We've only spent the most money in a season only twice in the 14 years since Abramovich came along and the Sheikh later. That was 07/08 which was a truly great season for us winning the PL and CL double and the other one was 2014/15 when LVG went bonkers with ADM and co.
Biggest spenders since the start of the sugar daddy era:
United 2 yrs
Chelsea 7yrs
Man City 5yrs (including the last 3 years)
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Now I'm not saying we've not had adequate amounts of cash spent our on squad because we have. The problem is we're not the only ones doing it and we've not done it as often as shown above.
Surely the current league table is about right? We were a lot worse than City last season and spent less in the summer. How exactly are we supposed to be top?
Utd should be doing better myth exposed
posted on 9/11/17
comment by CurrentlyInChina84Again (U11181)
posted 7 hours, 48 minutes ago
United We Win, I think our issues stem from a lack of long term planning. When Gill and SAF left, there wasn't anyone left on the footballing side of things. Ed is good with making money from commercial deals but he isn't a footballing man and the money we have ever spent on some players have been a joke.
There is a reason why some fans are asking for a DOF. We don't have one, we have no idea in hiring coaches. And fans, a lot of the younger fans have only known success, so aren't willing to be patient for a manager to build.
I'm not a Jose fan, but both this and last season we started playing well and then after the first defeat or a match against a rival and we start playing very pragmatically.
Our signings aren't helping when they all suit different styles of play. We need an overall plan on how we intend to play, and get in players that play that way, whether that means s keeping Jose style or not.
One more thing, despite City and Chelsea being the better teams recently, we're still the biggest club in the UK and one of the biggest in the world. If we actually look to make the right signings rather than just big name signings, that might help. None of our recent big name signings have lived up to the bill. Lukaku (still early though), Pogba so far, Mata nor Di Maria. Which brings me back to my first point. We need footballing men to deal with the football side of things when it comes to signing and recruitment of players and coaches.
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Good point about big signings. I think mata could work out, but he's shunted out of position and not given a run in the side. Do Maria was a big disappointment and pogba is nowhere near as good as he was built up to be, plus hides in big games, although he was showing some form (against poor teams) prior to injury.
posted on 11/11/17
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 2 days, 22 hours ago
comment by United we win (U19958)
posted 26 minutes ago
I don’t get why City or Chelsea fans should be annoyed or upset that they are funded by rich billionaires! They got a lucky break! Thsts how it works sometimes! Stratford stop these petty insults it’s embarrassing. It’s not the fans fault their clubs were bought by mega rich men! No idea why their fans would be anything but happy! Same way a guy who wins the lottery is not going to be upset because he didn’t organically earn it through hard life. United as a club have grown to be the powerhouse it is today by some lucky breaks!
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A nice bloke who wins the lottery and shows some humility is one thing.
A classless bunch of smug idiots who win the lottery and think they're the bees knees is another.
The latter are not in short supply in West London, and provoke the petty insult reaction that come from some fans.
There is a lot less ill feeling towards City fans because they are generally a lot more humble, probably reflecting where the club has come from with some real lows in recent times
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So you're an old school Spurs fan who doesn't like smug and arrogant fans? Well I would take a look at how your fans were during the Keith Burkenshaw era, we haven't forgotten just how smug and arrogant you were while we were languishing in Division 2, so you deserve all you get.
posted on 11/11/17
Summer
posted on 11/11/17
so you deserve all you get.
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Well said.
posted on 11/11/17
comment by Mr Chelsea - Flustrated (U3579)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
so you deserve all you get.
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Well said.
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Is the correct answer
You filthy rag baastard
posted on 11/11/17
comment by Paulpowersleftfoot (U1037)
posted 1 hour ago
comment by Mr Chelsea - Flustrated (U3579)
posted 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
so you deserve all you get.
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Well said.
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Is the correct answer
You filthy rag baastard
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He's a spurs fan you Bitter Bertie twaat
posted on 14/11/17
Bit late to this party.
Oh my, what a meltdown by the OP.
Skinned and filleted.
posted on 14/11/17
Has he posted since this aborticle?
posted on 14/11/17
Wouldn’t have thought so.
His lack of basic understanding shows more and more with each tripe he posts.
Feckin plastic.
posted on 22/11/17
So the amount of money you spent on your squad against the mighty Basel. Should you have done better?