Me and you both mate.
That horrible man Ferguson never once condemned that banner, yet he went apoplectic when we stuck the "Welcome to Manchester" one up in the City.
He then went on to say "Not in my lifetime" when asked if MUFC would ever go into a derby match as underdogs. Try asking him that question again, I dare the media.
I've not read all the recent posts, so sorry if this has been mentioned.
On the Radio 5 Nikki Campbell phone in this morning (9am-10am) they discussed Manchester United. Lots of people tweeting in that with Ukraine and partygate and Rwanda they really shouldn't be doing Talksports job for an hour, but I think Campbell had just had enough of all that grim stuff and decided on something sporty today instead!
Anyway, one or two United fans were courageous enough to phone in and actually say what so many of them just can't bring themselves to face up to: each and every manager since Moyes (and including Moyes) still had Sir Alex Ferguson hovering in the background AND making key decisions. They were also brave enough to link Ferguson to the Glazer takeover and I was surprised about that. They even suggested the club won't get out of this rut until he is sidelined. I was applauding that, because I expressed a similar view on their (Red Cafe) forum and was banned because of it.
I knew he had a parking slot, (that Ole Solksjaer wouldn't use) but it was said in the discussion that he also has an Office at Old Trafford next door to the managers one! That was news to me. Crazy, if true.
During the discussion, Campbell let a United fan and a City fan go head to head on the Ferguson issue and the United guy tried to say that when Pep finishes (as a legend of the club), will City just push him out the door? The City lady responded that Pep would leave when Pep decides to leave, but he wouldn't be hanging around as some sort of 'Club Ambassador' and she is right. It was all great stuff.
I nearly choked on my cornflakes because one deluded Utd bloke did try to defend their ex-manager and say it can't all be blamed on 'poor Sir Alex'. Poor! He was by far the highest earning PL manager when he was in the job and some say he is still on £4 million a year just to sit in the stand and pull faces for SKY or the BBC, when they have yet another epic fail.
Some United fans are deluded. If the Glazers pull Old Trafford down and rebuild it, they shouldn't have a Sir Alex Ferguson stand anymore. It's the Sir Matt Busby thing all over again but ten times worse because they have elevated Sir Alex to just ridiculous levels even though he was pretty crap in most of their European campaigns and was just mega-lucky in 1999!
I agree with you Gray, quite a horrible man. He built an Empire, but then couldn't walk away and he is destroying it from within. Long may it continue, it's karma.