End of an era - Sir Alex steps down as manager of UTD

[Mr Pee]

Just imagine how you would feel if someone told you Wagner was dead. Now spare a thought for others.

Wagner's DEAD????

[Beef Oven]

Wagner's DEAD????

Lol!!

That's nothing, last week I found out that Father Christmas doesn't exist!!

I cried all the way to the chip shop.

[vinteuil]

... I learn that this Ferguson chappie has been in charge of some Football club. Was he any good?

[antongould]

... I learn that this Ferguson chappie has been in charge of some Football club. Was he any good?

Yes vints and he will be missed......

[BBMmk2]

Well, despite me not being a Maan Utd fan, I can well appreciate as to what he has done for football, his club and country as a whole. What a legacy he has left for whoever his sucessor may be!

[Nick Armstrong]

... I learn that this Ferguson chappie has been in charge of some Football club. Was he any good?

I'd love to arrange a get together between wor vinny and Beefy

[Mr Pee]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/angry-scotsman-to-be-released-into-community-2013050867819

[Beef Oven]

I'd love to arrange a get together between wor vinny and Beefy

Fine by me, so long as vinny is under 5' 2", knows no martial arts and is a skinny as a sparrow.

[Northender]

Perhaps he could pop down to Peterborough and give the manager a bit of help......

[Flosshilde]

Many of us hadn't a Scooby.

I'm gutted.

I hadn't; & I still haven't.

Is the gutting in preparation for you getting stuffed?

[Beef Oven]

Is the gutting in preparation for you getting stuffed?

No, it means I'm sick as a parrot

[Flosshilde]

A Norwegian Blue, perhaps?

[Ian Thumwood]

I don't think Ferguson's record as the greatest ever manager of a club football side can be doubted and only a fool would find it hard not to admire what he achieved with a team that had spectacularly under-performed prior to his appointment. Without doubt, he has surpassed both Shankley, Paisley and Clough combined and I would suggest was fortunate to produce a side that exploited the rise in quality of the game that stemmed from the EPL being created. Likewise, Liverpool's fall from form at the same point in the early 1990's is reason why yhe Merseyside club will never match Man Utd. Odd that no one has really pointed out that Ferguson's ahcievement in Europe is vastly more impressive than any other English club and at a time when the competition became of an increasingly high standard. There is no chance of a team like Malmo reaching the final of such a competition these days.

However, in many respects I think he won't be missed. The constant harranging of officials at the touchline and the notion of "Fergie-time" are elements of the modern game which are not welcome. Man Utd have become all-conquering under Sir Alex and perhaps football is a little more boring now that provincial clubs stand little chance of making a lasting impact in the EPL. His support of his players when they have done wrong and reluctance to accept refereeing decisions which have gone against his team are a sad reflection of the way the sport has evolved and like Arsene Wenger who has also radicalised the football in this country, i think this has come at a cost.

Best Fergie moment? Beating Manure 3-1 at the Dell and him blaming the grey kit!

[Beef Oven]

A Norwegian Blue, perhaps?

Sick, not pining.

[anotherbob]

Best Fergie moment?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/sportvideo/footballvideo/8071079/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-UNICEF-partnership-an-eye-opener-for-Manchester-United-players.html