The opponents we played don't matter. Again, for right or wrong - ETH decided for a formation change seemingly going away from a more or less 4-2-3-1 last year to a 4-3-3 this year with the biggest difference being the structure in midfield. This is a way many successful teams are setting up these days so it isn't a bad plan per se. I'll give you that it didn't really worked until today. But a) was unlikely to start with as such a change is pretty difficult to implement (given where we came from) and b) key personnel for this formation were never available to train it.
I see your point - yes, we shouldn't make Brighton look like the home team when they come to the OT but it also doesn't make sense to deny reality because "we are Manchester United" as if this would still mean anything. Other teams went through phases of adaptation as well. We will too. But this will only work if we will stick with it and not revert back as soon as some aversion pops up. I am not defending the manager here, I wouldn't have gone for Mount and I wouldn't even have considered a formation where Bruno is required to do something that isn't chance creation but it is what it is. ETH is the manager, he has a plan, he recruited for that plan and just throwing it in the bin after a bad start would/could only hinder our progress. Don't know what peoples expectation were - as if we were challenger this year and subsequently as if bringing another manager in could potentially unleash the mighty forces.
Again, it is absolutely fine to criticize him but if our fans are too fickle, then the mood will change even quicker and the only ones to suffer will be us because the the circle of shit will just reset. Trust Murtough to find a better manager than ETH? I don't and I have no idea how anybody could think differently.
Means absolutely nothing when our football has been shite for all this time. Arguments like this do absolutely nothing because they have no substance. "Best football" is also highly subjective so it doesn't really make sense to discuss it anyway. Also I think you have taken a camp in the Rashford thread saying he was just fine today. Legitimate standpoint, don't get me wrong but if that was just fine for you, it gives perspective to your idea of "best football since".
