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coolflames... surely you can see that whilst being in the top 4 isn't the end in itself, being out of it regularly makes it incresingly difficult for us to get back to where we want to be.

yes but appearing in the champions league won't put us back where we want to be either, owners who match City, Chelsea and United are the only way we will be back where we want to be, nothing to do with playing football side of things or playing champions league every season...

The new financial rules will hopefully put a stop to the disparity between the teams. City are settled as a top team now but have to be smarter in the future about buying players and can't keep throwing money at transfer year after year. The same goes for Chelsea. We can definitely close the gap on them if, and its a big if, we are smarter in the transfer market and United without Fergie will be a different beast. Getting back into the Champions League will give us the extra revenue that helps us further close the gap.

It doesn't bother me that they will win No20 and it didn't bother me when they had only won 9 or 10. I never gloated that we had won so much more than them for such a long time, and I wasn't bothered when they overtook us. Pride isn't realtive.

Rivalry matters in football though carheex surely ?

but Stanley according to some on here your not allowed to have rivalry because you are basically saying you are better than someone else, people can't have it both ways either rivalry is acceptable and your allowed to Bragg and say ure better or ure not...

Of course, but it depends on each individuals definition of rivalry. For some it's all about trophy count, playground bragging rights, slagging off rival fans (even calling them 'scum'!).
I'm way past that though in my advancing years. For me, it starts and ends with excitement building up to the game, the added enjoyment that a game vs a rival brings, and (hopefully) the satisfaction afterwards. I'm 40 now and it would look a bit odd for someone of my age to be arguing with friends over league titles! That kind of rivalry is for the kids.