Manchester United are currently enduring a long trail of misery, Paul Parker has said. He recently admitted that life at Old Trafford is now awful, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he experienced the defeats vs Palace, Fulham at the end of last season, plus Palace again days ago, and a lot of fans were telling him how bored they were at the stadium.
Parker added that it worries him how long the brand of Manchester United can mask what is really happening on the pitch.
His words, “I was there for the Palace game – went to the Fulham game at the end of last season and now Palace – and, wow, it’s just awful.
A lot of people are coming up to me and telling me they are bored. I think that is what it’s become now, there is no excitement. United was always about bums off seats, get the ball out to wide players who could run with and without it, midfield players that can make storming runs into the box – they have lost that. They have lost that X-factor, that box office appeal at this moment.
It worries me how long the name of Manchester United can carry what’s happening on the pitch. Nostalgia-wise, for United, is massive. That is great for ex-players but it’s not really what we want, we want to turn up to Old Trafford and get annoyed because people aren’t interested in us.
I don’t want to be talking to people all miserable, I want to come out and say positive things. I can’t think of a positive thing to say at this moment in time. It’s just not good.”
WOW.
Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.
Nicknamed the Red Devils, they were founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed their name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to their current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.
Alex Ferguson and his assistant Archie Knox arrived from Aberdeen on the day of Atkinson’s dismissal, and guided the club to an 11th-place finish in the league. Despite a second-place finish in 1987–88, the club was back in 11th place the following season. Reportedly on the verge of being dismissed, Ferguson’s job was saved by victory over Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup final.
The following season, Manchester United claimed their first UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup title. That triumph allowed the club to compete in the European Super Cup for the first time, where United beat European Cup holders Red Star Belgrade 1–0 at Old Trafford. The club appeared in two consecutive League Cup finals in 1991 and 1992, beating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the second to win that competition for the first time as well.
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