I only hazily remember this - so please treat as 'bloke on the internet told me' - but my memory is that during the 80s, Utd were rich, but not dramatically richer than anyone else. ISTR in… (View Post)

But that's only where they should have been, given how much richer they were than every other club. They had the resources to buy all the best players: no great surprise that they are then the b… (View Post)

I missed that. Just been to look it up. Worth it. (View Post)

Both, I'd argue. (View Post)

I haven't read the report - but this situation highlights one of my chief worries about our system - that is, how can a minister enact a policy that his civil servants fundamentally don't w… (View Post)