I think it's fair to say that Hansen has never recovered from this.
Everytime I watcch him mumble his way through MOTD I just can't help but laugh at him.
However while Fergie and United proved this theory to be false , I think it pretty much applies to today's football.
I don't think there will ever be another side whose main core is made up of youngsters produced at the club's academy that can win the Premier League.... not with all these "sugar daddies" around spending astronomical amounts to get the best players from everywhere.
So the fact that Sir Alex was able to lead a group of mainly english youngsters straight out of our academy to complete dominance of english football in the 1990s ( Becks , Scholes , Giggs , Butt , Gary and Phil Neville , etc ) is quite an enormous miracle by today's standars.
To our academy ...
You don't win anything with kids
posted on 14/12/12
A miracle by today's standards?
But yesteryear is not judged by today's standards.
So that's a bloody stupid point.
posted on 14/12/12
The players you mentioned rarely played together in the same team.
It was because he had mentors at the club who were prepared to bring these kid through, like Cantana, Robbo, Bruce, Pallister, Hughsie, Choccy, Incey, Schmeichel, Irwin, etc.
fergie didnt win anything with just kids and hansen is right, yoi coulldnt... he did it with a mixture of youth and the right experience.
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That United team boasted some of the best experienced players in the league.
Hansens comment is pretty much spot on.
It's a bit like saying 'you won't win the lottery twice'
Whilst that's not fact - it's as close as you're going to get
posted on 14/12/12
I agree with Metro and RB&W, Hansen was right he just got unlucky with that United team.
Also, people have mentioned Barca on this thread as proof that you can win with kids, but we're not saying that you can't win with academy players ,we're saying you'll do well to win with a team full of players who are 21 or under. Messi, Iniesta, Pique, Alba etc didn't all play in the same team when they were 19-20, it's only now that they're mostly in their mid to late twenties that Barca can field an all la masia eleven
posted on 14/12/12
.oh and you should be wary of the backlash on here.. 24 hours in to my life on ja606 and I have already made the mistake of believing the myth regarding the famous 'scouse humour' and fallen foul of their complete intolerance for even genuine and constructive contributions from non-Liverpool fans..
IN FAIRNESS
you came onto my thread about daniel sturridge and started acting like a right doughnut ........and like a 5 year old arsenal fan....
theres not much wumming from united v liverpool here to be honest ........
posted on 14/12/12
No I didn't bat out of hell... you're ridiculous
posted on 14/12/12
No I didn't bat out of hell... you're ridiculous
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I haven't seen much of your username
But you're obsessed with Liverpool/scousers and you're attempts to start fires between Liverpool and United posters will be futile - it's more often than not, sensible and enjoyable
don't bring childsplay to the forum unless you're on the Arsenal board
posted on 14/12/12
In fact, some of your lot somehow took offence to my initial post:
Is Daniel Sturridge the answer?
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Only if the question is: which player could be described as a poor mans Danny Welbeck
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Hardly offensive, certainly a joke...
Grow up.
posted on 14/12/12
Metro if you read my post history then the majority of it is constructive and the rest is harmless banter...
I'm certainly not out to 'start fires.'
Don't make assumptions of the back of one thread where I unintentionally upset one of your more sensitive fans...
posted on 14/12/12
..and I'm certainly not obsessed with Liverpool... my username is reference to a song.. But I think you knew that
posted on 14/12/12
Metro if you read my post history then the majority of it is constructive and the rest is harmless banter...
I'm certainly not out to 'start fires.'
Don't make assumptions of the back of one thread where I unintentionally upset one of your more sensitive fans...
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Noted
I hope you can help maintain what has been good banter between Liverpool and United fans on here