English football team Manchester United, are
not having the best of times after two costly penalty miss that has left them 4
points adrift of league leaders Liverpool. Now with a fumbling goalkeeper DeGea
to cope with it is a matter of time before coach Ole Gunner Solkjear would be
made to pay for it. His strategy has not come under searchlight yet, but the
Club’s poor involvement in the purchase of new players has not gone down well
with fans who are clearly holding Ed Woodword responsible. They stroll him for lack of activities in the
open window that saw the arrival of only David James, Maguire and Aaron Wan-bisaka.
As most soccer pundits have observed, the current crop of players lacks
confidence and they are bereft of ideas in almost all departments. “This is not
the team that will confront Manchester City or Liverpool”, quoted one Ben
Hanson.
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