straight to your inbox When analysing Manchester United's fall from supremacy since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, it is not just the drop-off in points and the string of failures to challenge for the title that stands out.
To get the statistical element out of the way, United averaged 83 points a season in the 21 years between Ferguson's first title and last.
In the seven seasons since they've averaged just 68 points.But they also average 77 goals a campaign in those 21 glorious years under the Scot.
In the seven seasons since they average just 61 goals a season. That's a loss of 15 points a season and 16 goals. It doesn't take a PhD in rocket science to work out where United's problems might lie.A lot has been said about United's.
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