At the start of the season I was sick to the back teeth of every pundit telling us that City's defence was a weakness which could easily result in another trophyless season before repeating the soundbite they had been fed by the OT ministry of truth that, when you look at that United squad you just can't see a weakness. Mourinho teams always "find a way to win" and are far better suited to the PL than Guardiola's visionary nonsense. Now Mourinho is no longer a pragmatist but a dead hand holding back a squad every bit as talented as City's and condemning United to second place (and oblivion in the CL) instead of the world domination their superb fans deserve. Blues have a word for such logic...
I don't doubt that Guardiola would get United playing better than they are now, but I am sure that it certainly would not be this United. Pep is adamant that it is players who get the results and his first task at OT would be to get rid of the dead wood, just as he did at City. At United though this would hardly leave a member of their first eleven left. And the first through the door would be De Gea, who is a great shot stopper but a dreadful footballer. Nor is there a footballer in the back four - the fullbacks are too old and slow as well and every one of the many CBs are very good at kicking for touch but get vertigo more than 5 yards away from their own penalty area. Matic, Fellaini and Pogba are the wrong size and shape and need a football brain transplant. Pep didn't want Pogba anyway. Lukaku's chances of surviving the Pep cull would be remote in the extreme. All of which means the only players Pep MIGHT keep are Rashford, Lingard, Martial and .... Sanchez. But then with these players he'd have to see whether they matched up at all to the press hype. The he'd build a real team... Thank God he'll never go to OT!
