The Redcafe Meltdown Years
What will the last decade be known as?
- Thread starter Reiver
- Start date
2010-2019
The "burning through cash" era.
The Ed Epoch.
“The start of the decline” prior to a period of regular midtable finishes in the mid-late 20s
True, he deserves a mention too.
Obviously it will be (and virtually is) known as the Post SAF era/Post SAF decade.
I used to think Fellaini epitomised our decline when he was here - but he left 5 years ago!
Banter era is about right though, it became about more than just slipping standards. We’ve been hilariously bad.
Banter era is about right though, it became about more than just slipping standards. We’ve been hilariously bad.
The "1 fired manager away from prosperity" era
Don't jump the gun. Maybe it'll be far longer than a decade.
The death of football.
I guess it began a little over 10 years ago, but there was a buffer period for a while. I really worry about the direction the game is going in now
I guess it began a little over 10 years ago, but there was a buffer period for a while. I really worry about the direction the game is going in now
The darkness before the dawn.
Cowardheart.
One of these, pretty much.
The era of Wayne Pooney due to not having a proper CF.
Battle of Fulham due to Moyes fistbump.
It began with the advent of the PL and CL
Moyes/Van Gaal/Mourinho/Ole/Ten Hag era
What is there to suggest we'll get worse?
I'm going for a classic:
The Wilderness.
Perhaps I'm being romantic, I foolishly believe we'll reverse our ill fortune.
In this era we've been absolutely and exclusively separated from successes by our own hand.
I don't really believe it's going to get better from here.
I hope at the very least we don't stoop to the levels of our rivals.
The Wilderness.
Perhaps I'm being romantic, I foolishly believe we'll reverse our ill fortune.
In this era we've been absolutely and exclusively separated from successes by our own hand.
I don't really believe it's going to get better from here.
I hope at the very least we don't stoop to the levels of our rivals.
Not Our Best
"we only signed shite managers" era.
The only player that's left from the our last title winning season to now, is you guessed it Evans.
Only fitting to be named after him as the only constant to bind this all together.
Only fitting to be named after him as the only constant to bind this all together.
Special Ed era
The "Disneyland" Era.
That Decade
The teenties or the oneties??
The "I'm too old for this shit" era
Yep. Football's never-ending quest for growth is killing it.
United being shi* for a large part of the last 10 years has probably hidden a lot of the wider football issues from our minds (Super League aside.)
Well there was Ed the talking Horse
We had " Ed , The Talking Arse"
We had " Ed , The Talking Arse"
The lost decade
The Clusterfeck era.
The Mark Goldbridge years
Please don't...I admire him what he achieved on moaning but come on...
I'd call this decade as The Woodward Collapse
For some strange reason I don't think Arnold has been as bad as Wordward. Mourinho has spoken very well about Arnold.
The years of the equaliser
Edward Woodward equalising the odds for all the clubs in world football by turning United from a football powerhouse to Tottenham Hotspur
Edward Woodward equalising the odds for all the clubs in world football by turning United from a football powerhouse to Tottenham Hotspur
Arnold has been even worse, in my opinion.
We've never spent so much money in two summers as we did now, while getting the worst results and performances that I've ever seen for a United team, in the current season. He was overseeing a bigger failure than anything Woodward produced, and that's saying something.
I guess Mourinho was resented with Woodward after rejecting his suggestions about selling certain players and signing the likes of Arnautovic, Perisic and Boateng (or Maguire) in his third season.
When Jose sees now how ETH was gifted the keys of the club he's surely thinking that he should have been given the same treatment, but from our perspective that's a terrible way of managing a football club.
In any case both Woodward and Arnold represent the same failures as they both lacked a football plan, they failed at developing a credible structure and as a consequence we keep throwing money at problems without fixing a single one.
Evertonification era
The systematic lowering of expectations and standards by the clubs fanbase in their desperate attempt to have mother lon term manager
The systematic lowering of expectations and standards by the clubs fanbase in their desperate attempt to have mother lon term manager
Agree with those who said Disneyland era, we have won some Mickey Mouse cups after all.
One step forward two steps back era
Back to normality Utd.
Take away the Fergie years and I don't think it would be harsh on the whole to say that Utd have been an underachieving club historically.
Take away the Fergie years and I don't think it would be harsh on the whole to say that Utd have been an underachieving club historically.