Devils of Heath

At long last, the news all us United fans have been desperately waiting for is here – Jose Mourinho is a Manchester United Manager. The news has been teased about since the end of last year and at times it reached a point where we wondered if it would ever happen.  The last six 6 days have been a whirlwind for all connected with club, from the euphoria of winning the FA cup after over a decade to the much awaited end of the LVG era and now to the arrival of our very own “Special One”. We have been glued to our smartphones since the story broke on Saturday - awaiting confirmation from the club. (While, rival fans have been irritated at the focused global coverage the whole story has received. Guess, this should remind them we are and always will be the biggest club in the world!) Any United fan who has witnessed the LVG era was in need of therapy and that has come in the form of Jose Mourinho. Big clubs are built by big names and they don’t come any bigger than Mourinho...

It pains me no end to write to a critical piece on my beloved club. I became a fan of Manchester United the very first time I watched them about 2 decades ago, I remember we lost the game. But there was something about this team that made me want to watch their next game and every other game since. No one had told me about the club before that, but the love affair with this football club just happened. As fans we are in a lifelong relationship with our beloved club, so when we see that club stagnating we must raise our concerns. Being silent when wrong things are happening to something you care about is just plain cowardice. This is the 21 st century, we are in dynamic times, demanding change, demanding success is not wrong, it is called being ambitious. This is exactly what Manchester United must go back to being. Accepting a season of bizarre football, a 5 th place finish and a FA cup final appearance is simply not on.  Manchester United should never be a club w...