Evra is one of our best player of this season and currently the best left back in the world (i’m biased, whatever!). He reveal how every United player are under pressure to be on the top of their game at all times and is constantly worried about keeping his place in the side:

‘This club is all about winning and nothing else is acceptable. I’m lucky enough to have been in a side that’s won the last three titles and I don’t want that to stop. If you’re inclined to want to sit back and rest on your laurels you will soon be told about it. At United, if you have a good game, you’ll find yourself on the bench. It’s only if you’re on the very top of your form that you will hold on to your place.”

We have the perfect boss for our club’s calibre. Long may this continue!

I found this rare emotional interview of Sir Alex at The Sun titled I’m Scared to Quit Football. Some excerpts:

“Three things can make me stop. 1. My health. 2. If I don’t take pleasure any more. 3. If I don’t have the strength for new challenges any more.

“Today, I am playing the penalty shoot-out of my managerial career. I know that. The rest is decided between me and me.

On leading star players:

“I want them to think of the history of their family. To carry the values of their class. Being from the working class today is facing a world full of technology and comfort that you can’t afford.”

He also mention how Sir Bobby Robson is the perfect example of a football coach, some comments on Roy Keane and Cristiano Ronaldo illustrious career at Manchester United, and Van Der Sar kisses all his team-mates when he beat the unbeaten record for a goalkeeper.

Take a look by yourself the full interview here. Sir Alex is a Total Legend.

On other SAF’s news, he confirmed that he support the idea of home-produced players proposing by FIFA. He said:

“All countries should get round a table and agree that you should not lose the impact of youth on your club. You need to bring them through a system and you need to give them their opportunity.

“If you don’t all the money spent on youth academies is a waste of time. You must encourage development in your own football club.”

Please educate me if i’m wrong. Mancunians can and will always say they support their childhood club, as Manchester United is their local club. As an international Manchester United fan, I don’t know the ‘exact feeling’ of seeing local lads gets their opportunity to shine in their home club, in a club with global appeal as massive as Manchester United.  Although, the more i learn about the history of our club, the more i appreciate that.

Mind you, I don’t watch World Cup football because i don’t know which team i support, so i’m a bit frustrated to hear this idea at heart. I’m afraid we will lose some of its magic if Blatter and his gang finally secure ’six-plus-five’ proposal. To local club is the pride and the long term wealth, to the same old Blatter it’s politic. I don’t know man, i hate that guy and that prick Platini. So i am bias towards his ideas…

But hey, in Sir Alex i trust…

On some other goodness, Terry Venables hails Nemanja Vidic as his Player of The Year, and our own Ryan Giggs as the runner up. While Johny Evans is his favorite Young Player of The Year.

That’s it for now, see you on upcoming FA 6th round. It’s Craven Cottage and Fulham is brilliant at home this season. With all due respect to the home side performance, I expect a bumpy ride. But i am confident enough to say we can pass them tonight. Sorry.

Reds army marching on!

There’s a cool write up in the Official Site titled Celebs ask Sir Alex.

Here are 3 of my favorites:

You seem to be the object of more public speculation and criticism than any other manager has ever had before. How does it affect you?
Simon Le Bon, singer (Duran Duran)
I think it’s part of the job when you’re manager of Manchester United. It’s not just me, either. Look at the criticism Ronaldo gets, the best player in the world. He only has to have half a bad game and he’s slaughtered. Cantona got it, he got slaughtered for ages. You see the criticism that Gary Neville gets because he’s a dyed-in-the-wool Manchester United man. You have to accept it’s part of the package. It doesn’t bother me one bit.

Sir Alex, as the greatest manager of all time, is it hard to be humble?
Ian Brown, singer (solo, Stone Roses)
I think the important thing is just to keep you feet on the ground. I have a common sense attitude to life. My wife cringes every time someone calls me Sir Alex or calls her Lady Cathy. She says to me, “I don’t know why you accepted it in the first place!” So your family keep your feet on the ground. I’ve never been the type to get carried away with it anyway, so it’s easy for me.

What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever seen in training?
Dominic Monaghan, actor (Lost, Lord of the Rings)
The most amazing thing is Paul Scholes, in the morning, when a player goes to have a pee at the side of the training pitch and he fires balls from 40 yards right on top of their head! He’s unbelievable. He got John O’Shea about two weeks ago, right on the shoulder, while he was having a pee. He got Gary Neville right in the head and Neville chased him across the pitch!

Scholesyyyyyy hahah, brilliant!

More in the official site (you must login to One United).

While we have the same boss for the last 22 years, today Chelsea sacked another manager, Phil ‘Big Nose’ Scolari. Just earlier Portsmouth confirmed the sacking of Tony Adams. If The Villans finish 2nd, then there will be Benitez

Viva Sir Alex!

Following the money would have led us to an Arab sheikh. Or a man in a suit controlling sport from his seat behind a desk. But this has not been a rich list. It is The Times Power 100 and, among our criteria, we have measured the power to put bums on seats, to stir our emotions, to shape events.

The Times also mention how Benitez failed will always find it hard to deal with the most powerful people on British sport (ummm… well it’s too obvious) and also how Sir Alex opposes the idea of 39th game, which was built because of the popularity of his club in other part of the world, that ended killing the proposal. Oh, he also top Manchester City’s Arab owner. Well, it’s not news anyway.

More on Times Power Power 100 here, I gotta go watch the FA cup game…

Thank you Sir Alex!

Sir Alex Ferguson was done with Friday’s press conference when Rafael Benitez launched his verbal attack. So he keep quiet until today’s win against Chelsea. His responds to Benitez fucks (he said fucks instead of facts i reckon… check out at 0:18 if you don’t believe me) was simply classicly brilliant. A big win against ‘a bigger rival’ than Liverpool and:

“My only response is that once you cut through the venom, because there was a lot of venom in what he said and I don’t understand where it’s come from, he (Benitez) was obviously disturbed about something.

“I think when he reflects, he must surely realise what a ridiculous thing he was saying. But I’m not getting into that. I think that’s enough.

“All I want to do is keep the focus on my team. If I can do that and we can play with that excitement of today, then we have a big chance.”

Master Alex Ferguson, your kungfu is very good!

It took 60 minutes for Sir Alex to bring Ronaldo and Rooney, then another 15 minutes more to bring Carrick on to help his bizarre team perform. And the result was a lost to Derby County 0-1.

I know it’s ‘only a Carling Cup’. But it’s a freaking waste of time to wait until 4 o’clock in the morning, only to see the lads under perform and beaten by the Rams.

However, the result could be worst. Glad we have the second leg at home.

We’ll face Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan in Champions League quarter final. We’ll play the first leg away from home at the San Siro on either Tuesday 24 or Wednesday 25 February. The return leg will be at Old Trafford on either Tuesday 10 or Wednesday 11 March.

Here’s how Sir Alex relishing Jose reunion.

Bring it on Inter Milan!

I’m laughing out loud on Sir Alex response at the latest rumor linking Ronaldo with Real Madrid. These words in particular:

“Do you think I would get into a contract with that mob? No chance. I wouldn’t sell them a virus. There’s absolutely no agreement at all between the clubs.”

Sir Alex must really know what he’s talking about if not then this could be embarrassing when at the end Ronaldo go to Madrid.

But still funny though.

Surprised. Rio, Ronaldo, Carrick and Berbatov were all featured. It was a game that should have been won, if ever Ronaldo’s clear goal was allowed. The result was, again we fail to take a precious 3 points when our enemies were drawn by their weaker opponents.

However, i enjoy watching the game as we still pose good entertaining football. And my best moment was, when Sir Alex tried to catch the ball near him to put it back on the game (but he failed ). After all this years, he still has that passion. A true legend.

All in all, I believe there are more to come from the lads as the season progress. At least we’ve passed all hard away games and still manage to be in one piece (it’s harder to win games these days ).

Whatever.  Come on you reds!