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posted on 4/3/14

I think we could have won the league more but we kept changing managers. So we became a cup team. Pretty good one too.

Fergie knew though what it took to win the league though. Beat the little teams, draw against the better sides = PL title.

posted on 4/3/14

After the 2010 Prem win any sane person could see we would never win the league with our age group of players

comment by Damo69 (U1004)

posted on 4/3/14

comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 1 minute ago
I think we could have won the league more but we kept changing managers. So we became a cup team. Pretty good one too.

Fergie knew though what it took to win the league though. Beat the little teams, draw against the better sides = PL title.
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Utd knew the key to winning the PL keep the little teams little = FFP

posted on 4/3/14

And currently our strikers are worse and yet we sit top !

posted on 4/3/14

comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 4 minutes ago
I think we could have won the league more but we kept changing managers. So we became a cup team. Pretty good one too.

Fergie knew though what it took to win the league though. Beat the little teams, draw against the better sides = PL title.
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Aye, thats why they were so poor in Europe. Never really played well in many 'tough' games, so had a poor record vs top 4 which carried into Europe.

comment by Bruno (U1664)

posted on 4/3/14

Keep thinking JFDI is Joe Harts Dance Instructor

posted on 4/3/14

Superb, Arsenal have underachieved too ! The topic wasn't about Arsenal. You seem to agree with me anyway.

JFDI, growing up in the 70's,big clubs did not win sometimes win trophies for a long time, Shankly's Liverpool won nothing for 7 years up to 1973. I cannot remember, but I don't there was never a thought about sacking him and he did not have a Roman Abramovich or Sheik Mansour team in his way. Nowadays a few bad games and your job is at stake at some clubs.

posted on 4/3/14

I could make the same comparison with Kagawa, an expensive player who can't get into the Utd side because of other players like Rooney.

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A lazy asumption


Kagawa wasn't expensive

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Kagawa cost £17 million. Try telling most clubs in the Premiership that £17 million isn't a lot to pay for a player. They wouldn't be too happy.

Chelsea only paid slightly more for Mata than Utd paid for Kagawa so the comparision is very relevant I feel.

comment by JFDI (U1657)

posted on 4/3/14

comment by Postman Van Persie. (U1664)
posted 20 seconds ago
Keep thinking JFDI is Joe Harts Dance Instructor

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If only I could dance, does it pay well?

posted on 4/3/14

4 teams can enjoy the big bucks in Europe now.
Not just 1 league winner.
Bound to be more sackings

comment by Lambsy (U2861)

posted on 4/3/14

comment by Edinspur (U1109)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 4 minutes ago

Aye, thats why they were so poor in Europe. Never really played well in many 'tough' games, so had a poor record vs top 4 which carried into Europe.
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"So poor in Europe"!

Are you sure?! Have you actually compared United's record in Europe to any other team over the past 20 years?

posted on 4/3/14

Can't believe that there are no Utd fans disputing Admin 1's claim that Utd are a "have not".

Their confidence must be shattered

posted on 4/3/14

2 wins in Fergies tenure, with some insanely quality squads is hardly decent.

posted on 4/3/14

comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Postman Van Persie. (U1664)
posted 20 seconds ago
Keep thinking JFDI is Joe Harts Dance Instructor

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If only I could dance, does it pay well?
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Jimmy Floyd maybe

posted on 4/3/14

Can't believe that there are no Utd fans disputing Admin 1's claim that Utd are a "have not".

Leave that upto Rooney

posted on 4/3/14

comment by Superb (U6486) posted 3 minutes ago
I could make the same comparison with Kagawa, an expensive player who can't get into the Utd side because of other players like Rooney.

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A lazy asumption


Kagawa wasn't expensive

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Kagawa cost £17 million
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£12 mill

posted on 4/3/14

Cahill cost 7M.

The point ?

posted on 4/3/14

Kags wiull come good, no drama/

comment by JFDI (U1657)

posted on 4/3/14

comment by ★★JustAnotherPoster★★ (U10557)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by JFDI (U1657)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Postman Van Persie. (U1664)
posted 20 seconds ago
Keep thinking JFDI is Joe Harts Dance Instructor

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If only I could dance, does it pay well?
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Jimmy Floyd maybe
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Not even JFH, the DI is not Dance instructor or detective inspector, it stands for Do It, you can figure out the rest.

posted on 4/3/14

"For me this great tradition of theirs is about to be serverely tested. Fair play to them if they stand by their man."

Their standards and expectations have increased somewhat since before the reign of Fergie.

IMHO Moyes will have his future ultimately decided on financial grounds.
As a PLC, if sufficient shareholders decide enough is enough (share prices are too low etc) , it will be difficult to survive.

If the terms of the Glazers loans get worse (interest etc) if Man Utd decline too much, they will act immediately to save their precious wallets.

posted on 4/3/14

comment by UnitedRedMacca (U2024)
posted 25 seconds ago
comment by Superb (U6486) posted 3 minutes ago
I could make the same comparison with Kagawa, an expensive player who can't get into the Utd side because of other players like Rooney.

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A lazy asumption


Kagawa wasn't expensive

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Kagawa cost £17 million
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£12 mill
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£17 million with add-ons.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jun/05/shinji-kagawa-manchester-united-borussia-dortmund

comment by Benched (U7195)

posted on 4/3/14

Not to worry, with Moyes in charge there won't be much in the way of add ons for Shinji.

posted on 4/3/14

comment by TheChameleonProject (U1847)
posted 13 minutes ago
Cahill cost 7M.

The point ?
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The point was that Kagawa wasn't 17 million

Cahill was an absolute steal by the way

posted on 4/3/14

Macca. The Guardian disagrees

posted on 4/3/14

comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 11 minutes ago
comment by UnitedRedMacca (U2024)
posted 25 seconds ago
comment by Superb (U6486) posted 3 minutes ago
I could make the same comparison with Kagawa, an expensive player who can't get into the Utd side because of other players like Rooney.

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A lazy asumption


Kagawa wasn't expensive

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Kagawa cost £17 million
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£12 mill
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£17 million with add-ons.

<A href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jun/05/shinji-kagawa-manchester-united-borussia-dortmund" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jun/05/shinji-kagawa-manchester-united-borussia-dortmund</A>
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Newpaper rubbish

Not worth arguing about though. We know it was around 12 or 13mill

The point was about how he was utilised and why he wasn;t getting time in his preferred positions of number 10 or inside left.

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