nwhn3 said:
It's taken a few weeks but its finally sunk in. We are CHAMPIONS. Every club and fans should at least have the opportunity to experience what we have this season. It should not be restricted to an elite few. I don't have the answer, but a club should be able to get a good manager, develop a few players and be able to compete for the league. Thank god for our investment but without it we would could never of dreamt of being in this position.
It may be euphoria at winning the league, but its such an experience that I will never forget and I just think its a shame more teams don't have the same opportunity..
Don't get me wrong I love our situation after all the shit I've seen but how many other teams could realsitically experience winning the league, particularly after this FFP bollocks.
WIth all due respect, and I appreciate your sentiments, do you not see the contradiction in saying FFP is bollocks, yet you wish to see a more level playing field where all teams get an equal chance to take a bite of the cherry.
The truth is money talks, and whether its United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Barca whoever, the success comes from the money spent by the club on paying the highest transfer fees, the highest wages, hiring the best coaches and backroom staff.
The question isn't so much where the money comes from, its more about whether or not clubs should be permitted to essentially buy their success whilst 91 other teams who cannot compete on a level playing field fight for the scraps.
Of course we love the success when it comes. I've loved every title win, every FA Cup, every Carling Cup, CL or whatever that I've seen United win. That doesn't stop me from feeling that behind it all, its a classic case of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
Would I exchange our success for a more "ideal" football utopia where all teams operate on a level playing field. 10 years ago I'd have said "no way". Now however, given the Glazer situation, and with no disrespect the events at Chelsea and yourselves. I think I would like to see some form of restrictions in place so that every club has a fighting chance.
You are most probably saying "ah.. you are only whining because now you can't compete and you don't like it". There is an element of that hypocrisy involved, however to turn it on its head, when we had all the cash it was abhorrent to many City fans. Would any of you give up what you've witnessed last season in favour of going back to the days when you could say "well our club isn't about finances".
The bottom line is, success comes with money. Money breeds success and success breeds more money. Unless they start looking at what clubs spend and try to level it out, then City, CHelsea and United will dominate the game for the foreseeable future until some other rich person throws a few million around like confetti, and all their fans who are against what United, City and Chelsea have done sell their arses for the glory just the way United, Chelsea and no offence mean here, yourselves too...
Every fan hates someone else having what they don't, and in this day and age, the one thing that matters in football more than anything else, is an endless supply of cash...