Mockney
Not the only poster to be named Poster of the Year
He was also never out of the top 3 at the end of the season during the PL era.
3 or 4 transitions, and never dropped below 3rd
Again, it’s fair to say it was a slightly different era where we were only ever competing with one or two other really strong teams (as opposed to maybe 3 or 4 now) but the ability to keep the squad churning over without ever really upsetting the balance was unparalleled… Even the famous “You’ll never win anything with kids” year was only possible because he still had a good amount of veterans (Bruce, Pallister, Cantona, Irwin, Schmeichel) and youngish players approaching their prime (Keane, Cole, technically Giggs) to offset the influx of inexperienced youth…. Which then repeated itself with those players in the veteran role when Rooney & Ronaldo came in.
Even hiss last team, which was easily his weakest, and which Moyes ballsed up, was still technically well balanced age wise, if not in talent.