Readers might be wondering what former
Nigerian President, Olusegun
Obasanjo and former
Manchester United supremo,
Sir Alex Ferguson have in
common? Apart from both of them
having the word “former”
attached to their names,
they both played big parts in
choosing their successors.
However, while we all know what became of Chief
Obasanjo’s own protégé,
Ferguson’s own is still a
work in progress. But if
what has transpired in the
past few days is anything to go by, then United fans have
a right to harbour fears over
Fergie’s choice of David
Moyes to succeed him in the
hot seat. In the space of a
few days the feel good factor that the 50-year-old
had with his opening day
win over Swansea and
gritty performance against
Chelsea has dissipated first
with his defeat at Anfield and then United’s quite
frankly abject display in the
summer transfer. While
Ferguson suffered his own
share of setbacks at
Liverpool many will question Moyes selection and
tactics in arguably the
biggest match of his pledging
United reign. For instance,
why did he start Ryan Giggs
for a match of such magnitude and then
opt to leave him on and
replace Ashley Young, who
at the time of his
replacement has been one of
United’s better players? But if this was annoying,
United’s transfer dealing (or
lack of it) is the one to set
the alarm bells ringing. Is it
that because of Moyes United
has now lost the ability to attract players to Old
Trafford? Whatever be the
reason United fans are clearly
unhappy and worried with
the fact that marquee
players have not brought into the club. Even Moyes’
fixation with Belgian
midfielder, Marouane Fellaini
has raised some eyebrows
with a number of experts
questioning the rationale pointing out that the former
Everton man is not what
United needs right now.
“Fellaini, while a fine player,
does not appear to be the
identikit of the sort of midfield player needed to
reinvigorate a department of
United’s team that is in
urgent need of repair. “He
will provide power, aerial
threat and goals. Fellaini will also provide an element of
enforcement but will he
really provide the element of
craft and creation United’s
midfield needs?” wrote BBC’s
Chief football writer, Phil McNulty in his column. Only
time will tell if Ferguson’s
hand will end up like
Obasanjo’s or if it will turn
out to be the move of the
century – but until then, I suspect that we (United fans)
are in for a nerve wracking,
nail-biting season!
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