It seems for all their virtue, struggling in and around the seventh to ninth tiers of the league pyramid is all FC do.
I'm sorry, but the row did little to United. It also did not 'lead to the Glazers'.
It's a salve for those with an axe to grind with Ferguson. Misinformed ABU's, too. Seeing it regurgitated on a United forum is challenging, to say the least.
You may as well blame Nottingham Forest knocking us of the 1989 FA Cup quarter for the Glazers. But, and this is the odd bit, you'd just be making excuses for them still.
Yes, they did some planning and sounded out managers who were ultimately unavailable.
I maintain Ferguson really wanted to retire in 2012, but city pipped him to the title and he wanted another go before the finale.