Was Stretty right?

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The problem with what SAF left us with was that there were ageing greats like Vidic, Giggs, Rio (could also include Rooney and RVP in there) and potential that never lived up tho the hype in Smalling, Jones, Welbeck.

Stretty wasn't the only one that was pointing this out and his lack of any sort of nuanced to the debate was just childish.

I would also add I don't blame SAF for the mess we are in. He did enough for the club that he owes us nothing in regards the squad he left behind. Had he stayed on believe he would have had another rebuild was happening. Rooney would have left for a start.

comment by Dave NotSo (U11711)
posted 3 hours, 43 minutes ago
comment by Robb Ferguson (U21234)
posted 7 hours, 16 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 3 minutes ago
Stretty on creationism was very funny
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Probably one of the best things I’ve read on here
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It was alarmingly hilarious.

I'm pretty sure it was Ji that walked Stretty into a perfect logical contradiction on climate change. Which was then that the creationism came out.

Pure Stretty Gold!
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His ability to never back down, and stamina to keep up the argument when all is lost will never be seen again here. The goat.

He made some valid points but the way he made the points were the issue.

We have wasted money in the transfer market since Fergie left.

We have spent close to 600m since he left. The squad does not look like it has had that kind of money spent on it.

comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - Ole's joy squids (U2958)
posted 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
comment by Dave NotSo (U11711)
posted 3 hours, 43 minutes ago
comment by Robb Ferguson (U21234)
posted 7 hours, 16 minutes ago
comment by Ole-Dirty-Baz ta’rd (U19119)
posted 3 minutes ago
Stretty on creationism was very funny
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Probably one of the best things I’ve read on here
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It was alarmingly hilarious.

I'm pretty sure it was Ji that walked Stretty into a perfect logical contradiction on climate change. Which was then that the creationism came out.

Pure Stretty Gold!
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His ability to never back down, and stamina to keep up the argument when all is lost will never be seen again here. The goat.
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Cough, Winston, cough.

comment by Mumbai Martial - Mountains are there to be climbed (U3867)
posted 3 hours, 38 minutes ago
The problem with what SAF left us with was that there were ageing greats like Vidic, Giggs, Rio (could also include Rooney and RVP in there) and potential that never lived up tho the hype in Smalling, Jones, Welbeck.

Stretty wasn't the only one that was pointing this out and his lack of any sort of nuanced to the debate was just childish.

I would also add I don't blame SAF for the mess we are in. He did enough for the club that he owes us nothing in regards the squad he left behind. Had he stayed on believe he would have had another rebuild was happening. Rooney would have left for a start.
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That's a fair comment.

I'd add that while Fergie did indeed leave us with some big transitional challenges to solve, I bet he'd have made a much better job of it than his successors. Maybe we'd have had another rebuilding period like we did between the end of the Keane / Ruud team and the emergence of the Rooney / Ronaldo / Rio / Vidic team. (Just think - three seasons of finishing 2nd / 3rd seemed outrageous back then.)

Fergie didn't jump ship leaving a poisoned chalice. First of all, he doesn't appear to have planned to retire when he did. Secondly, he couldn't have conceived that the leadership of the club would be so poor after he was gone.

Fergie didn't jump ship leaving a poisoned chalice. First of all, he doesn't appear to have planned to retire when he did. Secondly, he couldn't have conceived that the leadership of the club would be so poor after he was gone.

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David Gill leaving at the same time as SAF is why we are in this mess.

Yes...

maybe