Has Jose Mourinho earned an average second season at Man United?

IS there such a thing as Second Season Syndrome, of some sort? Y’know, akin to the Second Album Syndrome, so beloved of pop geeks?

José Mourinho is facing his second full season in charge of Manchester United, where his predecessors’ records offer mixed pickings for Red rune-readers. Is the second full season always the make-or-breaker?

Matt Busby, naturally, had a brilliant and stylish second, as did Big Ron and Tommy Doc, thus setting the defining tone for successful reigns. And at the other end of the historical squirm-scale, Poor Wilf (McGuinness) and Even Poorer Frank (O’Farrell) weren’t allowed to complete their second attempts, so wretched were they.