Fergies book out today.

[Red Astaire]

Demento

I forgot about that nickname.

 

[Modo]

It was a pretty silly comparison because Gerrard was about 4 years younger than Viera and about nine years younger than Keane, so of course both of them had the edge over him for most of their careers. They were very shrewd and very physical players who knew every trick in the book. Maybe Ginsoak should have a look back at how Souness played against the younger Bryan Robson.

Sure, it was definitely the case. Keane was older and wiser, still, he's right about Gerrard not performing against Keane. I remember it quite well cause I was watching the games with a Man U supporter next to me who kept saying that Stevie was shite.

Also, wasn't Robson at West Brom when Souness was playing for us?

 

[jexykrodic]

Have you noticed how people are beginning to have difficulty recalling stuff?

And we're treated to excerpts from Ferguson's book all over the media as if it were in any way accurate.

Autobiographies are wasted money.

 

[Lippy]

Sure, it was definitely the case. Keane was older and wiser, still, he's right about Gerrard not performing against Keane. I remember it quite well cause I was watching the games with a Man U supporter next to me who kept saying that Stevie was shite.

Also, wasn't Robson at West Brom when Souness was playing for us?

A Man Utd supporter said it ? Why then it simply must be true.

 

[cloggypop]

There is apparently an entire chapter about LFC. A whole chapter on a club he never managed. That is fucking weird.

 

[Modo]

A Man Utd supporter said it ? Why then it simply must be true.

Yep a Man U supporter and my older brother, who I always used to watch the games with.

 

[Mojo]

So, Gerrard is not a 'top, top player,' according to Ferguson, yet he claims he was the only midfielder who could hurt United with bursts forward through the heart of his team's defence. He concluded Gerrard had the ability to beat team's single-handedly.

What a fucking thick, demented cunt!!!

 

[ClassicGirl14]

Oh no, he doesn't like us!

That's like being shocked that The Lying Rag rose this morning.


- now Free

 

[gkmacca]

Also, wasn't Robson at West Brom when Souness was playing for us?

Atkinson took him to the mancs.

 

[gkmacca]

That's like being shocked that The Lying Rag rose this morning.


- now Free

The Lying Rag rose? AGAIN???

 

[Farkmaster]

There is apparently an entire chapter about LFC. A whole chapter on a club he never managed. That is fucking weird.

And yet we're talking it on a forum for a club he never managed, despite the fact that everyone was so looking forward to him fading away.

 

[cloggypop]

And yet we're talking it on a forum for a club he never managed, despite the fact that everyone was so looking forward to him fading away.

True enough but I don't think I would include him in my memoirs.

 

[Athens]

Reading this would be like reading Stalin's memoirs, how he justified getting rid of players is like Stalin sending political opponents to the gulag.

 

[Red Astaire]

Reading this would be like reading Stalin's memoirs, how he justified getting rid of players is like Stalin sending political opponents to the gulag.

Or like him saying - 'That road wasn't going to build itself - So what that there were a few bones involved'

 

[EmreChan]

Reading this would be like reading Stalin's memoirs, how he justified getting rid of players is like Stalin sending political opponents to the gulag.

Ha! Jon Snow makes the same comparison. And here I was thinking Jon Snow knows nothing.

 

[Ryan]

[article]Ferguson was highly critical of Liverpool and Kenny Dalglish for their role in the Patrice Evra-Luis Suarez affair.

On Liverpool's decision to wear T-shirts in support of the Uruguayan, he described it as "the most ridiculous thing for a club of their stature".
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That's true

 

[Ryan]

The cunt is copying Ryan word for word there.

Heh.

 

[Ryan]

Ferguson believes Henderson’s gait will cause him problems later in his career because he runs from his knees with a straight back.
'

That's a really interesting point.

 

[Ryan]

Jon Snow handles him absolutely beautifully in that C4 interview. You can see Ferguson squirming throughout.

 

[gkmacca]

Compare with Bob Paisley, who just stepped gracefully into retirement.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Some interesting points but nothing really surprising.

Does he talk about Paul Mcgrath?

 

[Lippy]

Yes there's a chapter on when Demento & McGrath went on a search of all the Bargain Booze shops in Salford where Sir Purple was seeking a fine vintage Macallan and McGrath landed a cheeky little deal on a Thunderbirds / Mad Dog buy one get one free combo. Gripping stuff.

 

[Red Astaire]

I actually really liked the anecdote about the time McGrath and Demento went to a kibbutz during pre season in 1987. How their commitment to eating grapes and unpasteurized cheese was (I thought) a telling revelation.

 

[Actonian]

About as reliable as this

 

[Silver Sean]

What should he call him? Just curious is all. I'd always use Ferguson myself but don't see 'much' wrong with Fergie. It's not as if the OP is using it affectionately. Isn't that what Kenny used to call him in interviews as a sly dig? i.e. not conforming to the sir bullshit.

The Fergie monnicker is far too cuddly and benign. Ferguson is his name, and that's fine, but we seem to have a lot of people on this forum who seem to think we should look up to cunts like him and Wenger. Most seem to have more vitriol for our own past managers who have lead us to trophies than they do of these fucking bellends.

 

[Woland]

Howard Webb, whistle in one hand, cock in the other, leaned over and showered my panting crimson face with his hot sticky referee's love-gloop.

 

[kingjulian]

Howard Webb, whistle in one hand, cock in the other, leaned over and showered my panting crimson face with his hot sticky referee's love-gloop.

So there is nothing in that book that we didnt know already?

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Fuck Fergie

 

[Mersey86]

Jon Snow handles him absolutely beautifully in that C4 interview. You can see Ferguson squirming throughout.

Yes - Ferguson is really struggling at times in that interview. Snow stopped short of really stamping him into the ground, but it was apparent that he could have done so.

 

[Halmeister]

I'm just surprised Woland didn't find a gif for that.