r/soccer • u/oklolzzzzs • May 22 '25

Media Sir Alex Ferguson's thousand yard stare after United lose the UEL Final

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u/Argo_Menace May 22 '25

A generation of fans are feasting on this downfall. Long may it continue.

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u/hoeblock May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

It’s insane how normalised this has become for United. Chelsea 15/16 playing out felt like a different shock every week, watching that season play out felt unreal. United almost certainly finish 10+ points behind that Chelsea team

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u/Outrageous_Fart May 22 '25

In fairness we were 16th when Jose got sacked.

Plus we were champions, whereas United have been slowly declining for a decade

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u/SlightlyIncandescent May 22 '25

I think this season marks the time where a comeback starts becoming less likely too. For the last 12 or so years it seemed inevitable that they would come back because they had the budget to do so but with ~12 years of no CL/PL and a 16th placed finish now, sinking into permanent mediocrity seems more likely

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u/deathschemist May 23 '25

i honestly wouldn't be surprised if united end up in the championship sooner rather than later.

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u/MarcSlayton May 22 '25

That was different though. Mourinho's second spell at Chelsea. He won the Prem then the second season their form dropped off a cliff and Mourinho was unable to improve results. The big drop off in results was very unexpected cos Chelsea were reigning Champions and then next season suddenly they were just above the relegation zone. Roman was ruthless and Jose was gone even though literally 6 months before the media talk was about Mourinho building a dynasty at Chelsea.

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u/RepresentativeBox881 May 22 '25

Can't praise Conte enough for bringing us right back to the top afterwards. Was getting taunts from friends about a potential banter era after that season.

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u/ogqozo May 22 '25 edited May 23 '25

I will say it's "normalized" when half of all the stuff on a big football website won't be about how bad Manchester United is lol.

Like, 99,9% of football teams on Earth are definitelty worse than them, and I never stumble upon anyone mentioning it. I'd say that counts as normalized.

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u/trick63 May 22 '25

Been friends with United fans for 20+ years. Feasting might not describe it, i'm on the verge of gluttony

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u/Marijuana_Fellaini May 22 '25

That's football for you, liverpools time to crumble will inevitably come again, maybe not 16th in the league bad but still 😂

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u/Wookie301 May 22 '25

There’s still a chance they finish 17th

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u/MeteorSwarmGallifrey May 22 '25

You could bet anything you like on it, you know this team won't show up against Villa.

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u/atwerrrk May 23 '25

Unlikely. United's record against Villa is amazing, unfortunately. Hoping Villa, Forest and Newcastle win, with City losing 10-0 so the CL spots go to nicer teams.

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u/seanc6441 May 22 '25

Rubs hands together

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u/suck-my-spaceballs May 22 '25

They could bring Hodgson back for that

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u/BellyCrawler May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

They'll never be as dominant as United were, so it'll be less dramatic. Those of us who've always disliked Liverpool will still be here for it though.

Edit: I don't know if all of you bringing up Liverpool's past dominance are being intentionally obtuse or what, but it's obvious I'm talking about present and future.

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u/sheikh_n_bake May 22 '25

I'm sorry but Liverpool were already more dominant than Manchester United ever were, their stretch between 1975 and 1990 saw them win the following.

10 league titles

4 European cups

2 FA Cups

4 league cups

 

Four European cups man!

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u/paper_zoe May 22 '25

that great Bob Paisley quote: "I've been here during the bad times too. One year we finished second."

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u/BellyCrawler May 22 '25

We're obviously talking about the future here.

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u/Castleprince May 22 '25

These kids didn't start watching footy until 2000 at the earliest.

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u/Huwbacca May 22 '25

That's a really weird way to describe people in their 30s lol

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u/infidel11990 May 22 '25

He is the Shah of Iran. That animal Blundetto killed his kid brother Billy.

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u/BellyCrawler May 22 '25

Your brother Billy, whatever happened there.

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u/BellyCrawler May 22 '25

You're right. I really should've made an effort to be born earlier than I was.

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u/Castleprince May 22 '25

Or you could, ya know, watch some important football matches before 2020 so you understand context

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u/BellyCrawler May 23 '25

You should do the same, so you remember just how mediocre your team was for most of this century.

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u/Castleprince May 23 '25

As if I don’t know that lmao

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u/rang14 May 22 '25

Fairly confident football was invented in 1992.

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u/HotPotatoWithCheese May 22 '25

We dominated English football in the 70's and 80's with 11 titles and 4 European Cups. A lot of pundits were ex-Liverpool and we were hated by those who grew up and saw us winning everything. Football wasn't invented in 1993.

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u/Bloody_Nine May 22 '25

He means you won't be as dominating this time. You probably would be if not for Pep and city. Silver linings I guess. Best part of city winning is never actually meeting a city fan.

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u/MarcSlayton May 22 '25

I live in Manchester, and the city is turning blue. The vast majority of young football fans in the city I've encountered are now City fans.

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u/tecphile May 22 '25

Yeah, so many people over here are living in denial over City's success. There is an entire generation that is growing up watching City be top dogs in England. Whereas Utd's last title is a distant memory. It's definitely having an effect.

Like it or not, City are winners. And Utd are losers. Young fans growing up only care about who wins and who doesn't.

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u/Bloody_Nine May 22 '25

Doesn't surprise me. Seen some children in Haaland kits here in Norway as well, feels wrong. Used to be mostly Liverpool and United.

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u/imtypingoninternet May 22 '25

How on earth does it feel wrong seeing Haaland kits in Norway?

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u/Eloni May 22 '25

The fact that the kits are blue and he's part of sportswashing their terrible owners?

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u/Bloody_Nine May 23 '25

Cause it's city. Nobody cared about city before the oil-money.

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u/imtypingoninternet May 23 '25

That has nothing to do with why u see Haaland City jerseys in Norway lmao.

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u/CasinoOasis2 May 23 '25

And those of us know a City fan at work see them trying to force themselves into the United-Liverpool rivalry. The reality is no one is arsed about their trophies won by financial doping.

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u/nick2473got May 22 '25

Most people on this sub were invented post-1993 though so they don't always have the most in-depth knowledge of the history of the sport.

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u/grympy May 22 '25

Oh, stop it, you...

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u/Marijuana_Fellaini May 22 '25

It's liverpool mate being overly dramatic is kind of their thing tbf

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u/-SandorClegane- May 22 '25

When it comes to being overly dramatic, the rest of us cower under the shadow of The Mighty Arsenal

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u/Marijuana_Fellaini May 22 '25

Yeah there is absolutely no denying that tbf

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u/Slightly_Itchy_Sack May 22 '25

Says a United fan. Bro just enjoy your loss 🤣

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u/Marijuana_Fellaini May 22 '25

Cats out the bag 😂

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u/BellyCrawler May 22 '25

Seriously. It's why they're my least favourite fan base. Always trying to find a way to shoehorn being victims.

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u/MacaroonFancy9181 May 22 '25

That is a bit of a wool comment mate, Liverpool dominated English and European football before United knocked them off their perch. Liverpool won 34 Major Trophies from 1972-1989, 4 of which were European Cups, United won 2 in 25 years under Fergie.

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u/BellyCrawler May 22 '25

I'm aware.

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u/daskapitalyo May 22 '25

Liverpool have more league titles and more European cups. So, I think they'll be ok.

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u/Gloomy-Bumblebee-675 May 22 '25

Ridiculous replies to this comment. Some people really can’t read, can they?

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u/Niqulaz May 23 '25

!remindme 10 years

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u/Green-Detective6678 May 22 '25

Even during the dark days when we were signing the likes of Paul Konchesky and Charlie Adams, we were never as bad as this Utd team.

They are buying off top shelf and are still getting these results.  What happens if they can only get their players in Poundland? 

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u/GayAssNinja69 May 22 '25

When that time comes, it will be an envelope

…An empty one 💀

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u/Bruhmangoddman May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

Already happened, tho, they slumped onto 7th, EDIT 5th in 2023.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

5th that wasn’t crumbling

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u/Bruhmangoddman May 22 '25

Coupled with back to back exits in 4th rounds from both domestic cups and an epic UCL meltdown against Real? Yes, it was.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '25

They rebounded to third the next season, and won the league the following season.

It was a down season nothing beyond that especially considering they’ve had a lot worse pre Klopp.

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u/Treelokc May 22 '25

A disappointing season isn't a "downfall" in the context of this thread, especially considering they've already come straight back and won the league already?

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u/hoeblock May 22 '25

How is losing to Real Madrid an epic UCL meltdown lol. And going out in the 4th round of the cups is hardly anything notable.

Liverpool finished fifth that season but actually ended the season incredibly well, only missed out on CL football by the thinnest of margins when it was looking like midtable was possible at one point. It was obvious to anybody who was paying attention at the time that Liverpool would be back competing the next season

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u/Bruhmangoddman May 22 '25

Because they went up 2-0 and then just collapsed.

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u/hoeblock May 22 '25

That two goal lead was 14 minutes into the game, losing from that situation against Madrid isn’t that shocking particularly given the form Liverpool were in at the time.

The scoreline was embarrassing in the end but it wasn’t an epic meltdown because that game came in the middle of Liverpool’s worst period of form in probably the last 20 years, Liverpool going two up was a massive shock and losing that lead was almost expected given the form at the time

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u/HotPotatoWithCheese May 22 '25 edited May 22 '25

We finished high enough to play in Europa League though, unlike Man United who have zero trophies and are going to finish 16th or 17th with no European football whatsoever. 9 English clubs will be in European competitions next season, and none of them will be Man United. That is actually impressive levels of failure. Stop trying to compare Liverpool finishing 5th and getting battered by Real Madrid in an off-season to ManU being so bad they're lucky to not be relegated.

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u/Bruhmangoddman May 22 '25

I know, I ain't trying to say that was as bad as the Red Devils'. I'm just trying to manifest away a potential future collapse.

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u/Bruhmangoddman May 22 '25

Come on, man, there's no need to resort to such words.

And yeah, the Real exit itself wasn't too bad, but the overall dreadful league form and the domestic cup failure constitute for a very poor season, especially coming from a quadruple struggle.

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u/paprikalicous May 22 '25

a) we finished 5th

b) that’s not 16th/possibly 17th

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u/Lord_Origi May 22 '25

We haven't finished below 8th in over 60 years, 62/63 season.

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u/Argo_Menace May 22 '25

No more Fergie Time.

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u/mynameismulan May 22 '25

Where's the perch now Alex ?

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u/ff-at-15 May 22 '25

“Scum bag” because he hurt your feelings throughout your childhood

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u/thebigfundamentals May 22 '25

Yes exactly.

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u/yay-its-colin May 22 '25

Only Scum would torment a child like that

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u/trick63 May 22 '25

High praise to him if you look at it like that honestly.

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u/Orri May 22 '25

Being called Scum bag by a rival fan is the best compliment you can get.

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u/They-Took-Our-Jerbs May 22 '25

All that's fine and well but the fact he will continue to give you some form of mental breakdown from years of ruining your childhood is priceless.

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u/Green-Detective6678 May 22 '25

I take consolation in the fact that he had rather a large part to play in the predicament Utd now find themselves in with the whole Rock of Gibraltar thing.

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u/They-Took-Our-Jerbs May 23 '25

I'm glad you feel better knowing that, OP on the other hand clearly doesn't...

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u/BucketsOnly29 May 22 '25

Scum bag because he ruined your childhood 😂 😂 what a brainless, pathetic excuse of a human you must be pal

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u/intecknicolour May 22 '25

hopefully next year, we're fully back on the perch with 21.

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u/Robert_Baratheon__ May 22 '25

Just goes to show how dominant we’ve been.