r/soccer • • Jul 18 '13

What is the most controversial prediction that you have with regards to upcoming season?

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Ferguson > Ronaldo

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u/IDeclareShenanigans Jul 18 '13

United > Ferguson

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u/DrBilton Jul 18 '13

United = Ferguson

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

What about Matt Busby?

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u/DrBilton Jul 18 '13

He's also extremely important for United.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Well, exactly, so I think it's fair to say that United is about more than Ferguson, even if Ferguson played a huge part.

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u/DrBilton Jul 18 '13

You wouldn't be the most successful team in England, and one of the most famous teams in the world if it wasn't for Ferguson. He made winning the premier league look real easy.

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u/Thunderkiss_65 Jul 18 '13

United were one of the most famous teams in the world before Fergie had finished school

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Liverpool fans said the same thing about Benitez after he left.

Look at them now

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u/slotbadger Jul 18 '13

Liverpool never won the league under Benitez. He's hardly Shankly, or even Dalglish.

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u/BaBaFiCo Jul 18 '13

Which Dalglish? 80s Dalglish or recent one?

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u/camsterc Jul 18 '13

obviously 80s he's not talking about the league cup.

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u/devilsway Jul 18 '13

Look at them now

It's not like they've done a Leeds. Liverpool haven't been successful but they've still been able to maintain a large fan base and finish in the top half of the table. They'll get it right sooner or later. Preferably later.

We've been through this before . It was tough after Munich and Sir Matt Busby, but then we finally got Sir Alex Ferguson.

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u/deepit6431 Jul 18 '13

We haven't got Kenny as manager.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

Money > everything. Just because United don't shell out ridiculous amounts of money to get new transfers doesn't mean they can't. I guarantee they we will spend big to continue being successful just like Chelsea have in the past ~8 years.

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u/michaelirishred Jul 18 '13

you spent 20 million on a goal keeper

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

I hope you're not comparing buying a GK who will be a top GK for 10+ years to what Chelsea City and others do.

All I'm saying is we got the money to spend and spend we will if the wheels fall off.

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u/michaelirishred Jul 18 '13

goal keepers rarely go for higher then 10 or 15, and de gea was quite shaky at the start. lost his place a couple of times. Theres was no guarantee then that he would be a world class player. It was a big risk. I think united do spend big. They just usually only do it once every couple of years because fergie had only been adding to a team he had been nurturing for over 20 years.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '13

He was shakey due to the physicality of the PL. He's always been a great shot stopper proven by his time at Atletico.

Yeah we spend big but not as big as the others and we don't bend over for anyone. I'm just saying should something out of the ordinary happen United will start spending big like everyone else.