Just downloaded CM 01/02 and started a season with United and got me thinking this was the season where I’ve probably felt the biggest disappointment as we should have won the League and Champions League with the squad we had.
Spring 2001 we win another Premier League title and suffer another disappointing season in Europe. Fergie acted straight after this and brought big in Ruud van Nistelrooy and Juan Sebastian Veron.
Going into the new season we had one of the best United squads I’ve ever seen. But Fergie seemed to make some strange decisions such as selling Stam a season too soon and replacing him with an ageing Blanc. Also I think a failure to get an assistant manager in to replace McClaren and Fergie making it public knowledge that this season was to be his last all contributed to what would become a disappointing season.
Although never really in the title race due to having a series of errors with Barthez and the defence, The Champions League Semi Final exit to Leverkusen was a difficult one to digest.
Any more seasons in which anyone has felt the same level of disappointment?
Spring 2001 we win another Premier League title and suffer another disappointing season in Europe. Fergie acted straight after this and brought big in Ruud van Nistelrooy and Juan Sebastian Veron.
Going into the new season we had one of the best United squads I’ve ever seen. But Fergie seemed to make some strange decisions such as selling Stam a season too soon and replacing him with an ageing Blanc. Also I think a failure to get an assistant manager in to replace McClaren and Fergie making it public knowledge that this season was to be his last all contributed to what would become a disappointing season.
Although never really in the title race due to having a series of errors with Barthez and the defence, The Champions League Semi Final exit to Leverkusen was a difficult one to digest.
Any more seasons in which anyone has felt the same level of disappointment?