Its the fickleness of the fans thats the problem here, they get caught up and swept away, depending on what is going on at the time. They lose all sense and sensibility.
We go on a good run and they get carried away talking about challenging for the title and praising the manager for turning it all round, we go on a bad run and they start cracking on about not getting a European place and sacking the manager.
Can they not see that what we have is a squad a bit better than average, with a few outstanding players and some very promising youngsters, so we will have ups and downs as we hit form and dip out of it in the course of a season. A squad that still needs further development and some upgrades before we can make a serious title challenge. Not to mention some ruthless decision making, which as jsp pointed out can only be made if funds are made available or some of the youngsters make rapid progression.
There are positives to build upon, the resurgence of Shaw who has made me eat my words, I really couldn't see him getting close to what was needed from him, its a remarkable turnaround. Then there is McT, I am very impressed with his progression, his passing has improved immensely, he has developed a cutting edge and is adding goals to his game, he will likely get better and be a good physical force for us for years to come. We have Bruno who has started talking about wanting to spent his career with us. Greenwood still has much progression in him and Rashford will find consistency in his game. Some have doubts but if I had my way Henderson would replace De Gea for the start of next season, he has better presence in the box and if he grows in confidence he will likely marshall that defence better.
I think we are about 3 quality signings away from a title challenge and I expect further progression next season. I dont think we have any entitlement to expect any more than that from Ole to be honest.
