Just for the record, I am not one of those calling for his head, but even the greatest of men make mistakes, and Fergie has made many this season. Ill try to keep it as breif as I can and it'll be interesting to see if my fellow United fans agree with my points:
a). Squad rotation/complacency
Of course, the most obvious case is the recent City game where he opted for some very strange personnel choices, effectively losing us the title. Also, throughout our european campaigns (CL and Euro), he played weakened teams, and on almost every occassion, it didnt pay off, leading to embarassing exits.
b). Freezing out Berba
Last season's top scorer, offers something very different, on his day world class. If Fergie wanted to give youngsters a chance, the least he coudlve done was have Berba on the bench. Inexplicably freezing Berba out almost all season has left us with just one real goal threat, Rooney.
c). Perferential treatment for Phil Jones
I know we paid alot for him, but Fergie has preferred Jones to Smalling at CB, Jones to Rafael at RB, and even Jones to Cleverley in CM! He has made more appearances than all 3 of these guys, the former 2 were sensational last season, Jones should've been eased in
d). Inability to plug gaps
CM has long been our achilles heel and this season, more than ever, it has proven to be the case. Scholes returned in December and has since made 20 apps in just half a season! I tihnk we all agree that had Scholes remained in retirement, we wouldnt be anywhere near the top of the table, I mean who did Fergie believe would be Carrick's CM partner thhis season? Cleverley? Giggs? really...
If you were to judge Fergie on this season alone, you would have to say he has had a pretty poor one. CL, FA, Carling cup all failed miserably, one of the PL's most epic crack ups (8pts with 6 games to go). Of course, the players themselves have been poor too, but surely a lot of the blame has to go to our manager?
Do you agree? Have I left out any other glaring mistakes Fergie's has made this season? Should all the blame go to the players?
Fergie's co(k ups this season
posted on 10/5/12
Carrick?
Seems underrated by a lot of utd fans
Top notch player who I would mould the England team round
posted on 10/5/12
To be fair, Veron was a quality player but just didn't produce it enough for us, he'd actually be the ideal signing for us now. Plus for the most part, he hasn't had to sign CM's. Keane and Scholes were the partnership for years and they were always going to be a nightmare to replace.
posted on 10/5/12
Carrick?
Seems underrated by a lot of utd fans
Top notch player who I would mould the England team round
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Carrick and Barry have had good seasons. When you are Manchester UNited and Manchester CIty's number 1 CM (along with Y.Toure) all season, you must be doing something right,
The enxt England manager would be wise to have these 2 sitting in front of the back 4. We owuld be difficult to break down with 4 defenders and 2 holding mids protecting them.
posted on 10/5/12
Carrick?
Seems underrated by a lot of utd fans
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Criminally, I think some of our fans expect to much, Carrick is a very classy player and would benefit from having a more exotic sounding name.
posted on 10/5/12
The enxt England manager
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Silly me, of course we know who the next England manager is already don't we. Guess it jsut goes to show how underwhelmed I feel at the appointment of Woy
posted on 10/5/12
yet despite all these so called errors, United are only 2nd on goal diff.
posted on 10/5/12
The enxt England manager would be wise to have these 2 sitting in front of the back 4. We owuld be difficult to break down with 4 defenders and 2 holding mids protecting them.
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Hodgson usually builds his team on a solid defence, and usually has two midfielders that protect the back four. We could see Barry and Carrick come to fruition.
posted on 10/5/12
A) Agree with the rotation of the Manchester City game, but overall, because of the squad rotation it plays a huge reason why we are always better in the second half of the season. Our players are far fresher.
B) Bang on. For the life of me I can't understand freezing out our top scorer at all.
C) Bang on too. I remember saying last week, I think Sir Alex spent more time trying to justify to people that Phil Jones is going to be this great player, than anything. He's a Centre-Back so he should be competing for that position. Evans has worked hard to be where he is, he didn't just get places thrown at him to make up his appearances.
D) We've all been crying about this for a very long time. I believe deep down he keeps hoping Cleverley and Anderson stay injury free all season. Chances are this is never going to happen. I hope this Kawaga player who I know so little about can upgrade our midfield.
posted on 10/5/12
Perferential treatment for Phil Jones
I know we paid alot for him, but Fergie has preferred Jones to Smalling at CB, Jones to Rafael at RB, and even Jones to Cleverley in CM! He has made more appearances than all 3 of these guys, the former 2 were sensational last season, Jones should've been eased in
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This has been one of my biggest irks aswell.
He seems to be playing him for the sake of it.
If jones came from our youth set up with the exact same ability and came into the side and made the mistakes he did early in the season he would of played much this year.
posted on 11/5/12
i still think he could do with someone more knowledgeable about modern tactics than phelan. or at least someone who offers a different perspective
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he's got someone.