When I was growing up
Manchester United have been winning everything in England and from time to time
in Europe. These
days are over however and reality is miserable. Solskjaer players are not able to stop Crystal
Palace. Credit to Palace, they deserved to win at Old Trafford, legendary
Theatre of Dreams. The Theatre of Dreams became nightmare for Manchester United
since Alex Ferguson left the club in 2013. Legendary manager was serving for
the club over 27 years. I wasn’t even born when he started. Manchester United
were the leading force of English football since 1990s. Beckham, Giggs,
Scholes, Keane, Neville brothers, Butt, Cole, Yorke, Irwin, Pallister,
Sheringham, Solskjaer, Johnsen and Schmeichel were setting a tone of English
football. Then Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney came in the mid 2000s and
United clinched second European title in 2008. First they won in 1999 after
late drama in Barcelona against Bayern Munich. Sir Alex Ferguson won 13 Premier
League titles, five FA cup, 2 Uefa Champions League. 38 trophies between 1986
and 2013. It was the golden era of Manchester United. The boss created three of
even four great teams in his era at Old Trafford. His team played always with
desire to win. They wanted to win badly. They were well organized and team
spirit was determining factor considering the success of Ferguson. They were
never sloppy, careless with or without the ball. They needed to operate as
compacted formation and group, they didn’t have Messi and even team which has
been built around Ronaldo was strong enough to stop any team in England and in
Europe. They were solid and hard working.
Legendary manager has been watching last Manchester United Premier League fixture
against Crystal Palace from grandstands. What could he think about? His team
has been struggling since he retired in 2013. Manchester United spent 968
million of British pounds since Ferguson departure in 2013. Currently, they are
not able to fight for Champions League spot.
They are poor in transition. They simply don’t come back in transition. They
are vulnerable. Counter attack against Manchester United is not difficult to be
executed. They are powerless with ball. They simply don’t know what to do with
the ball. It lasts since 2013. It is 2020 and they didn’t improve.
It’s easy to say it is a fault of the manager, but I wonder, whether players
are professional or not. The lack of effort, chaos and powerless are visible to
anyone watching Manchester United these days.
It is embarrassing, very embarrassing for fans like me. The quality is there.
Martial, Rashford and Pogba could do better.
Credit: The Guardian
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