Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Wonder what will be in it and who will get the hairdryer treatment ? Strange that it wasn't serialised first
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Wenger has to be a reasonable bet.
Yes, very odd that it hasn't been serialised. Mind you, which paper would pay what SAF would undoubtedly want for the rights? Not much love lost between "Fleet Street" and SAF....
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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I imagine he'll have a massive respect for Wenger. Can't see a grilling.
Owen Hargreaves could be hit quite hard. Can't see him causing too much hassle over the Rooney saga whilst he is still at the club.
Owen Hargreaves could be hit quite hard. Can't see him causing too much hassle over the Rooney saga whilst he is still at the club.
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Indeed, as backed up by this tweet a few hours ago from Henry Winter -
"Must be a Ferguson book launch. Press has just been kicked out. Now waiting on the pavement outside publishers"
KZNSeagull
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Rooney's agent was the rumour on Sky this morning.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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It's one of the very few books I will actually buy....along with Dennis Bergkamps autobiography (which is also meant to be excellent)
Edited and agreed.
I cannot help but think he might swipe at a few easy targets, lesser lights in the football world.
Any of the big guns are well equipped financially to challenge any inaccuracies as well as being in a position to hit back with their own anecdotal stories that might not enhance Ferguson's current status within the game, it would be a risk.
But here's hoping .......
Any of the big guns are well equipped financially to challenge any inaccuracies as well as being in a position to hit back with their own anecdotal stories that might not enhance Ferguson's current status within the game, it would be a risk.
But here's hoping .......
Mo Gosfield
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Bet he doesn't come out with the truth about Remi Moses.
Jim Van Winkle
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Can't wait for the chapter about Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba and Liam Miller. Maybe they will all get a chapter each. 
Can't wait for the chapter about Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba and Liam Miller. Maybe they will all get a chapter each.
Zaha? The one that made him realise it was time to quit.
KZNSeagull
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Sounds like a thrill a minute blockbuster. Think I will pass, thanks.
From the Beeb:
Sir Alex Ferguson says David Beckham had to leave Manchester United because the former England captain thought he was "bigger than the manager".
In his latest autobiography, Ferguson said he fell out with Beckham after criticising his performance during an FA Cup defeat to Arsenal in 2003.
"The minute a Manchester United player thought he was bigger than the manager, he had to go," he wrote. "David thought he was bigger than Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson, whose 26-year reign as Manchester United boss ended in May, also writes in Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography that:
Wayne Rooney lost his "old thrust" in his final season in charge because he was not fit enough
Cristiano Ronaldo was the "most gifted player" he managed and calls him a "wizard"
He told Ronaldo that he would rather "shoot" him than sell him to Real Madrid
The reason he fell out with Rafa Benitez is because the Spaniard made his attacks personal
Rio Ferdinand's eight-month ban for missing a drugs test in 2003 was too severe
The hardest part of Roy Keane's body is his tongue and he has the most "savage tongue you can imagine"
England will not win a World Cup until they can produce players as technically gifted as Brazil
Ferguson also describes in detail his version of the dressing-room bust-up with Beckham that followed the FA Cup loss to Arsenal.
"He was around 12 feet from me," wrote Ferguson. "Between us on the floor lay a row of boots.
"David swore. I moved towards him and, as I approached, I kicked a boot. It hit him right above the eye.
Sir Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane at Manchester United press conference
"Of course, he rose to have a go at me and the players stopped him. 'Sit down,' I said. 'You've let your team down. You can argue as much as you like.'
"I called him in the next day to go through the video and he still would not accept his mistake. As he sat listening to me, he didn't say a word. Not a word.
"'Do you understand what we're talking about, why we got on to you?' I asked. He didn't even answer me.
"The next day the story was in the press. In public, an Alice band highlighted the damage inflicted by the boot.
"It was in those days that I told the board David had to go."
Ferguson also allowed Ronaldo to leave Old Trafford, but only after Real Madrid had agreed to pay £80m for the winger.
"Cristiano was the most gifted player I managed," wrote Ferguson. "He surpassed all the other great ones I coached at United - and I had many.
"The only ones who could be placed near him would be a couple of the home-produced players, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, because they contributed so prodigiously to Manchester United for two decades."
From the Beeb:
Sir Alex Ferguson says David Beckham had to leave Manchester United because the former England captain thought he was "bigger than the manager".
In his latest autobiography, Ferguson said he fell out with Beckham after criticising his performance during an FA Cup defeat to Arsenal in 2003.
"The minute a Manchester United player thought he was bigger than the manager, he had to go," he wrote. "David thought he was bigger than Alex Ferguson.
Ferguson, whose 26-year reign as Manchester United boss ended in May, also writes in Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography that:
- Wayne Rooney lost his "old thrust" in his final season in charge because he was not fit enough
- Cristiano Ronaldo was the "most gifted player" he managed and calls him a "wizard"
- He told Ronaldo that he would rather "shoot" him than sell him to Real Madrid
- The reason he fell out with Rafa Benitez is because the Spaniard made his attacks personal
- Rio Ferdinand's eight-month ban for missing a drugs test in 2003 was too severe
- The hardest part of Roy Keane's body is his tongue and he has the most "savage tongue you can imagine"
- England will not win a World Cup until they can produce players as technically gifted as Brazil
Wayne Rooney lost his "old thrust" in his final season in charge because he was not fit enough
Cristiano Ronaldo was the "most gifted player" he managed and calls him a "wizard"
He told Ronaldo that he would rather "shoot" him than sell him to Real Madrid
The reason he fell out with Rafa Benitez is because the Spaniard made his attacks personal
Rio Ferdinand's eight-month ban for missing a drugs test in 2003 was too severe
The hardest part of Roy Keane's body is his tongue and he has the most "savage tongue you can imagine"
England will not win a World Cup until they can produce players as technically gifted as Brazil
Ferguson also describes in detail his version of the dressing-room bust-up with Beckham that followed the FA Cup loss to Arsenal.
"He was around 12 feet from me," wrote Ferguson. "Between us on the floor lay a row of boots.
"David swore. I moved towards him and, as I approached, I kicked a boot. It hit him right above the eye.
Sir Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane at Manchester United press conference
"Of course, he rose to have a go at me and the players stopped him. 'Sit down,' I said. 'You've let your team down. You can argue as much as you like.'
"I called him in the next day to go through the video and he still would not accept his mistake. As he sat listening to me, he didn't say a word. Not a word.
"'Do you understand what we're talking about, why we got on to you?' I asked. He didn't even answer me.
"The next day the story was in the press. In public, an Alice band highlighted the damage inflicted by the boot.
"It was in those days that I told the board David had to go."
Ferguson also allowed Ronaldo to leave Old Trafford, but only after Real Madrid had agreed to pay £80m for the winger.
"Cristiano was the most gifted player I managed," wrote Ferguson. "He surpassed all the other great ones I coached at United - and I had many.
"The only ones who could be placed near him would be a couple of the home-produced players, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs, because they contributed so prodigiously to Manchester United for two decades."
Iggle Piggle
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SSN tweeting a few things - If this is the juiciest bits then it's like reading a Haynes manual for entertainment
Ronaldo - He was the most gifted player I managed (What a revelation)
He was offered the England job twice (before Keegan and Eriksson)
Keane : ''Him leaving was the best thing that could have happened''
Beckham : ''Daivd was the only player I managed who chose to to be famous''
Ronaldo - He was the most gifted player I managed (What a revelation)
He was offered the England job twice (before Keegan and Eriksson)
Keane : ''Him leaving was the best thing that could have happened''
Beckham : ''Daivd was the only player I managed who chose to to be famous''
Can't wait for the chapter about Kleberson, Djemba-Djemba and Liam Miller. Maybe they will all get a chapter each.
BEBE will be the good one.
May 2010. Bebe offered to PSV on a free transfer. PSV not interested.
July 2010. Bebe signs on a free transfer for Guimares.
Aug 2010. Man United SWOOP to buy the player from Guimares for £7.5million
June 2011. Having realised that the player is a massive DUD, he is shipped out on the first of three unproductive loan spells.
Present day. Still out on loan. Still getting a healthy United pay packet.
Great signing.
Iggle Piggle
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Wayne Rooney is also a slow learner. Thankyou Sir Alex. There was me thinking Wayne was the love child of Garry Kasparov and Carol Vordemon
I'm sure the next Tweet will be ''Sir Alex think Ryan Giggs has been a great servant to the club''
I'm sure the next Tweet will be ''Sir Alex think Ryan Giggs has been a great servant to the club''
KZNSeagull
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Could they not think of a better title than "My Autobiography"?
I am sure we can.....
I'll start with "Beetroot on Beckham"
I am sure we can.....
I'll start with "Beetroot on Beckham"