`What was his secret?
>Inb4 buying refs
Not spending billions on overrated shit, not playing meme formations.
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purchasing officiating staff
FA in his back pocket
buying extra time
Having unquestionable authority and the intelligence to adapt with the times
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Winning culture
See: Bill Belichick
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Signing the greatest officiating genius Howard Webb
being alpha
Great motivator.
For example
>Lads, It's Tottenham
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Just smarter than the rest tb h
No sex for the players before the game.
Smart and Ruthless
After a shit first half you could always see the players were scared when to go back to the dressing room
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>You're either gonna play hard or get cut
He has a vince Lombardi state of mind.
Smart, Knowledgeable, Ruthless and also very lucky.
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>be terrifying
>choose a terrifying captain
Never underestimate the power of a group of players terrified of fucking up.
>>77414775
wouldn't work so much today
they'd just say fuck it i don't have to put up with this shit and get their agent to move them to another megaclub
>>77414828
Yeah. Ferguson retired just at the right time, just before football became totally dominated by agents.
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>buying
you missed 2 l's, pham, he was well known for it
letting the players have their chips
The players couldn't understand his scottish accent so Wayne Rooney did the tactics for him.
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Being elite, unironically.
He had a great sense of timing from what I heard. High quality watches too.
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>agents
you misspelled tactician genius. even klopp would trash this domestic baby senile coach
>>77413745
you know how some teams will adjust their lineup or strategy to counter their (usually stronger) opponents?
SAF would do that sort of shit versus fucking Blackburn, let alone a Champions League knockout leg
he, in all truth, expected to win every match
>>77415842
>actually thinking this
retard
>>77417158
>tf
>tp
>>77417201
He won the premier league with a team like this.
What could he do with the current one
------------------De Gea---------------------
Smalling----Ferdinand----Vidic----Evra
Valencia-----Kagawa----Carrick----Nani
---------------------Rooney-------------------
-------------------Van Persie-----------------