Can the Abramovich effect actually be good for United in the end?

[dori2o]

You possibly all think I'm crazy, but read first and judge later.

Abramovich has basicaly come in and bought 2 titles for Chelsea, there is no doubt that, althiugh they don't play the best football, they have been for the past 2 seasons, the most consistent team in the league.

We have already benefited from this. The 2003/04 and the 04/05 season's were probably the worst since 1990. But, this season we have seen an improvement, and a better style of footbal now being played at United.

Though it is not yet the finished article, we are not that far behind.

A couple of decent signings this summer, and a season where we don't have the typical injury crisis we have seen for the past couple of years and the race is most definately on.

Without this intervention from Abramovich we would surely still be champions but still battling it out with the Gunners and Liverpool, but would we be playing the style of football we all crave at United, the football we played in 1999. IMO although we won the league in 00/01 well before Easter, the football was boring. 02/03 was slightly better, but not to what we wanted.

Chelsea's millions will dissapear, I'm sue of it, and so will their players, but our class, determination and drive will not.

[Kyle]

Chelsea will steal our Transfer targets aslong as Abramovich has control of Chelsea, how is that good for United in the end? They will bump up the prices we have to pay for players by naming the interest in the players.

Chelsea's millions will dissapear, I'm sue of it, and so will their players, but our class, determination and drive will not.

Abramovich recently sold 5 Oilwells, for 8 Billion £

[Red Devil]

Uniteds big problem started with Kenyon when he was still at Old Trafford. He deliberately sabotaged transfer deals to United (Robben was one) because he knew he was leaving to join Abramobitch at Stamford Bridge. Strange that, within 10 days, players who decided NOT to join United suddenly joined Chelski within hours of Kenyon joining them.

Essien is another example of a player who, until United wanted him, was shown absolutely no interest in by Chelski. Our mistake was, we made our interest public. Agents are also a problem, can they keep their mouths shut, no, they "offer" players out by making secret negotiations public.

What Abramobitch wants he gets, and he cares not how he does it. The Mikel affair is a perfect example of this. The player was playing for Lynn in norway and had happily signed an agreement and contract to join Man Utd.

Suddenly, he does not want to sign anymore, "I have always wanted to join Chelski" he spouted and then some heavies in the company of a disgraced and banned agent turns up in Norway and spirit him away to London.

This is the double dealing underhanded work of Abramobitch and Kenyon. They want something and rules and laws mean nothing.

Chelski sign players for the sake of it. Sean Wright Phillips is a good example; he was a major part of the Man City setup but money and greed took over and now he is a relatively small time fish in a pool of sharks. Other players, who signed big contracts for millions, now find themselves without a team, shunted off in the Reserves, but happy in the knowledge that they are earning millions doing nothing. Some, of more moral fibre, realise their error and now want out, but nobody is moving in for them, wonders why?

Chelski will inevitably crash and burn once the Russian's money is taken away. The man is a criminal and the law will catch up eventually no matter how many bribes he puts into place. The Russian Government have wanted to speak to him, on their own soil, for quite a while. Maybe one day they will get fed up of waiting, or bribes, and do something about him?

What Chelski are paying out now cannot be sustained without serious losses in the future. Their salary structure, without Abramobitch, cannot possibly survive in a free market economy. The fans cannot afford to subsidise to the current levels, nor will they.