What the media ignores is that when they bought Ronaldo (and the fucking hype train behind it), it was a short term 2 year plan. If they don't win the title in these 2 years with him (unlikely this year) they are going to have to rebuild without him.
Rags thought Ronaldo will guarantee PL titles but eventually it's won on the pitch not on istory/glory/whatever the fuck they go on about.
The lovely part is their fans come into the season being the thickest of idiots and predict a new United (and a new philosophy) only to see the same shit every year.
Suddenly they think they are a CM away from the title. Used to be a LW, CB and what not. You could put the best XI in their squad and they would still be crying about the Glazers.