{"id":429891,"date":"2011-05-25T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/manchester-united%e2%80%99s-sir-alex-ferguson-glad-he-is-not-a-young-boss-admits-management-is-a-%e2%80%98precarious-industry%e2%80%99\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T10:35:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T10:35:00","slug":"manchester-uniteds-sir-alex-ferguson-glad-he-is-not-a-young-boss-admits-management-is-a-precarious-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/manchester-uniteds-sir-alex-ferguson-glad-he-is-not-a-young-boss-admits-management-is-a-precarious-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United\u2019s Sir Alex Ferguson glad he is not a young boss &#038; admits management is a \u2018precarious industry\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Adithya Ananth<\/h3>\n<h4>25 May 2011 11:35:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"68.9622994652\">\n<div readability=\"15.5979381443\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BPL,Manchester United v Chelsea,Sir Alex Ferguson \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/131000\/131018_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>BPL,Manchester United v Chelsea,Sir Alex Ferguson<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"34.2297734628\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> boss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/8123\/sir-alex-ferguson\">Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> believes it is much harder for young managers now than it was when he started in the game.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot believes that the clubs are not willing to give new managers a chance, and pose tough challenges to upcoming bosses.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Alex had a difficult time early on in his career at Old Trafford, before taking the club to a plethora of honours in a spell that has lasted 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>He was quoted as saying by the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>: &#8220;I\u2019m glad I\u2019m not coming into the game nowadays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s full of difficult situations \u2013 handling the media is difficult, then you have to deal with the players\u2019 profiles and agents, and there are different types of chairmen to when I started.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s often a knee-jerk reaction to sack managers \u2013 their performances are assessed very, very quickly and that\u2019s a big, big challenge in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;More than ever, management is a precarious industry. I say to all the young managers that the first thing they need is a good chairman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The 69-year-old cited West Brom parting ways with Roberto di Matteo to add weight to his claims, adding: &#8220;There has been a lot of unusual sackings lately which I&#8217;ve found hard to understand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Roberto di Matteo was probably one of the most surprising of the season because West Brom were playing arguably some of the most attractive football in the Barclays Premier League and scoring goals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The threat of them going down was probably why Roberto lost his job. But I would rather watch a team playing the right way, whether they went down or not.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/25\/2502600\/manchester-uniteds-sir-alex-ferguson-glad-he-is-not-a-young-boss-\" title=\"Manchester United\u2019s Sir Alex Ferguson glad he is not a young boss &amp; admits management is a \u2018precarious industry\u2019\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United\u2019s Sir Alex Ferguson glad he is not a young boss &amp; admits management is a \u2018precarious industry\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Adithya Ananth 25 May 2011 11:35:00 BPL,Manchester United v Chelsea,Sir Alex Ferguson Related Links Teams Players Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson believes it is much harder for young managers now than it was when he started in the game. 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