South East Citizen wrote:
Didn't see the match yesterday so can't comment on the refereeing, but it's about time Fergie just accepted he hasn't got as good a team this year as he's had in the past, and that's the reason they keep churning out shit performances. Its nothing to do with the officials who over the course of the season will have done them a lot more favours than harm.
They're distinctly average more often than not now, imo. The thing keeping them going, and will do for a couple of years yet i guess, is the winning mentality that the club has built up by dominating for so many years.
However, that dominance has to end sometime, and it doesn't look too far away now. Fergie just hasn't got the time now to build yet another new team and some of the players he has paid big money for recently just don't look like they cut it at the level United need them too. Nani - waste of £18m. Berbatov - supremely gifted player yet he doesn't turn it on for them often. Waste of £30.
Looks like Vidic may well be on his way in the summer. Would be another nail in their coffin. Losing Ronaldo, Tevez and Vidic in the space of a year would be a big blow for them, and we know Fergie can't spend the money they bring in. The lack of spending after the Ronaldo sale proves that.
And, small though it may seem, large sections of the media that normally love Fergie suddenly have no problem criticising him. He is openly mocked by commentators and journo's now when he moans and whinges. I'm sure it won't concern him too much but perhaps shows that the media are not taking him quite as seriously as they did. Everybody can see he is becoming a sad parody of himself, and i really thing now we're seeing United's decline. Certainly as
the dominant team.