"I can't see lightning striking twice and United throwing away the title with a big lead and the finish line beckoning," said Manchester bookmaker Fred Done last week when he announced that anyone who backed Manchester United for the title at one of his 218 branches could collect their winnings now. Two season ago Done lost £400,000 when he made the same offer to United backers, in the season they lost the title to Arsenal, having led them at one stage by 12 points. Wonder how Fred felt after Saturday's result from St James' Park? Deja vu?