"I always write down the programme of the competitors," Ferguson said in his Piccadilly Circus of an office this week. "I always think the league starts on New Year's Day. It's amazing how accurate I am - honestly - where points will be dropped and points won. I haven't done this season's yet but I look at us and we've been to some awkward places, Blackburn, Newcastle, Bolton; we've been to Chelsea.
"Chelsea, they will find it difficult coming north to get points, they will. But then we have to give ourselves a proper chance. We've got to start winning games 1-0 if we're to win the league. If we win seven games 1-0 in the second half of the season then we will definitely win the league."
. "Fulham?" he spluttered through his cup of tea. "If we were four up at half-time Fulham would have said, 'Thank fuck for that. We got off light.' And I keep thinking about those chances we missed at Blackburn Rovers, the ball hitting the keeper's face, knees, ankles, incredible. Then Portsmouth away - 18 opportunities in a game and we don't score. Then Monday night."
"I always write down the programme of the competitors," Ferguson said in his Piccadilly Circus of an office this week. "I always think the league starts on New Year's Day. It's amazing how accurate I am - honestly - where points will be dropped and points won. I haven't done this season's yet but I look at us and we've been to some awkward places, Blackburn, Newcastle, Bolton; we've been to Chelsea.
"Chelsea, they will find it difficult coming north to get points, they will. But then we have to give ourselves a proper chance. We've got to start winning games 1-0 if we're to win the league. If we win seven games 1-0 in the second half of the season then we will definitely win the league."