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As I sit watching the Manchester Derby, my beloved United are 4-0 down and, with 30 minutes left, I feel a sense of dread sinking in.
A lack in creativity is clear and to make matters worse, David Moyes is sticking with Shinji Kagawa, clearly the most creative player on the Red Devils’ books, on the bench.
Hindsight is 20/20 but I can’t help but feel like saying, “I saw this coming… I freaking saw this coming!”
It makes me want to throw my laptop at the television.
It all started when Sir Alex Ferguson retired, spat out his stick of gum and passed on the torch.
In my heart and in my mind, Sir Alex stood aside too late.
Pep Guardiola was and is the most promising manager in all of football. Had Sir Alex not held onto the reins for so long, maybe, just maybe, Pep could have been on his way to England.
But alas I’m stuck watching a United side being led by a Scot whose greatest achievement is finishing runner-up in an FA Cup and finishing higher than the worst Liverpool side in 50 years two years in a row… Great resume you have there, David.
Fast forward to deadline day and this lack of credentials seemed to hurt United.
Come deadline day Manchester United were in the hunt for any midfielder they could get.
Mesut Ozil, tried but to no avail. Andres Herrera, not even the the prospect of a pre-season fixture with United was enough to force the hand of Bilbao.
All this and previous cracks at Cesc Fabregas and Thiago that had been rebuffed showed the name ‘Manchester United’ was not going to be enough and the allure of playing under David Moyes is not as appealing as one thinks.
Finally, Moyes landed Marouane Fellaini for 27.5 million pounds – a terrible buy.
Fellaini is overrated, cumbersome and his only real attraction is his hair (seriously, if he didn’t have an afro would anyone really notice him?)
It was just as if Moyes said, “it worked at Everton, it’ll work here”.
And then there’s the thought this could carry on for six years.
I wasn’t shocked when they announced David Moyes. I wasn’t angry like I am now. But then I was told he had the job for six years and I was slightly confused.
Six years is a big commitment, especially in the modern game when managers are given as little as six months.
What if he goes trophy-less for three years? What if we finish outside the four?
They’re questions I don’t want answers to, the last one especially, after seeing Liverpool’s struggles.
It’s not looking good at Old Trafford; Moyes hasn’t delivered against the club’s two biggest rivals and he doesn’t appear to have the pulling power to attract a decent signing.
If the first few months of Moyes’ reign are anything to go by, dark times are ahead.
(But at least Wayne Rooney pulled one back.)
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