“He’s a goalscorer,
'Best £10,000 I've ever spent' - Sir Alex Ferguson's furious dressing room rant that he claims won Man United the Premier League title
12.03.2023 - 08:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
“It was surreal,” former Manchester United defender David May once said of Sir Alex Ferguson regarding a 1996 team talk. “You were expecting the gaffer to absolutely rip everyone’s head off.”
It’s an approach many anticipated Erik ten Hag to adopt at Anfield after the club’s 7-0 whitewash at the hands of Liverpool last weekend. He indicated in his post-match press conference that he had had stern words with his players and did not “give them a chance” to air their thoughts.
The Dutchman was keen to stress that United had the characters in the dressing room to bounce back from that defeat by getting back to winning ways in the Premier League, starting against Southampton on Sunday.
READ MORE: Erik ten Hag makes captain decision on Fernandes
He will be looking for the kind of reaction Sir Alex was after against the Saints at their former ground The Dell 27 years ago when he decided to take a different approach. In the modern era, top clubs have all kinds of backroom staff members.
From penalty experts to throw-in specialists and physios to psychologists, elite football clubs have got it all. That said, they probably don’t have eye specialists.
During his reign, Sir Alex welcomed in the late Professor Gail Stephenson from the University of Liverpool, who used to come into the club twice a week for more than 20 years after arriving during the 1990s. "Gail was one of the leading vision scientists in the world,” United's former executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward explained upon her sad passing in 2015.
“She understood the benefits that her specialism could bring to sport and persuaded Sir Alex Ferguson to make Manchester United the pioneers in that area.” Gary Neville later outlined the impact she'd had on the players.
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