Devils of Heath

Manchester United are shambles and there is no hiding from that. The most crucial transfer window in the club’s recent history has seen 1 signing and that’s it. Don’t let the folks who run United fool you into thinking that everything is difficult at United, it’s not. The reality is simple, United from top to bottom reek of sheer incompetence. How else do you explain that a club of this stature only has a football development, scouting and sports science structure but are missing a performance, player development, recruitment and retention structure? Even if it was to put this entire structure together, is there anyone responsible to coordinate with all of them and support the manager + advise the board…NO. The hallmark of incompetency are haphazard teams with lack of clarity on roles and responsibilities. United are the absolute pinnacle of this. We as fans are fools to expect otherwise from this club. This is a club that took a good 4 weeks (after announcing the mana...

The summer of 69 is not one United fans remember fondly, for this was when Sir Matt stepped aside for the first time and thus began a domino effect that saw the club tumbling down. The summer of 2013 bears stark resemblance, it started with the head scratching decision to let go of some of the finest support staff in the business and ended with a transfer window that saw the club signal to the world that it was indeed ‘amateur hour at Old Trafford’. Since that horrendous summer, United have attracted overhyped players and self-indulgent managers under the tutelage of a football board with an ostrich mentality. The identity of the football has been finished in the span of six title less seasons. Manchester United used to be about consistency and not flashes of brilliance. This is why Tevez (despite the shanigans) delivered more at Old Trafford than the classy Berbatov. Now, it is a place where players and managers alike rest on the laurels of little sparks of brilliance. ...