Positives and negatives from the season

[jono]

I we'd held on to our leads this season we would have 12 extra points and be top of the table.

If that fact is correct then that is amazing! I recall some games where we played really well and once we got the lead we just bottled it big time and let the opposition get back into the game and ended up with a draw! That happened mid season, and I am hoping that we learned enough for it not to happen again. We were unable to kill off a lot of games and paid the price for it. Do that and we will be up there!!

[Skillz]

The Gerrard bit I don't agree with. I agree he is less influential in those games, but I think it has more to do with superior defending and tactics of the top sides compared to the rest. Their aim is to limit the influence of Gerrard, which they seem to do pretty well. I think Gerrard either needs to find some way to break those shackles, or the players around him need to step up their influence on the game.

People level the same complaint against Ronaldo without seeming to acknowledge the tactics of the opposition.

The rest I agree with, although you do sound a little too much like Andy Gray

Very good point. It would be great if Gerrard could overcome this but when against the best managers and teams it is so much harder. The Ronaldo comparison is very valid.

[willa1975]

This season was frustrating as hell...two months of **** form in the fall, after the 6-0 win over Derby until the 8-0 over Besiktas, and another two months of **** form starting with Wigan at home until we battered Inter in the Champions' League. That's the difference between us and United/Chelsea...you don't see them going through prolonged dry spells in the league. And it happens every ****ing season. The really frustrating thing about it is that, despite our initial run of horrible form, we were in the thick of the title race in mid-December, and who knows what would have happened had we gotten better results at home against the likes of Birmingham and Wigan (sides we should beat handily at home), Villa (typical frustrating draw dominated by us), and Chelsea (Rob ****ing styles...). Add to that the fiasco that Gillet/Hicks have become, especially with Hicks' refusal to sell despite not having the financial resources to fund the stadium or give Rafa the necessary finances for the transfers we need to reach the next level. If Hicks had ****ed off this season, we'd be in a much stronger position going into the summer, with the ownership issue sorted.

That being said, we definitely made progress this season. United, in my opinion, were a stronger side this season than last, but we finished 11 points back this term, compared to 21 a season ago. Only 4 losses in the league, compared to 10 last year. I also feel that Rafa did an excellent job in the transfer market, bringing in the likes of Babel, Lucas, Skrtel and (of course) Torres when, taking into account what we recouped from player sales, we didn't spend much more than in previous seasons.

And Torres' performance this season...I think everything that can be said about him already has.

Unfortunately, though, we've got a lot of work to do for next season, and my lack of confidence in Hicks' competence as an owner, and Avram Grant as a manager, have me feeling that United winning number 18 next year is all but inevitable.

[Leyton388]

Positive this season

Torres that is it for me. Season has been **** with everything that has gone on and today has topped it for me.