Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography

I pre-ordered a hard copy from Amazon, but it wouldn't be delivered until sometime in December. So, I was excited when my dad told me he got the eBook version that he could email me. I mean, I've paid for a copy; I just want it sooner.

Anyways, I started reading it on Sunday, and the first chapter is him recalling the events surrounding his retirement. It gave me chills reading that; thinking back to his retirement announcement, to his last game in May, almost made me cry. I love the bit about Ryan Giggs teasing that David Moyes had resigned after watching Sir Alex's last game in charge of United, in which a 5-2 lead was turned around to a 5-5 draw by West Ham.

I have yet to continue reading the book, and I am very excited about this. I find it strange that some people think that his book is unnecessarily offensive, when he's just being honest in his opinions. Isn't that what an autobiography is for? I wouldn't be interested if it was just another heavily edited, politically correct book. This is what makes Sir Alex interesting. So he doesn't rate some players as highly as most people; why is that wrong? And why is it wrong for him to express his opinion in his book? Whatever -- I'm just happy I have an interesting journey ahead of me.

We did okay, I think

I just finished my first season on my simmed FM12 game. I finished 2nd, behind Tottenham, only by goal difference. Yes, it brought back bad memories of the real 2012 season. Even worse, I lost it on the last game, playing Tottenham. 

It sucked, but I thought I did okay because this United had been a mid-table team. Seriously, 2nd isn't that bad, right? So the board's expectations at the beginning of the season was to get a Champions League spot. I raised the bar and said I would challenge for the title. Well, 2nd place on goal difference is challenging the title, isn't it? The board didn't think so. They were "disappointed" by our league performance. Whatever. I'm definitely going to win this season!