Moyes’ blue collar merits fit United’s old school values

It’s a fascinatingly old fashioned approach from a club which has embraced modernity like no other

The list of eulogies has been long and lingering since Alex Ferguson finally relented and removed his foot from the throat of English football on Wednesday and among them was the lament that he would turn toward retirement as the last of the old-school managers.

Maybe so, maybe not.