22 Oct 2014 08:21:43
Interesting to read SAF's comments this morning, oh how defensive he seems. I'm sorry but he has to be held somewhat accountable for last seasons misery, he can say all he wants about the squad being fine but to liken it to Chelsea of this season? Come on Alex. I have all the respect for the man in the world but at this rate he'll end up just as bad as Keane.

1.) 22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014 10:57:56
How you can even contemplate fergie has done any harm to united is beyond me we won the league by eleven points with a side that was suppose to be old . Chelsea had an old squad the season moyes took over. In my opinion. The other thing that fergie probably did not expect was for moyes to get rid of the coaches so quick he should of at least of given it a season . I think he wanted to do it his way to quick. But what do I know.

2.) 22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014 13:13:06
You joking right? Like he hadn't done enough for the club already? You take what he did for granted it was going to be difficult for any manager taking over from him because the club would have been set in it's ways about how it operates. Moyes' made a meal of it, by the sound of it not many of the players took a liking to him and there's also the fact he didn't strengthen the squad which is arguably Woodwards fault. So there are a lot of people to blame before a manager who kept us at the top throughout two decades.

3.) 22 Oct 2014
So no one can ever criticise SAF? He blatantly neglected the midfield for years, his refusal to look for a replacement for Keane and Scholes was stupid, we had a perfect replacement in our own ranks and we chose to bring Scholes out of retirement and play a right back center mid.

I absolutely adore the man and I was there for his last game, but I won't let myself be blinded by him. Everyone has their flaws and SAF's were his stubbornness and ill temperament, which probably actually contributed to his greatness, but still guys you have to admit you're being a tad bias?

4.) 22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014 15:37:06
Thing is anon he won the league with the team he left so u would he feel he left a inadequate squad?

5.) 22 Oct 2014
Pogba was always going to leave United whether we played him in that game against Blackburn or not. He wasn't played because he wouldn't sign a contract so others where picked ahead of him.

6.) 22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014 15:46:41
You can criticise him for the Pogba situation. He did try bring in midfielders such as Thiago but that can't exactly be his fault considering he has nothing to do with transfer dealings and how do you know he was given as much support (financially) from the Glazers as LVG has received recently considering we were in a decent position before whereas now the Glazers realise they'll have to invest to keep us at the top otherwise basically the value of our club will drop.

Don't understand why you said at this rate he'll be just as bad as Keane, not really the same is it if he's defending himself as opposed to bitterly attacking someone for something that happened years ago.

7.) 22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014 15:54:02
You say neglected the midfield but it's not about signing big names or spending lots of money, it's about winning championships which is what he continued to do. That's what separates the good managers from the great. Like Chris said he won the league with basically the same squad as what Moyes had, expect Moyes had the addition of Fellaini. Do you really think if he was still in charge then we would have finished 7th?

8.) 22 Oct 2014
Moyes didn't have a fit committed rvp, fergy did that was a massive difference .
But winning the league with that team was one of fergys biggest achievements

9.) 22 Oct 2014
No Ozwald, but that's not what I'm saying, I said "somewhat accountable", he probably would have finished 2nd/3rd, as he's a world class manager, moyes simply wasn't.

10.) 22 Oct 2014
He didn't neglect the midfield, he tried for year to find suitable replacements, Djemba, Liam Miller, Veron, Ando, Fletch, Hargreaves, Carrick, Alam Smith even. Promoted Gibson and Cleverly and brough in Powell. He did try to get Essien and even got Mikel in a way.

11.) 22 Oct 2014
22 Oct 2014 18:09:56
I'm sorry Anon but I just see no logic in laying blame on SAF after all he's done.

12.) 23 Oct 2014
Ozwald

No one is blaming fergie but he left poor ageing team behind and compounded that by buying poorly window after window in his final years and that is a fact mate and I would love to hear how how anyone can dispute the purchases of Young, Zaha, Nani, Anderson, Smalling, Jones, Bebe, given what we paid as good transfer business.

13.) 23 Oct 2014
RvP and DdG weren't poor signings. Nor were Chicharito or Even Kagawa.

14.) 23 Oct 2014
23 Oct 2014 17:52:57
Yes he made some bad ones, but like MBD said RvP? DvG, Chicharito and arguably Kagawa. You say he left an ageing squad, he also left a lot of very promising young players, you could even say it was a very well balanced squad with the need for a couple of world class additions which obviously he wouldn't bring in whilst retiring.

He had some bad luck with transfers in his latter years but name me one manager where all 100% of his transfers have been successful?