Total over the top. How did we win all those titles with the crappy defense under SAF. I also think in general most people wanted us to improve the midfield first of all and find a better partner to Carrick. Second we wanted another top winger since we all missed Ronaldo. Ferdinand and Vidic declined near the end and under Moyes played terribly, but Smalling and Evans played really well if I remember and Jones well was injured, but played well when fit.
I think people have created this reality with all our players being shit under Moyes. The problem was it was not mainly the players fault like Moyes did keep on saying, but the fact he was not a good manager. Yes we needed some attacking star improvement, but we had a lot of good players.
It's not over the top. Our defense hasn't been great for a long time. 2012/13, we leaked goals all over the place - 2 against Southampton, 2 against Villa, 3 against Reading (in 20 minutes) and many more.
We were an utter shambles under Moyes - 2 at home to WBA, 3 at home to City, 3 at home to Pool, 3 away to Chelsea - want more?. And we were slightly better in 14/15 but still very susceptible to the odd (several?) mistake. 15/16 we improved a little more but mainly because we hogged the ball all game yet looked like conceding from every opposition attack. Over the last two years, we've minimised the mistakes and this season, we look as solid as ever - you know, best defense in Europe, not conceded open goals at OT in all of 2017, not conceded at home in the PL.