{"id":297423,"date":"2023-12-07T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=297423"},"modified":"2023-12-07T14:25:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:25:41","slug":"fans-marvel-at-sir-alex-fergusons-incredible-foresight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/fans-marvel-at-sir-alex-fergusons-incredible-foresight\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans marvel at Sir Alex Ferguson&apos;s INCREDIBLE foresight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Fans are astonished as clip of Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s INCREDIBLE foresight resurfaces, with legendary Man United boss making bold claim &#8211; that fans had mocked him for &#8211; on first day of the season<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aston Villa climbed up to third in the table after victory against Manchester City\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ferguson picked them out for praise after their humbling 5-1 opening day loss\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Manchester United have snakes in their dressing room, players who are not running. Bruce, Robson, Keane would never allow this &#8211; It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sir Alex Ferguson\u00a0has silenced detractors who mocked him for his praise of Aston Villa\u00a0following their 5-1 opening day defeat to Newcastle, as the Villans moved into the Premier League top three on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Unai Emery&#8217;s side leapfrogged Manchester City in the table after a dominant 1-0 win, courtesy of a deflected goal from Leon Bailey.<\/p>\n<p>It was the 14th consecutive home victory and one that firmly ensconced the Midland side among the contenders for the top-flight crown this term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Villa have come along way since their humbling at St James&#8217; Park in August that forced many observers to evaluate their pre-season predictions.<\/p>\n<p>Not Ferguson. The legendary United boss&#8217;s praise of Emery&#8217;s side following that defeat was mocked on social media but appears incredibly prescient now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/74344337-12837189-Ferguson_explained_Villa_played_fantastic_football_despite_the_h-a-3_1701952633840.jpg\" height=\"550\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ferguson raised eyebrows when he said Aston Villa had impressed him more than any than any other team on the opening weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690109-12837189-image-a-1_1701952600776.jpg\" height=\"127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690107-12837189-image-a-2_1701952619585.jpg\" height=\"129\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690113-12837189-image-a-4_1701952698039.jpg\" height=\"135\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690111-12837189-image-a-5_1701952724183.jpg\" height=\"129\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690105-12837189-image-a-6_1701952726344.jpg\" height=\"297\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Some viewers took to social media to rip into the 81-year-old following his comments\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;To be honest with you, I watched Aston Villa and I can&#8217;t believe the scoreline.&#8217; The 81-year-old told\u00a0NBC Sports ahead of the Red Devils&#8217; first fixture. &#8216;Honestly Aston Villa played fantastic football and just lost to bad goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Newcastle are going to be very difficult to beat, in their own ground in particular, and their manager has done a great job there. It&#8217;s a surprising game, football. You can play teams off the pitch and not score &#8211; that&#8217;s what Aston Villa did.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Fans were quick to pile in on Ferguson and expressed their surprise at the take on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What game was he watching?&#8217; Wrote one viewer on X, formerly Twitter. Another wrote: &#8216;Someone needs to tell him he doesn\u2019t need to try and play mind games anymore.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A third commented: &#8216;Bless him! clearly losing his eye sight! Villa were awful but take nothing away from Newcastle!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78665125-12837189-Leon_Bailey_s_late_strike_sealed_victory_for_Aston_Villa_against-a-7_1701952815932.jpg\" height=\"402\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Leon Bailey&#8217;s late strike sealed victory for Aston Villa against Manchester City on Wednesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690193-12837189-image-a-8_1701952828791.jpg\" height=\"67\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690195-12837189-image-a-9_1701952831036.jpg\" height=\"99\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/12\/78690191-12837189-image-a-10_1701952833242.jpg\" height=\"118\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>United fans rallied round their former boss in light of Villa&#8217;s position in the table following their win over pep Guardiola&#8217;s side<\/p>\n<p>One viewer noted the reaction of ex-Man United keeper Tim Howard, writing: &#8216;Look at Howard, he agrees when he thinks he\u2019s talking about us, then when he says villa he looks embarrassed!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While a Newcastle fan account accompanied their post on the quotes with the words: &#8216;Come again??!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Not even half way through the campaign, Ferguson can feel confident taking a victory lap as Villa look in good shape to challenge for a Champions League place\u00a0at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson supporters have used that same energy to laud their former boss, with several implying his foresight bolsters his claim to be considered as the greatest manager of all time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emery&#8217;s side welcome Arsenal to Villa Park on Saturday in what will be another test of their credentials.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12837189\/Sir-Alex-Ferguson-foresight-Man-United-Aston-Villa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Fans are astonished as clip of Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s INCREDIBLE foresight resurfaces, with legendary Man United boss making bold claim &#8211; 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