The counterfactual is that with another manager and all the injuries we could be in the bottom half of the table or worse.
Well, that's a different point, and as it happens, I agree with you. On today, I think the match can fairly be described as disappointing. I don't think that's unfair. God knows whether the United supporters thought that was a good watch (I don't much care, but I can hardly imagine that they did).
On the season as a whole: getting to the semi-final of the F.A. Cup and being in the top five is not exactly a disaster, although it's obviously a bit of a drop-off by comparison with the stratospheric heights of the last six years. It was coming, in my opinion. We were due it.
That said: if we win the F.A. Cup
and qualify for CL (in whatever position, I really don't care), well, you'd have to be a very entitled supporter indeed to say that that was a
disappointing season. I wouldn't be disappointed in the slightest. If we don't do either, well, that's not too great, but we reset, and we go again. I promise you that Pep himself will be disappointed, though: both with himself, and with the players. He virtually said as much recently when he said we deserved not one penny of bonus for the World Club Championship.
One other thing I'm sure of: Pep won't walk. The man makes mistakes on this or that match — I think he got his team selection wrong today — and he can be legitimately criticised. That's part of our prerogative, especially on a forum which is for expressing opinions (or nowhere is). But I for one am bloody glad we've got this man for the rebuild.