Thread: Alex Ferguson....

Quote: Originally Posted by The Wizard Just how many trophies do you need to win to be 'great' then... There's more to being "great" than winning lots of football matches: Show magnanimity Be philosophical Have courage Show respect for others Be a good role model for youngsters Be good at losing Be a nice human being Own up to being wrong sometimes Does Alex Ferguson have any of the above attributes? These are...

Quote: Originally Posted by xenophon He's a very successful manager, but as long as there's a hole in my arse he won't ever be "great" Just how many trophies do you need to win to be 'great' then...

Quote: Originally Posted by Badger But that's every supporter's god given right I'd say he is a pretty big Manchester United supporter as well as manager

Quote: Originally Posted by samhale86 He's doing nothing different to what you lot do after the Albion lose. Apart from the not calling the referee a cnut, or shouting 'your not fit to wear the shirt'. But that's every supporter's god given right

Quote: Originally Posted by The Wizard Just how many trophies do you need to win to be 'great' then... You don't need to win trophy's to become great, nor do you become great by winning trophy's. Its about the person, and Alex will never be great.

Quote: Originally Posted by The Wizard Just how many trophies do you need to win to be 'great' then... i think you need to look at different criteria than how many, perhaps look at the clubs where the trophies were won and the resources available, such as forest or derby with clough, or the european cups won by liverpool under paisley, when it was a knockout competition,ferguson has had plenty of money to spend at united, this is a...

Quote: Originally Posted by The Wizard He might be a c*nt but he's a great manager. Not a tenth of Cloughie..

Sick and tired of the whining sweaty ****.

It is incredible. Fergie has so much to say about everything - except when he is actually supposed to talk after matches. Someone the other day described to me the (fortnightly) comical scene at Old Trafford, when 20 national newspaper journalists are holding their dictaphones up to a TV to get a few match quotes from his ultra soft-soap interview with MUTV. It's the only thing they get given. Home or away, he doesn't do press...

Need a big touchline ban, seems that he is the only manager who can go around saying what he likes about whoever and pretty much get away with it. Not exactly setting a great example if every time you lose you have to blame someone else. They were the better team but didn't put the ball the back of the net, end of story.