Then I considered the scenario 12 months ago when I was celebrating the Reds becoming the 2007 title winners and felt confident that days later I would be cheering them home in the FA Cup at Wembley against Chelsea.
But triumph and tears often have the same effect in sport. As much as United were buoyed by getting the Premiership trophy back off Chelsea last May, so were the Londoners fired up to gain revenge in the Cup Final.
Both fed off the hands they had been dealt.
It is the same this year. The title celebrations at Wigan will ensure United go to Moscow for the Champions League final on a superb high.
However, I don't expect the flat finale and disappointment they were suffering at Stamford Bridge to mean Chelsea will travel to Russia on a low.
Spur
As a psychological booster they will be using the title loss in the same way United are using it as winners. The same way Chelsea approached the FA Cup 12 months ago.
They will be using it as a major spur.
So expect Avram Grant's side to be in dangerous mood once again. But I am not expecting the result to be the same and that they will ruin another double bid.
Last season, having not won the league title for three years, I felt there was a very clear intent from United that they wanted it back and that was paramount.
Equally, I feel this year there has been a vision that this was the term when the Reds started to set the European record a bit straighter.
Of course, there have been matches in the Champions League when our play hasn't matched the superb entertainment level of our Premier League football, but I still think the Euro campaign has been pretty near perfect.
There has been a lot of expectation and nervousness this season in that the weight of United history and the 50th anniversary of Munich was weighing down on the side.
But I firmly expect that they'll take everything in their stride in the Luzhniki Stadium next Wednesday and the boys of '68 and '99 will be joined in the Old Trafford history books by the 2008 vintage.
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