by Cool Hand Luke » Fri Feb 20, 2004 5:58 pm
What people don't realise is that Man Utd are going through a period of change. Ferguson always kept the core of the team(Beckham,Keane,Scholes,Giggs), together, now he is having to break it up. We liverpool fans can say what we want but that was probarly the best and more importantly the most balanced midfield in europe.
Beckham got to big for his boots and got sold, Keane can only play a handful of games at his best, Giggs is on a downwards slope, to play his type of game well you need the legs, Scholes is the only one left with some good milage.
The new core of Man Utd team is Howard, Ferdinand and Silvestre. The team is being built around these players, the younger players like Fletcher and Ronaldo are long term replacements for the older players. The man problem I see for Ferguson is replaceing Keane, and to a lesser extent Scholes.
Ferguson has a plan to leave Man Utd in good shape, he is not stupid, people should give him more credit rather than saying he has lost the plot.
I just fear for the man who has to follw him, he will always be compared to Ferguson.
i think yes what about you