Moneyball won't win the Premiership 2012-13

Ha, the Queen's Speech made it to.1 on the bbc news website for about an hour - now back down to no.2

Van Persie and Welbeck looking awesome imo. Rooney'd fit in well down the bowling club too.

Nando's ‏@NandosUK 58m
In honour of Sir Alex Ferguson we're proud to introduce #NandosFergieTime - all our Manchester Nando's will be open 5 minutes later tonight.

Actual screenshot from Business Insider earlier today.

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Honest mistake

Nando's ‏@NandosUK 58m
In honour of Sir Alex Ferguson we're proud to introduce #NandosFergieTime - all our Manchester Nando's will be open 5 minutes later tonight.

that's how you do social media for a business.

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Actual screenshot from Business Insider earlier today.

Season ticket holders at the Emirates I'll bet

Like any of us wouldn't've tried to sneak that in

Ah right, see what you mean

So Fergie will be club director and ambassador. I wonder how much influence he will still have? I can't see Mourinho working there with SAF looking over his shoulder constantly? They need a sock, basically.

ideal replacement
1/ Roy Keane
2/ Mark Hughes
3/ Eric Cantona

director doesnt mean director of fitba

hed retain power but not to get into the minutiae of squadbuilding or whatever

like hell he wouldn't

It doesn't mean that in name, no, but living club legends like this will always have influence. Has happened quite a lot in Holland too. Or think Cruyff's influence at Barca after he left, or the Bayern directors. For sure they have a huge influence, I can't see Fergie not butting in tbh

Liverpool kicked Shankly out when he finished, so much so that he started hanging about Everton instead. It seems kind of harsh, but it worked.

Mirror saying Rooney wants to go to Bayern. Herr Transplant lulz

he'll have a word behind closed doors but i think even fergie will know moyes is fucked without the appearance of a clean slate. giggs and scholes retiring now would be doing him a big favour too imo

rvp looks way worse than rooney in that pic btw, atrocious stuff

xp might be tricky managing a player you successfully sued for libel tbf

No, pretty sure Rooney looks worse in that pic tbh

Tbf Rooney looks fine from the neck-down, it's hardly his fault. That tie RVP's wearing is repulsive

tbh I only had eyes for rvp from the neck up, the jacket looks cheap-o. Stick his head on Rooney's body, then you'd have an immaculate man (dressed as a grandad).

Welbeck's the whole package though, much as Arsenal will be with their new kit.

rooney's gonna look like a spud whatever he does so i applaud him going all out

rvp otoh could look as nice as he wishes but has instead chosen to dress like weatherspoons middle management at a cousin's wedding

Sky News Newsdesk ‏@SkyNewsBreak 1m

Rio Ferdinand tweets that manager Sir Alex Ferguson's work ethic and desire to win are "unrivalled"

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is this game not on tv tonight?

yeah, ss1

football has been cancelled

Martyn Ziegler ‏@martynziegler 1h
#SAF interviewed Moyes in '98 to be his assistant but found him "too intense" (Moyes' words). Steve McClaren got the job instead.

It doesn't mean that in name, no, but living club legends like this will always have influence. Has happened quite a lot in Holland too. Or think Cruyff's influence at Barca after he left, or the Bayern directors. For sure they have a huge influence, I can't see Fergie not butting in tbh

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they arent 72 yrs old and they come from director of fitba cultures

yeah it happened with Busby though

was about to say

the only way Fergie's not going to have opinions4U is if he spends retirement pished and watching the gee-gees

ferguson would have an in extremis role, mostly just quiet words but a restraining influence if anyone tries to do something retarded like signing carroll for 35m

in terms of someone proven capable of winning epl, managing fractious squads and generally being calm and responsible, ancelotti is the only option

in terms of being Scottish and a bit intense and being the next manager of Manchester United the correct answer is Moyes however

pfunkboy

moyes qualification is p much based on moneyball ish, value for money in terms of cash expended / league placement

he can also continue the rcent united pattern of mostly playing crap fitba but scoring some good goals and thus looking alright in highlights

i think there will be a natural urge to resist the tawdry Supermanager shenanigans of yr Chelseas here too

yes united need realness not competence

obvs i wish them nothing but ill but i got a real strong feeling that yr wily continentals are just not in line with the ethos of United

7% of their ethos is owned by george soros who is pretty committed to pan-europeanism

not sure what avi glazer thinks about jean monnet tho

moyes being undersold itt imo, think he has a lot more to offer than champs league qualification on a shoestring. pretty good tactical brain and seems to handle his players well. minimum of fuss plus pathological bloodymindedness makes him a reasonable choice to survive the insane glare that will inevitably be trained on whoever takes over. for his sake i hope they go with someone else, you want to be the guy that takes over halfway thru the season after next, not the first guy.

moyes hasnt won a single away league game vs a top four team in 10 yrs

do you think that trend would continue if he was managing United?

How many home games do the top four lose not-against-each-other now anyway? A couple a year each, if that?

so that would be 80 games in a decade, none won by everton

probably more like 50 irl but still

Thorstvedt, Hughton, Van den Hauwe, Polston, Howells, Mabbutt, Walsh, Gascoigne, Nayim, Lineker, Sedgley

Last Tottenham XI to win at Stamford Bridge

The winning goal that day. It's like another world.

you want to be the guy that takes over halfway thru the season after next, not the first guy

Realness.

Also until this season Spurs hadn't won at Old Trafford since 1989. I don't think we'll win tonight.