Fergie in Doha

a pain really read but direct quotes are in italics. sorry you will have to guess what there questions were. the rest is commentary on whats being said and opinion of the journalist


Ferguson: will lose my temper if I need to; don't wait, don't leave until tomorrow; don't let things calm down

Good teaching, high standards, creating inspiration & pratice the keys to good management

Ferguson has a go at 'port & cheese' chairmen...working class Glasgow alive & kicking

Ferguson: I am not a dictator, we always discuss things

Managing difficult players eg Rooney-stutters, silence, considers answer

I am the most important man at MU

Handling Rooney: "he listened to bad advice. His agent not well-liked. Boy rushed & made a mistake
Rooney admitted mistake, apologized

Clearly relations with FA wrankle; claims don't listen to him: winter break, FA at Burton etc

Fergie-South Africa WC freezing...Qatar too hot? 'People are always happening'

Qatar a fantastic bid, great chance"...audience loves it

Are you more mellow at halftime? "Yes...players now are more fragile human beings. Youngsters live in a different world, so I've to change'

"Some players cry now in the dressing room; Bryan Robson never used to cry'

Strong inference: players too soft; can't understand ear-rings & tattoos

Ownership 'Glazers never bother me: never see them; never call me; never ask anything...it's great' Oh, that's alright then

Man City 'can buy success...if structure & spirit right'...implies not right at City

Cantona 'the catalyst; brought us confidence; phenomenal; great in training; scored goals at important times'

On club owners 'just because they successful in US sport, doesn't mean they will be in UK'

Can United bring thro 7 or 8 new young English players 'no...academy rules are crazy...we'll sign Bra, Fra etc players'

Media clashes 'they're under pressure from editors but most of them lack quality, strong values, I have no bond with them'

Favourite ever match: CL Final, 1999-'epitomised the team-never gave up'

Favourite players all from 1990s; get sense Ferguson not enamoured by current crop

'Bryan Robson unlucky at Middlesbrough'...sure mate, sure...and Sheffield? West Brom?

"Bobby Robson a role model for young managers...you need his energy, enthusiasm'
Hard to be enthusiastic when you're an old guy

I'd have loved to have managed Barcelona - great philosophy, ideology"

Q-why have you never got it right with African players? A-'work permit problems'...side-steps

Q/observation-60% of African fans support Man Utd, but you are doing nothing for African f'ball
We've been slow, too late with Africa...we almost signed Drogba from Rennes'...sidesteps Q again

"Will you sell Bebatov?" Ignores Q completely

Asked Q about socialism; loves championing lost causes...may explain his tolerance of Glazers ;0)

"Today's footballers don't come from working classes but I like to make them think they do"

Interesting-thinks Financial Fair Play is a FIFA initiative, & that it won't work

what a mess.

someone format it properly please, not reading that shit

Originally Posted by Ginners

what a mess.

someone format it properly please, not reading that shit

ungrateful sod its from twitter

Reads horribly, sounds like the journalist was some @#%&! off here.

Originally Posted by Sloane

ungrateful sod its from twitter

how many tweets did it take?

What's he doing out there anyhow? Is he backing their World Cup bid?

Sorry, I've tried but I've no idea what the £#%&! this is about.

In Qatar eh?

Originally Posted by ScholesScoresGoals2

In Qatar eh?

Oh i see

"Some players cry now in the dressing room; Bryan Robson never used to cry'

Originally Posted by antonin jablonsky

Sorry, I've tried but I've no idea what the £#%&! this is about.

its not that hard tbh

Originally Posted by borsuk

Hands up who thinks he's talking about Carrick

Originally Posted by Lok

Hands up who thinks he's talking about Carrick

Originally Posted by Lok

Hands up who thinks he's talking about Carrick

Ronaldo I reckon.

Berbatov and the twins.

Naah. Not Berbs, Bulgarian innit? Almost Russian, don't even have tear-ducts. They thrive on hardship and suffering.

Tevez. He probably cries himself to sleep every night because he hates being a footballer so much.

Originally Posted by Zorg

Tevez. He probably cries himself to sleep every night because he hates being a footballer so much.

Hope so.

guardian have written up some of it so here you go moaning @#%&!s

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...nited-retiring

Sir Alex Ferguson has quashed speculation that he might be considering calling time on his managerial career next summer by declaring that retirement is "for young people".

Making it clear that he ends to stick around at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future, Manchester United's manager said: "I'm in no mood for it; as long as my health is good I intend to carry on.

"If my health deteriorated it would be different but retirement is for young people – they can do something else. If I get off that treadmill where do you think I'd go – only one way, down."

When it was put to him that three years ago he tentatively mentioned 2011 as a potential date for stepping down, Ferguson replied: "I've changed my mind – again."

Addressing a sports congress in Doha, where he has been lending his enthusiastic support to Qatar's bid to stage the 2022 World Cup, Ferguson had warm words for the Glazer family, United's controversial owners.

"We have a great relationship, they never bother me, they never phone," he said, beaming. "They never interfere. What more can you ask for? I'm in a privileged position. I've heard of English owners texting managers during training sessions."

Not that the United manager's horizon is entirely irritant-free. Indeed Ferguson made it clear that he regards Paul Stretford, Wayne Rooney's agent, as a particular irritant.

"Some young people today take bad advice," he said, referring to Rooney's expression of a desire to leave Old Trafford, before the England forward's well- documented U-turn which has furnished him with a handsome new contract.

"He's got an agent who is not the most popular man in the world, certainly not at our club. But there's nothing wrong with making a mistake as long as you recognise it. He [Rooney] has apologised and signed a new contract. I think what we want is Wayne back to his best. When that happens I think everyone will be OK."

Asked if his prized possession had been unsettled by illicit contact with Manchester City, Ferguson merely said: "You're never going to find out."

Quizzed on the vexed subject of his "noisy" Mancunian neighbours, Ferguson initially appeared conciliatory before directing a sharp jab at Manchester City's seemingly soft underbelly.

"You CAN buy success if the structure is right," he said. "They've bought some good players, no question, but building spirit is not easy when a collection of different individuals come into the dressing room. It's a big challenge, it's not easy."

Few managers are more expert at taking the locker-room temperature than Ferguson. In what could be construed as a tacit warning to Rooney, he said. "My concern will always be control. The minute a player threatens my control in the dressing room I have to take it seriously. If he's affecting results or morale or spirit he has to go. My strength has to be obvious for all to see."

United's manager proved entertaining on the subject of that beast otherwise know as the modern player. Describing the species as "cocooned", Ferguson then lamented the present day "look at me" culture. "Young people today have an image of themselves and they need to be seen, so they have these tattoos and earrings," he explained.

As the call to prayer drifted through the desert air from nearby minarets, the Scot temporarily forgot he was in the Gulf. "You all play for your pub teams on a Sunday," he told a puzzled audience, many of whom celebrate their weekend on a Friday and, as Muslims, do not drink.

It was a rare slip on a day when Ferguson also endorsed the candidature of Sunderland's Steve Bruce as a future England manager, admitted that, as a much younger man, he would have relished the challenge of coaching Barcelona and sang the praises of José Mourinho.

When he does eventually accept the Glazer family's equivalent of a farewell carriage clock before bowing out, it would be no surprise if Real Madrid's "Special One" proves his preferred choice of successor.

gotta link to the original article sloaners