'You have been the most fantastic experience of my life. I've been able to manage some of the greatest players in the country. Those last-minute goals, the comebacks, even the defeats, are all part of this great football club of ours. Your job now is to stand by our new manager.'
So read placards put up inside the Sir Alex Ferguson stand at Old Trafford, stirring words excerpted from the former manager's goodbye speech.
Presumably they were chosen to encourage supporters to give David Moyes' regime a chance. After nearly 27 years of having Ferguson at the helm, nobody knew how fans would react to change.
Nobody thought the handover process would be easy.
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And it hasn't been. The 1-1 draw against Southampton at home on Saturday was a real disappointment. Mauricio Pochettino's side are flying high and are tough to beat, but title-contenders need to win matches like that at home.
Defeats against rivals Liverpool and Manchester City stung, but were understandable. The former was even avenged, to some extent, though the Capital One Cup victory later that month.
Losing away at West Bromwich Albion was worrying though. With the game poised at 1-1 and Robin van Persie thrown on to join Wayne Rooney up front, United simply don't lose from that position.
And yet they did, youngster Saido Berahino's strike condemning Moyes' side to defeat. How many games have we watched where Manchester United find a goal from somewhere late on, when they need it? 'Those last-minute goals, the comebacks'.
United have played eleven games this season in all competitions. They've been close to their best in perhaps two of them.
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