I think our second place last season was more a reflection on the teams around us as opposed to our own doing. Those matters have been resolved for those teams and we simply can’t compete.
The loss in the Europa league final was a reflection of how bad we played. It should never have got to penalties. It’s a bad state of affairs if United fans could not expect to get out of the group.
We have probably had two good performances so far this season. Scrappy wins for the rest.
The abysmal performances cannot be excused or defended in my view.