How do they do it every f***ing week????

[Beach Hut]

An interesting point. When Fergy started at United, I seem to recall that they got close to being relegated, but they stuck with him, gave him the time that so many other managers never seem to get, and it's paid off big time.

I'm convinced he'd do well wherever he went as Manager, as long as he was given time to rebuild from the ground up.

He would probably have been sacked if they had lost away to Forest in the 3rd round of the FA Cup and the form book suggested they would.

However Mark Robbins scored a late winner and the rest is history as I think they won the Cup Winners Cup the next year and then huge success.

 

[Scoffers]

He would probably have been sacked if they had lost away to Forest in the 3rd round of the FA Cup and the form book suggested they would.

However Mark Robbins scored a late winner and the rest is history as I think they won the Cup Winners Cup the next year and then huge success.

On such events are future's decided

 

[Beach Hut]

On such events are future's decided

I suspect in this case yes as it really was considered very poor football for the standards expected at MUFC however they were then what Liverpool are now.

In fact the situation was reversed as Liverpool were the beat team by miles at the time.

 

[maffew]

No matter how good you are as a team, luck is required to score late goals. They were outplayed at Spurs and somehow snatched an equaliser and once again they score late on tonight, that's 2 late goals in a couple of weeks?

it cant be luck the amoubt uniited do it, maybe its fitness/mentally better than the opposition

and cos Ronaldo is the best player in the world at the moment

 

[Badger]

It must be the key to success, I seem to remember during our champion seasons we had a habit of grabbing late winners (usually Zamora 90)

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

neither do i - his record before united was good, and he built a side out of youth players before spending loads of money - top class manager

Did well at clubs before Aberdeen as well.

Yeah he spends money, but least its mixed with homegrown talent.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

it cant be luck the amoubt uniited do it, maybe its fitness/mentally better than the opposition

and cos Ronaldo is the best player in the world at the moment

Its a lot to do with Fitness.

The less fit you are the slower you react to things as the game goes on - Man Utd must be the the most fit team in the league - which is down to Fergie chaning the whole of the clubs culture when he first came.