Blue Mooner said:
Just found this paragraph on Fergusons reign at the swamp
For the 1989-90 season, Ferguson further boosted his squad by paying large sums of money for midfielders Neil Webb and Paul Ince, as well as defender Gary Pallister (a national record £2.3million signing from Middlesbrough). The season began well with a 4-1 win over defending champions Arsenal on the opening day, but United's league form quickly turned sour. In September, United suffered a humiliating 5–1 away defeat against fierce rivals Manchester City. Following this and an early season run of six defeats and two draws in eight games, a banner declaring "Three years of excuses and it's still crap. Ta ra Fergie."
If only those fans had got their way eh ? You can imagine the arguments for getting rid 'He's only ever managed at Aberdeen he can't handle the big players and a big club, get rid before he takes us down blah blah'
If the fans successfully get rid of Hughes we 'could' be getting rid of the best thing to ever happen to us and we will never know.
This other quote is also insightful and I see synergies between where Un*ted were then and we are now.
'Ferguson was appointed manager at Old Trafford on 6 November 1986. He was initially worried that many of the players, such as Norman Whiteside, Paul McGrath and Bryan Robson were drinking too much and was "depressed" by their level of fitness, but he managed to increase the players' discipline and United climbed up the table to finish the season in 11th place. Their only away win in the league that season was a 1-0 victory over Liverpool at Anfield'
It's about time we backed a manager and gave him time to make his mark on the club. We all know that with this money we can get success because we are/will be able to buy the best players in the world. The problem is that some fans have been institutionalised over 30 years with a negative mindset when it comes to City. It's like my missus, I can tell her 10 times how gorgeous she looks then the one time I mention about a dress making her bum looks big and all she focuses her attention on is the one bad comment not the the 10 good one's.
All City fans should be in a state of euphoria at the future we have but be aware it's not going to happen in half a season - learn the lesson of Fergiescum !
Another selective memory quote, repeating the endless myth that Fergie was about to be sacked because he was a failure.
Before Surly Alex took over at the swamp, he had dismantled the Old Firm dominance, for the first time in about 30 years... won the league a couple of times, the cup about 5 times, and best of all he won the ECWC, defeating Real Madrid in the final.
So he had a track record before he got to the Rags.
His second season he took them to Runners-Up in the league, after a mere half a season sorting them out.
When the fans turned on him at City (I was there and it was piss funny!), the club still had no itention of sacking him as the youth team was bubbling under.
Comparing the Fergie situation and Hughes current situation is nonsensical. Hughes has a track record no better than Souness, Allardyce, Kinnear or Redknapp. He therefore has much to prove before fans will support him as manager. To date he has failed miserably.
We harp on about how many managers we've sacked over the past 30 years, but I can't think of even one who went on to prove us wrong.
I hope Hughes turns it around, I really do. I just don't think there is any evidence, either currently or in the past, of him being capable of doing that. I suppose I could just cross my fingers and pray it all works out. Yeah, that might work.
