We are in a bad way, theres no getting round that.
But to put a bit of reality in to the matter, we were still only 4 points away from the Champions League. Granted we're a long way off the top 2 sheisters, but the team in 4th place is in the champions league IFINAL, having had what I presume they would see as their best season ever, openly crowing about how well they have done (rightly so) and us.....having openly had our worse, is a lowly 4 points behind them.
As I say, Im not papering cracks here, as assets on the pitch goes, and then the inherent perfromances of those assets, its a million miles away from what United should be presenting every weekend.
Am just trying to put a bit of perspective on the situation. I think some of the talk of Leeds, and relegation is way over the top.
The club has the huge resources required to sort this. The financial postiion has just been presented in the last 24 hours as pretty positive, and although not in the CL for the season we can still attract talent.
We now have a summer to reset the counter and start again with a new/refreshed style with the new players we need (this is obviously reliant on Woodward doing his job.....hmmmmmm), and the conditioning and fitness of those we have chosen to retain.
If over the summer:
A) Ole can get the coniditioning required ito play the pacey attacking game he wishes to play, and
B) Is heavily backed financially with the players we need to fill the known holes in the first team
I think its more than fair to assume that looking at the results at the start of his tenure, topped up with new players and fitness, we can EASILY claw back 4 points.
Yes things WERE bad. But the season is over now. Time to look forward to a new manager, new players, new (or perhaps ironically) a more familiar exciting playing style, and the end of 6 years of boring, defencive, fitness sapping styles of play.
Its not THAT bad.....just BAD