FriendlyFire . 3753 Posts user info edit post |
It's all over Twitter.
I believe it. 5/7/2013 6:32:11 PM |
blanks Veteran 546 Posts user info edit post |
just a few days ago SAF was saying he had 'no plans' to retire. also, i'd be really surprised if when he retires it happened like this. i will admit that i'm nervous though. 5/7/2013 6:54:52 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
Damn, if Fergie retires, United will be just another big club like Chelsea, Arsenal or Madrid. We'll experience the same frustration and emotion that a normal soccer fan faces. We'll fall off our perch one day. Soon. And it will suck... 5/7/2013 7:11:39 PM |
laxman490 All American 2385 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenal-agree-puma-kit-deal-1874661
looks like arsenal might be going with puma kits after next year. thats going to be interesting, but hope the money brings in some world class players and keeps quality players on the squad. 5/7/2013 8:07:06 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
LOL
Dreams are for suckers. 5/7/2013 8:29:06 PM |
wazza31 All American 2433 Posts user info edit post |
The new Arsenal kit deal is good for them. Also @blanks in terms of Sir Alex's retirement. I expect it will be a surprise announcement. Not this year but sometime in the next 2 or 3. I don't think we will get a definitive time line. Wenger will probably do the same. These two have so much passion for the game that they probably will mull over it for a while in private and announce it kind of abruptly. I just hope we get an Arsenal vs United title race before both of them call it quits! Those were some great races!
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 12:05 AM. Reason : .] 5/8/2013 12:05:01 AM |
JeffreyBSG All American 10165 Posts user info edit post |
I mean, what in the world could it be but SAF's retirement
Man U are a big enough club, with big enough concerns, that they're not going to schedule a special press conference for anything short of the earth-shattering
maybe Man U has been purchased by some new company, or it's some similar high-level and very huge change...but Fergie's retirement seems overwhelmingly the most likely answer
/Captnobvious 5/8/2013 12:52:44 AM |
wazza31 All American 2433 Posts user info edit post |
Because three days ago Sir Alex said he had something special with this squad and he wasn't thinking about retirement. His recent statements contradict him leaving. Unless his health massively deteriorated in the last 3 days, it just seems unlikely. But I agree, the fact that no one from our press office has said anything in the last 12 hours is worrying. It may very well be that Sir Alex is retiring but it may also be something else regarding corporate policy or governance. I am convinced it isn't about player transfers and the press conference will certainly have something to do with our future. I guess at the end of the day I am just in denial and I really hope its not Sir Alex retiring. 5/8/2013 2:13:58 AM |
wazza31 All American 2433 Posts user info edit post |
well its official. FUCK. fuck. fuck. fuck.
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 4:22 AM. Reason : .] 5/8/2013 4:21:40 AM |
wazza31 All American 2433 Posts user info edit post |
Well, I still can't believe it. I can't even go to sleep anymore. Just shocked really. Its like a relative or someone very close to me has died. Its just a feeling of emptiness. This man embodied Manchester United. I grew up with his Manchester United. I was at the Stretford End watching him command that team like the very best of generals do during wartime. Its like my world has come crashing down. The title celebrations are going to be bittersweet. 5/8/2013 4:40:02 AM |
wazza31 All American 2433 Posts user info edit post |
Moyes widely speculated as the next manager. I feel indifferent about this. He has the potential to be a long term manager but how much success he can achieve is yet to be seen. I will give him 3 years, and unless a lot of players leave we better be in the top 4 all of those 3 years. 5/8/2013 5:47:42 AM |
aph319 All American 8570 Posts user info edit post |
Thank God. His trophy count will finally stop making each year of Football Manager harder and harder to beat. 5/8/2013 6:00:23 AM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
HEY RED NOSE
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 7:13 AM. Reason : COYS] 5/8/2013 7:10:55 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 8:42 AM. Reason : bye.]
5/8/2013 8:38:37 AM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
while i am sad that SAF is retiring i think its a good time to get a coach who can win at the next level. 5/8/2013 8:47:06 AM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
Bruce Arena credibility watch? 5/8/2013 9:04:39 AM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
5/8/2013 9:08:15 AM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
Mourinho? Benitez might need a job before next season begins. I can't see Fergie leaving ManU before there's a surefire replacement. 5/8/2013 9:34:04 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
It's Moyes.
They should hire Wenger tho. 5/8/2013 9:36:45 AM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "They should hire Wenger tho." |
That would be HILARIOUS.
I don't know how I feel about Moyes being at United. Everton are definitely going to fall off if that's true. But I can't say he's managed the kind of personalities at Everton as he would if he moves. Although there are lots of similarities in the culture of the clubs, just Everton is much smaller.
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 9:42 AM. Reason : ]5/8/2013 9:41:59 AM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Well, I still can't believe it. I can't even go to sleep anymore. Just shocked really. Its like a relative or someone very close to me has died. Its just a feeling of emptiness. This man embodied Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur. I grew up with his Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur. I was at the Stretford End home watching him command that team like the very best of generals do during wartime. Its like my world has come crashing down. The title relegation surival celebrations are going to be bittersweet." |
Ribs and IMStoned420 when Bale leaves this summer exposed?5/8/2013 9:48:26 AM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
5/8/2013 9:54:50 AM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
LOL, Luis Suarez embodies Liverpool. 5/8/2013 9:55:37 AM |
blanks Veteran 546 Posts user info edit post |
I don't want moyes. I like him as manager of everton but not United. 5/8/2013 10:24:59 AM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
5/8/2013 10:38:41 AM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Well, I still can't believe it. I can't even go to sleep anymore. Just shocked really. Its like a relative or someone very close to me has died. Its just a feeling of emptiness. This man embodied Manchester United. I grew up with his Manchester United. I was at the Stretford End watching him command that team like the very best of generals do during wartime. Its like my world has come crashing down. The title celebrations are going to be bittersweet." |
chill brah5/8/2013 10:51:14 AM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
I need a hug 5/8/2013 11:03:56 AM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
I haven't got out of bed today 5/8/2013 11:09:54 AM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
I don't know how to.handle today. I knew this day would come. Here it is. I'm scared 5/8/2013 11:11:12 AM |
wazza31 All American 2433 Posts user info edit post |
Tarun what the hell does that even mean? Are you implying that Sir Alex can't win 'at the next level?' A ridiculous notion. 5/8/2013 11:20:57 AM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
5/8/2013 11:50:17 AM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
Soccer has lost a legend all ppl can come up with is bye gifts... lame 5/8/2013 12:09:53 PM |
elduderino All American 4343 Posts user info edit post |
Again, wazza31 was wrong. What a surprise.
Also, LOL.
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 12:24 PM. Reason : .] 5/8/2013 12:16:39 PM |
FriendlyFire . 3753 Posts user info edit post |
Nobody here gives a flying fuck what "soccer" has lost.
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 12:25 PM. Reason : Looks like Twitter was right again] 5/8/2013 12:24:23 PM |
Vulcan91 All American 13893 Posts user info edit post |
5/8/2013 12:27:32 PM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
All hail Twitter, the most reliable source of information known to man. 5/8/2013 12:28:03 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
moar GIFTS.
5/8/2013 12:29:30 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
LOL 5/8/2013 1:03:56 PM |
Wraith All American 27245 Posts user info edit post |
At lunch today I asked a ManU "fan" his thoughts on today's news. His response was "What news?"
"SAF retiring"
"Who?"
....bandwagon fans. 5/8/2013 1:35:39 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
^
Aww, thats cute... 5/8/2013 1:40:38 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
What's going to happen to United's philosophy? 5/8/2013 1:41:28 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
We'll still keep playing attacking football, and hate Liverpool, whats to change? 5/8/2013 1:44:02 PM |
Sweden All American 12288 Posts user info edit post |
Won't somebody think of the philosophy?
5/8/2013 1:46:44 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
Anyone heard of the Park song? 5/8/2013 1:48:24 PM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
Now that SAF's gone, I can fully embrace my new United fandom and not feel like a bandwagoner. Plus, I already know all the songs. Hell yeah.
Klinsmann's first order of business will be to drop Wayne and add Ronaldo. 5/8/2013 1:51:12 PM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Tarun what the hell does that even mean? Are you implying that Sir Alex can't win 'at the next level?' A ridiculous notion." |
I dint mean SAF cant win at next level just a good time to get a good manager who can also win at the next level as the team is pretty stable and doing well5/8/2013 1:51:21 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
Collective sigh of relief in TWW. LOL @ ppl expecting United to be relegated next season 5/8/2013 1:57:50 PM |
hey now Indianapolis Jones 14975 Posts user info edit post |
^ Only people thinking that are packpride type United fans. 5/8/2013 2:01:48 PM |
GingaNinja All American 7177 Posts user info edit post |
Haha, poor Packpride 5/8/2013 2:09:20 PM |
Ribs All American 10713 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on May 8, 2013 at 2:26 PM. Reason : COYS]
5/8/2013 2:25:42 PM |