Why don’t we start this match report with two statements:
United fans left Hillsborough on Tuesday night slightly ruing the fact they couldn’t make their late onslaught count and take home all three points.
United fans were disappointed to find out that point wasn’t enough to keep them in League One’s top six as they dropped to seventh.
The fact that both these things can be true might be the biggest sign yet of how positive a situation United find themselves in right now. To go to a ground where recent memory has only yielded a 6-0 and 5-0 defeat, to once again come from behind in front of a team with quality across the park in front of 30,000 fans, and to be the team that had the biggest shout of actually winning the game especially in the latter stages, shows all the signs of why we should sit here excited about the potential of this team. There are things to fix, absolutely. But whisper it quietly: this might be a serious football team worthy of a fight for the top 6.
At this point, we are not where we are by accident. A drop off may still come, and it may see this still faint dream of a promotion challenge seem like a fanciful dream from the past, but the points we’re picking up are deserved.
On Tuesday night we saw yet another feather in the cap of this spirited U’s side. After succumbing to just their second defeat of the season against Plymouth on Saturday, the question quickly turned to one of football’s most iconic portmanteaus: bouncebackability.
