JohnnyKills
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https://www.independent.co.uk/sport...-league-fans-liverpool-man-city-a9122526.html
To save you all a click, here are the main conclusions:
1. United fans lorded it over everyone else during the golden years, which is why everyone is revelling in our decline now.
2. United had more resources than anyone else and manipulated the PL's finances to suit themselves.
Personally I don't recognise this analysis at all. United fans, in my match-going experience, are no more or less arrogant than those of any other club and didn't rub people's noses in it when we were winning. Also, despite all our financial power we didn't dominate the transfer market. Shearer, Ferdinand, Sutton, Bergkamp, Zola and Collymore all went to other clubs so it's not like we were hoovering up the best players every year.
Would be interested to hear people's take on this, both United and oppo fans. There may be a separate thread for this but couldn't find one.
To save you all a click, here are the main conclusions:
1. United fans lorded it over everyone else during the golden years, which is why everyone is revelling in our decline now.
2. United had more resources than anyone else and manipulated the PL's finances to suit themselves.
Personally I don't recognise this analysis at all. United fans, in my match-going experience, are no more or less arrogant than those of any other club and didn't rub people's noses in it when we were winning. Also, despite all our financial power we didn't dominate the transfer market. Shearer, Ferdinand, Sutton, Bergkamp, Zola and Collymore all went to other clubs so it's not like we were hoovering up the best players every year.
Would be interested to hear people's take on this, both United and oppo fans. There may be a separate thread for this but couldn't find one.