Thursday, July 29, 2010

Having finished Manchester United The Biography, the club that i've supported since i was 13 now becomes a much complete story. The culture, the history and all the great stars who have once owned a piece of the red history become the very fundamental to which Manchester United is who they are now.

Matt Busby set the standard, and thank goodness for Mark Robins who "rescued" Sir Alex Ferguson's career, we have now a world-beating championship team. And it's not only that, because across domains such as management and leadership, having SAF there and him almost quitting to looking for a successor, they all become things which are very sensitive, very delicate and could probably be hazardous if handled foolishly.

So many generations of players ... from the golden triumvirate of Best, Law and Charlton ... to King Eric Cantona ... to 'you don't win anything with kids' Beckham, Giggs, Scholes ... to the unforgettable European Champions which i still vividly remember that night in 1999. Schmeichal, Sheringham, Solskjaer, Cole and Yorke ... plus the free-scoring Ruud Van Nistelrooy to our solid Jaap Stam.

But SAF has always maintained that no one is ever bigger than the club and i think this belief and culture have been positive traits in the club. Cristiano Ronaldo came and dazzled all of us. Inspired me to do more stepovers and go for the fanciful rather than boring ol soccer. Together with Rooney and Tevez, we had another golden trio ... and we won our 3rd European Championship over Chelsea, thanks aplenty to John Terry and Nicholas Anelka ... and of course our evergreen Edwin Van Der Sar.

Looking at the highlights of last night's game against the MLS All Stars, I think we once again have a great squad. Giggs and Scholes may be in the last couple of years, but they will provide the kind of guidance that SAF always preaches. I wanted to mentally form a team made up of the next gen ... starting with Macheda, Welbeck, Hernandez up front, with Nani, Valencia on the wings, Gibson, Cleverley, being the midfield engines, Smalling, Evans, Rafael and Fabio in defence ...

Then i remember we still have Rooney, Berbatov, Park, Carrick, Scholes, Fletcher, Giggs, Ferdinand, Evra, Vidic and Brown ... =)

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