Manchester United’s season has gone from one struggle to another under David Moyes.
Unless you’ve been hibernating for the last nine months, you can’t
fail to have seen what, for some, has been the crumbling of an empire,
with
the reigning Premier League champions a staggering 18 points off the top of the table, and
12 points behind the top four already.
Throw in the (high) likelihood of no European football in 2014-15, an
FA Cup third round defeat at home by Swansea, and
a 2-0 Champions League second round first leg loss to Olympiacos, and United have endured their worst campaign in over two decades.
Supporters who have got used to success during Sir Alex Ferguson’s
27-year tenure have struggled to come to terms with their return to
mortality under
their new boss and are no doubt worried that their beleaguered side has hit rock bottom.
But perhaps they haven’t.
For United, who have lost eight times in the league this term, there
are still milestones which stand to be wrecked in their final 11 league
matches…