stonewall Jackson
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Pogba's feet wouldnt have touched the floor on his way out. SAF wasn't everyone's cup of tea but he was a real old school manager who dealt with real men when it was required....keane, stam ect.
What Does Alex Ferguson Think?
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Chesterfield loyal
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I think you are exactly right on this, people shouldn't underestimate the job the two of them done to contribute to the success during that period
subversive_bear
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People are seriously saying that he abandoned Man U on any level are being ridiculous. The guy was seventy years old and had been in the job since the mid 1980's. He had to go sometime.
hawkfalcons
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I would think he would be hurting
colin stein 9
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I agree with you as far as wealth is concerned, the period before Sky when TV money had no bearing on a club’s standing. Also the period (for the same reason) that Rangers could outspend most, if not all clubs in England. Attendance figures were the important thing, not TV income. Sky is the only reason that clubs like Bournemouth and Brighton are considered bigger (purely in terms of finance) than Rangers.
steve1873
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I'd say on one hand he will take a little bit of pride in the fact that nobody, even the special one, has been able to come in and even look like replicating any of the level of success he did. However, he will still not enjoy seeing his club being, at best, the 4th force in English football for the foreseeable future!
They need to bring in a manager who is braver and better than Ole (Poch?) and let him know that no matter what, he has at least 5 years to get the club back to competing properly for the title and performing consistently in the latter stages of Champions League. There isn't a quick fix at that club. Splashing an obscene amount of cash hasn't helped them particularly as they are miles behind both City and Liverpool and even the likes of Chelsea and Spurs are better equipped to push those clubs than Utd.
They went 26 years without the title before Sir Alex delivered it. They have now gone 6 years. It isn't beyond realms of possibility that they could have as significant a wait as their previous drought. Look at Liverpool for proof of that. 29 years! Who would have thought that at the start of the 1990's?
They need to bring in a manager who is braver and better than Ole (Poch?) and let him know that no matter what, he has at least 5 years to get the club back to competing properly for the title and performing consistently in the latter stages of Champions League. There isn't a quick fix at that club. Splashing an obscene amount of cash hasn't helped them particularly as they are miles behind both City and Liverpool and even the likes of Chelsea and Spurs are better equipped to push those clubs than Utd.
They went 26 years without the title before Sir Alex delivered it. They have now gone 6 years. It isn't beyond realms of possibility that they could have as significant a wait as their previous drought. Look at Liverpool for proof of that. 29 years! Who would have thought that at the start of the 1990's?
Disraeli
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Definitely the second. Sir Alex’s proudest legacy was “knocking Liverpool off their perch” by overtaking them in league titles. Doesn’t look like that will stay as it for long.
Hindsight is wonderful , but I bet he regrets not having held on another another year for retiring. Pep was available in Summer 2013.
Hindsight is wonderful , but I bet he regrets not having held on another another year for retiring. Pep was available in Summer 2013.
basiltherat
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Ferguson took over a United thay had been floundering for a few years (though they had one a few cups and were second in the league a few times) and then spent 4 years reshaping them before they had any success. In this time he was routinely mocked by the press and the vast majority of fans wanted him out.
None of his successors have been shown such tolerance
None of his successors have been shown such tolerance
Ibroxkev
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Pogba was probably shipped during Fergies time but I honestly don’t think I he’d stand for all of this Instagram/dancing around corridors etc. These modern day Utd players need a stern reminder that players making/enjoying nothing close to their lifestyle died.
Wugs
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Brian_Fantana
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Ferguson left a team that was utterly done. It would’ve taken a superman to get them winning anything the next year.
I think moyes was the right choice at the time but the job was just too big to see results in 1 season. His stats against his successors are showing that, there’s not a huge difference between them. In saying that, his transfers didn’t help. He should’ve taken Baines with him instead of Fellaini.
The bosses shat themselves when the results weren’t coming & threw the baby out with the bath water & started chucking money at the most commercially appealing options available.
A perfect storm of fuckuppery
I think moyes was the right choice at the time but the job was just too big to see results in 1 season. His stats against his successors are showing that, there’s not a huge difference between them. In saying that, his transfers didn’t help. He should’ve taken Baines with him instead of Fellaini.
The bosses shat themselves when the results weren’t coming & threw the baby out with the bath water & started chucking money at the most commercially appealing options available.
A perfect storm of fuckuppery
chosen few
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Ferguson has to take a large chunk of the blame , the managers who followed him were left with not a lot to work with , for a manager who had remoulded his team 3 or 4 times during his tenure , he allowed a team to die ie Van der sar , Neville , Vidic , Ferdinand , Keane , Scholes and Giggs none of them were replaced , there was no forward planning , replacing these players was nigh on impossible , but they should have been replaced gradually not flogged to death , it did not help when the MD left and was replaced by a novice .
