Bacon Face says he is still affected by the Munich air disaster. As it happened twenty years before he was involved at MUPLC in any capacity, I highly doubt it. But that does mean he gets a headline to divert attention from his bonkers conspiracy theories about referees The FA want him to explain...
Personally I love to see managers embrace into the history of the club they work for, and there can be no doubt SAF has done that. No offence here, but I find your post cheap and not necessary.
The Munich air disaster was in 1958. I was only a kid, but I remember it. It shook the whole country, not just Manchester. I think anybody who was around in those days would still have clear memories of it.
Exactly. I was also only a kid and still have vivid memories. Of course Ferguson was sincere in his comments, to suggest otherwise is silly.
Koscielny and Vermaelen injured. Mertesacker injury then it could be Squillaci and Santos v Robben and Gomez
He's right though. It couldn't possibly affect him as much as say... Bobby Charlton who lost teammates (and friends) and was an employee at the club.
I still have the Daily Mirror reporting this appalling disaster,but I do think it was the making of Man United.They were given players to carry on and got to the FA Cup final.I think they picked up a lot of support from Southern England then and even to this day.However,Wolves were the team to beat at this time!Billy Wright and all.....
It was the making of Utd, because it affected everyone. SAF was 16 at the time so he would be profoundly affected as a young footballer with aspirations. Utd were the champions, blazing a trail in Europe and that group of players would probably have gone on to be the best team an English club ever produced. So there was huge sympathy for Utd from all quarters, especially when they saw the badly injured Busby's determination to carry on and to rebuild. To return to the top with players of the class of Best, Law and Charlton in such a short period of time cemented Utd's popularity.
Yes.Although this was the start of United buying many of the best players of the next decade and decades since.Their wage bill must have been scary at those times. Of course,today everyone(?) it seems is payed Mickey Mouse money, how long that will continue time will tell!
Doesn't look like Vermelen's out for long. According to an Arsenal fan I spoke to on here the otherday, it wouldn't matter if they had 2 injuries to centre backs as defenders can all play anywhere across defence
In the US when you refer to a sports disaster in Munich you mean the murder of Israeli athletes at the Olympics in 1972. I absolutely don't mean to offend or bother anyone, I mention it because it continues to be a culture shock. How could we in the US know so little/care so little about football? After all, in our terms it would be the equivalent of the Pittsburgh Steelers flight crashing on takeoff. We'd certainly never forget it. On the other hand, do other places not care as much about the Olympic tragedy? It was one of the few stories so appalling (the entire Vietnam war was another) it that it made me lose a bit of faith in humanity. A part of it probably has to do with the fact that I lived in Munich for a year when I was six and for a month when I was 31. I remember looking out of the restaurant at the top of the tower down at the construction site of the Olympics. I love the place, and yet it's so drenched in tragedy.
I guessthe biggest export today around the world is gun violence whatever the reason.....usually for no reason.We are now living in a sick society where shootings are occuring in abundance each day to the point that it's like living through the Blitz....you know its going to happen and you close your eyes to it.If the perpetrator doesn't get shot himself he knows the goverments take care of murderers with their own cell,4 square meals a day and free medical care. (Perhaps a tree and a good rope would be better!!!!?)
Unfortunately for you tinytots we still have Mertesacker, Miquel and we can recall Djourou, before we even entertain playing Squillaci in there.
Yes. Unfortunately, the QE2 has a faster, narrower turning circle than Mertesacker. Djourou is about on par with Squillaci, in my book
Ferguson's been fined £12,000 for his post-match comments at WHL. Waste of time. He's also been appointed Halsey for the game against Everton, a referee who last supervised a loss for Utd on August 31, 2003. 21 games since. W: 18, D: 3, L: 0, GF: 47, GA: 11. 13 wins on the trot and a penalty to Utd in each of the last 3. He's taken charge of Utd v Everton games on 3 occasions and Fergie's mob have won all of them without conceding.
Just saw that PNP - that'll teach him - NOT!! A repeat offender and he accuses an official of bias against him - the same official who allowed the Nani 'goal' against us at OT. Another victory for the Respect campaign......... Football is a sad joke at times
