We
have heard a lot this season about Manchester United and their poor form and many of them
criticizing David Moyes’ strategy, lacking in midfield and poor defensive problems
and injuries were also play a role of icing on cake in current Champion’s
nightmare season.
May
be all of them were true but I think the
main reason of Manchester United poor form this season is Sir Alex Ferguson
himself. I am not taking anything away from him. He is unmatched throughout his
managerial career of Manchester United but the worst decision he made was the
time he has chosen for his retirement. Sir Alex Ferguson retired when three of
Manchester United’s best defenders (Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra)
were all aged. None of them had made announcement at that time but they all
were above 30 and Manchester United has to look for replacement of these three
defenders. Kagawa has not proved himself in last season and Carrick is also
above 30 nobody knows about when Fletcher will return and cleverly is so in
consistent, Ashley Young was poor last season and Valencia was only able to
score 2 goals in his whole season. The only department Manchester United was
rich in is attack.
The
Red Devils have won 2012-13 campaign because of Robin Van Persie and his above
20 goals. No creativity in midfield and on wings. Sir Alex Ferguson was spot on
with his tactics in 2012-13 season that “score more goals than your opponents”
after that we heard that Alex Ferguson said all things have done and new
signing will be arriving in summer and suddenly he announced his retirement.
Instead of rebuilding Manchester United’s squad and then hand-over it to any
other manager he chooses to “quit”. Nobody was expecting that and that news was
a shocker for United fans.
I
think the best time for Sir Alex Ferguson to retire was after winning ChampionsLeague in 2008 or after two years from now. Let’s see what plans Moyes has in
his mind. He has made a brave move to get Juan Mata from Chelsea but United has to spend a lot
in the coming summer if they want to be in a title race next year.
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