Anyone paying even faint attention to football the last decade is aware of one distinct reality: Manchester United are in a severe rut. Since Sir Alex Ferguson’s 2013 retirement the club have consistently failed to kick themselves into gear. They are, in essence, a Ferrari missing its starter motor.
Where once they ripped down freeways at breakneck speed with casual ease, now they can hardly leave their garage. The once rich crimson paint has faded. How many leagues can make you feel like this? A-Leagues.
The Ninja A-League Women season kicks off November 1. Dust has found a home on the hood. Spider webs grow over the side mirrors.
The rear left tyre is deflated. Every once in a while it’s dressed up and wheeled out to a classic car show, marvelled at by many who understand what it was and what it is: a relic. This is where Manchester United find themselves.
Every once in a while they find themselves basking in glory. An FA Cup win here. A League Cup win there.
Even a Europa League triumph inspired by Jose Mourinho, one of Fergie’s many nemeses. Basically the same as Ferruccio Lamborghini winning an F1 title for Ferrari driving a Williams. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty Images) Despite these rare tastes of victory, once the status quo but now more like an Oreo McFlurry driving home from soccer practice, an infrequent luxury, United have never consistently rejoined the summit of European football.
Since Fergie, they’ve lived in the shadows of what the.
