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Originally Posted by Tarryn

Sir Alex is still part of the problem. Still pulling strings.
He left the club in a state. He only purchased Van Persie to grab the title back from City so he could piss off & leave the club as champions.
He did not want Jose & he knew he could not tell him what to do.
Moyes was going to be his puppet but that went badly wrong.
Can anyone tell me why LVG is still ********** manager of my club

Agree. Obviously Sir Alex was a great manager. However he was old school. In his last few years at Man U football had moved on and he got left behind. What worked in 1994 would not necessarily work now. He didn't adapt.

The likes of Man City, PSG, Atletico, Bayern , Chelsea and to a lesser extent Arsenal were innovative. Man City's academy set up is better, not that Man U fans will admit this. The best young players are at Man City and Cheslea. Man City offering private school places to youngsters was a simple stroke of genius.
Plus the Sky money has evened things out. Stoke have the most CL winners in their squad. Not a single one of the best emerging players have come from Man U in the last 2 seasons. Hazard (Chelsea), Butland (Stoke), Payet and Oxford (West Ham), Vardy, Mahrez, Kante (Leicester), Kane, Dele Alli (Spurs), Mane ( Soton), Lukaku, Barclay, Stones (Everton). Under Fergie these players would not have made the grade, let alone bench but these days Man U would give their arm off to have Mahrez and co. The funny thing is Dele Alli was stolen from under your noses. He played for MK Dons when they thrashed Man U 4-0!!

Man U are in no danger of being relegated or anything like that, you can buy your way out of trouble, however Man U will never be the no 1 big draw must go to destination team it was under Fergie. Players now don't particularly was to be up North a eg De Gea and those who do often will chose City. History means less nowadays something Man U will have to accept.