Can the football be better? Yes. Has the football been better this season anyways? Yes again. Are terms like rubbish, abysmal etc over the top? Yes again. Also, once you start pretending that the only ones who are objective are the ones that agree with you, it makes for a poor discussion.
Have we improved on last years position in the league? Yes.
Do I think Mourinho has been better than Moyes and LVG? Yes again.
After our substantial spend, has Mourinho really got us any closer to performing like a club who can challenge for the top trophies? I would say no, due to our lack of chemistry and fluency and general lack of contemporary playing style.
I understand that this is difficult to swallow but lets be honest here Varun, the football is pretty much acknowledged universally as having been poor and dull to watch. That is simply the reality of the universal perception of our play. Denying this is pointless. Subjectively finding our play good or exciting is a form of denial. ( Not referring to you here Varun but to some fans). And I'm sorry if the adjective hurts but certainly our team chemistry has been '
abysmal' at times.
I realise this is difficult to digest, (as it is for all of us), and I agree our perception as fans, is always going to be irrational to an extent, as we are emotionally tied to the club and it really is hard to admit how terrible on the eye we have been.
We need to get away from the black and white thinking that has split fans too readily into camps pro or anti Mourinho. Jose needs to get us playing with team chemistry and a fluent football style to get the best out of our players, which definitely has not happened thus far. Admitting this reality, though painful for some (as it implies a blow to the ego) does not neccessarily equate to being somehow disloyal to the club. Perhaps the kind of awkward, defensive football being served up itself is felt is perceived as a betrayal of all United once stood for, and this has something to do with the friction amongst our support.
In fact understanding our failings is a neccessary step to take in our path toward improving and reaching our goal.
Quite simply if our team chemistey and dynamic does not get better we will not reach the goal Mourinho has been hired to reach. So opening our eyes to our failings can help us achieve our goal. We do not have to be overly pessimistic but denying the extent of our problems will only result in more stubborn lack of progress. Hopefully Mourinho's undoubted astuteness and ability to see reality will get the better of his stubborness in resisting change, that change that is neccessary to see us challenging at the top level again.
We can all pull together, admit the extent of our failings without being overly negative, and attend to their elimination by adapting a more attacking and fluent United style of football that improves our team chemistry and gets the most out of our undoubtedly talented individual players. Together we can still cheer the team on as we strive to get back to the top. Over to you José.
