Oddly enough I feel less inclined to tweet him calling him a thug granny shagging cunt now I have had something to drink.
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Alex Ferguson's right-hand man at Manchester United, Mike Phelan, makes some surprising revelations about life at Old Trafford under the Scot
Mike Phelan has lifted the lid on Sir Alex Ferguson's last few seasons as Manchester United, and as assistant manager for half a decade the 51-year-old had a front-row seat and has now provided a fascinating insight in to how things were run at the club.
The former United right back, who graduated to become Ferguson's right-hand man at Old Trafford for five years until the Scot finally retired in the summer, suggests that he took charge of most of the first-team responsibilities himself, albeit "undercover", while the 71-year-old took the plaudits.
Phelan is now looking for work as a manager – rather than assistant – having been let go as Ferguson's successor, David Moyes, sought to stamp his authority on his new regime and sever ties with the old rule. It is a role he feels he is more than able to excel at, having effectively been in charge of first-team operations at United for so long, he believes.
"My first thoughts are to be the boss," Phelan told the Daily Mail, having been asked about a return to football. "It’s the progression for me now. That’s what I’ve been doing for the last five years, albeit with the title of assistant boss.
"[Ferguson] was the head of the establishment, there’s no doubt about it and rightly so. He didn’t get to where he’s got through not being a big decision maker but he’ll be the first to admit that a lot of people played their part in that.
"We all were undercover in that respect. We weren’t the face of what was going on but that was our job."
Phelan, winner of one England cap, insists that he is "more than capable of handling" decision making at added: "It’s a case now that if the opportunity comes up to be a boss then I’ll have a look at it. [My qualities] have been shown there (at Manchester United)."
Additionally, Phelan revealed in the Daily Mirror earlier in November that Ferguson used to make key choices by the toss of a coin.
"Part of my job was to hold him back because he could come out with some very strange decisions at times," Phelan said. "I had to guide him through them and I managed to do that.
"It’s one of the hardest things for a manager to say to a player that they’re not involved in a particular game after a hard week’s training.
"But he would toss a coin at times in situations like that. Big managers have to make big decisions and over a period of more than 20 years he made more right decisions than he did wrong ones.
That rug really tied the room together.Comment
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Toss of a coin? the whisky faced fraudulent old cunt...Comment
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Mark Ogden @MOgdenTelegraph
No RVP on flight to Germany with Man Utd. Big loss in a game which could be crucial for their qualification hopes.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Tough game for United tonight.. would love to see them get beat and for Shaktar to take the 3 points at home against Sociedad. Would mean United & Shaktar at Old Trafford in the final group game & Leverkusen away to Sociedad who have nothing to play for.
If United got knocked out of the champs league in the group stages the pressure on Moyes would been immense. Seeing United in the Europa League would be a sight for sore eyes.Comment
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Proving what a tosser Ferguson was.One tit for another.
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Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Can you set .gif images as a live wallpaper on smart phones
Football without Origi is nothingComment
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He's not doing as badly as I thought he would. There, I've said itComment
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Gone from reigning champions to struggling to maintain top 6? He's not doing great either.Originally posted by Norbs View Post
Though I'd be much happier if this come back stalls.Comment
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The thing is he is a better european manager, than PL manager. He has a defensive outlook - which is more suited to away games in europe.Originally posted by Norbs View Post
In the PL they have lost that fear factor that they previousley had in the last 10 minutes of games.
When was the last time they rescued points in the PL, in the last 10 minutes?Comment
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Originally posted by EwarWoo View Post
He's doing as **** as I'd hoped. Last night changes nothing. Bayer were without their best player (Sidney Sam) and the team choked again. By their own admission they choked at Old Trafford, paralysed by nerves, and it happened again last night. It was one of the worst CL performances I've ever seen.
United will lose at Spurs on Sunday.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Originally posted by Norbs View Post Unfortunatly!!
He/they started the season badly, but they are slowly turning it around. Considering how many (including myself), have given them grief for being **** they are still through the CL group and 3 points off 2nd place in the league.
I'm fairly certain that most would have taken that from the start of the season with a new manager in charge. It's just because the league is so strange this season that it's not immediatly deemed acceptable IMO.Comment
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I agree about the fear factor, I've mentioned it on here too. Let's hope the rest of Europe catch up soon!Originally posted by magicalbarnes View PostComment
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