I didn't expect our results to be maintained, I didn't expect the performances to fall away so badly for so long either though, though I expect us to go up, I haven't taken promotion for granted yet, 7 -8 poor performances isn't a blip, we are barely creating chances in our matches, and show no signs of changing that. Not sure why being 17pts clear or other teams being poor deems the football we are playing/results as acceptable, wee Jum would be going mental, had during this run one of our rivals gone on a winning run would that have changed the acceptance of these performances? No they are pish regardless. I am not advocating punting the manager, don't think many are, but these recent performances have brought back the chore of recent seasons of attending on a Saturday.
I guess it's like loyalty points. Years ago I would try to get to as many games as possible home and away, and the football was dire for a long spell then from around 200s to Levein/Houston era. Probably because all the previous years of watching Utd had built up a lot of loyalty points. But the past few seasons performances have totally scunnered me. Will always get my season ticket and still attend a decent chunk of away games. Bought into the new season, and after a decent start had built up some loyalty points again, but they have been used up again with the recent performances. Like the classic football fan, it doesn't take much to be invested again, I want to be invested again, some little signs of hope on the park. Having been disillusioned with the way we had been playing, I couldn't face going to alloa, thought I will just watch on TV, right choice it turns out. Didn't plan on attending many if any away games, then after Inverness I was back on board, went through to Dunfermline, and after about 25 mins regretted it.
Regards next season, if we do go up, teams that do well generally have a way of playing, settled team, winning mentality, bit of a bounce, they are the sum of their parts. We don't have that at present. If we are going to scrap the majority of this team then we are reliant on heavy investment or getting our recruitment bang on, or both, which is not too different to when teams go down and have to try and quickly rebuild a side in one window to try and get back up, which rarely works out.
At end of day, we all want the same thing, to get Utd back to where they should be, and obsess stupidly about it. Feck sake Utd, sort it out for our sanity.