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    Quote Originally Posted by IainR View Post
    You are hilarious... why would you take over United with liverpool in their pomp is you were scared of a fight... comeon Fergie saw off enough challengers over 26 years to seriously think he thought he couldn't win..

    You hate him because he's successful.. it's called envy son... don't let it eat you up..

    Iain what you fail to understand is that United winning the league last year, painful though it was, was definitely to our long term advantage.

    That Bacon-face felt he could resign, having taken the title back, will I believe prove to have significantly damaged United in the long term.


    It was clear to anyone that United's squad had two glaring and systemic problems at its heart. A lack of power and purpose in midfield and a rapidly ageing defence.

    Rather than take steps to address these deficiencies and to build again for the long term, however, Bacon-face elected to go for a quick fix to get the League back off City.

    He bought Van Persie, a man rapidly approaching his 30th birthday. This was at odds with his previous management style when attempting to recover from footballing adversity, where he took great risks when rebuilding: selling Ince, Hughes and Kanchelskis and going with the "kids" was one such example.

    On this occasion, however, he went for the quick fix - because he was so consumed with reclaiming the title from City, no other considerations entered his thoughts in any meaningful sense.

    Because his energies were entirely focused on taking the title back off City he gave little or no thought to the problems which now threaten to overwhelm United's squad.


    When squad’s age there comes a point when things can unravel very quickly - United are now at that point.

    Everyone has an Achilles-heel and Bacon-face's was that he loved winning so much, and hating losing to City so much, especially in that manner, that he went fighting his own selfish battle, rather than the one that was in the best interests of United.

    Sergio's goal, it seems to me, will become even more significant and beautiful with the passage of time.

    Last edited by Danbert Nocurry; 23-10-2013 at 05:28 PM.

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