Scribble wrote:
I think the title is pretty open this season, I wouldn’t dis-count Villa, City aren’t the team they were last term, Arsenal away form is patchy and haven’t been totally convincing at home, Liverpool and Tottenham blow hot and cold, so it might be a closer run thing with four or five teams in the race, that’s got to be a good thing rather than a one or two horse race
Seven year old boy visits Santa, he was asked what he wanted for Christmas, the boy replied a unicorn please, Santa said don’t be ridiculous ask for something sensible, so the boy replied, a top four finish for Man Utd, Santa turned to the boy and asked, What colour unicorn do you want?
The media spinning constant narratives really does influence thinking. United finished 3rd last season and this season, despite suffering the most number of injuries of all PL sides in the first half of it, they're still only 3 points off the top 4. And have equal points as Spurs, who you've included in the title race discussion!
I think it's so tight that there's a number of teams battling for the top 4 - and United are definitely one of those. Some have got to miss out though, and if the injury issue doesn't even itself up then United may well be one of them. But they've got every bit as much of a chance as the likes of Villa, Spurs and Newcastle despite the media talk being all positive for those three and all negative for United.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the negativity about United dropping off and becoming a team battling for a top 4 spot and not, realistically, for the title. But so OTT and relentless is the negative reporting that they somehow become seen as a 'joke' for battling with other big clubs for top 4 in the strongest league in the world.