This cheered me right up

[Gravy]

Just spoken to a former international manager who was telling me when he spoke to Ferguson after the CL final year. He said Ferguson was absolutely pig sick when we won in Istanbul. He was spitting bullets - "The worst team ever to win the European Cup EVER" he was ranting. "You're not jealous are you Alex?" "You're f***ing right I am" he explodes.

 

Man, I've been chuckling for ages thionking of Ferguson exploding about it.

[Kahnee]

[Cobs]

mebbe we should cheer for an Arsenal victory next wednesday, might send the old cn*t over the edge

[_00_deathscar]

That's made my day.

[fyds]

I did think if Arsenal won, then Wenger would be on a par with him in themain having done half the time and and with a fraction of the cash. He'd go cherry methol.

[JRC]

Although - with the strange 'Letter to Benitez' story, Ferguson appears to have been more gracious over our victory than Jose (obviously) or Wenger. I've never heard any public comments in which he dismissed or derided our acheivements.

[£440,000]

Yeah, the letter writing incident casts a different light on it. Maybe in the heat of the moment he was raging but after the fact he realised what an achievement it was.

 

I can't stand the man but he deserves some kudos for writing that letter to Rafa.

[fyds]

Yeah, the letter writing incident casts a different light on it. Maybe in the heat of the moment he was raging but after the fact he realised what an achievement it was.

 

I can't stand the man but he deserves some kudos for writing that letter to Rafa.

Of course it's also possible that the chap talking to Gravy just added his own spin a bit to make it funnier.

[Ostrich Man]

In an ideal world, get him watching it in the same room as Thatcher. Hopefully he'll take her with him

wouldnt get him in the same room.

 

 

Andy will be confused as to why.

[Boca]

The letter sounded a bit snide as well though didn't it? Analysing our tactics through each round as if to say "I know how you did it, I'm dead clever me!", the kind of thing a drunk at the end of the bar might do going "Oh yeah, I did that once it was easy"

 

Think you might be on to something there.

[Cooldude]

In an ideal world, get him watching it in the same room as Thatcher. Hopefully he'll take her with him

 

They might breed and bang out evil twins...

[Maldini]

I always thought the letter was more of a "I could've done that if I'd wanted" statement from Ferguson

[Gravy]

Yeah, the letter writing incident casts a different light on it. Maybe in the heat of the moment he was raging but after the fact he realised what an achievement it was.

 

I can't stand the man but he deserves some kudos for writing that letter to Rafa.

 

Didn't all the managers write to Rafa congratulating him? Why should Ferguson get Kudos for it?

 

 

Of course it's also possible that the chap talking to Gravy just added his own spin a bit to make it funnier.

 

Nope, I don't believe so. He said he was absolutely choked by it. It was on the same night as Istanbul, it was a short while after. Sounded well funny though.

[R A Softlad]

I always thought the letter was more of a "I could've done that if I'd wanted" statement from Ferguson

 

Rafa handled it well though by expressing his amusement/confusion.