Quitting before the End

Now in most cases quitting something before you have finished it can be a bad idea, stopping a film before the end, leaving a sports match before the end and so on. You never get to see the very end and sometimes it can leave you feeling a little miffed. An example can be the 1999 Champions League final. Manchester Utd are 1-0 down to Munich and there are seconds left in the game. Now some fans decided that Munich were far to good and had the game sewn up so turned off. Then what happened, 2 quick goals from Utd and a historic treble was theirs. It would not be the 1st or last time a sports team turned it around at the death. England vs Australia in the Ashes at Cardiff in 2009, who could have thought that Jimmy and Monty would survive the Australian attack for 12 overs, and ask any European golf fan of the greatest come back and they will say the 2009 Ryder cup, The Miracle of Medinah. However there are sometimes it is better to quit at the top and the main sports news this week is a great example of it. Sir Alex Ferguson, the most famous face of the Barclays premier league is retiring. He was won 20 league titles with them, 2 champions leagues and a host of other honors, 2 many to mention here. No manager in recent memory has done this and I don't think there is anyone who will any time soon. Now some people are surprised by the timing of this announcement but I’m not. The man has won all the main prizes on offer for a club manager in England even the Europe ones so why not go now. He has built a great team and will all ways be remembered as one of the greats of the game. He is 71, is having a hip operation this summer and has many other hobbies outside of the beautiful game. So I believe he has done the right thing of walking away on a high, leaving a great legacy and calling time before things started to go south. Now some would say why should it go south, well most things do after a while, film series for example, Fast and Furious was very good 2 was great but now 6 that’s getting a bit naff, Resident Evil is the same 1st one good but they should have left it there. So as a fan I would like to thank him for all his has done for the club and the sport and wish him well in whatever he chooses to do next.