Guardiola is a bit bitter

Originally Posted by Zorg

City’s approach was ruthless. Who’s the best manager in the world? Let’s get him.

United’s approach to Frogger’s impending retirement, meanwhile, was based on a load of wishy-washy, nostalgic £#%&!ing twaddle and set the club back years.

United's approach was to Guardiola. Then Ancelotti, then Mourinho. When we found out we were too late for all of them we panicked, appointed a shoddy third-rate compromise candidate and set us back years.

We'd also asked Dortmund but they wouldn't even let us talk to Klopp.

Originally Posted by andyroo

United's approach was to Guardiola. Then Ancelotti, then Mourinho. When we found out we were too late for all of them we panicked, appointed a shoddy third-rate compromise candidate and set us back years.

We'd also asked Dortmund but they wouldn't even let us talk to Klopp.

With that kind of faultless forward planning is it any wonder we’re in such a state.

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

Guardiola would have been perfect for United. Instead we got stuck with this Norbert.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

Shame all the £#%&!ing @#%&! wants is easy jobs at clubs whose resources far out stretch all their competition then isn't it.

Maybe one day he'll take on an actual challenge.

Exactly

He's a £#%&!ing coward that needs everything to be near enough perfect for him

Would never have taken the United rebuild, not in a million £#%&!ing years.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

With that kind of faultless forward planning is it any wonder we’re in such a state.

Does any club ever know a year in advance who it's next manager will be? It was a disaster but it's so easy to say that in hindsight. The berts appointing half their board of directors in order to get their manager is a totally unprecedented way of doing things and out of context looks really £#%&!ing odd. Sure we missed a trick by not appointing those directors... ffs, where does that end?

The real mistake was in the 1990s instead of expanding the stadium and marketing we should have drilled for oil.

The real mistake, before the debacle of Fergie's successors, was dropping any ambition to be the best in the world in 2009.

Selling Tevez and Ronaldo and replacing them with Owen and Valencia ... the start of our initially slow descent downwards.

Whatever his real motivations were, Rooney had a point when he questioned our transfer policy shortly afterwards.

Originally Posted by Ranier Wolfcastle

The real mistake, before the debacle of Fergie's successors was dropping any ambition to be the best in the world in 2009.

Selling Tevez and Ronaldo and replacing them with Owen and Valencia ... the start of our initially slow descent downwards.

Whatever his real motivations were, Rooney had a point when he questioned our transfer policy.

This!

Originally Posted by Ranier Wolfcastle

The real mistake, before the debacle of Fergie's successors, was dropping any ambition to be the best in the world in 2009.

Selling Tevez and Ronaldo and replacing them with Owen and Valencia ... the start of our initially slow descent downwards.

Whatever his real motivations were, Rooney had a point when he questioned our transfer policy shortly afterwards.

There was no value, tbf mate

Originally Posted by Denis Irwell

There was no value, tbf mate

Whilst players like Hazard, Aguero, Ozil, Robben etc were moving we were snapping up world beaters like Ashley Young and Chris Smalling.

It's unbelievable.

Originally Posted by Ranier Wolfcastle

Whilst players like Hazard, Aguero, Ozil, Robben etc were moving we were snapping up world beaters like Ashley Young and Chris Smalling.

It's unbelievable.

That City song does have a slight point. Phil Jones

Originally Posted by andyroo

United's approach was to Guardiola. Then Ancelotti, then Mourinho. When we found out we were too late for all of them we panicked, appointed a shoddy third-rate compromise candidate and set us back years.

Though I'm not sure how that widely circulated story of SAF telling Moyes months in advance he was going to be his successor fits with this??

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Though I'm not sure how that widely circulated story of SAF telling Moyes months in advance he was going to be his successor fits with this??

Guardiola was announced to be joining Bayern in January 2013 so it doesn't fit in.

Ferguson's version of events from his late 2013 autobiography is he made his mind up to retire in December 2012 and informed the Glazers in March 2013.

I take that version as the truth as it was told while Moyes was early into the job.

Ferguson has since reshuffled the tale after Moyes turned out to be a disaster. You can tell he's bullshitting to save face as he even started to mention Van Gaal as an option they tried but couldn't get.

Yeah as if the succession plan was to replace a retiring 71 year old with a 60-something year old who had been out of club management for a few years.

Can we stop talking about how Moyes got the job please? Its bringing back bad memories and filling me with rage

Originally Posted by Buck

Guardiola was announced to be joining Bayern in January 2013 so it doesn't fit in.

Ferguson's version of events from his late 2013 autobiography is he made his mind up to retire in December 2012 and informed the Glazers in March 2013.

I take that version as the truth as it was told while Moyes was early into the job.

Ferguson has since reshuffled the tale after Moyes turned out to be a disaster. You can tell he's bullshitting to save face as he even started to mention Van Gaal as an option they tried but couldn't get.

Yeah as if the succession plan was to replace a retiring 71 year old with a 60-something year old who had been out of club management for a few years.

Yep. Wouldn’t believe a word Fergie says on the matter tbh, God love him.

Originally Posted by S/Side.Red

Yep. Wouldn’t believe a word Fergie says on the matter tbh, God love him.

If he came back tomorrow we'd win the league nqat. The least he can do to make up for leaving us with Moyesy.

Originally Posted by Ranier Wolfcastle

The real mistake, before the debacle of Fergie's successors, was dropping any ambition to be the best in the world in 2009.

Selling Tevez and Ronaldo and replacing them with Owen and Valencia ... the start of our initially slow descent downwards.

Whatever his real motivations were, Rooney had a point when he questioned our transfer policy shortly afterwards.

TBF, This was the Glazers & not a Fergie decision. As i recall , SAF was happy for Rooney to question Utd's ambition, almost to the point of pushing the stupid @#%&! to say it out loud

Pep Guardiola says he is sorry if Manchester City's derby celebrations insulted Manchester United, but not if only Jose Mourinho took offence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42331616

was nice as £#%&!ing pie until he was winning :£#%&!er: didn't have a £#%&!ing word to say last season..

The man is a coward and a @#%&!.

So £#%&!ing what

I was offended by our £#%&!ing putrid football

Originally Posted by andyroo

So £#%&!ing what

I was offended by our £#%&!ing putrid football

I have been consistently offended by Mourinho's management, still doesn't make Pep less of a cowardly @#%&!.

True, but I find it hard to give much of a £#%&! by comparison.

Originally Posted by Kangared

TBF, This was the Glazers & not a Fergie decision. As i recall , SAF was happy for Rooney to question Utd's ambition, almost to the point of pushing the stupid c*** to say it out loud

What's stopped him saying anything since he retired?

His last autobiography was a chance to take a pop at a lot of people - why not call them out for jeopardising our chances in Europe?