Cup (singular)
There was certainly a fact that where his sides are at Christmas is where they finish
Had you not comeback against Juve I could have seen you dropping into Europa League and winning it again.
To be perfectly honest with you it's not the missing out on 4th that bothers me. Hell if I care we will do feck all in that tournament anyway. What bothers me is our piss poor reqruitment team with Woodward at helm because let's face it Jose will be gone if we miss out on 4th but then comes the question, who will Krusty the clown hire next? Missing out on top 4 in itself for a season isn't really that damaging look at Chelsea for example they finished outside top 4 during Mourinhos catastrophic season but then won the league the season after with Conte. They finished outside top 4 last season but are now playing much better under Sarri and look certain to finish top 4. We are going to have to start over from scratch again and god knows who the manager in charge will be. People need to ask themselves do you believe our next manager will makes us title candidates? I sure don't and thats where the main issue is, we seem to hire based on merits rather than the managers philosophy matching the identity of this club.
Absolutely no manager is turning this current set of players into title winners within 2 years no
Not with Chelsea and Arsenal already in there, and with you guys and Spurs joining them there soon - we’ll finish below all of you in the league so I can’t see how we’d win the trophy with you all in there. But now we’re in a promising position in the group then hopefully it won’t be an issue.
Agree I even compared yesterday's game to Chelsea game at Etihad last year ending 1-0 with record number of passes and possession I think in the PL. Less than 6 months later and they're 2nd in the table, unbeaten in all comps and much stronger playing a completely different brand of football. With good planning it's absolutely possible to close the gaps very quickly even without the top 4.
Sweet! Nearly a 20% chance of making the top four! Get in.
One of PSG/Napoli/Liverpool will be there too. That's where the competition is at this year.
Nearly 20%
Tell you what it's more positive/optimistic than the current predictive model in my head!Nearly 20%
Agree with this, we need a sense of direction in the hiring process. Not just throw money at the next supposed superstar. Then just shove him in the team somewhere. And especially not based on something like investment returns for Woody.
As much as it doesn't feel like it, this was a better weekend than expected for United.
We'll also keep the manager
Basically a new team
We actually have the makings of a really good possession based team - with some sensible signings we could be a real force (assuming our manager isn't Mou). I'm using quite realistic signings below (Bissaka and Diop making a big step up in salary/club stature, Dembele on a free, Big name signing in Douglas Costa (just please can we sign a fast RW) who is probably the slightly unrealistic one)
I was hoping Spurs would drop some points whilst they had the injury pile up. But they have kept grinding out results. And now Eriksen and Alli getting back to full fitness they will be firing again.
Yep, they have been resilient, but if we can improve quickly i think we can match them.
