Mainoldo
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What’s the barometer for two more seasons, can actually explore this? - I don't think it can be reasonably explored out of context.
The SAF results were in the context of rebuilding, these seasons 1, 1 and 1, 1 and 1, 1 and 1,1 were in the context of having a team built and at its prime.
I'm not going to tell you my age, as its not great security to give out too many data points on an open forum, but suffice it to say that I started to support United in the latter part of Ron Atkinson's reign and was an adult then, so I remember the frustration of the early years and the pressure to sack SAF in 1990 from the fans, plus the sense of relief when Utd won the FA Cup by beating Palace in the replay, giving Sir Alex his first trophy - the rest, as they say, is history.
Yes but that Manchester United didn’t win a league title since the late 60’s so its as much pressure as the current Everton manager has. Also that’s fine with the age issue but you should be able to add some context. The league that we currently view today is it anything like the football league you witnessed in the last 80’s? As in was tr top clubs always the top clubs or could you finish 8th one season and find yourself 2nd the next season. Except for Liverpool was the other clubs normally defaulted to an expected position the next year. By that I mean without even starting next season everyone will expect Liverpool, City United and Chelsea as an example to occupy certain positions. Was that the case back in the 80’s?