eh why that poll got benitez but got no bob paisley?
ferguson has nothing on paisley.

Jose Mourinho.. 2 years in Porto Win everything, 3 years in EPL won EPL twice, 2 carling cup and 1 FA Cup, 1 Charity Shield..

Mourinho can be the next great coach cuz...he is the best of his time..cant compare him with Sir Alex...cuz..he coach for a long time...for sure he archive a lot..but Mourinho..get most of it..just in a few years..

He is the best..!

I respect Mourinho for the impossibilities he has achieved and his really interesting character, but he's still young as a manager and still a bit more to prove. I think this year w Inter Milan will be really interesting. All he's lacking as a manager is a CL Medal. And a bit of controversy. I haven't been really following Inter's news a lot but he has been kinda quiet on soccernet radars isn't it?

I respect Mourinho for the impossibilities he has achieved and his really interesting character, but he's still young as a manager and still a bit more to prove. I think this year w Inter Milan will be really interesting. All he's lacking as a manager is a CL Medal. And a bit of controversy. I haven't been really following Inter's news a lot but he has been kinda quiet on soccernet radars isn't it?

Dun worry...his mouth is still the same like the one in chelsea...the recent article about him is the one he accused some players to be diver...2 of them are true divers...another 2 are certainly not...

eh why that poll got benitez but got no bob paisley?
ferguson has nothing on paisley.

remind me how the anfield captain dive to get the penalty in the last game ...

oh yeah, MU player fall down = diver, liverpool player fall down is fair ...

such a double standard ... whole world saw gerrard dive

Bloody hell. Are we gonna turn this topic into a diving discussion again?

Last I heard of Mourinho was when he dropped Adriano due to discipline problems. Seems like he's having none of it. He doesn't care if you're the in form player or not. You're not exempt from punishments. Theres been rumors flying around about Jose taking over Fergie's mantle when the Scot calls it quits.

The thing about Wenger is his strict policies and his stubbornness (shall we call it?) to spend the big bucks on top players. Didn't Arsenal Football Club announce large profits after the completion and opening of their new stadium? I'm sure its not down to their inability to spend. He also has this policy on not giving more then a one year contract extension to players aged 30 above, which led to key players like Pires leaving. Flamini leaving was a big blow, but with the money Milan offered there was no way Arsenal were going to be able to compete with that.

That said, he's got a knack for spotting gems, and I'm a keen admirer of his footballing style. Exactly the kind of football I would pay good money to watch. Once he consistently turns his entertaining brand of football into a winning one with his current crop of players, they'll be reliving their glory days of yesteryears.

Sun salutes United legend Fergie


ALEX FERGUSON was quite literally bitten by the football bug 50 years ago tomorrow.

As a 16-year-old he began his remarkable journey in the game by making his debut for Queen’s Park against Stranraer.

The great man from Govan quickly realised he was going to have to be tough to make it to the top as his dream painfully lost its fluffy hue.

Ferguson said: “That debut confrontation with Stranraer was closer to a nightmare.

“My troubles began with the decision to play me at outside-right, which didn’t suit me at all.

“Nor did their left-back, a little tank by the name of McKnight.

“After a collision had put the two of us on the ground the b*****d bit me.

“At half-time the official in charge of our team, Jackie Gardiner, roasted me for not being combative enough.

“He shouted ‘You don’t side-step players at this club, you go through them. You’ve come into this team with a big reputation. What’s the matter with you?’

“ ‘The left-back bit me,’ I said pitifully. ‘Bit you?’ Gardiner screamed. ‘Then bite him back!’

“Any suspicion that Scotland’s leading amateur team would be too Corinthian to go to war was soon dispelled from Stranraer minds and the second half was warfare.”

A team-mate got the biting McKnight back with a hack on the way to a 3-2 Queen’s Park home win and then a player from each side was sent off.

Ferguson recalled: “On his way into the tunnel the Stranraer man engaged in an argument with a Queen’s Park supporter.

“He must have been a real warrior, that centre-half. His opponent this time was a member of the official blind party attending the match.

“All in all, it was quite an introduction to the senior grade.”

Now half a century on the revelations in Ferguson’s autobiography Managing My Life give further insight into what drives the man on.

He has been putting the bite into opponents ever since as a player and — most notably — as a manager.

Breaking up the Celtic- Rangers domination with his Aberdeen team.

‘Knocking Liverpool off their perch’, as he put it himself, as he rebuilt Manchester United.

And finally ending a 31-year wait to take the European Cup back to Old Trafford and winning it again this year on the 50th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster. Peter Buchanan began his 10-year playing career with Queen’s Park in that very same season Ferguson made his debut.

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And he remembers seeing the same determination in Ferguson then that has served him so well since.

Buchanan said: “I played up front with him a few times and, even as a 16-year-old, you could see there was a devilment and determination about him.

“Obviously nobody could have foreseen what he would become back then.

“There is a great pride at Queen’s Park that he has gone on to achieve what he has.

“But he has never forgotten his roots and where he started and still comes back to Queen’s Park for club dinners and the like.”

Ferguson, 66, is still at it, intense as ever, unable to let go — and why should he after last season’s Premier and Champions League Double success?

Sir Bobby Charlton was instrumental in bringing Ferguson down from Aberdeen 22 years ago to resurrect United.

During one of the most heartfelt appreciations of the man yet, in this his 50th year in the game, Sir Bobby revealed just what he means — both to him and United.

Sir Bobby said: “In Scotland at Aberdeen he broke the mould. I remember watching him guide his side to victory over Real Madrid and thought this is just the man we need at Manchester United.

“The type of person, the type of authority that a big club like Manchester United needed.

“A few years later we decided to bring him here and it is the best thing that has ever happened to this football club.

“This club is supported worldwide because of the way he has got his teams to play — they excite people.

“I remember as a player always waking on a Saturday morning excited at the prospect of playing that afternoon.

“Alex Ferguson has got me like that again just watching his teams.

“He is a brilliant decision-maker, a great judge of a footballer and football itself. A sensational manager for a club like Manchester United.

“Since he arrived his decision-making and the attitude he has towards every player and every person at the football club has been unique.

“And on a personal note Alex Ferguson has been one of my greatest friends since I have been in football.”

At a recent Variety Club tribute night in his honour at Old Trafford, Ferguson finished a speech with these words:

“I have been very, very lucky. I have had a fantastic time in football, enjoyed some great moments.

“But the best moment I ever had was joining Manchester United and the worst will be the day I leave.

“But that will be a long time away.”

When the day comes a gaping hole will be left in the game that a gangly teenager with a bite mark first graced all those years ago.

I must say SAF will go down as one of the most successful manager ever. I'm a huge fan of Arsenal but Arsene Wenger is still far from achieving what SAF has. Quite rightly said, your achievement is measured by the number of trophies you won. Wenger might have built a very potential young squad who's played some really beautiful football but he's not won that many trophies as he should, based on the young players that he's churned out.

I must say SAF will go down as one of the most successful manager ever. I'm a huge fan of Arsenal but Arsene Wenger is still far from achieving what SAF has. Quite rightly said, your achievement is measured by the number of trophies you won. Wenger might have built a very potential young squad who's played some really beautiful football but he's not won that many trophies as he should, based on the young players that he's churned out.

I wonder what would happen if SAF and Wenger work together? Wenger could be SAF's prodigy

I bet we might see one team which is undeniably superb in terms of attacking and man management.