BigAl Posted March 3, 2008 Report Posted March 3, 2008 Not Dead Enough by Peter James Was given that one at Xmas from the bairn, but nae started reading it yet Quote
TENEMENTFUNSTER Posted March 3, 2008 Report Posted March 3, 2008 I've got legs That were severed from your feet. Quote
Drewsome Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Buddy of mine is loaning me Fergie's Biography sounds like a good read according to him. Anyone else read it? Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Buddy of mine is loaning me Fergie's Biography sounds like a good read according to him. Anyone else read it? Is it the one he did when he was at the Dons or the one he released about 10 years ago? Quote
bilbobaggins Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Buddy of mine is loaning me Fergie's Biography sounds like a good read according to him. Anyone else read it? Buddy of mine is loaning me Fergie's Biography sounds like a good read according to him. Anyone else read it? Managing My Life? Yeah, it's ok but if you want a different spin on Fergie then get The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick. He's a United fan but doesn't come across as the rabid gluepot as most of their fans do. He's pretty insightful into the darker side of the man. I just finished both The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Both are great but Never Let Me Go is an absolute must that I read in 2 nights. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Managing My Life? Yeah, it's ok but if you want a different spin on Fergie then get The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick. He's a United fan but doesn't come across as the rabid gluepot as most of their fans do. He's pretty insightful into the darker side of the man. Another good book on Fergie is "This is the One - The Uncut Story of a Football Genius", by Daniel Taylor. Like the one Bilbo mentions (which i'll be buying), it's written by a guy who is a ManUtd fan but isn't scared to get stuck into him if needs be. Shows many sides of Fergie in it, and it is a really cracking read. Quote
Guest bloo_toon_red Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Managing My Life? Yeah, it's ok but if you want a different spin on Fergie then get The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick. He's a United fan but doesn't come across as the rabid gluepot as most of their fans do. He's pretty insightful into the darker side of the man. Quote
bilbobaggins Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Another good book on Fergie is "This is the One - The Uncut Story of a Football Genius", by Daniel Taylor. Like the one Bilbo mentions (which i'll be buying), it's written by a guy who is a ManUtd fan but isn't scared to get stuck into him if needs be. Shows many sides of Fergie in it, and it is a really cracking read. I've read that too and whilst it seems to be similar material they use I could probably say Taylor is less dry than Crick. I finished by actually wondering if Crick was a United fan as the book is so devoid of passion. Quote
Kowalski Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Posted March 27, 2008 Managing My Life? Yeah, it's ok but if you want a different spin on Fergie then get The Boss: The Many Sides of Alex Ferguson by Michael Crick. He's a United fan but doesn't come across as the rabid gluepot as most of their fans do. He's pretty insightful into the darker side of the man. I've read Crick's book and I thought it was an extremely well researched book and very fascinating. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 I've read that too and whilst it seems to be similar material they use I could probably say Taylor is less dry than Crick. I finished by actually wondering if Crick was a United fan as the book is so devoid of passion. Was Crick's over a similar timescale, as Taylor's was just over last season and the rather disasterous one before which kind of set up a rather convenient Jekyll/Hyde feeling to it? Quote
Guest bloo_toon_red Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Houston we have a problem. Post edited. Quote
Kowalski Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Posted March 27, 2008 Was Crick's over a similar timescale, as Taylor's was just over last season and the rather disasterous one before which kind of set up a rather convenient Jekyll/Hyde feeling to it? Crick's is over his whole life. Quote
bilbobaggins Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Yeah, Similar thread of criticisms in terms of Fergies supposed blindspots and personal failings though. Quote
Guest bloo_toon_red Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Michael Crick did a TV documentary a few years back that was extremely cynical. He regaled the story of how Ferguson set about Neale Cooper in a pub one night. By complete chance, I met Neale Cooper a couple of months later and got chatting with him and I brought this story up. The truth of the story was considerably different to the version that Crick told. There's no denying that Fergie has a dark side, but having heard this story from the horse's mouth as it were, I was inclined to give the Crick book a wide berth. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Michael Crick did a TV documentary a few years back that was extremely cynical. He regaled the story of how Ferguson set about Neale Cooper in a pub one night. By complete chance, I met Neale Cooper a couple of months later and got chatting with him and I brought this story up. The truth of the story was considerably different to the version that Crick told. There's no denying that Fergie has a dark side, but having heard this story from the horse's mouth as it were, I was inclined to give the Crick book a wide berth. Is that the one that Cooper was in a bar drinking coke and the story got back to Fergie...? Fergie obviously has a dark side to him... look at how he ostricised guys like Black, Leighton, Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy throughout his career. Although he didn't necessarily do it through the papers, everyone knew why they weren't playing... the good thing about Taylor's book is that it tells you how the press room reacts to him, how he can manipulate folk as well as giving you the bits that weren't suitable for the papers or the TV. Quote
Guest bloo_toon_red Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 Is that the one that Cooper was in a bar drinking coke and the story got back to Fergie...? Fergie obviously has a dark side to him... look at how he ostricised guys like Black, Leighton, Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy throughout his career. Although he didn't necessarily do it through the papers, everyone knew why they weren't playing... the good thing about Taylor's book is that it tells you how the press room reacts to him, how he can manipulate folk as well as giving you the bits that weren't suitable for the papers or the TV. The very same, yes. The players you mentioned though, did any of them go on to bigger and better things? Ostracised or not, Fergie made them the players they were and they all got too big for their boots. There's no amount of Fergie-bashing that can take that fact away, and for me that's the bottom line. Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted March 27, 2008 Report Posted March 27, 2008 The very same, yes. The players you mentioned though, did any of them go on to bigger and better things? Ostracised or not, Fergie made them the players they were and they all got too big for their boots. There's no amount of Fergie-bashing that can take that fact away, and for me that's the bottom line. I wasn't saying they went anywhere to do better things or otherwise. I was saying they were big name players who he took exception to almost publicly. Fergie bashing? me? i'd hardly think so. Quote
bilbobaggins Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 I think Stam, Beckham and Van Nistelrooy went to two of the biggest Clubs in the world. Certainly more successful in European Cup wins anyway. No amount of misty eyed Man U romanticism can deny that. Quote
glasgowdon Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 I have just been going through the GD Manor library and have been reading some of the novels that have been lying around. The usual war,espionage stuff that I a enjoy. Frederick Forsyth - The Devil's Alternative. Well paced, good story, the usual sort of Forsyth formula but I found it entertaining and I would recommend it if you enjoy a good Cold War espionage novel. Quote
smooth Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 Just finished a couple books by colin bateman. A kind of irish carl hiassen/brookmyre tpe. very good and very funny especially the dan starkey novels also finished two by gianrico carofiglio, lawyer/crime type books, excellently written and based in bari. Also have to recommend Stone Junction by Jim Dodge absolutley superb, a must read for everyone. Quote
Guest bloo_toon_red Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 I think Stam, Beckham and Van Nistelrooy went to two of the biggest Clubs in the world. Certainly more successful in European Cup wins anyway. No amount of misty eyed Man U romanticism can deny that. Really? Remind me how many European Cups Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy won when they left Manchester Utd. BB - I was talking about Crick bashing Fergie, not you, wind yer neck in! Quote
BobbyBiscuit Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 Really? Remind me how many European Cups Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy won when they left Manchester Utd. BB - I was talking about Crick bashing Fergie, not you, wind yer neck in! D'oh! Quote
bilbobaggins Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 Really? Remind me how many European Cups Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy won when they left Manchester Utd. BB - I was talking about Crick bashing Fergie, not you, wind yer neck in! Remind me how many European Cups Manchester Utd won after Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy left . Quote
Guest bloo_toon_red Posted March 28, 2008 Report Posted March 28, 2008 Remind me how many European Cups Manchester Utd won after Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy left . Remind me how many league titles Stam, Beckham and van Nistelrooy won after they left Manchester Utd? Quote
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