If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been Sacked??
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If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been Sacked??I was looking at Alex Ferguson's record as United manager when he first came in back in 1986 after leaving Aberdeen, and these were his records:
1986-87 - 11th and trophyless
1987-88 - 2nd and trophyless
1988-89 - 11th and trophyless
1989-90 - 13th and Fa Cup (finished only 5 points above the relegation zone)
His Signings were:
1987
Viv Anderson - Arsenal - 250,000
Brian McClair - Celtic - 850,000
Steve Bruce - Norwich - 825,000
1988
Jim Leighton - Aberdeen - 750,000
Lee Sharpe - Torquay - 180,000
Mal Donaghy - Luton Town - 650,000
Ralph Mine - Bristol City - 170,000
Mark Hughes - Barcelona - 1,800,000
Giuliano Mairoana - Histon - 30,000
1989
Mike Phelan - Norwich - 750,000
Gary Pallister - Middlesbrough - 2,300,000
Neill Web - Nott. Forest - 1,500,000
Brian Carey - Corke - 100,000
Danny Wallace - Southampton - 1,200,000
Paul Ince - West Ham - 1,500,000
Erm....surely if managed in todays climate with those results he would have been sacked?? Not a hope of him surviving IMO with todays owners abramovich et al.
Gary Pallister was a record transfer fee for a defender and the highest between two British clubs at the time so also spent a whack of money in the equivalent of those days.
He spent over 7 million in 1989 alone which was a ton of money then, and only come 5 points of the relegation zone, surely trophy or no trophy after 4 years he would be a goner today?? -
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Re: If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been SackedWith those results, going from 2nd to 11th the next season he would have been sacked no questions asked.
However if he somehow managed to cock things up right now I don't think he would get sacked. He would probably realise it was time to retire and leave on his own accord anyway. -
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Re: If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been SackedDoes Ferguson highlight that maybe managers get sacked too early?(Original post by Ano1)
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Re: If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been SackedNo, with todays impatient billionaires the climate is different. Its perform or piss off.(Original post by Sharpshooter)
Does Ferguson highlight that maybe managers get sacked too early? -
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Re: If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been Sacked100% yes.
If David Moyes took over this summer and failed to make cl within 2 years then he'd be gone for sure, even after one season of no cl I'd expect to see him off. The money stakes are too huge nowadays to give a manager at a top club, especially the world's wealthiest club, as much time as SAF had back then. There's too much at stake for the owners. -
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Re: If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been SackedYes, he would have been sacked. Valid point about the need to give managers more time, then again there is a certain urgency about football these days.
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Re: If Alex Ferguson Repeated His 86-90 Tenure In This Era, Would He Have Been SackedWell Fergie didn't start the season with United in 86, he took over from Ron Atkinson 3 months into the season. They hadn't won the league in 20 years before he took over (winning league 2 when they got relegated to come back into the first division doesn't really count).
Manchester United was a very different team back then, and their runner up position in 87-88 was their best league finish for 8 years. The subsequent season wasn't great but his managerial record was top drawer and it takes time to reshape a team.
