Fergies Autobiography

Looking forward to it, bound to be a few players dreading it's release.

Nicely timed release so Moyes can deal with any fallout from this (Rooney revelations etc....) while trying to get Utd back on form. How nice of Alex.

Should be an interesting insight into his mind and how he was the driving force behind United's dominance over the last 20 years, even supporters of other clubs (including myself) will be reading this one.

How many autobiographies has Fergie had now at this stage? Must be at least 3. Just another 2 to go now before he dies.

The one due out this Thursday is only his second autobiography.

His first one was released rather fortuitously in 1999 - just after United won the treble. Though there were updates to that over the years...

Agree with Horsey, Fergie is certainly top of the list. Not only did he win more than them all and stay at the helm longer than them all, but he did all this through the biggest evolution the game ever had. When Fergie started managing at United, there were players on £1000 per month, when he left in 2013 he was managing players on £1million per month.

The fact that he stayed on top of his game, as the media changed, the game changed, the players changed, the professionalism changed etc - is the main reason he's the best for me. And that's without mentioning how much of a pioneer he was with man-management, how much of a pioneer he was with mind games, how much of a pioneer he was with media dealings, how much of a pioneer he was with squad rotation, that's without mentioning the fact he's won more trophies than any other British manager and the fact that the academy he set up at Old Trafford was insanely effective. His greatest legacy for me was how much he evolved as a manager as the game practically changed during his time as a manager.



Edited by Siralex - 21 Oct 2013 at 6:23pm

Fergie still thinks Jock Stein is the greatest

irishmufc wrote: No matter what you think if the man he's up there with Clough,Shankly,Stein etc etc

He won 10 leagues in 12 years there, that's close to complete domination.
He just popped into my head givin it 5 seconds thought. It wasn't a very definite list, just a few off the top of my head.
If the thread were to go in that direction lads could viably argue till the seasons end and who could be included.
What brought him into my mind was that he did a great job there twice and brought players of the calibre of gazza and laudrup to Scotland.
I'm not goin to staunchly defend him if people disagree just them few reasons made his name pop into my head. Suppose Everton didn't work out for him if I was to be critical.

I read 1 years ago but don't remember any of it.
Read loads of football autobiographies and that doesn't stand out. I have always preferred reading ones at the end of a managers/players career though, rather than halfway through.