Winning Environment
People who ask how Manchester United managed to be so dominant during the Sir Alex Ferguson era will perhaps get the best insight into the answer in the videos below. Watching some old Manchester United training sessions the intensity of them is very notable. Leaders like Roy Keane demanding from Cristiano Ronaldo, players constantly communicating & demanding the ball be moved quickly. Some quotes spring to mind when watching some of the videos below (Scroll down the page to view all videos).
"He (Roy Keane) was always screaming to me: 'Cristiano! Pass the ball'! But it was good! I feel happy because I learned a lot from him, this was normal for us. After you think why does he scream this, it made me to think about my game and to adapt” - Cristiano Ronaldo
"On my first day I got the ball & passed to Gary [Neville]. Normally in a game that was a good ball, pass to your teammate, go up the pitch. Keane turned & started going off 'Pass it forward, take risks, you're not at Leeds or West Ham now, you're at Man United" - Rio Ferdinand
𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐞𝐝!
— Kavanagh (@ObsessFootball) December 12, 2020
Watching some of the old Man United training sessions the intensity is notable. Leaders like Roy Keane demanding from Ronaldo, players constantly communicating & demanding the ball be moved quickly. pic.twitter.com/YChRWCB3Xb