- Nov 29, 2004
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Agreed. I shall never forget the conversation I had with two former colleagues - one a Utd fan - in the summer of 2013. Ferguson had just retired and Moyes had replaced him.
Me: "I reckon with Mourinho back Chelsea will win the league, but the rest of the top 4 is any 3 from 5 (City, Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Spurs)".
Utd fan (and these were his actual words): "You wot?! You can't tell me its not guaranteed that United will finish in the top 3".
They finished 7th that season. They haven't finished in the top 3 in any season since Ferguson retired.
Since when was anything EVER guaranteed in football?