Musim ini cukup dengan gelar BPL saja?

[zudomiriku]

Manchester United's Season: A Glorious Disappointment?



The contrast between Manchester United's exits from the Champions League and the FA Cup could not have been greater.

Spurred on by a sense of injustice and a raucous atmosphere, United's defeat at home to Real Madrid last month felt like a glorious failure, a team on the verge of greatness simply victims of circumstance.

Monday’s disappointment at Stamford Bridge was an entirely different affair.

United played well for half an hour but failed to carve Chelsea open. From there on in, it was a carbon copy of the match at Old Trafford just over a fortnight ago. In truth, United had David de Gea to thank for keeping them in the competition on that occasion but even he was helpless to stop Demba Ba’s exquisite goal early in the second half.

Somewhat perversely, given the nature of last season’s title challenge, this season could end up feeling like something of a disappointment. During preseason, any sensible United fan would have told you that the league was the priority. That hasn’t changed and yet the surprising ease with which it looks like the title will be recaptured has led many supporters to dream big.

Fifteen points clear at the top of the table without playing particularly fluidly led some observers to believe the league was just the beginning. As it turns out, it’s the beginning, middle and end. The entire story of the season.

The obvious comparison is with the 1999/2000 season. United dispensed with the FA Cup, won the league at a canter and crashed out of the Champions League at the hands of a very fine Real Madrid side.

The context, however, is completely different. United entered that season off the back of the greatest domestic season in English football history. This time around they started the campaign still reeling from the final kick of last season. Sir Alex Ferguson began plotting his revenge mere moments after Aguero clinched the league for Manchester City.

Since the Real Madrid game at the start of last month, United, a team on course to break all manner of records, have barely produced a performance worthy of the name. The displays against Sunderland, Reading and Chelsea twice have been lacklustre at best.

Some have suggested that Ferguson was foolish not to rest more players on Saturday against Sunderland, but one can only assume he hoped some of the squad could play their way back into form. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be and van Persie continued to look a shadow of his former self while Nani produced a performance so bad it almost made one nostalgic for Bébé.



United can blame a referee and 15 minutes of tactical naivety over two legs for their Champions League exit but the domestic double was still very much a possibility. Unfortunately, the endeavours of that European clash caught up with them later in the week and the team hasn’t been the same since. As the season approaches its denouement, Manchester United fans are left with a number of what ifs, not a common sensation under the leadership of Ferguson.

It is important to keep a sense of perspective. The reason the fans might feel a sense of disappointment at ending the season without more than a single trophy is a result of the encouraging emergence of the finest United squad since the days of 2007/2008.

If anything, this tame cup exit will ensure there is no papering over the cracks. Reinforcements are needed in a number of positions. This is a young team with a bright future but if they want to emulate the heroes of the treble winning side then they’ll have to learn a thing or two about digging deep.

A disappointing end to the season? Possibly. But it looks like there’s still a 20th title on the way and don’t bet against this team using that as a springboard for even greater success in the future.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1588539-manchester-uniteds-season-a-glorious-disappointment

sebenarnya musim ini komposisi skuad yg ada berpeluang u/ meraih treble, tapi satu persatu gelar itu lepas, hanya menyisakan gelar BPL. di UCL, kalah menyakitkan akibat kontroversial kartu merah Nani, di piala FA baru2 ini juga kalah tipis oleh Chelsea, padahal waktu di OT sempat unggul. dan di Capital One kalo gak salah kalah juga sama Chelsea bukan cmiiw.
padahal sebelumnya tim musim ini digadang2 bakal meraih treble & sempat dibandingkan dengan skuad treble'99. jadi apakah musim ini United 'harus puas' dengan (kemungkinan) 1 gelar saja? kira2 apa yg harus diperbaiki agar musim depan bisa dapat treble ato setidaknya double ato minimal mempertahankan gelar BPL?

[rondwisan]

Nah itu dia Oom Brow ...
Gw paling parno klo udah ngebanding2in skuad yg ada dengan skuad terdahulu (terutama saat meraih treble '99), sejak awal musim 4 striker yg ada udah disamain aja ama 4 striker era '98/'99 itu ..., udah gitu pencapaian point yg jadi rekor di tengah musim (yg gini2 klo digede2in malahan bisa jadi beban tersendiri), lanjut setelah lolos fase group UCL (udah ngerasa paling jago aja nih, pdhl masih ada 15 team laen) mulai deh wacana treble kembali dicuatkan, pdhl hasil2 di group ataupun pencapaian di liga gak ada yg terlalu spektakuler, "come back King" yg dikedepankan, semakin enggak aja deh menurut gw, beneran deh, kekalahan dari Madrid di OT (terlepas dari red card Nani) jadi titik balik dan bikin performa makin nggak karuan, iya sih masih bisa menang tipis dari Reading dan Sunderland (meski maennya 'mengenaskan'), but hasil draw dari Chelsea di OT. ??? setelah sempet leading 2-0, masih untung aja waktu itu gk langsung kalah, secara De Gea bbrp kali mematahkan peluang matang pemain2 Chelsea.

Yah treble lewat double pun minggat ..., masih tersisa satu peluang untuk meraih trophy di akhir musim, kudu bener2 serius nih United, jangan sampai selisih 15 pts yg ada malah 'membuaikan' dan menbuat lengah, leading 15 point dan lawan2 tersisa udah pernah dikalahin, kalo gk dimaintain bener malah bisa kepedean n dapet hasil sebaliknya lho.

Just play like United played, fight and focus jangan lagi kehilangan konsentrasi n lack of passion. RvP gk score gk masalah, masih ada pemain2 lain yg kudu bisa.

Semoga deh 1 gelar tersisa di musim ini nggaka ikutan ciao #menolaklupahasilmusimlalu

[Oom Panda]

United bisa aja menangin semuanya, kalo saja Fergie ga aneh2 pas nentuin pemainnya. And this season, Winger2 United bener sempak semua.. ga ada yang beres, ga ada yang kreatif...

So here we are with only BPL Title left.. Hope players and SAF ga ngaco sampe musim abis...

[fredrian.seven]

Awal musim mungkin semua ngenilai kedalaman skuad cukup buat ngarungi kompetisi mayor. Tapi ya siapa sangka ternyata nggak semua pemaen bisa maksimal dan konsisten. Vale yang biasanya konsisten bagus musim ini konsisten ancur. Pemaen laen juga sama. Hanya beberapa aja yang bisa konsisten seperti Carrick. Jadi ya kedalaman skuad United musim ini cuma bisa maksimal 1 gelar.

[rondwisan]

Jadi inget kata oom tetangga sebelah ya ..., musim ini United 'beruntung' bisa berada di posisi puncak klasemen, kmrn2 sih gak setuju banget ama pernyataan tsb, but semakin kesini kok jadi rasanya ada benernya juga yaa ..., hehee ...
United masih bisa raih point bahkan saat bermain under perform, what a lucky ..

Yah emang sejak awal musim sih kita masih boleh berbangga dengan target pencapaian raihan trophy EPL, dibandingkan club2 laen yg 'hanya' menargetkan slot UCL misalnya

United sendiri kudu maen 'bener' di setiap match, jika ada trophy laen yg ikutan kebawa, anggep aja bonus deh ..., entah itu League Cup, FA Cup atau UCL ..

[Rean]

melihat performa tim akhir2 ini koq rasanya meraih 1 gelar saja sudah cukup pantas. united di paruh musim kedua ini tidak bermain seperti paruh musim pertama.

[ivanzferdinand]

Semoga Bisa.. Karena cuma fokus pada EPL..
Rvp cuma butuh pengumpan aja sih sebenernya, klo di timnas stock pengumpan bejibun jadi yaa tinggal nunggu dr Sneidjer ato Robben..

[Redsbusby]

Apakah kita ngerasa cukup dgn 1 gelar?

Tim kita gak konsisten. Paruh pertama musim kita luar biasa, banyak fans termasuk gw optimis bahwa musim ini kita bisa dapet 3 gelar. gw ngerasa kedalaman skuad dirasa cukup untuk bermain di banyak kompetisi mayor.

Tapi diparuh musim kedua, kita seperti kecapekan. Robin van Persie ngilang, dan kita gak bisa sepenuhnya mengelak kalo masih ada fans yg ngasi sindiran 'Manchester United is Robin'. Apapun mungkin alasan sebenernya (Entah karena RvP menurun, pemain lain yg menurun yg berimbas ke performa RvP atau mungkin taktik + kebijakan rotasi yg salah, faktanya Robin mandul & United limbung. Gabisa nyalahin cidera, disisa musim ini kita dlm kondisi bagus ; pemain kunci 'gak ada' yg cidera, pertahanan OK, tengah OK, sayang depan gak demikian.

Awal musim kita kadang pake diamond, RvP pun rajin bikin gol. Paruh musim kedua pemain sayap kita masuk, Nani Young, formasi 442 jd formasi utama lg. Harusnya secara logika kualitas permainan kita lebih bagus, nyatanya malah gak demikian. Jd bisa gw bilang, hancurnya sektor sayap adalah slh 1 pnyebab. Gw yg ngerasa kedalaman skuad kita meyakinkan skrg jd bingung. Yang kedua, kalo diliat dr game lawan Chelsea, kita gapunya 2 Carrick. Ketiga, kebijakan rotasi Fergie gw rasa udah gampang dibaca. Game lawan Madrid, game lawan Chelsea, nunjukin kalo taktiknya udah bisa diantisipasi lawan euy. Dan akhirnya mungkin kebijakan transfer yg kurang bijak untuk posisi itu diawal musim.

Jadi, dgn inkonsistensi permainan (sampe ada ungkapan di media "United main jelek pun bisa menang.") yg gw gatau sepenuhnya kenapa, yah, gw rasa 1 trofi bukanlah hasil yg terlalu buruk meski sebenernya kita bisa seenggaknya dapet 2.. Musim depan coba lagi.

Ga ada alibi lg untuk nolak sindiran "MUFC, One Man Team", "Mancini: MUFC hanya beruntung saja", atau "Strategi Fergie sudah uzur."

[rondwisan]

Yah better lah revisi target, dari 3 ke 2 ke 1

Dari pada yg revisinya kebangeten, dari juara ke slot UCL ke slot Eropa, blom tau juga sih, ntar akhirnrya dapet apa nggak
*youknowwhatImeankhan

Super OOT

[Redsbusby]

Yang penting berkacanya jangan ke 1999, berkacanya ke tim jauh sono. Liat Bayern Munchen. 2 musim terakhir ga dapet apa2 selain supercup. Pokal ga dapet, Bundes ga dapet, boro2 UCL. Tapi sekarang udah 'kelewatan' mainnya. Dan feeling sih mereka bakal juara UCL.

Maksudnya, United kalo bisa kayak gitu, semakin padu, benahin skuad, 'emosi' dan kekesalan yg meluap dr ga dapet apa2 musim lalu, cuma dapet 1 musim ini (amin), bisa dirapel pelampiasannya musim depan..