From the head down
We are told that today Manchester United will sack another manager. If that happens it will be understandable, but all the available evidence suggests that it will also be pointless. I am not sure of the relevance of straw in modern brick-making, but I do know this: you can’t create a championship side without players of sufficient quality.
The recruitment department built the Man U squad, not the manager. If the current lot resemble men trying to catch a henhouse full of foxes, that isn’t his fault. Blame can and should be laid at the door of the Director of Football, whose qualifications for that role have always been questionable.
But who gave him that job? A man who was hailed not so long ago as a saviour, come to rid the club of the hated Glasers and take us back to the Fergie era.
How has that worked out? Answer, as should have been expected. There are two other clubs in Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos football group. Nice are mid table in France. As for Lausanne, they are flat out last in Switzerland. Seems that Jim isn’t very good at running a football club.
