TheLord
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Definitely the final couple of years of Fergie's tenure.
I know we continued to win a lot despite Fergie's decline, with a combination of managerial brilliance, a winning mentality in the senior players, and only Chelsea and a budding City to deal with in the League. But the decline definitely began in his final few years and it has been downhill since.
I always felt he should have called it a day after overtaking Liverpool's PL tally in 2011 (and then losing to Barcelona in the Champions League). But in all honesty, even if he had retired then, the succession plan would still be non-existent and we would be not much better than where we are right now.
The single biggest reason why we are where we are is because the club didn't have a proper post-Ferguson succession plan.
I know we continued to win a lot despite Fergie's decline, with a combination of managerial brilliance, a winning mentality in the senior players, and only Chelsea and a budding City to deal with in the League. But the decline definitely began in his final few years and it has been downhill since.
I always felt he should have called it a day after overtaking Liverpool's PL tally in 2011 (and then losing to Barcelona in the Champions League). But in all honesty, even if he had retired then, the succession plan would still be non-existent and we would be not much better than where we are right now.
The single biggest reason why we are where we are is because the club didn't have a proper post-Ferguson succession plan.