True, we all regarded Kiddo as the one to takeover from Fergie when he was due to retire, but my choice for Carlos is based purely on his coaching pedigree he had from his days of coaching the Portuguese U21s to coaching South Africa (albeit with lesser success). Kiddo's coaching experience cant really compare with Carlos's in my opinion. In any case, I believe my choice in Carlos was vindicated by Real Madrid's eagerness to sign him to be their first team coach.
And you're right, I'm pretty confident that 99% of us will still be faithful and loyal supporters irrespective of where our destiny lies. I think everyone's passion for the club is illustrated quite well by their statements on this list. I forgot to mention a point. In the face of multi-million pound takeovers - and I'm sure that Chelsea's takeover wont be the last in the Premiership - how would we react if, hypothetically speaking, we were faced with a takeover from a russian billionaire or an Oil Sheik from the middle east? Just curious to know what people think. I know the BSkyB takeover was controversial because most fans believed that Murdoch's intentions were purely for television coverage rather than genuine football investment. However, Roman Abromovich simply had a spare 300 million quid lying around and figured why not invest it in a football club? Should we then shun the advances of a rich tycoon who is willing to invest millions into United becoming the most powerful club in the world and not merely for other, dubious intentions? I think that if these takeovers become a recurring trend, then why not sell the club from a competitiveness point of view? (but the potential investor should not be someone like Murdoch) ideas? -----Original Message----- From: Ryan, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 September 2003 01:16 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [Mufc] The Beginning of the End??? You make some excellent points, but I thought that Brian Kidd would make the ideal replacement for Fergie in the mid 90's and now I can see I was wide of the mark there. Who knows, you might be right, it might be the beginning of the end, but when the club was performing poorly United still had loyal fans & I'm sure 99% of us on this list will still follow regardless of our league position. -----Original Message----- From: Himal Govind And I always felt that Carlos Queiroz would be the ideal replacement for Fergie one day and United have lost this perfect replacement ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for Your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at Myinks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/l.m7sD/LIdGAA/qnsNAA/GtUolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
