Sir Alex Ferguson.

[markc123]

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I salute you Sir Alex, and the world of football will miss you.

Sad day for every football fan.

 

[Hants-Spark]

Sorry Markc123 but I cant agree with you on this one, as a manager yes he achieved more than anyone else in the game and for that I take my hat off, but as for a sad day for football fans, nooooo, he manipulated the FA/Press and anyone else he could to get his own way, and was allowed to, some may see this as good management, others may see it as power crazy, for those reasons he turned Man Utd into probably one of the most loved and hated teams in the world/country. Man Utd were/are a good team, I believe previous ones have been better than the one thats just won the league, another subject. In general he was given time, which doesn't happen now-a-days allowing the building of a strong team (hopefully the Real Mighty Reds will do the same) in todays football if you dont win anything within 2-3 years you've been a failure and get the sack, if at Chelsea its within 1 year its the same, the other title contenders have money as do Utd but as said, the managers are not given the time to use it wisely and therefore feel they have to rush out and buy whoever they can, City and Chelsea have both got lucky with this but in general its not going to make you successful. Arsenal are the only other team that have tried to do this and have done well, the last few years they have fallen short but that probably co-insides with when City and Chelsea became rich. The 2 best examples of how to develope football and great teams are Liverpool of the 80-90's, and obviously Utd late 90's until now. Who will be the next manager is the next question, I think the Special One, but Moyes is favorite and has done a great job with Everton, lets see who has been lined up. Whoever takes over has a reasonably easy few years to start with as the team will already be there, what they do after that remains to be seen, maybe the tide will turn back to Merseyside (wishful thinking).

 

[Toonlad]

Hes not dead yet, so i cant see it being a sad day for football.

Trophies and titles speak for themselves, but how you conduct yourself is a different matter. Dont get me wrong i actually like SAF, but Sir Bobby Robson, now that was a sad day for football.

 

[Silly Sausage]

..................the building of a strong team (hopefully the Real Mighty Reds will do the same)....................

Do you mean FC United?! :smilielol5:

 

[Hants-Spark]

Do you mean FC United?! :smilielol5:

We can all live in hope , I think we're going in the right direction though and over the next few years will be able to mount a challenge for the title, but it does take time and hopefully they will give Rodgers this to put together a good team.

 

[ian.settle1]

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I salute you Sir Alex, and the world of football will miss you.

Sad day for every football fan.

Good riddance to the moaning jock git

 

[markc123]

Im a tottenham hotspur fan btw - not ****ty united.

But, i disagree with everything/everyone on here lol...It is a sad day football in my opinion because the premierleague won't be the same, like you said Hants - he manipulated everyone he came into contact with him - no one else does that, so it is a sad day because football has now changed - he was a complete one off.

The end of an era as they say.

 

[trev]

Well his little puppet has the helm now and SAF is sitting in the back room and will be pulling his strings so it's not like he's dropped out altogether is it?

 

[Fox]

This tickled me....

 

[Hants-Spark]

The question now is, can Moyes handle the premadonna's at Utd, will he spend his money wisely, he certainly wasn't used to having much of it at Everton and will he listen to SAF in the background telling him what to do.

 

[markc123]

Baines to follow Moyes to Old Trafford and United to be very dangerous next season is my prediciton.

 

[Hants-Spark]

I'm a bit biased but i really fancy LFC to do well next year, 2 good signings in the break and we're there.
Markc your probably right about Baines though, good call.

 

[trev]

Hitler Reacts To Sir Alex Ferguson Retiring (VIDEO)

 

[Silly Sausage]

Haha...that's probably what he was like behind the scenes.
I gave up footie when it went all seated and everyone else jumped on the ManU bandwagon.
We used to sit around now and again on a Saturday dinner time wondering what to do, let's go to the footie, leg it down OT, pay us cash and through the turnstile.
It's all ballcocks now.

 

[Hants-Spark]

So Beckham wins the league in France with PSG, first Englishman to lift the title in 4 countries, fair play to him. I'm sure SAF is so pleased for him...not.