Sir Alex Ferguson Retires

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 09:18

Confirmed

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 09:36

Beerbaron said:
surely utd can only go down hill from here.

There's really no reason to suggest that, while we've been in the fortunate position to have had one of the best for as long as we have Real, Barca, Bayern and others have all enjoyed continued success all the while constantly changing their manager. It's hard to comprehend this right now but the club is bigger than Sir Alex.

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 10:33

chrisxuk said:
New manager has been revealed

We could do a lot worse

Announcement on the next manager to be made within the next 48 hours

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 10:41

“@sportingintel: #mufc sources say successor announcement "soon", and "he'll be cut from same cloth as Ferguson and Busby, and believe in youth development"”

Sounds like Moyes if that has any merit

EDIT: SSN and their sources say Moyes is indeed favourite

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 10:46

Robbo said:
Surely anyone would say they believe in youth development to get the job, has Moyes actually developed a lot of youth players?!

Well there's a certain number 10 playing for us who got his break under Moyes...

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 10:54

ONESHOTKILL said:
I like moyes , he has done extremely well with a team that constantly loses players to bigger clubs and on his budget he has brung stabity still to that club. I would be more worried if I was a Everton fan then a united fan

Good post

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 10:57

Sky Sources: club not looking for a quick fix or a hired gun

It's definitely Moyes

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 11:24

md85 said:
Gutted.

Please don't let it be Moyes. The only way I'd want Mourinho is for a fake announcement just to see Chelsea fans jaws drop - been rubbing it in about Hazard all season..

Rubbing what in about Hazard?

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 11:53

“@StanCollymore: BREAKING.Negotiations between new MUFC manager and their club to end contract "amicably" and "imminently".

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 12:08

G|mp said:
That's like turning down a fat ugly bird and then Scarlett Johannson offering you a night o filth.

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 12:13

Class, thanks for posting Azza. You heard anything your end about Moyes?

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 13:01

Sky reckon Moyes could be named as manager as early as this afternoon

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 13:16

Pighardia said:
Kenny Dalglish?

Don't even

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 13:24

Moothead2 said:
The sad thing is in 26 years time how many mangers will have come and gone at United? Unlikely to be anyone with as much staying power as him for a long time, if at all.

Real Madrid have had 24 different managers during that period

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 14:03

Good luck David, you'll need it with some of our supporters

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 14:10

ONESHOTKILL said:
Haters gonna hate, moyes will do a fine job

I'm certainly willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, he wouldn't of been my first choice but it is what it is. What we don't want is supporters not willing to back the new manager like the Liverpool supporters did with Hodgson and Chelsea supporters with Benitez

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 14:14

Purdy said:
Hodgson was backed a fair bit oringinally dont chat ****

Not by anyone on here he wasn't, you included

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 15:13

dannyjo22 said:
No he has a love of self promotion. After a while at Manu he would talk about desire for Italy, Spain, Portugal or anywhere else when he wasn't getting his way.

Charlton didn't talk to well about wanting to work with him either...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/07/bobby-charlton-jose-mourinho-manchester-united

Not sure about managing in other leagues again but he's certainly never hid his desire to one day manage the Portuguese national side...

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 19:01

I was thinking earlier what's the minimum we should expect of Moyes next season? Initially I thought top 4 but then christ is that how far we've fallen in the space of 2 days? So should the minimum next season be a trophy? After all Fergie always said the aim every season was to win a trophy...

Tom84 · 8 May 2013 at 19:08

cm1179 said:
(if it does turn out to be moyes) united fans should embrace the change. did you really want another season like this one? bland performances, grinding out results, dodgy subs, big money spunked on the likes of jones and cleverly? i think even ferguson knew he'd blagged this season.

Guess you want AVB out as well then?

Bland performances? Check
Grinding out results? Check
Dodgy Subs? Check
Big Money spunked on the likes of Dempsey & Sigurdsson? Check