straight to your inboxWhat a difference an opening day makes. Had Manchester United steamrollered their opponents like they did against Fulham in 2006 the clamour for transfers, even in these Twitter times, would have doubtless subsided.Instead they suffered their worst opening league defeat since the Umbro grey kit's debut at Villa Park in 1995.
United, remarkably, did not make a single signing in a summer they sold Paul Ince, Mark Hughes and Andrei Kanchelskis. Imagine if Twitter was around for that.The mitigation that day was United were bereft of stalwarts Steve Bruce and Eric Cantona, their marquee striker Andy Cole and a hamstrung Ryan Giggs.
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