Last season, United won 1 European and 2 domestic trophies and got into the CL.
In 2005, we won the CL and ended up 6th in the league, only qualifying for the Europa but ending up in the CL after a ton of bitchin'.
Sooo, comparing the 2, who had the better season?
Head say's United last season but if it was a choice of either or who would ever want to wish away Istanbul !
ok let's talk about Istanbul...somebody mentioned about Wigan not wanting to swap there cup final win even tho they got relagated because they would never win the cup again...we that same logic applies to us with the Champions league as we will never again win that....if you are a so called big Club Winning like we did in Istanbul is not worth a carrot unless you build on it or use it as a springboard to better things....we did neither...from that point of view Istanbul was meaningless....if you said to a United fan, Madrid, Barca or Man City you can win in Istanbul like us but for the next thirteen years you would only win two domestic trophies would they settle for that....deffo not....
Wtf are you talking about?
the point I am trying to make is winning a trophy is alrite for some clubs, Southampton still cherish there Cup win, Wigan Too and I know Everton still cherish the Cup Winners Cup victory in Rotterdam. You will find clubs that don't really win trophies hold on tighter to those famous cup wins much like we do with Istanbul, we still sing songs about it thirteen years after it happend.
My point is if you are a big Club it's no point winning a trophy just to sing about it and go back to it all the time, you have to build on it, use it as a springboard to greater things otherwise there is absolutely no point in winning the trophy much like us after Istanbul where we have in fact gone backwards last thirteen years on the pitch. United beat Chelsea in Moscow in the champions league final and Chelsea beat Bayern Munich yet both there fans never sing about those victories like we sing about Istanbu....
The reason for this is that United and Chelsea both used those victories to springboard them on to better things, if you said to a Manchester City fan you can win the Champions League this season and then not win it again for at least another ten seasons do you honestly think the fans...Pep...or Sheikh Mansoir would settle for that one win.. clever in a million years, they want to win it then defend it again and again...this is the way truly big clubs work and the way we used to in the 70s and 80s....but sadly not no more....
So what I am saying is Istanbul and everything that goes with it is fantastic if you are a Club like ours but not for a big Club like City, United, Chelsea, Madrid or Barcelona
