on the other hand, Dave Kidd in the Sun sums it up nicely...
TONIGHT is the night when it will truly begin to hit home.
The night when their Europa League final conquerors Tottenham kickoff their Champions League campaign against Villarreal, shortly after Arsenal face Athletic Bilbao.
Tomorrow, Chelsea visit Bayern Munich and bitter rivals Liverpool host Atletico Madrid.
And then Newcastle welcome Barcelona to St James' Park on Thursday night, while Manchester City offer a hero's welcome to Kevin De Bruyne ? as well as Rasmus Hojlund, who has already shown up Manchester United by scoring on his debut on loan at Napoli.
There will be a sixpronged attack on Europe's elite club event, with nine Premier League clubs in all competing on the Continent this season.
And United will not be among them.
For any United fans who find it too painful to tune in and have a look at what they could have won, had they defeated the worst Spurs team in half a century in Bilbao last May to qualify for the Champions League, the choice is clear.
Midsomer Murders, The Great British Bake Off or Michael Portillo's 200 Years of the Railways, on BBC2, where a former Tory minister will drive a steam locomotive between Stockton and Darlington.
This is life as a bottom half club and United had better get used to it.
The conkers have barely started falling and already Ruben Amorim's team have only the FA Cup to play for this season.