Ok I’ll ladybird this for you. In the dark distant days when Yanited were successful, there were a string of Ferguson acolytes managing in the league who would willingly buy up the dross of the squad. Aside from Moyeseh there aren’t many any more so there are consequences to buying average players and paying them £300k pw. But I suppose those players would never have joined in the first place without a salary as fat as Casemiro after a summer break.
While most of the pyjama boys are going through the internet equivalent of Fernandes asking to be substituted after being destroyed by a teenager during a 7-0 defeat to bitter rivals, in fairness @BruidheanChaorthainn is still battling away like Antony or Hannibal, flailing away at the opponents ankles in an act of defiance
ETH has the highest win rate % of any manager since Ferguson left. His win rate was even 3% higher than Ferguson. You could argue Mourinho has made the best fist of it since the Fergie years and achieved some modicum of success but he didn’t play the United way. Ironically Gary Neville was calling for a more defensive “hard to beat” defensive system last night where "at least they wouldn’t give up any goals.
Its no coincidence that they fell asleep for the 2nd goal. 5 United players stood there berating the referee while Newcastle got on with their business. 20 seconds later they were trudging back to the centre circle again. This is something their captain does continuously so no surprise to see them concede a goal in this way. ETH just needs time and a few more transfer windows to right the ship.