blueplan
Well-Known Member
Looks likely!
1. FA Cup Loss is the beginning of 'meltdown'. Seven United players was to be be scuppered for the City-United Carling Cup match.? Fergie's football model of having young starlets and moulding them to be a force to be reckoned with ala Arsenal will not worked. Why? Still retaining aging 'stars' like Neville, Scholes, Giggs et al in the mix. In order to emulate Arsenal. l'Professer business and football models is based on selling its star players at the opportune time and does not include aging stars in the squad.
2. A Tell is when Fergie has no clue to the status of Vidic when asked why he was a no show at the FA cup game. Thats when that business cum football cognoscenti (such as Robert Peston) realized that Fergie has lost his plot.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/01/can_man_utd_spend.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters ... spend.html</a>
Vidic stock has gone down in valuation as his saga continue. Is it because of his physical and mental state or the financial plight of United's owner. Either ways it looks more and more likely, as someone pointed out, like the theory by economist Akerlof 'The Market for Lemons' seems more applicable for United's problems.
<a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Market_for_Lemons</a>
Haha. Theres a New Kid in the Block!