It was I guess the noon of 8th May, 2013 by Indian Standard Time. Rumours were doing the rounds and finally we got to know an era, one of the biggest era in English club football is going to end. I swear, like an idiot I cried and could not have my lunch properly. Everything seemed dark around. And the biggest question cornering the mind was;"Who will be the next manager of Manchester United?" And like me millions of fans around the world were having the same thing in their minds too... How will be United without Sir Alex Ferguson? And who will be the next man in charge of United?
It took a couple of days for the news to sink in. And the last game against West Brom sealed the event. The guard of honour, the standing ovation, the loud claps, Sir Alex saluting the fans, everything materialised his retirement and we had to chew this piece of news. Till then it was known David Moyes was handed over the charge to manage United. I was a bit pessimistic about the news, but then Sir Alex obviously must have known what was he doing and we had to be behind the new manager. But then the Moyes era did not last even more than a year. It turned out to be disastrous and United; the champions of 2013 Barclays Premier League ended the year in the seventh position;even out of the top four. And to add to the woes, of course out of the Champions League. As a crazy and sincere fan I was really worried as I did not want United to be in the "You Will Never Walk Alone" list.
And then some ray of hope crept in, Even after finishing out of the top four we could secure the services of Louis Van Gaal. Besides guiding the Netherlands to the second runners up medal in the then just concluded World Cup, he has achieved various laurels with great teams like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich etc. And I was like on seventh heaven. Signings like Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera, Falcao etc seemed like the icing on the cake and I regained all lost hope. After an awesome pre-season Manchester United seemed to be back on the track. But the premier league success script of Louis Van Gaal is yet to be written if LVG and his men seriously mean to write one. We are yet waiting for the era to begin the way Fergie left it at, an era of optimism, an era of hope, an era of positivity, an era recreating the fear for which Manchester United was known to be. Until now the results have been very mixed sort of and what I feel the performances (even the wins) have not been that convincing as they should have been. The tunnel seems too dark and am yet to see that kind of light. We fans are waiting for you gentlemen to really pull up your socks, give everything on the pitch what it takes to be an United player, what it takes to be a red devil and then reap the results. I want a new era to begin and do not just want to sit back on the glory of the past.
#GloryGloryManchesterUnited
It took a couple of days for the news to sink in. And the last game against West Brom sealed the event. The guard of honour, the standing ovation, the loud claps, Sir Alex saluting the fans, everything materialised his retirement and we had to chew this piece of news. Till then it was known David Moyes was handed over the charge to manage United. I was a bit pessimistic about the news, but then Sir Alex obviously must have known what was he doing and we had to be behind the new manager. But then the Moyes era did not last even more than a year. It turned out to be disastrous and United; the champions of 2013 Barclays Premier League ended the year in the seventh position;even out of the top four. And to add to the woes, of course out of the Champions League. As a crazy and sincere fan I was really worried as I did not want United to be in the "You Will Never Walk Alone" list.
And then some ray of hope crept in, Even after finishing out of the top four we could secure the services of Louis Van Gaal. Besides guiding the Netherlands to the second runners up medal in the then just concluded World Cup, he has achieved various laurels with great teams like Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich etc. And I was like on seventh heaven. Signings like Angel Di Maria, Ander Herrera, Falcao etc seemed like the icing on the cake and I regained all lost hope. After an awesome pre-season Manchester United seemed to be back on the track. But the premier league success script of Louis Van Gaal is yet to be written if LVG and his men seriously mean to write one. We are yet waiting for the era to begin the way Fergie left it at, an era of optimism, an era of hope, an era of positivity, an era recreating the fear for which Manchester United was known to be. Until now the results have been very mixed sort of and what I feel the performances (even the wins) have not been that convincing as they should have been. The tunnel seems too dark and am yet to see that kind of light. We fans are waiting for you gentlemen to really pull up your socks, give everything on the pitch what it takes to be an United player, what it takes to be a red devil and then reap the results. I want a new era to begin and do not just want to sit back on the glory of the past.
#GloryGloryManchesterUnited
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