The board.

5 years of severe underinvestment. We used to get away with it because of Fergie, it's not the case. I don't think Van Gaal should have been sacked in December, but I'd be shocked if he's still here next season if he can't scrape top 4.

People are disillusioned with the fact that this is now 3 years after Ferguson. I truly argue that Moyes was not a manager to change anything. Moyes tried to continue what Fergie did, and that failed. Van Gaal is unlucky, because if this had happened last year, after clearing out the squad in the first year after Ferguson I don't think people would be that against him. But now it's coming into 3 years of not being competitive, that's a big issue.

Finally, people think Mourinho will walk in and turn us competitive. No. It will still take him at the very least a year of results quite similar to the ones we had this season. We will beat the shittier teams in the league, but not be as good as the top, the opposite of this season. This squad shows today, more than ever, that when anyone brings the game to us, we can't do it. In my honest opinion, Carrick, Rashford, Lingard, Fosu, Blind (at center half), even Schneiderlin maybe, should not be starting a game like this. One or two of them should, but not all 6 of them together, no way. That's underinvestment, not Van Gaal. Who else was he going to start with? That's our best 11 which is the problem.

Ideally, I would like to give Van Gaal the third year and have Mourinho wait till December next season, but that won't happen. That is why everyone wants Mourinho this very instant. Mourinho won't win the title in his first year, and half a season is enough for him to learn the squad and acquire who he wants. Regardless of who the next manager is next season we need to buy at least 6 more players. 3 players each more than 60 million quid, and then 3 more solid squad players to be used effectively off the bench and bring real competition. Unfortunately I don't think the funds required will be allocated to either Van Gaal or Mourinho, and that is the inherent problem, not the manager, he's temporary, lack of spending is what's fucking us over this year. No class from the Fergie days. They either retired or left, and they were all in the tail end of their careers. The United rebuild was bigger than Spurs, not vice versa.