CharliesRightPeg
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Deluded Utd fans. Apparently they don't spend money and have grown organically
A club like United has reached the pinnacle, not by acquiring a sugar daddy (City, Chelsea) or by getting government support (Real Madrid)...but by developing and implementing a successful youth policy, taking a long term strategic vision of ground improvements, a philosophy of attacking football and really effective global marketing.
Why should we be made to make the playing field 'equal' when the philosophies, business acumen, and decision making of other clubs is poor. You are rewarding the ineffectively run clubs with the chance of getting the best players and thus punishing the well run clubs.
Doesn't make sense in our culture.
Going back to the topic...apart from United, every club buys the majority of their players from other clubs so I have no reason to feel bad when United to the same but less often.
Our history shows we have bought Marquee players regularly from Quixall, Law, Herd, Robson, Keane and so on...but it's probably only 10% of our team. For every Keane there is an Irwin, Sharpe, Ronaldo, Da Silva, McClair, Coppell, Evra...who came very young and we developed them or came for very low fees.
If we did it as a generic process then it might grate...like Liverpool do...but I have no problem with how United balance things.
50% home grown and 50% bought is an excellent ratio.
A club like United has reached the pinnacle, not by acquiring a sugar daddy (City, Chelsea) or by getting government support (Real Madrid)...but by developing and implementing a successful youth policy, taking a long term strategic vision of ground improvements, a philosophy of attacking football and really effective global marketing.
Why should we be made to make the playing field 'equal' when the philosophies, business acumen, and decision making of other clubs is poor. You are rewarding the ineffectively run clubs with the chance of getting the best players and thus punishing the well run clubs.
Doesn't make sense in our culture.
Going back to the topic...apart from United, every club buys the majority of their players from other clubs so I have no reason to feel bad when United to the same but less often.
Our history shows we have bought Marquee players regularly from Quixall, Law, Herd, Robson, Keane and so on...but it's probably only 10% of our team. For every Keane there is an Irwin, Sharpe, Ronaldo, Da Silva, McClair, Coppell, Evra...who came very young and we developed them or came for very low fees.
If we did it as a generic process then it might grate...like Liverpool do...but I have no problem with how United balance things.
50% home grown and 50% bought is an excellent ratio.