i will praise the scout that scouted him... SAF gamble a lot...if the transfer didn't success then...no media will cover it...a nice 6mil gamble on a very talented mexican..and he proven good...but SAF also gamble on Bebe...yet no one touch about it...

NO one else except SAF. Im a pool fan bt there is no denying that guy is legendary!

I agree with most of the ppl here... SAF is the greatest manager especially after watching Man Utd vs Arsneal 8-2 last Saturday

Wanna ask is SAF the only manager achieved success without spending big money like the other teams like Chelsea and Manchester City did?

So far, SAF only produce and nurture our own players first without spending money buying players...Respect!!!

Danny Welbeck, Wayne Rooney, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling are all from great Academy of Manchester...



This post has been edited by MamulaMoon: Aug 30 2011, 11:43 PM

to be fair Sir Alex did spend money but just not instant cash in players like City and Chelsea.

so fair game to Sir Alex building team and spend where he saw values in his squad

Rubbish! Mana kenny dalglish?!

Shankly & Dalglish is one of the best Managers i've ever known in my entire football life & career.

This post has been edited by sKyWiR3pT3lTd: Aug 31 2011, 12:28 AM

He is busy coaching Liverpool.. there is lot more to do like winning League and Champions League for the upcoming seasons.. Belum boleh masuk this list...

This poll already has a winner.. we can just move on..

This post has been edited by verbatim: Aug 31 2011, 01:32 AM

This is a no contest. It's definitely Fergie.

2nd place is much harder to decide... You can say it's Jose, since he won TWO Trebles with Porto and Inter, but Pep has won virtually everything with Barcelona, except the UEFA Cup of course. It is more like a tie between them.

The other 2? Way below them.

As someone already said, he did spend just not in the quantum of your Man City or Chelsea who inherited wealth overnight. Also neither Wayne Rooney, Chris Smalling nor Phil Jones are from your academy. Err maybe do some reading? Maybe you're a new fan and missed Rooney's signing from Everton but heck, you just signed Smalling 2 years ago and even more recent still, Phil Jones like a month ago...

Your wealth is accumulated from years of successful marketing and in this aspect you are lightyears ahead of anyone else. The club generates so much revenue commercially. And yes, I voted SAF as well.

The thread titles states "manager of the decade". Considering that King Kenny just returned to management, his achievements in the past decade don't yet rival even Roy Hodgson.

Right ... as much as I respect those two but I do not think you are that 'old'.

No arguments here. Fergie is definitely the best manager of the decade. How many PL titles did he won in a decade? People keep pointing on that United bought youngsters and not producing them. First of all, if it is not because that stupid rule in England, any team would be able to scout for talents in any part of England.

Secondly, other teams bought youngsters too but how many of them could ever play for the first team of their respective clubs? You can figure this out by yourself. I am not bigging up Fergie's achievements but one has to be think for not seeing his success over the years.

Marketing? With the help of the board and staff, United is the no. 1 brand in football. United has a BIG fan base across the world. You can't just discount that. And successes on the field? Well, go figure.

Eventhough United bought youngsters like Rooney, Jones and Smalling, it still takes a lot of work to 'raise' them to what they are today. Especially on Rooney, he's no longer that hot-headed person. And most of our academy talents went to some other PL clubs.

My point is they were bought and not home raised as suggested by your fellow fan.

Did i ever mentioned that i'm old? Me neither, no arguments. It's never a stupid rules.
You should not blame the regulations for not being to raise and bring talents from academy. BIG fans?

You should have heard the voice of big fans in Istanbul no?

where is rajapagol with the suzuki cup?

well my opinion
1. SAF
2. del bosque
3. mourinho
4. guardiola

I am not sure where he get his info but he is definitely wrong. Of course there are talents coming from the club, Fletcher, O'Shea, Brown, to name a few. And like I've said, most of our 'products' went to other PL clubs.

What has Istanbul got to do with the discussion? Goodness.

The rule is stupid. Hence, bigger clubs have to buy players from smaller clubs. Let me ask you, what has your club produce in the recent years? Last that I could remember is Gerrard. Oh, I'm talking on first XI. Kelly?

Want me to name ours?

You can't even understand simple English. I said BIG FANBASE.

Have you heard voices of United fans in away sections of any PL clubs? Meh.

And, the title is for the DECADE. Shankley and Dalglish? Really? Junior, you have to understand the context before replying here.

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Added on September 2, 2011, 1:12 amGood list. Though, between Pep and Jose, it's quite a tough call.

This post has been edited by boxsystem: Sep 2 2011, 01:12 AM

There is Ancelotti yet there is no Marcelo Lippi..

There is Del Bosque yet there is no Benitez..

This thread is kinda funny TBH..

What? SAF did spent big money on certain player in the past. You must be new to the club.

He must be so new to BPL that he didn't know that Berbatov went to Man U for £30m++..

True. Off the top of my head I can think of John Curtis, Jonathan Greening, Ronnie Wallwork, Kieran Richardson and Danny Higginbotham. Much in the same way we had David Thompson, John Welsh, Richie Partridge, Stephen Warnock, Mark Kennedy and Zak Whitbread leave the club. The former aren't as good as your class of 92 and it will be interesting to see if this will ever repeated by any club. There are positive signs of course with Cleverly, Evans and Welbeck in good form. From our perspective, Kelly, Robinson, Spearing and Flanaghan are getting some playing time as well. Ferguson has always favoured British players being a Scot himself which probably explains why you've had youth products graduate to playing for other albeit smaller Premiership teams and I hope that King Kenny will do the same for us in years to come.

before talking abt daglish and all its decade wo .. not century lol

greatest manager of the decade for sure Sir Alex no doubt about that. but i like Pep Guardiola way of dressing. that dude got style ! but who has the most handsome manager of all time ?