padzilla
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I mean we had just signed Van Nistelrooy and Veron and then weeks later took a torpedo to our defence.
We had just won three league titles in a row, with Stam as the bedrock, would we have won four maybe five in a row and created a Bayern Munich like dominance of English football?
Not that we weren't in the ascendency anyway. Would we have even bought Ferdinand - or did Fergie see which way the wind was blowing with Stam, regarding the use of banned substances at Milan, and got him out just in time?
Also the signing of Laurent Blanc, as replacement, reminds me a little of us signing Ronaldo, an absolute giant of the game who was a little off the pace when he was first signed and used week in, week out creating all kinds of other issues - much better used as a squad player in the end.
We had just won three league titles in a row, with Stam as the bedrock, would we have won four maybe five in a row and created a Bayern Munich like dominance of English football?
Not that we weren't in the ascendency anyway. Would we have even bought Ferdinand - or did Fergie see which way the wind was blowing with Stam, regarding the use of banned substances at Milan, and got him out just in time?
Also the signing of Laurent Blanc, as replacement, reminds me a little of us signing Ronaldo, an absolute giant of the game who was a little off the pace when he was first signed and used week in, week out creating all kinds of other issues - much better used as a squad player in the end.