Who do United thank...
Alex Ferguson for great management?
A worlwide fan base built from heritage and tradition?
Players such as Cantona, Giggs, Beckham, Scholes etc etc etc who played for the honour of wearing the shirt as opposed to the pay cheque?
Dude, please.
The level of whining on this forum is getting vulgar. Manchester United has been a financial juggernaut. SAF didn't Macguiver his teams, he was able to flex considerably more financial muscle than pretty much all but a few teams in ALL OF WORLD FOOTBALL.
Is he an exceptional manager? Of course. His record speaks for itself and that clubs with similar financial clout have not done what we have done is evidence enough for that.
However until the early part of the last decade, we have been financially in another league compared to just about every other club in England.
The holier than thou attitude is not flattering.
We spent, we had success. The game has been big business, more money is involved, more is at stake, the stakes have been raised. Now to break into this old boys club, and that is exactly what the top of European football is, you need money.
Chelsea and City got lucky, they won the lottery so to speak. They have been spending that money to close the gap. Why is there something wrong with that?
We have enjoyed an unparalleled period of dominance that in very large part is due to the financial power this club has.
Money is money, it is a great equalizer. Stop moping about how they got theirs and worry about us.
If City bought this trophy that they haven't even officially won yet, then how are you any different than any of the ABUtards who claim the same about us?
Degrees of separation don't matter. To say otherwise is just sour grapes.