HOWARD HAS SURPRISED FERGIE

Last updated : 23 December 2003 By Editor
"His rise has been so emphatic and you are saying to
yourself, 'This guy's getting better all the time'," said
Ferguson who believes that it is down to him being American.

"I think they are athletic people anyway. A lot of them
played basketball at school and that possibly helps.

"Certainly they are an agile athletic race and they are
winners too. We have three Americans on our books now and
they definitely are winners. They have a winning psyche
about them. They don't believe they can lose and I think
that is down to their upbringing."