Quote ="sally cinnamon"Eric had also shown signs of decline, not massive decline, but in his last season he was not the great player he once was - similar to Monaghan now.
Like Monaghan he would have been able to hold his own in the team for a few more years and would still have retained the adoration of the fans out of respect for his former achievements but Eric was slightly mentally frail I think and he could not deal with not being the best.
United actually got more powerful up front after Eric left, with Sheringham coming in and Yorke. Whilst neither of them would have been the catalyst like Eric was, it was possible to replace the irreplacable. If you are Man United and have high ambitions.
It would have been interesting had the lobby from the fans been "lets replace from our own youth system" if United would have won the Champions League.'"
For a split second there I thought my Internet had played up and I was on a Manure fan site. Back to the subject, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael, Michael Monaghan...
