Itâs very sad. Irish people by and large have no respect for old people.
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Oirish people expect Sir Alex to be working from a trolley on the corridor at Carrington.
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The Glazers have really looked after Sir Alex in his retirement. Contrast that with Liverpool. Bill Shankly was essentially murdered by Liverpool Football Club shortly after he stepped down as manager. He died of a broken heart when they wouldnât even allow him to come in and look at them training.
Alex Ferguson joined Linkedin today and while his CV has some flaws in it, the word from the after-dinner speaking industry and the lecture circuit is he wonât have any difficulty picking up gigs.
As reported earlier, Fergusonâs post-career has demonstrated the enormous advantages of being a retired giant of football management in the era of Sky Sports and footballâs gentrification.
Following his retirement as Liverpool manager in 1974, Bill Shankly had to be banned from the teamâs training ground in Melwood by his successors because he kept showing up unannounced in search of a bit of camaraderie. He was snubbed by the board of directors, who refused to admit him to their ranks.
He did a spot of punditry work and briefly hosted his own talk show on Liverpool local radio. Until well into his sixties, he played five-a-side every Friday with former Everton player Johnny Morrissey and a few others.
He never left the modest semi-detached house purchased when he became manager of Liverpool (then a second-rate, middle of the road outfit) in 1959.
After the Liverpool management instituted a âNo Shanklysâ policy at Melwood, Shankly began turning up at Evertonâs training ground in Bellafield where he helped out with the training of junior teams.
Alex Ferguson has been warmly welcomed onto the United board by the yanks currently running things. Unlike Shankly, he gets to watch matches at Old Trafford from his perch amid the shiny suits.
It was suggested during the summer of 2013 that he might consider helping out David Moyes by giving Old Trafford and its environs a wide berth. If he would also refrain from doing anything that attract too much attention that would be greatly appreciated by his overawed successor.
Fergusonâs considered response to this seemed to be âsod that, Iâve earned this shitâ.
On the day his latest autobiography was released, the peerless Barney Ronay wrote âlike a post-war prime minister, his memoirs live on. Part news-story, part superheated publishing beanoâŚâ
Not only this, he was promptly appointed a global brand ambassador, a role that Liverpool, in fairness, did not have on offer for someone like Shankly in 1974.
Whether Shanks, with his Marxist leanings and his endless store of pithy left-wing soundbites, would have been able to schmooze US born industrialists is another question.
Ferguson was invited to a Ryder Cup as a consultant by European captain Paul McGinley. The Ryder Cup offers endless possibilities for these bullshit roles (starting with the captaincy itself), and someone like Fergie was always likely to be asked to do something.
Labour leaders seem to be forever consulting him on how they should deal with their cabinet. He invariably urges the leader to keep his troops in line.
Whenever he turns up in a place like the Convention Centre (or the equivalent in other European capitals) he is guaranteed a full house by those eager to hear him talk about the glory days.
And, the most grandiose role of all, he is currently a lecturer in Harvard business school. Many of his students are involved in sports in some capacity (American football, especially).
Brandon Marshall, wide receiver for the Chicago Bears and student on Fergieâs management course, gave this feedback, âIâm not a fan of soccer but I am a fan of Alex Fergusonâ while Adam Zimmerman said âThere were some stunning managerial lessons that came out of that presentation.â
Last year, Ferguson told the Mirror he found retirement âexhaustingâ.
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Must be an awful smell of stale piss around Carrington if heâs still hanging around.
Like Banquoâs ghost rattling around the place.
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The space is at the training ground you handicap
Is Sir Alex still involved in training the team?
He did very little training of the team when he was manager .
OGS parks in disabled parking spots? What a cunt?
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He has a disabled self respect
At least after tonight Utd can concentrate on finishing in 5th.
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These lads canât handle normal living at all.
What a lovely gentleman Beckham is all the same.
No wonder they hated him.
He saved himself by getting away from that pig ferguson. Much like Ronaldo.
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The âclass of 92â are the strangest bunch of cunts in football
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Betting suspended on Strangeways winning the prison league next season.
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Ole is happy just to have made the quarter final.
He wouldnât want to take safâs limelight.