I remember a rag in work years ago, season ticket holder. His opinion was he believed if united would have changed managers and not stuck with ferguson they would have won more champions leagues. New managers would have come with new ideas.
He said it was evident when European teams come united were sometimes played off the park.
This always got me thinking is that uniteds current problems stem from never moving forward and sticking to a tried and trusted system, fergusons way and only way.
Other teams, City, Liverpool, arsenal, Brighton, Brentford, Fulham appear to have good footballing operations that have moved with the times and are adapting to the evolution of football.
United with Ineos appear to be trying to play catch up with the backroom reshuffle, but the other teams are well established in their process which means for many more years to come they will be always behind the curve.
I hope I am somewhat right because it gives me comfort knowing that ferguson for years made city fans life shit with ridicule from united fans and now it's ferguson giving us years of ridiculing united fans. And long may it continue.
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