I just wish he could somehow have stayed with us. For just one more year. — Last year he was injured. I just wish someone could injure him this year by kicking him in the groin or almost breaking his leg.

If he could stay for one more year so we could win that record 4th League Championship. We’ll finish in the ‘Top 4′ but we will be back to Also-Rans in Europe. Regular sem-finalist and finalists in our history for the first time ever.

If we’d kept Beckham for just one more year I definitley think we would have reached the European Cup Final in 2004.

Only Real have taken over our place as Also-Rans in Europe. Real have now gone out at the first knock-out round so many times consecutively. Like Man Utd did before 2006/07. — The last time they didnt was when they beat us in 2003. The 4-3 Beckham game.
It was incredible that we reached 3 semis and 2 finals in a row.

Like last time we won the League 3 times in a row. In 2001=02 we sold our best players like Stam and Sheringham and Cole, etc. Yorke hardly featured.
Beckham gone in a year. A year after signing a new contract in 2002.

After him we were never really in the Championshiop race for 4 years. In the middle years of the decade I thought we were back to being a cup side. Unable to compete with the unbeaten Arsenal and Chelsea on 90 odd points.

Without Ronaldo we wouldnt have won anything in 2007-08; and probably not the league this year. — He’s won the last 2 titles on his own. And got us to
2 European finals in a row. — Nearly 90pts per season. — 90 odd goals in 3 seasons.

I dont understand why we keep selling our best players to the Also-Rans of Europe. First Beckham. Second Van Nisterooy. Now Ronaldo. – I dont want to understand.

Disclaimer: All these comments are part and parcel of my book and website.

And i’ll play on the other wing!