………………BUT I believe that 2009 / 2010 might be different.

SAF does not have 80 mllion pounds squirming in his pocket - that money has been used to redeem debt, in which United are drowning (thanks to the Glazers).
This is also why United have been very quiet in the transfer market (the same applies to Liverpool, by the way).
United are currently paying interest-only on their debt - they have not started paying off the capital.

Have you watched their two games so, far, against two of the weaker clubs in the EPL?

How would you rank their performance - mid table level?

On current form a Champions league place is by no means guaranteed, and if that does not happen, Man U are screwed - major financial implications (no top 4 incentive from Sky and CL etc).

Berbatov looks to be a major disaapointment - a shadow of the player that shone for Spurs.
As for Michael Owen, well let’s see if he can keep fit, and remember how to beat goalkeepers 1 on 1 again……………..
If anyone is over the hill, then Owen would surely qualify?

I’m not sure that you are right about Man City’s acquisitions being “over the hill” - most are in their mid-twenties prime.
A few seasons ago, that characterisation was true - all they could afford was formely good players in the twilight of thier careers - Didi Hamman, Trevor Sinclair, Andy Cole etc.

I think that there could be a top 6 or top 8 this season, rather than a top 4 but I think that the gap between top half and bottom will widen.
Some clubs at the bottom are going to be on the receiving end of cricket scores!

I’d be happy to bet a case of Charles Glass’s finest or a bottle of Chivas with you on the outcome of the derby games etc - pm me if you are in!

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Good one there, had me laughing a lot. True that, Man U wont fail to win the league because of one man

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