I always loved reading his articles even if its hitting Liverpool this is another good one .... FAREWELL then to the ‘George Lazenby’ of Manchester United managers. ‘Sean Connery’ was truly an impossible act to follow and now United sit back and await their ‘Roger Moore’. The James Bond analogy was first mentioned to me by a Hull City fan years ago when Fergie was emperor of all he surveyed. The succession was already looking daunting and my friend felt the only way United could avert a repeat of the post-Busby decline would be to hire a patsy to immediately mess up. “So the next guy would have a much easier time of it,” he explained. This week, that is looking pretty prescient. All it needs now is for Louis van Gaal or someone of his ilk to come in, sort out the team and finish in the top four next season. Indeed, if this happens, clubs, corporations – perhaps even political parties – may adopt ‘Lazenby’ as the modus operandi whenever they have to replace the irreplaceable. But in United’s case, it may not be that simple. “History never repeats but it sometimes rhymes,” said Mark Twain. And it’s as hard to spot a Roger Moore among the available candidates as it is to see United going 26 years without winning the league. A club, conglomerate, whatever you want to call them, of its size simply cannot allow that to happen again but an instant rebound to glory is not a given either.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:37:06 +0000
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