Ever since Fergie left, the Black Eyed Peas haven't been the same

If I remember correct, Ferguson wanted pep as his first choice to replace him. At one point sir Alex took pep out for dinner to see if he was interested in taking over man united but pep turned it down was he wanted to create his own legacy and not have to be judged against sir Alex's record.

It was always going to be impossible to replace him, always knew this would be the start of the downfall, every club goes through it, but I can't blame fergie 1 bit, he won the title in his last season, bad managerial appointments was an issue, the glazers was an issue as they wouldn't dare let fergie down, David Gill our chief executive left the same time as fergie which was a big factor, moyes getting rid of most of the clubs staff was always an issue, poor player acquisitions as well, many things but I can't blame fergie, he signed players like Zaha, smalling, Jones etc who he thought was good enough to serve us for many years after he'd gone.

This is something I have been thinking about for a long time, thanks Alfie

i think fergie was the only one holding it together with these owners for a few years and it was only inevitable

I would love such a video talking about Wenger and Arsenal.

The only thing sir Alex can be ‘blamed’ for is the rock of Gibraltar fiasco as that led to the Glazers buying United and ruining the club. Sir Alex won in spite of the Glazers and his decision to pick Moyes as his successor only failed because of the Glazers and Moyes, Sir Alex is a positive influence on the club to this day and he is the last person to blame for anything that has happened and ended badly at the club. The whole ‘not any other club’ is somewhat true but that doesn’t mean he is automatically responsible for the train wreck we found ourselves in over the last few years

Moyes came in and immediately lowered standards, cleared out the coaching staff and replaced with ones who hadn't achieved anything, tried to sign fellaini and baines...who hadn't achieved anything...said fellaini was the best Belgian player in a team that had hazard and debruyne. Said City were the standard we aspire to....we had just won the league. Told ferdinand to watch jagielka, didn't play nani....I could go on. Standards nosedived under this guy and the culture with it.

I’ve long held the opinion that Man Utd’s drop in form started with Ferguson and Gill retiring at the same time. Wasn’t aware of Moyes replacing all his back room staff but that would have contributed significantly too. Since then it’s been poor appointments on the footballing side like Woodward and Judge as well as the Glazers continuing to siphon off money while the clubs debts grow. Let’s also not forget about Joel Glazer trying to take the club into the super league!

The first 40 seconds of this are hilarious watching in June 2022

“Dad, why is Maguire United captain?” “Well son, it all started with this racehorse…”

Day 16: where would a team of Alfie Potts Harmer lookalikes finish in the premier league?

I wish this was a 4 second vid saying “no”

There is no manager who is Sir Alex Ferguson's quality but my frustration is towards the board members and Glazer family who have taken diligence out of the club and still have a debt. I don't think we would have signed Sancho or Varane if not for the super league protests

Fergie said that he would leave the club in the best way possible, but the fact his impact was so huge was irreplaceable. Nobody could ever mirror his success.

now united have a world class center forward capable of scoring 25-30 goals

No. Manchester Utd were. They didn’t have the processes out of Sir Alex’s head and on paper, so when he left their succession planning had nothing to go from. Everyone new in the door had to start fresh. Arsenal made the same mistake. Chelsea give the rule book to each new manager, so the basics are the same so they can switch manager as they like and the rest of the club carries on as normal.

Problem with Fergie leaving is that squad he won the last title with was not title winning quality. It required a huge rebuild and Fergie didn't think he had another in him.

Good video, but overlooks some things. Moyes was like the 4th choice option of Fergie. Mourinho, Pep, Klopp all refused. He had a rebuild started. Jones, Evans, Kagawa, Smalling, Welbeck were all players who could have been easily key men if SAF continued.

Sir Alex was running the league like a proper don. Imagine walking into the referee’s office and yelling at the ref team, basically saying: “Listen here lads. I know you think you know what yer doin, but yu need to consider who we are and how we werk here. Think carefully...” 🤘

Man Utd's mistake was that they never truly accepted that they had to rebuild after SAF until Ole came.

HITC they need a world class CF Ronaldo:SUIIII

I want a Ferguson level manager to cause the "demise" of my club with dozens of pieces of silverware filling up the trophy cabinet.

One of the most informative videos I've ever seen in a long time

When the bar was that high, how could anyone keep it that high?

When you list off the young players now they sound bad to us because we know they didn’t turn out to have good careers, but at the tike they were very very promising young players. Eg we here welbeck now and almost laugh but at the time he was considered to be a seriously good young talent. Same for Jones, buttner, cleverly... it’s not fair to say Ferguson didn’t do any forward planning

People always forget that Sir Alex didn’t win shit for years when he managed the club. Yes, he built United but even sir Alex had years of losing

Another excellent football analysis video. Well researched, accurate and spot on. I also don't think SAF had it in him to rebuild another squad, for a fifth time. Which is fair enough when you think he was 71. Picking Moyes was SAF's hubris getting the best of him. Moyes is a good manager, I like him and glad he's doing well with WHUFC, but he was never a Man Utd manager, very out of his depth.

Sir Alex left behind a title winning squad. David Moyes set himself and others up to fail when he cleared out almost the entire coaching staff. We lost our identity for a few years, but Ole is starting to bring it back.

I think it mainly lies with SAF and David Gill retiring together. Gill played a huge role for fergie and i think if one of them stayed on for 1 more season, things may have been different

This was a thought I had after watching David Moyes get sacked... Though I am a Manchester United fan, I always felt that the team that Moyes was given was a decent one but a tough one to follow after Sir Alex's historics... I love Sir Alex and the club, but if Moyes was given a chance to build a team with the help of David Gill for a season or 2, we might have had David Moyes do well for the club. But we'd never know.

Next video idea- Did Wenger deserve all the hate he got?

I remember Rio Ferdinand commenting about Moyes a few years back, and also remember stories that came out at the time, that the players didn't like him, and seemed to be the case of a player revolt to get rid of a coach. They downed tools and couldn't be bothered. So, well done Rio, what followed was United went downhill from there. What is needed after a tenure like Fergie is someone to come in and steady the ship, and not to have some spoilt players spitting their dummies out because 'he does things differently' or 'he's not Fergie'. Moyes is a very competent manager when given time, he showed it at Everton, and he's showing it now at West Ham. Just seems a case that the players messed around thinking they were bigger than the club.

Great watch once again pal. Keep up the good work!

That Scottish git raised my expectations of United to hugely unrealistic proportions

Alex Ferguson is a legend.

Fergie shouldn’t be blamed BUT it’s undeniable that he claims he left the club “ at its peak” but the squad was ageing & he knew that if he didn’t retire in 2013 he won’t be as successful as he once were & will eventually end up like Arsene Wenger

Day 182: Ways to fix VAR with your suggestions

Great video and will always be difficult to replace the greatest manager football has ever seen

Fergie knew he was due to step down and made no effort to build a team for the future, he knew he was getting the last drops out of many of his star players. So leaving a huge job for the next manager. Fergie pushed for Moyes to replace him, a huge mistake. So Fergie has blame, but not all the blame.

Fergie really knew how to use refs,same as Beckenbauer, that’s was a real difference the subsequent managers could never replicate, Fergie time made a huge difference ( love the picture with Souness at 18;34 ) , Mourinho claimed 2nd and Europa League too and didn’t get the credit he deserved, He would also have gone the season before if it wasn’t for City’s ridiculous last two minutes against QPR. Finally the same thing happened when Busby left,and this was often put down to Busby hanging around for years after, as indeed did Fergie, that’s always been a problem at Man U( and Liverpool) the legends don’t really leave Very good video

Another excellent video, highlights just how brilliant SAF was with his players

Great job, excellent piece of work.

Fergie would have won his last title as manager of any one of the top ten teams in his final year.

Fergie left a squad that was aging. A dressing room filled with big characters and egos can't be marshalled by a person they don't respect.

Thank you so much alfie for this video!

When comparing Ollie to Sir Alex do remember it took Fergie 4 years before he won his first title if I remember correctly

Could you do a video on what most likely would have happened Bartomeu had never been elected Barca President and Neymar had never left. Would be really interesting considering how far they will in 5 years.

Let's go Alfie quality content as always

Left behind a squad that had won the league by 13 points and an exceptional backroom team..... United's demise for me came from 2 main things 1- David Moyes not being able to retain most of the back room team and 2. poor decisions in the board room concerning management and playing staff.

Key issue was that he left gaps in midfield and at left back. He even had to get Scholes out of retirement to plug the gap, that and the huge expectations he left are his own part in what is an issue with many factors.

The downfall started when David Moyes was sacked

great video as usual Alf

Day 36509-All the original european cup teams or champions league teams, where are they now?

Another great video. Lots of love 🤝

I blame Sir. Alex Ferguson for the 38 trophies he won at Manchester United. I detest him for the 13 EPL titles he won. I revile him for the 5 FA Cup titles United Won during his time. The 2 Champions League trophies 🏆 are an especially sore sticking point for me as a United fan. I take particular umbrage with the number of Community Shield trophies United won while breaking narry a sweat! The heft of my opprobrium is reserved for 'Fergie time'. Is a Football ⚽️ match even supposed to last that long? An ordinary match is ostensibly slated to be 90 minutes. Hence, when Michael Owen scores for Utd in the 96th minute of a Manchester Derby, is that even the same sport? For the match that Man Utd lost 3 - 1 to Everton after being denied 3 stonewall (Sir Alex prescribed) penalties, I dare ask as he at the time, "Did a lad have to take an axe to the back of the head to earn a Pen in that ground?" If hypothetically a bloke was actually pole-axed, would Van Persie taking a punt to the noggin be the most dangerous thing Fergie had seen 👀 on a pitch for a long, long time whence Robin "would have been killed"? Sir. Alex Ferguson excellent management acumen characterized by man-management & delegation of responsibilities to highly-skilled assistants certainly desensitised the fanbase to not just the difficulty but indeed the glee of winning titles. It became as commonplace as the fresh morning 🌄 breeze at Carrington! I think Man Utd won far too much during his tenure.

It happened before with Busby. Liverpool managed the transition from Shankly to Paisley to Fagan. Busby wouldn't go away and neither will Ferguson. Shankly tried it and was told "you don't work here anymore." Result? Liverpool went on and on. And why wasn't Paisley knighted? Because he worked for Liverpool.

This is like the time Sinéad O'Connor (sorry, "Shudada Sadaqat" 😄) tore up that picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live 😆

Here a year later and the demise has grown to newer heights than ever before.

If this was a twitter post you would get ratioed

personally, I think Fergie was a bit to blame as that squad wasn't one for longevity like he built in the past. he wanted that last title and did what was needed to get it but having said that Moyes getting rid of all the 1st team staff was a huge mistake as you lose so much know-how and knowledge. i also think Moyes isn't a top club manager not to say that makes him a bad one just think his skills are better used for clubs like Everton, west ham etc

For me,Sir Alex Ferguson must never ever be blamed for their demise because,the club's hierarchy did not appoint a world class manager like him to replace him and the owners was not really active in signing many world class players and prioritising on the youth players properly,good friends!!!:(

Ooohh, this gonna be a spicy one 😅

Arsenal selling Van Persie was a crime to this day still winds me up

thanks for sharing,

Can you do a vid ranking the squads of every efl cup winner since the 00/01 season

Alex Fergusson won a pl in his final season he owes manutd nothing anymore enough leave the man alone he has suffered enough its those following him who screwed it up

Dude, we desperately need a DM. We won't challenge for the title without one.

I find it interesting how much is said and written about the “crises” and “falls” of the big clubs, as well as who is to blame for this, when for most of the clubs in EPL (or any other major European league) the best they can hope for is mid table mediocrity, avoiding relegation, or if they are really lucky an occasional cup run or battling for a European place, followed by the big clubs buying their best players the next season. Not to mention clubs avoiding administration or going under completely. These clubs supporters would kill to have the problems clubs like ManU have. As far as Fergie goes he certainly earned the right to determine the time and under what terms he retired. Hell, I’m retiring in 2 weeks from my job and could care less who they got to replace me lol.

Listening about Glazers makes me feel like Stan kroenke is so much better lol

Loving the content.

No. It was just poor planning after Ferguson's retirement. Hiring managers that don't fit the culture of our club, poor signings like Memphis, Sanchez, Rojo, Schneiderlin and Falcao. Ed Woodward and the Glazers are deceitful leeches that took money from the club instead of ridding the debt of the club and trying to take us to the Super League. We maybe rebuilding the club but we are still far from City and Liverpool.

There Are Some Things I Will Blame Ferguson For! 1. Failed To Find Suitable Successors For Giggs & Scholes 2. Failed To Strengthen The Team That Badly Needed More Quality In Midfield & Defence 3. Signed David De Gea Who Is A Pathetic Excuse Of A Goalkeeper 4. Chose Moyes To Succeed Him When There Were Better Managers Still Available 5. Should Have Retired After The 2010/2011 Season When Manchester United Won Their 19th League Title 6. Ferguson Should Have Been Fired After The Boot Incident With Beckham

As Mourinho once said, my biggest achievement was finishing 2nd in that season with this team. Cant forget European League Cup....

I don't think it was necessarily his fault but I think his brilliance masked over some significant deficiencies. The 2012/13 season squad was terrible. I think David Moyes was the right appointment and the fact we were so used to success prior meant that Moyes was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Thank you. He's 100% to blame. I mean he's a legend but he had his flaws.

If you read his book on leadership, you will know that he was a delegator. When Moyes came in he replaced not a decade of experience, but rather several decades. The squad was aging, but in no way was it without prospects. De Gea was about to hit his prime, so was Smalling, Rafael and Johnny Evans. He also had Zaha coming in that same summer. Aging squad? Yes, but still elite and plenty of potential to build on. It was an arrogant and ignorant man who started tearing the club down, plus the addition of a clueless CEO that knew nothing about football. The young players that never became future stars was severely mismanaged by Van Gaal and Mourinho (Shaw the most obvious example) and those two managers bought alot of players suited to their own personal brand of football making the period of 2015-2018 very hit and miss. It is no coinsidence that Solskjær has been able to do the rebuild that he has; He employed Mike Phelan and there are pretty much only former United people in charge now. They know what they are doing (defensive set pieces aside) and they will achieve success with this team. This success would have come alot sooner if they didn't hire Van Gaal imo. The situation in Manchester United can not in any way shape or form be blamed on Sir Alex...

I often think that getting rid of the likes of Evans, Hernandez, Nani, Rafael and Nani so soon after he left was tough on the club too. We lacked leaders and players who knew how to win, despite not being top class

Mourinho won 3 trophies for Man United. Underrated time

Watching 9mos later: a corner was sadly not turned 🥺😭

It’s sport. It’s far from normal that organizations hold onto that type of dominance. Sometimes you lose. Get over it. They aren’t a club who finishes at the bottom ever. They have a great chance of winning silverware every year. The thing that I hate about football is that managers are constantly sacked rather than being allowed to build a culture. In my opinion Ole is doing that. The best culture comes from having a manager who’s been a part of the organization like Ole has, Zidane has and if you look at it, Brian Schmetzer has with the Seattle Sounders. It creates buy in from the players.

SAF had a deal in place for Thiago before he left Barca but Moyes didn't rate him and scrapped the deal and we ended up with a Fellani instead and Thiago went to Bayern. That deal alone could've changed things a lot but what's done is done.

I guess you could say that the era with the Chevrolet bowtie on the shirt of Manchester United was truly the struggle era

No but I agree that team was on it’s last leg, I think Solskjaer’s new project is finally looking really good and will be done next year if they can get Haaland or a top tier striker in general, things are finally looking good

Come on Alfie. You know how this is going to go.

I think losing him along with David Gill at the same time was detrimental to United.. that squad needed rebuilding & everyone knew that..

Personally I feel it is because over the years managers have less influence over who is brought in not only at the senior level but at youth level too. Managers now have so little input into anything but the first team at the club. Even though the game has become more about performance statistics it shouldn't be the case that the different levels at a club aren't also looked over by a first team manager if they are going to be there long term. As it is now most of the youth team coaches and staff aren't hired because it will help the newer manager but by other in the club. Under Fergie he had direct input on who were coaches at all levels of the club so the players coming through new what to expect in the first team.

Short answer - no Long answer - HEEEEEELLLLL NO The Glazers are the ones to blame being kneejerk in sacking Moyes and then bringing in big-name Charlies that sucked(looking at you Mouwhinger) and spent cash like drunken sailors

Will this be Liverpool when Klopp leaves?

Love the videos you should do one on Bolton's youngest ever team where are they now

Ultimately, it is not the job of a manager to set the club up for success beyond his tenure. Obviously a manager should not intentionally sabotage a team, but the long long term responsibility falls on the front office.

Great video. I've been saying this for years. The players he bought in the last 3-4 years of his reign were awful (Van Persie) aside and he left a mainly old and average squad for Moyes.

Ooooooooooh, I am looking forward to this. It's something I have claimed for years (with my Pro Moyes bias)

Great video thanks, interesting.

This has gotta be the greatest troll title ever

Yes. When so many things run through one person it’s your responsibility to wind that down when you plan to leave

I think that the reason he left that season is that he knew the squad needed another rebuild and by that point he was to tired can't blame him he made so many fantastic squads over the years I know this was an old upload by I love your vids there amazing

Commented before watching the video: Fergie brought success but the things he did only benefited the club during his reign. He didn’t do things for someone to replace him well. He’s not the reason for their demise but his negligence to hand over the club well was. Maybe a top driver can drive a car with 3 wheels popped, and I respect him for that, but if he gives anyone else to drive it, it’ll be a disaster

You should make more videos like this

You’ve summed it up really well. They have finally got a replacement. He got some breathing due to his playing career.