So you don't think 11 titles in nearly twenty years a generation after winning the 8th in 100 years is not meteoric?
Not really, no...
It's more of a symptom of how the game's become, and there are far less contenders for the biggest prizes compared to prior to these twenty years you are talking about.
Post WW2 United have consistently been a tremendous size, either with regards to what we've been competing for, or our fanbase, or both... This is prior to muppetry and worldwide availability of our brand, let alone a brand name at all...
And it was clear that we had more in our locker than the Chelsea fans throughout the game in general, at least from the telly. I know that can be misleading, but I'd rather take the word of the seasoned travellers on here rather than some bitter Blue who keeps berating Ferguson for being a bully, conveniently forgetting he's also one of the most supportive managers, according to most of the peers that have dealt with him (he rightly rolled his eyes at your organisation's chucking out Scolari after half a season), and has many a time admitted that the opposition have earned what they've gotten, or that a ref has been correct in his decision even if it's gone against us... It's a mixed bag with Ferguson, definitely... but you're as bad as the people you're slagging off for having a black and white view...
And get orff your high horse, ALL fanbases have a huge contingency of twats who rub their hands at the sight of a rival team's twatty player going down due to careless play from the opposition, e.g. Evans on Drogba, Carragher on Rooney, or whatever... hypocrisy is rife, but far from ubiquitous.
And saying that a twatty supporter getting kicked by Cantona is getting what he deserves is NOT the same as saying that we reckon Cantona should get away with it... You'll find people who have any combination of these views, and I think you'd do yourself a huge fecking service if you stopped pretending like it's just the one or the other... and if you generalise that rule ;P
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