We used to cream our pants when Freddie and Bobby P scored 15 a season from out wide.

[Alberto Balsam Rodriguez]

.....huge bulk of the media that was pro United and pro Ferguson, or at least too scared to criticise him/them.

There it is. Fergie had the media in his pocket. If he didn't like them, he wouldn't talk to them and he banned them from attending press conference. Interestingly, this is a tactic Apple use to launch or sell their brand.