07 Aug 2018 12:18:34
Being a true United supporter for 50 years I am currently disillusioned with my club, and not particularly excited on the eve of a new season.
I will always support my club, but am not happy with the direction the club has taken in recent years.
We are not entitled to win trophy after trophy, but what I do feel entitled to is when I walk through those turnstiles I am going to be entertained and more often than not walk away from the ground with a smile on my face.
I did not want Mourinho as my manager, but was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt, hoping he may change managing the biggest club in world football. But that has not happened, and we now find ourselves in a position where we seem to be failing in attracting top players to our club.
The path we have taken with managerial appointments since Ferguson left has been wrong. Instead of going out there and getting the best, and paying for the best they have made weak appointments, and dare I say it appointments on the cheap.
When i look at the players in our squad I feel with the right manager we should be competing at the top level. However we have a manager who seems to suppress these players natural abilities, and now find ourselves in a position where if rumours be true, players I want to watch, Pogba and Martial are on the verge of leaving this club to no doubt thrive elsewhere.
I have to point the finger at Woodward who seems more concerned with where the next commercial deal is coming from, rather than ensuring we have the team we the fans want to watch.
I may be proven wrong and hope that I am! but I feel we will struggle to compete for a top 4 finish playing the outdated style of play Mourinho seems so unprepared to change. He cannot move with the times.
With Mourinho's track record we all know where this is going to end up . so we might as well push the button to end is managerial career with our club sooner rather than later.


1.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 13:28:00
So who do you want as manager?


2.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 14:22:10
Magic Dave I couldn’t agree more. Spot on fella.

That’s exactly how I feel three days before the season starts. Can I really be arsed trekking all Over the country and Europe again this season to watch boring football wher I come out most weeks feeling angry or frustrated at what I’m seeing.

I don’t really care who we get, there’s plenty of good managers out there and they’ll certainly be managers at other clubs who’ll look at our squad and think they can get a better tune out of them.

His continual reluctantance to play a style of football that entertains is almost as bad as his constant digging out of the players at every opportunity.

I want him to hold his hands up and take the blame at the very least, he’s even turned on players he’s bought. After knowing how they play and what they’re best at he’s brought them to united and tried to change them.

Your right Most of us have an idea of how it’ll pan out and yet after two seasons of awful football (I don’t give a toss about the two cups he won, on Friday that will be two seasons ago and it’s history) yet there are still fans defending him.

I’m seriously regretting renewing my tickets for this year but as ever you do so in blind optimism. £1900 for two season tickets, last year I did the super cup, 6 of 8 champions league games (missing Moscow and Basel) all 6 FA cup and 2 of the three league cup games. With some of the ridiculous cup ticket prices I did another £1600, plus premier league away game tickets and fuel, parking, flights, hotels, food and drink. When you start thinking about spending another £6k plus you do start to question whether it’s a worth it. It’s a lot of money to be bored and angry. It’s certainly not about winning it’s about wanting to enjoy yourself. Taking the time out to follow the team is a huge commitment and we really deserve better then Jose stale dated brand of football.


3.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 15:13:48
Magic Dave and AirForce. This is exactly how i feel. It seems the City owners and manager have a clear plan while our lot are only interested in the plan that makes them money.
We have a manager that has won everything, but his methods are outdated. What he's won in the past, counts foe nothing. What he does in the future counts for everything. Unfortunately, every dog has his day, and Mourinho's day has gone three years ago.
His attitude stinks, and his man management has been terrible. The club are in a mess on the football side, and he's moaning about the lack of signings.
The fueds and constant poor appointments and decisions are what's putting me off the club completely. It seems the club has no soul and the manager has no clear tactics or direction.
May i also add, the atmosphere in the ground is very quiet, no one supports the team. I am in the singing stand, and i notice the ground is so quiet these days apart ftom the top games.
I think everyone has taken success for granted and taken the eyes off the ball. Change has to happen from the top down to the bottom, otherwise, we'll be saying the same things in 10 years time.


4.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 15:50:54
united had a plan.

we have been reminded of this by the eds, and because of the fans that plan had to change, and now the majority are whinging about having no plan.


5.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 16:58:29
Yes Bolger, but it was a bad plan and took no account of the supporters.


6.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 17:08:20
Bolger, out of interest, what was the plan after fergie left? Appoint moyes and buy Fellaini? What was the plan? I'm only asking out of curiosity, because from where I'm standing and having lived 62 years and supported United for over 48 years, i couldn't see a clear plan.
The most successful manager of all time retires, and we get an average manager who has won absolutely nothing managing Everton for 11 years, then he sacks all the backroom staff and buys Fellaini. If that was the plan and some realistic fans saw through the chaos, then we have every reason to be upset. And things haven't improved much especially on our transfer dealings.


7.) 07 Aug 2018
07 Aug 2018 18:43:57
It saddens me greatly to say it but I don't think I'll be watching mutch of Utd until Mourinho leaves. The football's been terrible/ boring for about seven years now and I've had my fill.

Too many times I've come away from the ground or switched off the TV and felt I'd wasted my time. This is not the Utd I fell in love with. The club has a duty to entertain it's supporters and if it can't be bothered then I think it find that increasing numbers of supporters won't be bothered either.

I was thinking about trying to get a ticket for Friday's game and even though it wouldn't cost me anything and i live two miles from the ground I've decided there are many other more interesting ways I can spend my Friday night and to be honest I just can't summon up any natural enthusiasm for it. I'm gutted it's come to this but hopefully it's just temporary and the next manager will play football worth watching.