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Failure a blessing in disguise

By redmaster on May 4, 2012 - Twitter:@manutdtalk

Now the dust has settled on the Manchester derby we are left with the reality that its highly unlikely United will retain the Premier league trophy this season. Perhaps though , this could work out for the best in the long term.

No matter how much we want to win the fact is we will never win the league every year, its just not possible. To put things in perspective we have only been out of the top two twice in Premier League history, that is a staggering achievement in itself, to be able to rebuild team after team and still challenge for the title is pretty amazing, take Chelsea for example, look at them now in sixth place, yes they had a few good years on the back of Abramovich's millions but it hasn’t been sustainable and it wouldn’t surprise me if Man City go the same way after a few years.

Last season we won the league with 80 points and got the Champions League Final, dont get me wrong it was fantastic but for many this just papered over the cracks in midfield, despite investing in young players such as De Gea, Jones, Young most fans agree our center midfield is crying out for more players.

Scholes and Giggs are no longer 90 min full season players, Fletcher out with illness, Anderson injury prone, Cleverley injured most of the season, Pogba possibly leaving which leaves Carrick.

We normally react to not winning the league in a positive way, surely failure this season will force United to react in the transfer market again and invest in at least two quality young midfield players.... which can only a good thing in the long term.

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redmaster, May 4, 2012
 
  1. Mr Spock
    Im not in the camp that says this was a great result considering the team we had. Our usual challengers were worse than we were and Chiteh are not as awesome as the media fan bois pretend, when faced with a team that can match them for muscle in the midfield they have looked beatable. We had opportunities to tie up the league this season and blew every one of them. We said the near miss we had last season and the thrashings we got in the ECL were blessings in disguise for the same reason yet United didnt act on the lessons. Changes are needed and hopefully this time we will learn and one of the lessons is that if we cant get he Hazzards and Kagawas of this world we still need to find someone. Not give up and say theres no value in the market
    Mr Spock, May 19, 2012
  2. pkolic
    It's time to make some changes!!we know it, ferguson know it, reporters know it!!this is a great result this season with this team!!some new faces are desperately needed!!hope this summer will be good for united fans...
    pkolic, May 14, 2012
  3. Minty
    "Failure a blessing in disguise" Don't we pretty much say this each time we lose a match?
    Minty, May 6, 2012
  4. Irredentist
    Yes of course, we can count our blessings! Those will be more appropriate when at the end of a manager's tenure. The concept of strengthening while at the top has been put to good use in the past by Fergie. However, I can't recognize Fergie anymore these days. He flagrantly break his own rules, disregard his own theory and seems out of sync with his own philosophy. The only plausible explanacion for me is that he is serious contemplating retirement and just maybe trying to lower expectation for incoming manager. No one here expect to know the day and the hour; or do we?
    Irredentist, May 4, 2012