Always appetising to see Fergie eat his own words

AT this stage last year we were urging everyone to keep calm. It turned out to be sound advice, albeit unheeded.

Ten points from twelve, top of the league after the demolition of Derby, it was the football we’d played that had fans dreaming recklessly of a 19th title.

That certainly won’t be the case this time around, given the shambles in previous weeks, but any time we beat ‘them’ you’re bound to be deafened by war cries.