Premier League

Englander Wrote:

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> Just to clarify...
> I didn't say we would finish trophy-less. I did
> say I doubt we would be in at the business end of
> the Champions Lge... qualifying for the knock out
> stages is to me not the business end.
> Agra, I think you have to look at the bigger
> picture sir. SAF is not just manager of the team,
> he is manager of the club and the club is huge.
> And it is he who has made that club huge again, he
> has bound everything together and I believe he
> continues to hold it together. When he goes I
> suspect three or four people may be needed to
> replace him. David Moyes may be a good football
> team manager but imo there is no way he could
> manage the whole of Manchester United Football
> Club as Fergie has done. He may be capable of
> learning to do so but at the moment the comparison
> to me is a little like saying the respective
> wealth of the Queen and a mere commoner like
> myself is more or less the same!! I am more
> inclined to agree with Richie and think Mike
> Phelan might need a more hands-on mentor.
> And it was actually only last season we played
> gung-ho football... I seem to remeber thrashing
> Chelsea and then Arsenal 8-2. Unfortunately, we
> had not looked at the defence and it was no
> surprise to me when Sh1ty murdered us at OT...
> balance balance balance! but to me at the moment,
> we are too negative for a United team to be fully
> effective,


You beat Chelsea 3-1 at home and drew 3-3 away,hardly a thrashing.

Dave, was only referring to OT, I accept your comment, that was more intended for the Arsenal result but it doesn't read like that... should perhaps have said we dismissed Chelski 3-1 and thrashed Arsenal 8-2 -