WLF
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Some might feel it’s a wee bit unfair to compare the mentality of SAF to someone like Ten Hag because it’s changed days. But maybe there’s something to it.
Try that these days and there would be a squad at the door of the chairman.Some might feel it’s a wee bit unfair to compare the mentality of SAF to someone like Ten Hag because it’s changed days. But maybe there’s something to it.
A born winner ,that's the difference.Some might feel it’s a wee bit unfair to compare the mentality of SAF to someone like Ten Hag because it’s changed days. But maybe there’s something to it.
Not being obtuse, but he wasn’t a born winner…he’d to dig it out and get others to follow his lead.My favourite non-Rangers manager of all time.
A born winner.
he apologised to his players the following day.
They’d all be on twitter/instagram slagging him like %^*& and calling him a lairTry that these days and there would be a squad at the door of the chairman.
Read that after I posted it actually (not on here haha). Suppose it’s still an example of the type of standards he set for his players, definitely wasn’t an accident that he ended up having the level of success he had.I'm sure I've seen him say he very much regrets that interview now. It was early days for him though. Funnily enough he was probably the best ever at protecting his players after a bad performance, when he was at his peak with Man U.
This was also only 10 days after beating Real Madrid in the CWC final.Some might feel it’s a wee bit unfair to compare the mentality of SAF to someone like Ten Hag because it’s changed days. But maybe there’s something to it.
yep we did too. cheered on the dundee hibs too when they were flying in europe back then. as for fergie, wish he'd come to Ibrox.When they won the ECWC there were 5 of us who followed Rangers home and away sitting watching it, cheering on Aberdeen and celebrating when they scored.
"Changed days" doesn't come close.
Me my old man and 3 brothers all did exactly the same, we were cheering as if it was the Gers who won the cup.When they won the ECWC there were 5 of us who followed Rangers home and away sitting watching it, cheering on Aberdeen and celebrating when they scored.
"Changed days" doesn't come close.
One thing for sure - referees knew they couldnt get away with anything. He would sometimes call them out directly and copped a fair few bans for it, and sometimes be quite cute in putting pressure on them. Either way, he was a master at dealing with refs.What i would do to have Sir Alex at Rangers right now. The greatest of them all and didn’t take any shite.
He instilled a winners attitude and erased the fear of coming to Glasgow.Great manager , no friend of ours though at the end up. It's alleged he was mainly responsible for the dolly fans past and current attitude to our club.
He let players go who wouldn’t conform to what he wanted regardless of who they were.Too much player power these days. Ferguson would need to adapt his style of management.
from what I’ve read about SAF, he was more a man manager than a football coach, he left the coaching to his number two, Archie Knox, Steve McClaren etc.I love Fergie and think he was the best manager ever. I know some one here don’t like him but you cannot deny he was a genius. A tough tough man who also had a great footballing brain. What we would do for a manager like him today at rangers .
Great manager , no friend of ours though at the end up. It's alleged he was mainly responsible for the dolly fans past and current attitude to our club.
Strachan said he made him stand in the North Sea because he said he had an ankle injury. Ferguson asked him following week if he had an injury, strachan replied no all good. Said he was ruthless. You wouldn’t get away with those things now.
just a boss that doesn't except a drop in standards either personally or within a team environment or as an individual = winnerSome might feel it’s a wee bit unfair to compare the mentality of SAF to someone like Ten Hag because it’s changed days. But maybe there’s something to it.
didn't work when he let Jaap Stam goHe let players go who wouldn’t conform to what he wanted regardless of who they were.
You only had to look at what happened to Becks.
Your right with too much player power, it’s easier to get rid of a manager now and bump him a couple of mil than lose a lot more on a player not happy and wanting to leave.
I wasn't referring to him to be our friend whilst he was the Aberdeen manager and I'm not sure why you think I would expect him to be . Perhaps you misunderstood . Since he left our club in 1974 he wasn't / hasn't been out friend . You're right in saying he instilled a winners attitude when he joined them in 1978 . But the Simpson / Durrant assault was ten years after ( 1988 )and he had already left Aberdeen in 1986. Willie Johnstone however seemingly stood on John Mcmasters throat requiring him to get surgery in 1980. Some say that was the start of the hatred from the Aberdeen fans . But Ferguson was guilty of stirring it up in the Aberdeen press the moment he arrived at Aberdeen and for some reason the Aberdeen fans chose to dislike Rangers more so than Celtic. As I said in my post it was allegedly, that he was responsible , but you're way off the mark suggesting it was the assault on Durrant..He instilled a winners attitude and erased the fear of coming to Glasgow.
Not sure why you would expect an opposition manager worth his salt to be our friend.
The level of hatred that developed between us and them started when the animal Simpson tried to end the career of one of our finest sons.
Imagine Borna standing there looking into the horizon.Maybe some of our permanently injured players should try this North Sea miracle cure!
To help you understand the scale of that achievement they beat Bayern Munich to get to the final.Slightly off topic but, as it was before my time, I’m wondering if anyone can recall the pre-match odds for Aberdeen to beat Real Madrid in that final? I know it was obviously a massive upset but learning the odds would help me towards understanding the scale of the achievement.
That is so very sad. Everyone wants everyone else to lose in Europe these days.When they won the ECWC there were 5 of us who followed Rangers home and away sitting watching it, cheering on Aberdeen and celebrating when they scored.
"Changed days" doesn't come close.
He adapted well to the changes in players over the years to adjust his management style. One thinks for sure though, the fergie in that video wouldn’t last 5 minutes in the modern game. The players would have him sacked.I love Fergie and think he was the best manager ever. I know some one here don’t like him but you cannot deny he was a genius. A tough tough man who also had a great footballing brain. What we would do for a manager like him today at rangers .
Alleged by who?Great manager , no friend of ours though at the end up. It's alleged he was mainly responsible for the dolly fans past and current attitude to our club.
Obviously there's no definitive answer but before and after the Simpson/Durrant game our supporters club was drinking in the golf club right outside Pittodrie. Can't imagine that nowadays.I wasn't referring to him to be our friend whilst he was the Aberdeen manager and I'm not sure why you think I would expect him to be . Perhaps you misunderstood . Since he left our club in 1974 he wasn't / hasn't been out friend . You're right in saying he instilled a winners attitude when he joined them in 1978 . But the Simpson / Durrant assault was ten years after ( 1988 )and he had already left Aberdeen in 1986. Willie Johnstone however seemingly stood on John Mcmasters throat requiring him to get surgery in 1980. Some say that was the start of the hatred from the Aberdeen fans . But Ferguson was guilty of stirring it up in the Aberdeen press the moment he arrived at Aberdeen and for some reason the Aberdeen fans chose to dislike Rangers more so than Celtic. As I said in my post it was allegedly, that he was responsible , but you're way off the mark suggesting it was the assault on Durrant..