Quote Originally Posted by IainR View Post
It was a good interview but the press question was strange.. about being thin skinned?

As manager of United he had to control the press as much as he could, thats just testament to the power of todays press, they really can dictate how people view issues. look at Blair missing an important vote (was it?) so he could get Murdochs support for his 97 campaign..

But also the press do affect the players, they read the papers, so he didnt want players affected.

Also strange about falling out with all his ex players.. when in reality its just been a few and few long standing ones..

I think he was right about keane, his anger at the end was from his inability to accept he was not the same player, but otherwise plenty of ex players back him, Eck, Bruce, Ince now, Mclair, Phelan, Scholes, Giggs, Butt, Nevilles, VDS, Schmeichel.. he fell out with most at some point but few long term, I think even strachan and him buired the hatchett in the end.
Iain if I'm being absolutely honest I can't even stand to look at an image of Bacon-face anywhere, be it TV, magazine, newspaper, whatever, I dislike the bullying, self-centred control freak that much.

And right now I actually think he's walked away from the fight because he knew he couldn't win.

It's the same with all bullies, they cannot stand to lose the control,

Having said all of that there is one picture of him that I adore, I can stare at if for hours on end.That is the picture of his purple nosed, florid, bacon like chops as the disgusting realisation dawned on him that "little City" had " literally" forcefully snatched the premiership trophy out of his sweaty pudgy hands and claimed it as their own ...thanks to Sergio.

He will never get over that, not ever.

Despite all his manipulations, bullying and power brokering, at the end of the day City pissed on his parade.

It will haunt him to the end.