Irish Jet
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There's a very mythical perception of Ferguson's era.
He was an attacking coach for sure but he was never an idealist. Hilariously the one fanbase who seem to get this are Arsenal fans, even more than our own, because they fully remember Ferguson's pragmatism (or what they'd call anti-football) in a lot of the games we'd play them. Ferguson could shut up shop with the best of them and admitted himself that it was what was needed in Europe particularly. I would argue all day that Mourinho is far more similar to Ferguson -from personality to playing style - than Pep Guardiola.
The latter part of his reign (Post Ronaldo) was marked by individual brilliance and relentless width/crossing getting us over the line as well as a solid defence. Anyone thinking otherwise has serious short memory issues and should think of how often we complained about a lack of midfield and how often pundits praised us for winning ugly. It was not always the swashbuckling total football some believe. I assure you.
He was an attacking coach for sure but he was never an idealist. Hilariously the one fanbase who seem to get this are Arsenal fans, even more than our own, because they fully remember Ferguson's pragmatism (or what they'd call anti-football) in a lot of the games we'd play them. Ferguson could shut up shop with the best of them and admitted himself that it was what was needed in Europe particularly. I would argue all day that Mourinho is far more similar to Ferguson -from personality to playing style - than Pep Guardiola.
The latter part of his reign (Post Ronaldo) was marked by individual brilliance and relentless width/crossing getting us over the line as well as a solid defence. Anyone thinking otherwise has serious short memory issues and should think of how often we complained about a lack of midfield and how often pundits praised us for winning ugly. It was not always the swashbuckling total football some believe. I assure you.