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Thoughts on Last Night and Beyond

I am trying to be balanced about this but it is not easy. There has been a split in the United support since around mid-September between those who are utterly horrified at the tactical straightjacket that Micky Mellon has placed on the players in order to protect our defence but has seen us grind out points (often 0-0's but every now and again, grab a win against the bottom six teams) but has led to some of the worst football I have ever seen a Dundee United side produce. This group has argued that the players we have, although clearly not great, have more to offer in an attacking sense especially given our strikers but are being completely stifled as an attacking force by the manager. The other group argues that points on the board are all that matter and that the club's very survival this season is at stake due to the financial havoc of Covid 19 and that performances don't matter, only the league table and the balance sheet. Now of course ultimately, the club's healt