Three reasons why I have to go for a Chelsea win
1. It's just too fucking funny watching that shower at the swamp. I think one year's humiliation for every year they had that fucking banner up would be about fair.
2. As GDM says, in the long term another year out of the Champions League for the rags will benefit City more than another title.
3. The more times United are beaten, the more the United fear factor is ground into the dust.
We have just seen, on this last point, that all it took was one win over QPR (by the same scoreline that Spurs had beaten them by) for Sky and the BBC to go into full United Are Back overdrive. The more defeats they rack up, the more that 'invincible' aura recedes into the distance. A real beating by Chelsea at the swamp - 3-0 or 4-0, say - will put Van Gaal under even more pressure, and will increase the chances of him being sacked. You can bet your bottom dollar (pun intended) that the next manager appointed by the Glaziers will not like one of Rooney, RVP or Mata so as well as having to buy Falcao next summer, and as well as having to spend £150m on a defence, they will also have to spend £50m replacing what they already have. The more they run round spending millions like headless chickens, the better.