Friday, May 17, 2013

And I will miss that old Scot...





May 8, 2013:

It was rather unexpected. I mean the news that SAF is retiring.
First, it came as a speculation. I was in the office, having a normal day till them… Once the speculation became a general discussion topic, I started praying hard… it should just be a speculation.
I was having a not so great day already… Internet was down at home and I was slowly going through the news channels, which was usually my morning ritual from home… By the time I was jiggling work and news, I read the news by around 12… it was shocker….
I started messaging everyone concerned…. It was breaking news for everyone… and shocker…

Slowly, I saw the news sites and twitter pages getting flooded with tributes… I began to fear the worst… If it is just a speculation, someone should have posted against it… denying it or something… But, that never happened…. My heart was yelling 'noooo' all the time….
Finally around afternoon,  2 or so… Manchester United confirmed the news… Fergie is indeed leaving… Something I always thought, will never happen!!! Or impossible to happen!!!!

To me from the beginning English football was all about Manchester United…. And United = Fergie… He was right there when I started watching the game… so, something like a 'change of manager' was unthinkable… For other clubs, managers came and went… but for us, the  grand old man, planned and signed up players and collected cups after cups… It was cool… even cooler to a United fan…  Even players changed… We thought Beckham was the ultimate MU player…. No…. Big names just moved on… The club was never known for a particular player… but for only for… this man….

I don’t know what will be of the future of my club… it will be difficult  days… I dearly wish SAF change his mind and stayed on… But you cant expect anyone to grow young back in time… he dedicated his life for United for the past 27 years… its time we give back to him…. A well deserved retirement… and a big Thank you….
Thank you Sir Alex for all the memories… we will definitely miss you!!!

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