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People conveniently forget that ManU was a corporate club long before anyone else in the prem. They were the first club to regularly buy 30+ mil players - and for all their 'homegrown' talent spent billions over the last 20 years. Yes, they are worthy adversaries and Fergie, despite being a complete twunt, was a brilliant manager - but don't exempt them from the criticisms you have for Chelsea and Man City as they bought success too. Good point you can't knock what manchester utd have achieved not just fergie but off the field they were developing their stadia selling merchandise and embracing the premier league riches while we did nothing, absolutely nothing ! We were one of the last clubs to even get a website
IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD SPEAK SOFTLY - BOB PAISLEY
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Maybe but they built themselves up, not a guy who came in with a blank cheque.
"Romance has broke down
This boy is crack'in up"
So not a moderator
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Maybe but they built themselves up, not a guy who came in with a blank cheque. Exactly my point and just watching them getting beat now in CL but as a club they are still light years ahead of us even if we win the title this year
IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD SPEAK SOFTLY - BOB PAISLEY
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spurs for me. just a small club in london who seem to win a trophy every 10-11 years, think theyre the biggest and best run club in the world.
chelsea and Utd are too easy to hate, everyone does ( i do too)
but Villa and Middlesbrough are two clubs i dislike too, both seem to get good players to their teams and destroy them. they always seem to ruin good players.
Darren Bent
N'Zogbia
Delph
Jenas
Given
Berger (unfair to throw him in but i love him)
curtis davies
Boro
Alfonso Alves
Justin Hoyte
Tuncay
Huth
Maccarone
all these players arrived with good reps and went to sh!t
i hate these clubs I'm kind of surprised by you including boro and villa, actually. I quite like Villa, actually. They're sticking to their guns with youth, and I really rate Lambert. I feel for Villa fans. They're a club with history, and they used to be more or less in the position Spurs are now, knocking at the door for Europe, but a series of terrible manager appointments dragged them down. I also don't think they ruined Bent. Darren Bent ruined Darren Bent. I'd like to see them progress. Their fans certainly conduct themselves better than Spurs or Chelsea fans.
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Chelsea disgust me a team that had nobody attending games to thinking they are billy big balls.
Leeds Utd also I loved the decline. Used to go watch them a bit when they were at there best and you have never heard a bigger set of moaning morons in your life. They would moan all game at class like Viduka and Olivier Dacourt yet cheer when rat boy Bowyer did some crap tackle.
Great to see hero Alan Smith dump them for Man Ure also as they loved that over rated pile of turd also.
PS Leeds fans hate everybody and I mean everybody
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It's kind of hard to like Leeds. It's incredible how far they fell though. Not that long ago, they were still a European force.
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It's kind of hard to like Leeds. It's incredible how far they fell though. Not that long ago, they were still a European force. it was onlyone season so wouldnt say a European force
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They were in the champions league only the one year, but they were in Europe from 97-98 to 01-02, so that was five seasons. Also, 01-02 was the first year England had 4 spots. They were more or less at the same level we were at the time.
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They were in the champions league only the one year, but they were in Europe from 97-98 to 01-02, so that was five seasons. Also, 01-02 was the first year England had 4 spots. They were more or less at the same level we were at the time. yes they played in Europe but that was mostly in the uefa cup. you say they were a a european force but can you really be that when your playing in the eufa and only one time in the CL? am not sure you can. IMO we were a european force when rafa ( dont tell faz i mentioned his name  )was in charge. we went to two finals and were ranked number one club in europe. thats is what i woould call a force and not what leeds did
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Different definitions, I suppose, so fair enough. But we have to remember, that was before the silly money was in it, and before there were 4 spots. The playing field was different.
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