Fergie to retire!

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Originally Posted by LDG

I'm sure Fergie is capable of finishing the season isn't he? It's only two weeks FFS.

And I'm sure Utd can hold on for two weeks before announcing a new boss too.....it's only media pressure, else they probably wouldn't have announced it until the end of the season anyway.

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It's more to do with due diligance for the NYSE, they've got very strict rules on company announcements that may affect share prices.

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Originally Posted by IBK

Used to hate SAF with a vengeance when we used to compete with Manu back in the old days. Now I respect him as the best manager football has seen - who has done wonders with teams that have had players inferior to the competition in recent years.

Moyes coming in with SAF staying on in a mentoring role seems possible to me - in many ways Moyes could be regarded as a chip off the old block - and his achievements for Everton on the tiny budget available to him have been considerable. Mourinho and Pellegrini are the only managers with anything like the kudos of SAF - and Mourinho would have the ego to step into SAF's shoes. But neither will go to United if SAF stays on in any capacity.

...Somehow it seems hard to believe that SAF is ready to go altogether....

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Would Moyes be happy with playing the John Major role with Fergie driving from the back seat? I don't think any top manager at a top club would be happy with that.

So it actually happened.

The league is going to be poorer without him and he's cemented himself as one of the greats of the game.

But from our point of view this is a good thing, especially if Man Utd appoint a Souness like catastrophe that takes them down a few levels. It may give us a fighting chance at the league as long as Man City and Chelsea continue to flatter to deceive. Hopefully it's Moyes and not Mourinho.

I wonder how Wenger feels about this. After all the bitterness and feuding they once had, they seemed to become very good friends - in fact I wouldn't be surprised if Ferguson regarded Wenger as his closest managerial friend. It's a shame they never really ignited their rivalry much post invincibles.


lol RVP

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Originally Posted by PGFC

It's more to do with due diligance for the NYSE, they've got very strict rules on company announcements that may affect share prices.

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:good:

I haven't read any of it tbf.


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Oi, bibulous bawbag, don't let the door hit you on the arse on your way out...

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This is big news if Nozza and MW have come back on here to post about it!

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Originally Posted by Letters

:lol:

This is big news if Nozza and MW have come back on here to post about it!

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Sky is speculating they had their accounts banned on other forums.

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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Hope its true :pray:

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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Never gonna happen.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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that would be hilarious.

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Originally Posted by hobson's choice

Thank you jesus, I hope it's Moyes, that would be great for us. Some people really don't understand the job Fergie has done with this squad these past two seasons.

Moyes in my opinion, ain't capable of doing that with these players.

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Moyes is a bit of punt but I can't see a huge decline just yet, Fergie's left enough of a stamp on that team for them to carry on competing.

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Originally Posted by The Wengerbabies

Hope its true :pray:

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At the moment I'm the only source for this rumour but I have a strong track record with these things and I DO NOT have a Twitter account nor do I post comments on goal.com. I will shortly be placing considerable funds with Paddy Power to see if I can generate a bit of momentum.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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:lol :lol That's not going to happen. Perhaps 6/7 years ago but not now.


Saying that I wonder it makes you wonder how good Wenger could be if he spent some money for a fucking change.

That said, plenty of Red Cafe want him though none think they could get him. Probably some sort of grasping at memories of the classic battles, some sort of historical continuity. Not much support for Moyes on there. His mum was on telling them how mean they all are but that's about it.

In hindsight it seems Sagna's performance vs Utd was a tribute to Fergie.

RVP can come back now, he had his fun.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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If only that were even remotely true.

He'd win the league 3 times in a row with our team and probably a CL.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

RVP can come back now, he had his fun.

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Bet he's well fucked off. He came to work with the best and is gonna get Moyes.

Awesome.

What should happen.

Ole comes and manages some Prem team for three years. Mourinho manages us for those three years, then fucks off and Ole can manage us for the following 10 years.

That's what should happen.

If Moyes goes to Utd it will be a triumph for mediocrity. Just do your time, nothing spectacular, work the averages and wait it out. Strange enough that Ferguson has gone, it'll be genuinely shocking if Moyes ends up in that seat. Unless he's going to perform the role of yes man and puppet.

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Originally Posted by Michael Westen

Bet he's well fucked off. He came to work with the best and is gonna get Moyes.

Awesome.

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On the flipside, he was right not to wait another year or he’d have missed his boat.

But if Moyes comes in he should be well pissed off! :lol:

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

There's some really crazy talk going on that Wenger has been approached.

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LOL - that mignt explain both Van Persie and the statement that we'll be selling noone else to Manure. Seriously, though - unless Rafa's going as interim manager until 2014 - no chance!

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Would Moyes be happy with playing the John Major role with Fergie driving from the back seat? I don't think any top manager at a top club would be happy with that.

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I reckon so - for an interim period. Moyes would need bedding in to a club that actually spends and I reckon he'd go for it (unlike any 'top' manager). It is the biggest club in the world after all...

Wenget going there would be the biggest WUM of all time.

Even I'd have to applaud him.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

On the flipside, he was right not to wait another year or he’d have missed his boat.

But if Moyes comes in he should be well pissed off! :lol:

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True story.

This is a bad day. Good day for Mancini cos it probably saved his job, but for United fans, it's worse than people outside even think.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

Wenget going there would be the biggest WUM of all time.

Even I'd have to applaud him.

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I'd love to have Wenger as long as he doesn't buy the players.

Wow.... Wow... wasn't expecting this at all.

Fergie has always been at the top of the game, and is a true great. Managed to deal with all the new teams challenging without fading away. He's been the manager of one club for 26 years, and in the current climate, you can comfortably say that will never happen again.

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Originally Posted by Munchies

Wow.... Wow... wasn't expecting this at all.

Fergie has always been at the top of the game, and is a true great. Managed to deal with all the new teams challenging without fading away. He's been the manager of one club for 26 years, and in the current climate, you can comfortably say that will never happen again.

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Wenger will be here after 26 years :coffee:

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Originally Posted by Michael Westen

Bet he's well fucked off. He came to work with the best and is gonna get Moyes.

Awesome.

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The Moyes/Mike Phelan dreamteam.

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

The Moyes/Mike Phelan dreamteam.

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Doesn't even come close to

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Manchester United chief executive David Gill, speaking to MUTV: "We have to look forward now and I think any manager coming in will inherit a great squad and great staff around him. It is a dream job. I won't speculate on the announcement but I think we will move relatively quickly.

"In Sir Matt Busby and Sir Alex we got in managers who got involved in all aspects of the club. That degree of loyalty is crucial to the success of Manchester United. He (the next manager) needs the required football experience in terms of domestic and European requirements, so it is a small pool."

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That would seemingly rule out Mourinho and especially Moyes, who has little and not so successful European experience. "Small pool" as well. Sounds like Wenget's going home.

SSN got Moyes in pole position (hope he goes there, he's awlful ;) )

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Originally Posted by Munchies

SSN got Moyes in pole position (hope he goes there, he's awlful ;) )

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He'll turn it down and extend his deal with Everton.

Can you imagine Wenger having to go upstairs and call Ferguson "boss"? They'd be tearing skin off each other within the first week. Not sure anyone but a total yes man can work at Utd now if Ferguson is still on the scene in any meaningful way. It's okay saying there can be a bedding-in period but Ferguson would have to go after that or else the bedding in would just be training a manager to do what he's instructed from above. What is Avram Grant up to? He has Euro experience and is very domesticated.

The Times are reporting Moyes will be named as the new manager in the next 24 hours.

That's a bloody disaster for Manure fans! :lol:

It can't be true because he has no European experience.

BBC comment:
Heartbreak in the Mark Hughes household as he leaps up to answer his mobile phone only to be asked if he's ever been mis-sold PPI" +139

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If Everton are telling the truth about there being no contact from Utd then it can't be Moyes. Not unless Utd have been negotiating behind their backs. Of course they aren't obliged to tell the truth but it would be easier to say nothing rather than lie about it.