Is it right to say we never had money? Pre Abramovich or certainly from 1990 to 2000 we could compete with Utd and Arsenal and blow the rest away. We spent money badly on more occasions than we spent it well. It's exactly what Utd are doing now although I'd argue with transfer and wage inflation a bad mistake now will take longer to move on from. Sanchez for example is a turd that can't be flushed, Pogba is on too money for anyone to buy. So is Rashford and DeGea if they ever try shift them.   A few have said Utd making the top 4 is bad. I don't see it that way, Ole making gradual progress is great, hopefully he makes some every year for the next 5. When they realise he's a joke they have to start the whole process again.

I definitely think that's a fair guess, but in spite of the money they have the lack of direction the club has is definitely comparable with us in the mid-90s. They bounce from manager to manager without a consistent ethos or style of play, and their transfer strategy seems completely scattershot. You might be right, but I'm not certain. For all the hype around them at the moment, I still don't think they have a single player that comfortably gets in ours or City's first team.

I must have missed loads on here. Was Stringy one of those anti-Henderson weirdos? I knew Henderson was great since Soccer AM. 

I would have thought that us not winning the league would have been more glorious.

I just can’t see anything other than a City win. I remember us playing the top sides in situations similar to this and we seemed to nearly always win? City will be ridiculously up for this. We will be up for it too, but I wonder if we might just be off it that 1% that makes all the difference in a game of this level.