After 15 rounds of league, Manchester United only ranked 8th in the Premier League standings, lost 25 goals, and the goal difference was -1, which is very embarrassing. However, this does not mean United totally get no chance to win the title. 25 years ago, Ferguson’s Manchester United ranked 10th in the Premier League after 15 rounds, but they did not give up, and finally won the championship. Can Mourinho’s Manchester United create the same miracle this season? Morinho is obviously lacking some determination. He said that this Manchester United’s players are not good enough, and the outside world should not expect anything.
Under Mourinho’s charge, Manchester United lost its former glory, and there were obvious weakness in both offense and defense. After 15 rounds, Manchester United only scored 23 points, and 18 points behind their rival Manchester City who is currently No.1. Moreover, Manchester United’s goal difference after 15 league games is still negative for the first time since the 1986-87 season. At this time last season, Manchester United ranked second in the league, but now it is completely another story. Manchester United fans are very angry and call on the executive to fire Mourinho.
In the first season after Ferguson retired, Moyes served as Manchester United coach. Under his command, Manchester United ranked 9th in the Premier League after 15 rounds. In the following seasons, Manchester United’s rankings were 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 2nd, respectively, which were stronger than Mourinho’s 8th. In the 2000-01 season, Manchester United ranked 9th in the Premier League after rounds, but they reached the third place at the end of the season.
Ferguson had a very distinctive feature when he coached Manchester United: never give up. In the 1992-93 season, Manchester United only ranked 10th in the league after 15 rounds. Then, a crazy happened. They finally won the championship, although there were 42 rounds in one season at that time. It is Ferguson’s first Premier League champion as well.
Fans expect Mourinho to lead Manchester United to take out stronger performance, but he has already gave up a little bit, he said Manchester United’s current lineup is not that good. It needs to be known that in the 92-93 season, when Manchester United won the championship, there were legends such as Cantona, Giggs and Schmeichel.
Mourinho also has some diaagreements when fans compare the current Manchester United to the former ones. “I strongly disagree with some of the fans’ opinion. They always compare us to Manchester United who has Roy Keane, van Nistelrooy, Vidic. You have to give us space and time. I am now fine for Manchester United, but our good performance does not continue. Against Arsenal, the score is 2-2, but we scored 4 goals. We are always making mistakes, so we were finally punished.”
Mourinho has not found the best lineup yet. In the 15 rounds league games, he has made 40 changes to the starting lineup, which is terrible. This is enough to show his distrust of Manchester United players and the confusion within Manchester United.