That's a good chess play. Maniacal winners like Sir Alex always try and get the edge no matter what lol

The best motivational team talk he ever gave was Wembley 1996. Liverpool had them god awful cream suits. The message was simply ‘imagine losing to that lot!’

@@Mikeb1001 That still hurts me

That's a fascinating story what a Clever man he knew how to play the mind tricks and he was a master at it Muhammad Ali was the same most fighters were beaten before they left the dressing room And Kevin Keegan swallowed the hook line sinker and fishing rod Bet Fergie was pissing himself that night having a few

But Ferguson damaged Man Utd beyond belief, I believe he was engineered out of the management position, and so as to maintain his legacy for as long as possible, he abused his right to nominate his successor, the powers that be under estimated his lack of loyalty to the club and when he nominated his successor, David Moyes, who’ previous managerial positions were Preston and Everton, Ferguson chose him, knowing he would not eclipse Fergusons achievements, indeed, as anyone who had ever seen a senior manager, with an axe to grind when removed from office in any business, knows, he will have no conscience regarding the demise in the short term of the business, by observing the errors and failures of the incoming replacement. This I believe was Fergusons objective, in bringing in a rookie, to team that was a contestant for European domination. I remember the season he was given to boot, Man Utd were streets ahead of the opposition with numerous games to play, but b6 the end of the season, they wilted and only just managed to secure the title in the end, after some very poor performances, at the time, I worried that they may start the next season, as they finished the last one, ….and they did under Moyes. Fergusons legacy should be the ruination of the club that it still struggles with today…… SHAME ON HI …from a loyal outspoken Man Utd fan of over 50 years.

@@thomaseaves7567your talking shite

@@thomaseaves7567 😂😂😂

@@DMMJBSM No denial then 🤓🤓

​@@thomaseaves7567 you're a muppet. You'd have no pedigree without that man.

McMahon is a monster who doesn't lose much sleep over wrestlers driven to early graves through chronic injury and drug abuse. How dare you compare a respected managerial genius to a conman.

@@ally11488 what? You think Fergie is a saint? And who is he respected by? Certainly not by his most successful captain.

Alec is a Scottish affectation.

@@FaxanaduJohn yeah I get that but all of the British media used to refer to him as Alec. Seemed to stop when he got knighted.

@@BobVance529 I've heard Gordon call him 'Sandy' as well.

@@clivet3252 Sandy , short for Alexander in Scotland

@@sbc1t I know

It's bloody freezing and a 100 times worse by night 😂😂😂😂😂😂

The North Sea is a cold body of water. Especially in the winter months when a large part of the football season is played. Cold is often used to treat injuries so if a player at Aberdeen turned up for training first day back after a match and said he was carrying an injury Alex Ferguson would tell him to go out and stand in the North Sea as a type of therapy. Obviously that would be a very cold and unpleasant experience so, if a player had a minor injury he wouldn't admit to it when asked as he wouldn't want to go out into the Sea. This no doubt cut down on the amount of players hoping to skip training that day by claiming to be carrying an injury. From what Strachan said here it seems Ferguson also used the threat of the North Sea as a type of punishment.

That's what made him so successful.