GeorgeOsborne:I'm glad we lost today, we needed to... the team is not good enough, I know we got 89 points and could of won the league, but we didn't deserve it, and our performances in the cups have been awful. This United team needs a big kick up the backside, and this summer is where the transformation should begin. City have all the money, we can't rival that, and they have have players with incredible ability all over the pitch, man for man, they are better than us, we have Rooney? well they have Tevez and Aguero, and we don't have anything like a Silva, but they've got a back up version of him in Nasri too. Our midfield is weak, City's is Yaya Toure. Our defences are both equal however, but City are still the better team, and now??? now they know how to win, so that big advantage we had over them, has just been made very small. City will strenghten in the summer, don't worry about that... expect to see shock signings, expect to see them doubling up in positions where they already have world class players, rule nothing, or no one out... Falcao? Van Persie? Hazard, Neymar, Lucas, Wilshere, Xavi??? Pique, Chielini, Bale, it really could be anyone... What can we do? be smart, be savvy, invest wisely, we don't have the money behind us to compete, but the players ARE out there to get us back to the level we should be, we SHOULD NOT be losing to City 2-3 times a season, and we should never be outclassed by a top 6 Spanish team, or crash out of an easy champions league group again... Baines, Clyne, Modric???, Martinez, Feillani, Dempsey, Kagawa... the players are out there, and they won't cost the world either. We need to replace Evra, we need to strengthen the right back position, we need someone in central midfield who can give Yaya a run for his money, we need some attacking midfielders who can score, create and allow Rooney to focus on banging them in. De Gea, Jones, Vidic, Ferdinand, Baines, Martinez, Cleverley, Valencia, Young, Kagawa, Rooney... that team could beat City no trouble.
What's this all about? City winning their first PL title for 44 years on Goal Difference and you are all of a sudden outlining the 'brilliance' of City. City spent millions to turn in two years from a mediocre team to a team who just about won the PL. They exited Europe very early despite the fact that they were in the competition last season and yet no one has mentioned anything about that. City for all their millions have a selection of players who could not shrug off the challenge of UNITED but had to rely on a QPR team to allow them to win their title? If they were as good as you say they are why didn't they score goals galore against QPR? I take it that you are a long term UNITED fan and as such I feel your disappointment BUT don't be slagging off and comparing us with City's 'best players, man for man, line'. City have the success only temporarily. We have had many challenges before from rich clubs and we will continue to be the target for many teams because of our SUCCESS. CITY are the target team now and good luck to them. They will forever buy more and more players while UNITED will build a new side, young and fit enough to compete with City and any one else. Our history says so. We will deal with City in our own time. This season was not our time otherwise we would have won PL. OH AND BY THE WAY CITY WILL NOT DOMINATE because there are too many teams lining up to topple them.