Consolidation still key despite Old Trafford display

SO NOW the penny is beginning to drop. From the start, this season had ‘CONSOLIDATION’ branded into its wrinkled flesh and we’ve seen little to change that perception.

A galling admission to make in the middle of September after dejectedly traipsing out of the vile pit.

No rash judgements about failure — whatever that word actually means nowadays — should be made on the back of defeat at United. If you remove the freakish Houllier years from the records, our results there have been appalling.