Mikel won the FA Cup but people still go back and talk about 8th position rather than that. Yes, we gotta win something but let's not pretend league standing has no bearing on how well a season went.

If United are going into next season with Ratcliffe insisting on any better than the Europa League places from anyone who's managing them, they've got it backwards. Right now the bookies have got them at 9/4 as the seventh most likely club to achieve top four, and that sounds about right. Let's hope the hyper-rational oil and gas investment arbitrage guy is exactly that impatient.

  • goon replied to this.

    Big talk for a guy who finished 8th and over 30 points off the title winners.

    Its incredible now that all of Chelsea United City and Liverpool are all managed by baldies

      Clrnc

      This "baldness evolution" photo triptych of Maresca from the Athletic's puff piece on him seemed to imply it may be the only qualification you require:

        Haha. Qwiss. Are you a card carrying member?

          flobaba not quite yet, I'm still fighting the good fight. I was paraphrasing Larry David on Curb.

            14 days later

            Well deserved new contract as well.

            He brought this mid table club to win the FA cup against all odds, no mean feat