What a week for Sir Alex Ferguson. He can sit back with his feet up and a glass of red wine in hand, looking back at a (26 year) job well done. Not only did he have time to wrestle the title from neighbours City before riding off into the sunset, but he has also successfully fought off yet another City manager, with Roberto Mancini sacked for a trophy less season.
Few football fans would suggest that Sir Alex Ferguson had much in common with Margaret Thatcher, the former PM who passed away recently. Ferguson’s Govan shipyard background installed a lifetime association with the Labour Party, and it is unlikely that he had much time for the Iron Lady’s policies during her tenure at Number 10.
This week Sky Sports have been keen to use their app, news channel, website and everything in between to show us who Gary Neville thinks is the Premier League’s best XI for this season. Gary should be at the top of his game punditry wise. Just like when he was at United and Sir Alex would sign a right back to challenge for his place, Gary will need to be at his best with the impending arrival of Jamie Carragher to Sky.
See below, what is hopefully a mature and well thought out look at the main issues surrounding this year’s PFA awards ceremony, what should be a joyous celebration but has so far only been looked at by the press in an immature and poorly thought out way. Here goes it then...
As a football writer the game has dictated that I have had to write about some of the more unsavoury aspects of society. Racism, hooliganism, fascism, but now a new ‘ism’ has caught the media’s attention. Strangely, even to me, I’m about to write about cannibalism.