All credit to Reading, Liverpool were shocking, when you consider the transfer fees and wages of their squad they should be capable of more.
I echo the thoughts of Squeeky, these clubs need champions league revenues, without it they are bust. They cannot shed cost quickly enough when things go wrong as its all tied up in binding contracts. I have no sympathy, their business models are worse than the banks.
The MU profits just about covered interest, this is at a time of all time low rates and a very sucessfull team, it is unsustainable IMO.