retires! This is why because we have got the TRUE SPECIAL MAN who for me is THE BEST OF THE BEST ! Thanks Sir Alex for making us Man Utd fans sooooooo HAPPY !!!! Don't know how many of you realise this but after SAF won the European Cup Winners Cup with Aberdeen most of continental Europe's top clubs sent representatives to Aberdeen to study his methods. The question was how could a relatively small club with modest resources contrive to play such a high standard of football at the European level, beating more established teams along the way? Also how could said club take on and beat the mighty Celtic and Rangers (they were comparably much better then than they are now). The answer came back; huge emphasis on physical fitness, including weight training for every player (unheard of at the time); world -- class organisation of the club's activities at every level; training sessions conducted with the same competitive edge as a league match; emphasis on counter -- attacking with pace and precision. Clubs including AC Milan, Bayern Munich and quite a few from England visited Aberdeen to learn the bright new manager's methods. Those of you who are old enough to remember will know that modern football is a lot faster than it used to be and I credit SAF with this; football was living in the dark ages in the late '70s and early '80s and SAF was one was one of the prime movers to