Fergie's Fledglings: Part III?

Good day Soccer, Futbol, and Football Fans:

So my favorite team, Manchester United, are currently on preseason in the US and one of the great things about preseason after a World Cup is that you get to see the younger players on the squad get a chance to play (unless you are like me and watch the Reserve Games). The lineup has been filled with youth against Celtic and the Philadelphia Union; both games have been victories for the Old Trafford club. Here is a list of the young players making a splash so far on preseason:

- Fabio and Rafel da Silva (twins): age 20
- Ritchie de Laet: age 21
- Cory and Jonny Evans (brothers): age 19 and age 22
- Chris Smalling: age 20
- Tom Cleverly: age 20
- Darron Gibson: age 22
- Gabriel Obertan: age 21
- Biram Diouf: age 22
- Federico Macheda: age 18
- Danny Welbeck: age 19

With great talents like this boys who are coming into form and are challenging for first team action. This seems very familiar to many people in the football world that know Sir Alex and Manchester United's history, but for the fun of it lets take a look.

1980s: Part I of "Fergie's Fledgling" saw the introduction of young players: Russell Beardsome, Tony Gill, Deiniol Graham, Giuliano Maiorana, Lee Martin, Mark Robins, Lee Sharpe, and David Wilson. This was not a great success for Alex Ferguson because only Sharpe and Martin made any great impact and only did they help win Ferguson's first trophy, FA Cup, in 1990.

1990s: Part II of "Fergie's Fledgling" gave the world the golden generation of Manchester United and the players we all know very well today: David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Chris Casper, Terry Cooke, Simon Davies, Ryan Giggs, Keith Gillespie, Gary and Phil Neville, Pat McGibbon, John O'Kane, Kevin Pilkington, Robbie Savagem Paul Scholes, Ben Thornley, and Graeme Tomlinson. These young players had greater success than the 80s Fledglings but it was not with some hardship. Once many of them broke into the first team in the 95/96 campaign they lost the openign game to Aston Villa 3-1 and one of the greatest commentary quotes in Manchester United history was by pundit, Alan Hansen who said "You'll never win anything with kids." But the kids went on to win the League and the FA Cup allowing them to do the Double. Many of these players stayed with Man United and other went on to other clubs, but these Fledglings brought many trophies to Old Trafford during the late 90s and early 2000s.

2010s: [2010] Part III of "Fergie's Fledgling" is about to come. These young players have been in the shadows of the first time for the past three season, but with many of Manchester United legends likes Scholes, Giggs, Neville, Brown (more injuries), and O'Shea (more injuries) are reaching the twilight of there careers its time for the new young guns to move in like the 80s, and 90s. These young players are very talented and if given the chance they will shine for Sir Alex and Manchester United, and with Sir Alex not making a splash in the transfer market keep a look out for these players to get more action this season.

Manchester United's future looks promising with these young players learning from their heroes, and maybe one day they will be United legends.