 months of hideous football and 12 defeats since then.
Honestly, it's embarrassing that people even have to lump multiple competitions together to even make a point.
We've clearly been poor for those 4 months bar a few better performances. We have also seen a few bright sparks in terms of young exciting players beginning to establish themselves, which in some ways has been aided by our ridiculous injury crisis. While being poor though, we have also won 9 league games which has allowed us to keep in touch with the top 4 and should not be disregarded given the simple fact of returning players. They will make us better, it's not debatable, unless you think the current sides being put out are our strongest sides...
It's entirely possible to acknowledge the shite, the mistakes, the utterly baffling tactical decisions while also seeing the bigger picture. That's a balanced view of the situation, the only view that deserves to be taken seriously. If you have to dismiss the context, regurgitate shite off twitter (which also lacks context) and selectively compare with previous managers while dismissing others doing the same because it doesn't support your own view, then you have no argument at all.
We are seeing United at their worst right now and we are still scraping points together. We flopped in Europe but that was on one player, the others did their job, we played some good entertaining football in the majority of games. It's difficult to account for individual errors, especially multiple logic defying errors.
So far we have the ETH out lot absolving every other factor of any part in this. From the Glazers and the shambles of a club they run to the indisputable loss of numerous important players. Yet they expect to be taken seriously and have the absolute nerve to call others cultists or mental? Come off it.