In Giggsy We Trust!

...proclaimed a sign held up by a young fan at Old Trafford, Saturday with sentiments undoubtedly echo'd around the world.

These sentiments were certainly echo'd in this corner of the world, by this particular fellow United fan.


It has been a turbulent and extremely disappointing season for the millions of followers of Manchester United, and no matter what the outcome of the newest managerial search, it was a great relief to see the second half performance yesterday.  As promised, Ryan had returned to the United way of playing football.  A style which had seemed destined to be forgotten for as long as the board continued to believe that David Moyes was indeed "The Chosen One".

No matter how poorly the club managed the situation, the fact that they did manage the situation, albeit in all likelihood too late to save even an appearance in next season's Europa League, came as a great relief to many.

At work on Monday (PDT - west coast US - time for me) I was as giddy as a schoolboy, as one of my co-workers - a Liverpool fan - commented on my excitement.  I had read the rumors and was convinced that the announcement was imminent.  Even though it took until Tuesday morning for the official news, I knew that we were about to be relieved of the anguish of watching awful performance after awful performance, interrupted by the occasional slight improvement that offered glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel.

For me, the 0:3 home defeat at the hands of Liverpool had been the final straw, and forced my to come out on Facebook against Mr Moyes.  I had tried to be loyal to Sir Alex, and support the new manager, but that performance left me in little doubt that this job was beyond him.  All of the unwanted records of the season, losing at home to West Brom, Everton and Newcastle were each bad in their own right, but the performance (or lack thereof) against Liverpool spoke volumes.  Similar displays against City and then Everton confirmed this, and finally the board had to take action, and they did.

So, a wasted season, but hopefully these last four games will be a positive experience, and whoever the board select as the next new manager can continue that momentum into the 14/15 season....it probably won't be Ryan this time around, but at some point in the not too distant future it will be, then once again we can all proclaim...."In Giggsy We Trust".