Ferguson mocks the ‘West Ham Way’

Sir Alex Ferguson  has come out in sympathy with Sam Allardyce claiming he ‘never played against any West Ham team that played football I was afraid of.’

And in updated chapters of his autobiography he adds that he didn’t understand the Hammers supporters’ insistence on the ‘West Ham way’.

Despite a famous predecessor of the old Scot – a certain Ron Greenwood describing it very adequately – it seems that such issues are lost on the 72 year old who reckons he never saw it in his 26 years as Manchester United manager. and backed Allardyce’s style as good management.

Sir Alex – it seems is a Sam man – backing his old buddy’s  style as good management, adding that West Ham fans expect too much of him and that he did well to keep them up

He said: ‘I hope that before I die someone can explain the “West Ham way.” What is it? They last won a trophy in 1980, the FA Cup.

‘I never played against any West Ham team that played football I was afraid of. They were always surviving, or lucky as hell against us.’

Ferguson also labelled last season’s West Ham squad as ‘a team of very average players’ who were helped by Allardyce.

And he believes the fans criticism of Allardyce’s style of football throughout last season, as uncalled for.

‘He said: “There is this preconception with West Ham fans that Big Sam is a survivalist who tells teams to boot the ball up the pitch.

‘The truth is that he stayed up with a team of very average players. That’s management. He drew the best from them.’