Agree on the lack of takeover talk. There was a good section on the BSkyB deal on the BBC Premier League 30th anniversary thing last year.
People probably underestimate how much a takeover like that can unsettle a club. Fergie, by all accounts...
Chelsea finished 6th
Spurs finished 5th
That's "progress" for them after being so chaotic the previous season but still nowhere near good enough (especially for Chelsea).
If we finished trophyless next season and outside the top 4, nobody on...
That Chelsea period of going 1st - 10th - 1st was a freak though.
In 14/15, United scraped 4th and were knocked out the League Cup by MK Dons which was the last time we had no Europe. Not exactly massive progress (especially given the money that...
This is absolute nonsense.
There's zero benefit to United not being in Europe next season.
Look at some examples from this season. Chelsea and Spurs have hardly been adverts for the benefits of not being in Europe either. All that extra time...
There's a time and a place for booing the team off, last night wasn't it. Defiance was ace to see. I'm also not sure what our response should be if we aren't defiant.
A couple of other points I'll repeat from previous threads.
- The Glazers...
I think even Cole admits now that he should have stayed another couple of years, even as a squad player.
He'd improved his game that much that there was an argument he could even play as more of a number 10. The few games he played with Ruud...
Fergie's biggest achievement was almost making it seem normal to finish seasons for 21 years in the top 3 and challenging for a trophy. That just didn't happen to the same extent before that. Even when we had a dodgy period between 2004 and 2006...