Can I just point out the raging hypocrisy amongst the Man Utd fans.
They argue about the soul of the club disappearing and the club being run for profit. This is a club that has signed players purely for their value in the Asian merchandise market (Dong anyone? loaned out to Royal Antwerp) They boycotted the FA cup to play in a 2 bit competition in South America. The heart and soul of the club has been fading for many years. The only reason they can buy 30 million pound player is that the money came from being floated on the stock market and the danger of this is that they could be taken over at any time.
Let's face it the club are in decline. 3rd in the league 3 times in 4 years is not good enough for a club with reputation Man Utd have (it would have been 4 times if the Arse hadn't bottled it). next season could be worse with Liverpool looking strong and Arsenal and Chelsea continuing to dominate.
The heart of the club that was great (Cantona, Schmeichel, Beckham, Butt, Giggs, scholes and Keane) are all gone or nearing retirement and they have not been replaced. Rooney has bags of potential but Ronaldo lacks the killer ball Beckham had and the rest would struggle to get into many Premiership teams. The goalkeeping situation is beyond a joke and Ferdinand doesnt even look like the best defender in Manchester never mind the world (Richard Dunne by the way).
Finally the fans fear a rise in ticket prices. Well it currently stands at £17-£23 for members per match ticket, £19-£25 for non-members and £304-£418 per season ticket. This to watch a bunch of pretenders playing off the reputation of 1999?I think they have already been ripped off, while wearing this seasons £50 shirt thinking about the journey back to London.
To summarise Man Utds decline may be more rapid than it was before Glazer but for the fans to moan and complain about the club being run for money and having no soul is blatantly hypocritical.
God Bless Malcolm Glazer for p**sing off every Man Utd fan.
