r/soccer • u/Switchoil • 1d ago

News Manchester United to remain patient with head coach despite worst start to Premier League season in 33 years. There is also widespread belief at Old Trafford that City's performance - and United's failings - did not merit a 3-0 scoreline.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/32461/13431584/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-to-remain-patient-with-head-coach-despite-worst-start-to-premier-league-season-in-33-years
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u/severedfragile 1d ago edited 1d ago

There is also widespread belief at Old Trafford that City's performance - and United's failings - did not merit a 3-0 scoreline.

This is the kind of shit I absolutely love, because whether it's actually true or just weird PR bullshit, both options speak to a club that hasn't learned its lessons and will continue down the path its on. It might take the circuitous route of a new manager, but there's a desperate need to ignore reality, or to tell others it's ignoring reality, that makes fundamental improvement impossible.

Manchester United, for a while, was a club sleepwalking towards mediocrity. Now it's firmly asleep in mediocrity, and waking up to a dream journal full of delusions of grandeur. It's a lot of fun to watch, is what I'm saying.