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03 Oct 2013 12:39:03
Hi guys

I was just wondering if there were any of you back in the day that were anti-Fergie and wanted him out? Go on you can admit it now he's gone!

1.) I think he should have gone 08/09 season after the Champions League win. Everything he did after that was geared towards trying to plan for the future and you can't do that if you aren't going to be around, buying over hyped bad players for the most part and not judging the development properly of the decent young ones we brought in.

Look at the players he earmarked and then we never went near once he was gone. It's just a waste of time.

Did amazing to win the league last season, but it was somewhat hollow with how poor we played and how rubbish the competition was. It seems they have all got their act together and we have continued going backwards.

2.) God yes I remember being on the United Rd when he dropped Hughes and we all sat down on Mass as a protest.

3.) Yes I was one calling for fergies head.There were thousands singing for Bryan Robson to be manager.I can't see Moyes being the answer though but we are handicapped by the glazers. Blackpool Red

4.) Like now I was not happy and debated things with other reds but defended the club to Abu' s but don't agree with booing and never have so will do the same now. So I didn't shout fergie out etc and won't do it with Moyes. God I didn't even do it with sexton and that was really boring. But I did it for the Glazers and will continue to.

01 Oct 2013 17:20:43
Hi guys

As you know there has been a lot written over the last while about Man U's poor form. It got me thinking is there anyone on here who would remember the 73-74 relegation season? Just how bad were the team that season? How did they go from European Champs 5 years before to the position they found themselves in?

For what its worth I still think they will get top 4 this season and perhaps a cup.

1.) Not quite, I started being aware the following season when we got promoted with Villa in 2nd and Norwich 3rd. Interesting as when we won the league in '93, Villa were 2nd, Norwich were 3rd.

I think the issue in the early 70's was an ageing squad and Managers struggling to follow Sir Matt. Tommy came in and brought in lot of young players - playing an exciting game with 2 wingers. Who knows what he might have achieved if he hadn't been sacked?

2.) Invented by Craig Johnston? Well didn't he invent the prototype for the Adidas Predator? Surely this is not a post from a football boot? LOL.

3.) We were poor in 73/74 but it was a culmination of poor managerial selection in not appreciating the size of replacing Sir Matt and not strengthening from a position of power. There was also the promise of youngsters that would be the new babes to come through which turned out to be false hope. We didn't plan well enough and didn't invest to improve. Also United were known as tight with money back then, Louis Edwards the focus of some stick.
Back then Manchester as a City was different and the ground bears no resemblance. The early to mid seventies were tough years living on the past but as Kloot will tell you the spirit would never be dimmed.
I was there at the game when the Lawman did the back heel for City and I will never forget it. It has made me angry to see recent events that could potentially mirror 69 to 71 unless we have more committed owners.
The Doc gave us some good football following on from that relegation season and we improved but the selection of Dave Sexton put us back years, in fact his was some of the dullest football ever seen.
Having been there to see that City game in 74 I appreciate the last 20 years and it is why I get angry at the club slackening even though we are nowhere near 74.

4.) Red Man

I started going regularly under Sexton and it was tripe. Big Ron gets some stick but he brought entertainment back and it's a fine line sometimes. Winning our 1st 10 games one season only for him to get sacked the next season.

5.) I saw the team in 68 and then I watched us go to pieces in 72 onwards. Unfortunately I was at the game when Denis law did his trick. I also remember an excellent game v wba when we lost 5-3 but it was a superb game. The Doc made us play some great football.
It is worrying what is going on now. It is a shame we didn't learn from the first time.

6.) Blimey NM, you're even older than I am!

7.) I remember a George Best programme on TV that blamed it all on winning the 68 european cup the powers that be at United thought they had cracked it then didn't fund the team enough
I remember it, it was shyte and we deserved to go down

8.) Gordon Hill and Stevie Coppell :)

9.) Yep I was there in 74 against city cried my eyes out! Stepney was our top scorer at one point that season after scoring two pens I think that tells u how bad it was. The season in div 2 was fantastic really . Played great football fans a good time . Came back up confident and playing attacking football but sacked the doc and got sexton in. Apart from the odd game like the west brom 3-5 it was pretty boring and had awful games for example getting beat off Watford in league cup and only just beat Stockport in the round before in the last min and they were bottom of div 4 at the time.

10.) I was there the season we went down and remember being at stoke midweek when that game finally relegated us and banners and flags being burned on the terraces.i was also at the city game when dennis backheeled the winner it didn't relegate us we were already gone.ican also remember charging across to the scoreboad end feom the stretford end and seeing the bluenoses run for there lives not clever but it was funny at the time :)

11.) Im older but no wiser!
Steviek, coppell and hill were superb. Martin Buchan was also super player.

12.) No midfield, I'm a bit young to remember but just wondering if Gordon strachen was any good for us?

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Hi I was thinking Dave Watson of Everton. I think he managed Everton at one stage as caretaker and also I seem to recall that he was on an all star XI that played England in the mid 90's, but I could be wrong.