Terrace Talk: Man United - Perish the thought: Has the Ole bounce ended?

Here’s a bout of possible déjà vu for you. “Nobody wants to say it out loud, but quite a few Reds are thinking it: has the Ole Bounce ended? The sensible response to this is to shrug and say you knew this day would come. The post-appointment euphoria and adrenaline would only take them all so far. Eventually, old problems would resurface and remind the Powers That Be of the need to address them.”

That was actually written here a few February days after United salvaged a desperate draw against Burnley, a game followed by a very unconvincing win at Leicester. The warning shot-cum-reality check turned out to be a tad premature but it’s perhaps better timed now. Two defeats in a row, and with the memory of the first leg humiliation against PSG still fresh-ish in the mind, have caused some cautious voices to be raised about the danger of us getting too carried away by Ole at the wheel.