Sir Alex gets a statue at Aberdeen

Spaghetti said:
Absolutely not. He took United from a team that had won “only” 7 league titles to the top of the all-time winners list. He almost trebled the league wins and picked up 3 European trophies and a fair few domestic cups along the way.

He also did this by building 4/5 different squads.
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I mean, Sir Alex had Aberdeen ranked as the number one team in Europe at one point in time, that is absolutely incomprehensible. I honestly can't think of a comparison that will come across well because it's that hard to explain how much of an achievement that is.

Just look at this:

Aberdeen honours before Sir Alex (73 years):
1 League Title
2 League Cups
1 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen honours with Sir Alex (8 years):
3 League Titles
1 League Cup
4 Scottish Cups
1 European Cup Winners Cup
1 European Super Cup

It's just inconceivable that somebody could take charge of a club with almost no winning history at all and do that within an 8 year period. Manchester United were/are a huge club with vast resources available in comparison to most and should be winning leagues, European Cups etc. (I'm not diminishing his achievements at United at all, they are still ridiculous but there is expectation at United that existed to be challenging for these honours based on history). Aberdeen had absolutely no right to be doing what they done.

For what it's worth, I was there today, it was great seeing Sir Alex back up in Aberdeen, you can tell it still holds a special place in his heart. He looked genuinely delighted to be here and to be recognised with the statue.

A little anecdote that some might not know that he shared today. He said he spoke to Dick Donald (Aberdeen Chairman at the time) at the start of 1986 regarding his future plans. Dick Donald told him there was only one club in the world worth leaving what he had in Aberdeen for, Manchester United. He said he didn't know if Dick knew there was interest that early but he made a decision at that time that the only club he would leave for was United. I don't know if there were any approaches that he knocked back during his time at Aberdeen from other clubs but we probably have something to thank Dick Donald for in having that conversation with Sir Alex.
 
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DonBecks said:
I mean, Sir Alex had Aberdeen ranked as the number one team in Europe at one point in time, that is absolutely incomprehensible. I honestly can't think of a comparison that will come across well because it's that hard to explain how much of an achievement that is.

Just look at this:

Aberdeen honours before Sir Alex (73 years):
1 League Title
2 League Cups
1 Scottish Cup

Aberdeen honours with Sir Alex (8 years):
3 League Titles
1 League Cup
4 Scottish Cups
1 European Cup Winners Cup
1 European Super Cup

It's just inconceivable that somebody could take charge of a club with almost no winning history at all and do that within an 8 year period. Manchester United were/are a huge club with vast resources available in comparison to most and should be winning leagues, European Cups etc. (I'm not diminishing his achievements at United at all, they are still ridiculous but there is expectation at United that existed to be challenging for these honours based on history). Aberdeen had absolutely no right to be doing what they done.

For what it's worth, I was there today, it was great seeing Sir Alex back up in Aberdeen, you can tell it still holds a special place in his heart. He looked genuinely delighted to be here and to be recognised with the statue.

A little anecdote that some might not know that he shared today. He said he spoke to Dick Donald (Aberdeen Chairman at the time) at the start of 1986 regarding his future plans. Dick Donald told him there was only one club in the world worth leaving what he had in Aberdeen for, Manchester United. He said he didn't know if Dick knew there was interest that early but he made a decision at that time that the only club he would leave for was United. I don't know if there were any approaches that he knocked back during his time at Aberdeen from other clubs but we probably have something to thank Dick Donald for in having that conversation with Sir Alex.
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Informative post. Thank you for this.
 
sillwuka said:
The man who made all our dreams come true. What a man!
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But had an argument over a horse and set in motion a string of events that have led to the nightmare decade(s). Can people please stop putting this man on a pedestal (or indeed a plinth).

P.S. He also facilitated the return of Ronaldo, so this isn’t a moan about the past it’s about today.
 
Maybe we should commission the same sculptor to replace the Alan Pardew statue we erected outside of Old Trafford.
 
Grib said:
True, but then one of him looking like this would be a bit odd :lol:
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Love those pics! It got me so pumped when he would point at his watch like that. You knew we would kick it up a notch. Here comes the whirlwind! The boss!
 
DonBecks said:
I don't know if there were any approaches that he knocked back during his time at Aberdeen from other clubs but we probably have something to thank Dick Donald for in having that conversation with Sir Alex.
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It's well kmown that he rejected Rangers whilst at Aberdeen.

It's the way SAF did things. At the beginning of the interview, he was being interviewed, but by the end, he was the one doing the interviewing. Apparently, their ambitious didn't match his. He wanted to conquer Europe, but they just happy with domestic domination.
 
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