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Prompted by the De Gea thread, where people are arguing that SAF would have ditched him by now were he in charge. We hear a lot about how ruthless he was but there presumably must have been plenty of times he backed players who others doubted?
Do any examples come to mind of SAF sticking by players, keeping and/or continuing to play them through extended spells of criticism and cries for them to be dropped/sold? Which players did he persist with the longest in the face of fan doubts & criticism? And who was he ultimately proven right/wrong about?
For example, I'm guessing quite a lot of fans had vocal doubts about Darren Fletcher before he came good?
Do any examples come to mind of SAF sticking by players, keeping and/or continuing to play them through extended spells of criticism and cries for them to be dropped/sold? Which players did he persist with the longest in the face of fan doubts & criticism? And who was he ultimately proven right/wrong about?
For example, I'm guessing quite a lot of fans had vocal doubts about Darren Fletcher before he came good?