MANCHESTER UNITEDS' LONG EXISTING ISSUES NOW PREVENTING THE CLUB FROM ACHIEVING TOP SUCCESS - WHAT'S STOPPING MANCHESTER UNITED FROM LIFTING THE PREMIER LEAGUE AND THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHIES AGAIN?

So, let's talk about this!

Let’s talk about this big elephant in the room that continues to hinder the progress of the Manchester United football club! 

 

Let's talk about this big elephant in the room because the truth of the matter is that a lot of people around the football club or even worse, a lot of people inside the football club have continued to ignore the presence of this massive elephant in the room. An elephant whose ability to move around Manchester United while remaining undiscovered within Manchester United might turn out to be quite shocking to anyone who finally discovers the existence of this elephant at Manchester United and more kudos to the select few people who have chosen not to turn a blind eye to the existence of this elephant at Old Trafford.

The truth is that credit should be given where credit is due. In this case, credit should be given to Manchester United F.C in small part because the club has continued attempting to at least pull up some level of resistance against this massive issue.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

However, the fact of the matter is that, whether this situation was cultivated by Manchester United directly or indirectly, the club itself has also been a massive body enabling the continued presence of this current issue which has been hindering the success of Manchester United football club for quite a while.  

 

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Despite the massive level of ignorance or the massive level of partial blindness currently in effect within Manchester United, the fact of the matter is that discrimination continues to be a massive issue that has now started to hinder the level of success generated at Manchester United. 

 

The deeper issue which has further accommodated the presence of this unfortunate situation within the Manchester United football club or the deeper issue which has further maintained the possibility of this virus called racism and discrimination to continue to remain within Manchester United's system rendering the success of the football club rather stagnant is that a good portion of the Manchester United fan base appears to be rather unaware of the role the fan base is currently playing to maintain the presence of this negative situation at Manchester United football club.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The reality is that the active presence of player discrimination at Manchester United - a situation which might not necessarily be inflicted at players directly from the hands of Manchester United, but a situation which nevertheless Is inflicted on Manchester United players as a result of various source round the walls of Old Trafford.  

 

Furthermore, the presence of player discrimination and player bias has manifested itself in the form of the unfair criticism certain players receive over the performances Manchester United delivers on matchdays. Although more often than not, some of the struggles Manchester United displays on the pitch are not necessarily the fault of these particular players specifically.  

 

 

 

On the contrary, the lack of success in Manchester United has not been a case of top stars failing to perform constantly. Rather the blockade Manchester United has been facing on their part to success has manifested itself in the form of other players within this Manchester United team who have been unable to deliver at the same level as the top players within the Manchester United starting XI failing to deliver on the level of quality demanded from each Manchester United player consistently. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

If some people are still be confused as to what this topic is about, here is a massive clue as to the real topic which seems to be missing at the center of a few discussions taking place in this article-  

 

Why was Manchester United striker Anthony Elenga revealed to have received massive criticism and various attacks on social media after a missed penalty in a match against Middlesbrough at the start of February 2022 even though players such as Cristiano Ronaldo missed glorious opportunities to win the game for Manchester United during 90 minutes of regular time in the match? 

 

Here is the best part, Manchester United striker Anthony Elanga received threats and profanities directed at him online after he missed a penalty in the match although the match was played in the FA Cup. A competition in which Manchester United has not exactly made its primary focus in terms of completions the Red Devils are intent on winning this season. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For a Manchester United fan base that peddles the idea that the football club is bigger than any other football club and therefore the football club should be aiming for top glory and for a fanbase that claims that Manchester United is indeed one of the biggest clubs in the world and therefore should be overlooking some trophies in search for the bigger prizes in modern-day football, the reports of attacks directed `specifically at a young, black, player for missing a penalty in an FA Cup match is rather telling of where the mindset of a good portion of the Manchester United fanbase lie.

The attack on the young player specifically is made even more ridiculously nauseating because the entire Manchester United team had not played well in a match where the Red Devils were expected to dominate against a second division English football side. There can be no denying that the attack on the young player really does magnify just how uneducated some of the Manchester United fans have really revealed themselves the be in the modern era

 

Also, the fact that a massive part of the Manchester United fan base went ahead to attack a young black player specifically -although Manchester United's biggest players were really showing signs of massive struggle against a team from the English second division also known as THE CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION- further exemplified just how deep-seated a good portion of the Manchester United fan base have embedded themselves in the rotten mindset ruled by discrimination. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on a related note, the Manchester United fan base which went ahead to attack a young player for reasons clearly based on his race But attempted to be disguised under the guise of an angry fan base who were upset that the young player missed a penalty in an FA Cup match.

The disguise of the fan base was clearly overturned When the reality hit that eat that the fan base had attacked the one specific young player while some of the Manchester United fan bases who engaged in this disgusting act clearly overlooked the fact that one of the most expensive, one of Manchester United's most iconic player the football club has ever had in Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty in the same game during the 90 minutes of regular time.

 

The reality is that Cristiano Ronaldo missed a goal that would have put Manchester United ahead and basically clinched the match for Manchester United before the end of the game - a situation which ultimately led to the downfall and the elimination of Manchester United from the competition.  A clear situation which some Manchester United fans failed to grasp and instead proceeded to make that way to the social media of a young Anthony Elanga Who was confirmed to have received an uncomfortable amount of profanities directed at him through his social media account.

 

The fact that Manchester United fans ignored all this and decided to go after the young black player instead says a lot about just how much the issue of ratio abuse and targeted criticism has eclipsed the Manchester United football club. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While sympathies continue to be passed on to the young Manchester United forward Anthony Elanga with his fellow teammates now understood to have passed on words of encouragement for the young player to continue his development and continue playing his best football, the fact the matter is that what was understood to have transpired on social media on February 4th, 2022 was not what could be described as an of the blue event that could possibly only happen once in a blue moon.  

 

 

Rather this is a situation that has occurred as a result of a mindset that Manchester United football club themselves has cultivated within the club and allowed to fester in and around the club for decades now.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Manchester United fans are true to be blamed for the subject of targeted criticism based less on the football and more on the players' race and while any football fan involved in the act of targeted criticism directed at a specific player on the bases of discrimination should be reprimanded with the highest extent of the law, the fact of the matter remains that Manchester United football club themselves have indulged the existence of player profiling and player targeting as a result of Manchester United's lack of inflated player diversity within the Manchester United team.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a question that provides realistic facts of what the club has done for the past decade. How many players have made their way into Manchester United throughout the clubs' history?  

 

Here’s the follow up question-just how many of the black players within this list of players who have been signed by Manchester United over the past decade have been given an equal opportunity to really settle down and succeed within the Manchester United first-team without facing a battle against lack of quality minutes on the pitch while subsequently fending off the massive criticism thrown at these specific players direction?  

 

Let's sit back and count out just a few of these players in Wes Brown, Quintine Fortune, Nani, Anderson da Silva, Danny Welbeck, Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand now of course let's add Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford, and the aforementioned Anthony Elanga. This can be categorized as just some of the list of names Manchester United can present as some of the players' Manchester United has brought in as evidence of the club's ongoing efforts to stand on the side of diversity. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A good portion of readers might look at this list and conclude that this is an impressive number of players to suggest that Manchester United are indeed promoting diversity and while a good portion of readers might also suggest that a good number of names are still missing within this list of players with Tyler Blackett being one of a few more players not mentioned in the list.  

 

 

As a result of the names listed, the case can then be presented that considering this list of names of colored players the Red Devils have been able to sign over the past decade at least, Manchester United have indeed endeared themself to be a club strongly invested in applying diversity as a key tool used in moving the club forward towards achieving success. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This point of Manchester United strongly revealing itself as a club continuously including diversity as a key component of its success might be true.  

 

However, there is one key evidence or more specifically one key question which negates the case of Manchester United being regarded as a club truly focused on incorporating diversity at the center of its success which is the simple question of can anyone honestly say that the ratio between non-Caucasian players and Caucasian players whom Manchester United have signed in the past decade is not massively lopsided in favor of Caucasian players?  

 

 

(Part 2 will be available on Monday, February 28, 2022)