Quote Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn View Post
One of hundreds of similar articles you can find related to Ferguson's support for owners that are hated by the fans. Lot's of examples there about the dramatic decline in Utd's net spending so imported debt can be repaid, plus Ferguson's strange excuses in the transfer market.
I never mentioned SAF did not support the owners. Heck, he loves them.. he gets paid by them and more importantly, he gets to buy/sell players he wants. Even if he doesnt want to sell them. Ex: Ronaldo, he makes sure he get a bloody good deal out of it. And then with that very same money, re-invest it in the team!
Our manager on the other hand will beg the board to reduce the price of a player (Fabregas) so the player can fulfill his dream. And even when we get half decent money for a world class player, we do not even re-invest that money. You seriously cannot tell me that if SAF played under the same pressure, he'd still be sucking up to the Glazers.

I am sure there might have been instances where probably SAF was told by the board that signing a player was out of their league and he had to work within his boundaries. However if he were to be told 'NO' for every little transfer. Ex: 1 million extra quid for Schwarzer or 2 million for Alonso would not be available, he'd have told them fuck off and die OR more importantly, he would have quit and not tarnished his reputation for some greedy cocks.