Man Utd are becoming a team to hate again. I used to at least admire them back in the Fergie days when they (comparatively) spent very little and bought good youngsters through. Now they are no different from Man City and Chelsea.
Carrick is a thoughtful player - MP would not know what to do with him..... I'd have Carrick off them if he'd come.
Cantona, Pallister, Bruce, Schmeichel, Ferdinand, Rooney, Vidic, Staam, Berbatov, Carrick, Veron, Anderson, RVP, RVN, Cole,Man Utd are becoming a team to hate again. I used to at least admire them back in the Fergie days when they (comparatively) spent very little and bought good youngsters through. Now they are no different from Man City and Chelsea.
I wouldnt say great partnership. I think Mason can cock it up more than Bentaleb. I would like to see an experienced player sitting beside one of them.I'm more than happy with what we have and what's coming through ....Veljkovic Carroll Onomah Winks Mason Bentaleb.
Mason and Bentaleb is a great partnership imo they will be much stronger this coming season.
Cantona, Pallister, Bruce, Schmeichel, Ferdinand, Rooney, Vidic, Staam, Berbatov, Carrick, Veron, Anderson, RVP, RVN, Cole,
All bought by Fergie to effectively buy silverware.
I don't care where their money comes from, they're no better then city our chelsea and never have been. They have a huge financial advantage that no one will match without sugar daddies.
In fact, sugar daddies have made the league more competitive IMO.
Without city and Chelsea united would have at least 5 more titles and only arsenal would have had a chance.
Fergie spent big, he struck gold with a Giggs etc back in the ninties, and not a lot of youth since.Man Utd are becoming a team to hate again. I used to at least admire them back in the Fergie days when they (comparatively) spent very little and bought good youngsters through. Now they are no different from Man City and Chelsea.
The price quoted for him to us was 27 million, so he shouldn't have been a target at all.At least we can move on to our next target and not be dicked about till the last hour leaving us empty handed.
Basically the class of 92 was the only real youth success.But over how many seasons were those players bought? I agree that Utd have always paid big money for big signings, but they have also brought through a lot of young players too.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the recollection that Utd generally purchased at most 1 big player a year under Fergie (plus some smaller fee purchases), yet under LvG they seem to have splashed out on about 7 or 8 big players already. This is the transition I'm talking about.
Here's hoping............It'll be ironic if Manchester Utd fail to make it through the Champions League qualifiers.
To be fair to Utd. They have earnt the right to spend big. Chelsea and City bought success. As you pointed out, over the last 20 or so years, they have become huge with youngsters and great coaching, winning titles without paying large sums. This money is self generated based on success.Man Utd are becoming a team to hate again. I used to at least admire them back in the Fergie days when they (comparatively) spent very little and bought good youngsters through. Now they are no different from Man City and Chelsea.
And without City and Chelsea, we would probably be regular top 4 for the last 10 years.Cantona, Pallister, Bruce, Schmeichel, Ferdinand, Rooney, Vidic, Staam, Berbatov, Carrick, Veron, Anderson, RVP, RVN, Cole,
All bought by Fergie to effectively buy silverware.
I don't care where their money comes from, they're no better then city our chelsea and never have been. They have a huge financial advantage that no one will match without sugar daddies.
In fact, sugar daddies have made the league more competitive IMO.
Without city and Chelsea united would have at least 5 more titles and only arsenal would have had a chance.
You may be right. You're almost certainly right in fact.And without City and Chelsea, we would probably be regular top 4 for the last 10 years.