Ferguson turned down Villa job.

[pauliewalnuts]

He is not that good. I would have had more  respect for him if he had left Utd and taken say us, Spurs or Everton to a PL title.  Not as good as Cloughie or many Euro coaches who have achieved great success with mutiple clubs.

It's generally quite hard to have success with multiple clubs if you stay at the same place for over 20 years.

Whilst having pretty much continual success.

[PeterWithesShin]

He is not that good. I would have had more  respect for him if he had left Utd and taken say us, Spurs or Everton to a PL title.  Not as good as Cloughie or many Euro coaches who have achieved great success with mutiple clubs.

Out of interest, would you consider him "not that good" if he had joined Villa and won what he has won at the mancs?

[cdbearsfan]

Has he won the Peace Cup though?

[*shellac*]

Has he won the Peace Cup though?

Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

Heard he's a Megadeth fan.

[Malandro]

despite dougs many failings, he did pretty well picking managers. O'leary is probably the only one I really took a dislike to.

[Chico Hamilton III]

He is not that good. I would have had more  respect for him if he had left Utd and taken say us, Spurs or Everton to a PL title.  Not as good as Cloughie or many Euro coaches who have achieved great success with mutiple clubs.

I can't believe I'm defending Fergie, but here goes:

He broke the Glasgow duopoly when he was at Aberdeen. An incredible achievement.

Won more European trophies than Clough, with more teams.

Hate him, by all means, but don't re-write his history

[OzVilla]

Totally agree Chico.

We may not like him (personally, i've never had too much of a problem with Fergie, unlike Wenger) but you cannot argue with Fergie's record as a Manager.  Quite simply, he is the most outstanding British Manager of a generation, maybe the best ever.

To say that he's 'not all that good' is an astonishing statement.

[Concrete John]

I think he's one of the biggest twats in the history of the game, but he's also one of the greatest managers in the history of the game.

[steffo]

Man U, in my opinion were very close to getting rid of Taggart. Way back in 1990 I was up at Old Trafford to watch Villa. It was the last game before xmas and Venglos was the manager.

Gary Pallister had been signed from Boro and was scoring own goals for fun. Lo and behold thanks to him we went in 1-0 at half time. At the start of the second half Taggart emerges from the tunnel - the PA announces that it's his birthday new years eve, believe it or not, boos rained down from the crowd.

The second half was a siege. Mark Hughes scoring to make it a final score 1-1.
Trying to get out of Manchester was a nightmare, but listening to the radio on the way home a certain former manager Tommy Docherty slated our centre forward stating he should never be a professional footballer.

Taggart won the FA Cup that season and the rest is history. By the way our 'slated' centre forward that day..... a young Dwight Yorke !!!!!!

[hawkeye]

despite dougs many failings, he did pretty well picking managers. O'leary is probably the only one I really took a dislike to.

McNiel Turner Venglos Oleary ?

[Chico Hamilton III]

McNiel Turner Venglos Oleary

I don't think that's very fair on Venglos

[DB]

"He's not that good", quote of the season so far. To add Chico's comments, he's also built 3 teams over the years as ManUre, big names has gone but he's always kept them at the top for the last 18 years, even if he is a prick, he's won mor silverware than anyone else.

[Clampy]

Man U, in my opinion were very close to getting rid of Taggart. Way back in 1990 I was up at Old Trafford to watch Villa. It was the last game before xmas and Venglos was the manager.

Gary Pallister had been signed from Boro and was scoring own goals for fun. Lo and behold thanks to him we went in 1-0 at half time. At the start of the second half Taggart emerges from the tunnel - the PA announces that it's his birthday new years eve, believe it or not, boos rained down from the crowd.

The second half was a siege. Mark Hughes scoring to make it a final score 1-1.
Trying to get out of Manchester was a nightmare, but listening to the radio on the way home a certain former manager Tommy Docherty slated our centre forward stating he should never be a professional footballer.

Taggart won the FA Cup that season and the rest is history. By the way our 'slated' centre forward that day..... a young Dwight Yorke !!!!!!

I was there that day as well. They gave us behind the goal if i remember rightly. I've still got the ticket!

[dave.woodhall]

They won the cup the season before and unless I'm mistaken they also scored first that day.

[Jimbo]

I hope Houllier is twice as crap as Ferguson.