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Lame Duck FC


Seldom in the US Government, the congress calls for a lame duck session. These are essentially a set of lost candidates trying to frame something for a nation whose voters have long rejected them. The few weeks of such a session can oscillate from mundane to dramatic but mostly ends up being a pointless exercise. This in a sense is what Manchester United has been in the post Sir Alex – a lame duck football club.

Run by a set of owners who fans have long lost faith in, orchestrated by there lead puppet whose comical approach can put cartoons to shame and with responsibility entrusted on “has-beens” or “will-never-be”. No one feels connected to their struggles anymore, it is just pure annoyance at the blatant destruction of a great institution.


Manchester United today is just mockery in motion. There is an infinite loop that keeps playing. A new manager is appointed, transfer promises are made, money is either wasted on wrong targets or money is not spent, the managers are setup to fail and fail they do, new manager comes in, we are made to believe mistakes have been learnt and there will be a more coherent strategy, better stadium, a DOF, but then again the cycle of failure repeats. Fans revolt online against the club, fans fight with each other on platforms, fans make themselves the butt of jokes for rival fans. Realize what it all sounds like – yup – anarchy and banana republic rolled into something nuclear.

A few years back Liverpool fans put up a statue of Moyes for his contribution to decimating United, they should really be erecting a memorial in honour of the Glazers and Woodward for the surgical strike on what was once Manchester United football club.

Lame Duck FC conceptualized in 2005, erected in 2013 and to continue forever……



P.S: Like I alluded to in my previous blog in June, every Manager is doomed to fail at United because they are all at the end managing with both hands tied behind their back. No amount of tactical nous can help overcome the shambles this football club has now become. Case in point we are yet to significantly revive a squad which has registered two sixth place finishes across two different managers in the last three years. Therefore, we will continue to have the odd high performance surrounded by a plethora of abject displays. Eventually, it will be a sad day for a football romantic when we hear the news “Ole has left by mutual consent”.

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