“We stopped evolving and started believing our own hype. That’s how dynasties crumble—not because others rise, but because the kings get lazy.”
Can you hear yourself?
We’re not playing FIFA here. You seem to believe you’re some visionary scout and everybody employed by the club to make decisions, who have led us to 4 successive premier league titles and a treble, are wholly incompetent.
You can’t genuinely believe the club didn’t look at the players mentioned, and that they were either ruled out for a myriad of circumstances or they simply had a preference for PSG.
Oh, I hear myself just fine. This is a forum, to discuss football and these are my observations and opinions, as you have yours!
What you’re doing is confusing
criticism of current decisions with
disrespect for past success. No one’s erasing the brilliance that brought us four straight Premier League titles or the treble. That era was historic. But trophies aren’t lifetime immunity from scrutiny. Dynasties don’t crumble because of one bad season—they erode quietly, while everyone insists everything’s fine because of what came
before. That’s how it happened to United. They thought the empire was self-sustaining, too. They didn’t see it coming—until it was too late.
You say we’re not playing FIFA. Of course we’re not. But let’s not pretend fans can’t see patterns or recognize when the hunger fades. This isn’t about pretending to be a scout—it’s about calling out stagnation when it shows up in plain sight. Complacency is real. And when ambition gets replaced by self-congratulation, decline becomes inevitable. You stop evolving, start believing your own hype—and yes,
that’s exactly how dynasties crumble.
You claim the club surely looked at the players mentioned—Neves, Kvara, Hakimi, Mendes—and maybe they did. But
looking isn't enough. You don’t get credit for browsing the menu and walking out hungry. Acting with clarity and conviction is what separates elite planning from cautious indecision. Not every player picked PSG. Some were there for the taking—we just didn’t pull the trigger.
So no, this isn’t about playing fantasy football. It’s about seeing the illusion of control in a system that risks falling into autopilot while the rest of the world sharpens its edge. Because if we’ve traded vision for comfort, and hunger for hubris, then we’re not evolving—we're waiting to be overtaken.
You either adapt—or you become someone else's stepping stone.
You seem to believe you’re some visionary scout
No, I don’t believe I’m a “visionary scout.” I believe I have eyes, memory, and the capacity to recognize patterns—qualities any engaged supporter should possess. You don’t need a scouting badge to see when a club starts favoring risk-averse decisions, or when talent is passed over for comfort.
And let’s be clear: being critical doesn’t mean claiming to be superior to professionals—it means holding those professionals to the standards
they themselves set when they built a winning machine. The moment we stop asking questions because “they must know better,” we surrender all accountability to the echo chamber of authority.
Blind faith in leadership isn't loyalty—it's negligence. Support isn’t about nodding along to every decision—it’s about caring enough to question when the trajectory starts to dip.
So no, I’m not a scout. But I know what excellence looks like. I’ve watched it. I’ve celebrated it. And now, I can see when we’re slipping from it.
