Potential stars for 2022-23 Where did it all go wrong, George?
by Julian Tabone
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here is this story (myth?) which I am sure most you have all heard before. George Best, after a successful night at the casino, orders a bottle of champagne in his hotel room. The waiter goes up and whilst waiting for the tip, he sees thousands of cash strewn across and Miss World looking on. At that point, he could not help popping the famous question, “George, where did it all go wrong?” Honestly, I don’t think I have ever felt so disconnected with Manchester United. I am 43 years old. Trying to find out where has it all gone wrong is quite simply a depressing exercise. It has been one whole slow decline with sporadic encouraging episodes and one disappointment after the other; a catalogue of errors and strategic blunders, a collective mess.
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VOL 49 - ISSUE 4 - JULY 2022
For every step forward we thought we were doing, we actually went 3 steps back. It has been a horrible and painful season, not just because of the results or because of the team’s league standing. I could point to various factors but it is not my intention really. It’s the attitude of some of our players which quite frankly, stinks and is absolutely unacceptable. At times, they did not even harass the opposition when they lost the ball. They did not run around enough. There was no pride, for so long during the season. At times they literally checked-out and gave up and just jogged around in third gear. And that’s what mostly hurts. There is nothing wrong with losing matches. But lack of effort and intensity is simply deplorable. Some of the players are not good
enough, it is clear. They don’t run. They are lazy. An absolute shame and they do not deserve to wear the shirt because they are simply not playing for it. Every player that puts on the Manchester United shirt is ultimately representing us, the Busby Babes, the teams of the 90s, our club and our whole history. That is why last season was a total embarrassment. I honestly do not remember such a bunch of overprivileged, over-paid set of United players more concerned about themselves, their own world and their social media. Four (4) of the top five (5) paid players of the Premier League are Manchester United players. Ten (10) of the top thirty (30) best paid Premier League players are Manchester United players!
