Red Comet
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I do consider myself an "old" fan, but I only started watching football and supporting Man Utd in 1991/92 where (if my memories were correct) we were leading the table for a large part of the season but eventually losing it to Leeds.
We signed Cantona in the following season and the rest is history. It took SAF 6(?) years after his appointment to finally deliver the title and start our dominance of EPL for the next 2 decades.
I would like to ask the older fans here, how was it like in 1989/90? It was always said that the goal by Mark Robins saved SAF from the sack, but how was the team doing in general. Did it look like a team slowly coming together after SAF tried to got rid of the drinking culture and establish discipline? Was there a defined playing style that was slowly taking shape despite still being rough around the edges? Or was it a lot of doom and gloom like what we are experiencing now where we have a team looking very disjointed and a manager struggling to implement his style whilst dealing with disciplinary issues?
We signed Cantona in the following season and the rest is history. It took SAF 6(?) years after his appointment to finally deliver the title and start our dominance of EPL for the next 2 decades.
I would like to ask the older fans here, how was it like in 1989/90? It was always said that the goal by Mark Robins saved SAF from the sack, but how was the team doing in general. Did it look like a team slowly coming together after SAF tried to got rid of the drinking culture and establish discipline? Was there a defined playing style that was slowly taking shape despite still being rough around the edges? Or was it a lot of doom and gloom like what we are experiencing now where we have a team looking very disjointed and a manager struggling to implement his style whilst dealing with disciplinary issues?