Expectations are higher at Man United this season but they still cannot be picky as they prepare to defend the League Cup.
The League Cup is not the most cherishable trophy but still impressive in the flesh. Two days after Manchester United regained it last season, it was on display in the Jimmy Murphy Centre at Carrington and those of us present for a press conference were invited to have our photograph with it.
Ten Hag placed the League Cup front and centre on the table at Wembley in a vast room double for a lecture theatre. When the press conference ended, Ten Hag forgot the cup until alerted by journalists.After United won the League Cup for only the second time in 2006, the United Rant website wrote, "Thanks, Sir Alex, but now go... It's a trophy - not an important one - but some silverware nonetheless. Go with your head held high.
Ten Hag seldom rotates en masse and when he made eight changes for the quarter-final last term, it was against League One Charlton Athletic and four days before the Manchester derby at Old Trafford. United comfortably won 3-0. Mourinho's arrival in English football was the best rebranding the League Cup could have had. Since Chelsea's victory over Liverpool at Cardiff in 2005, only Birmingham City and Swansea City have won the competition outside the elite.
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