http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/Alex+Furguson IrishCentral Alex Furguson en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sean_oshea/end-of-alex-ferguson-as-manchester-united-crash-out-of-european-champions-league-135209428.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/sport/sean_oshea/end-of-alex-ferguson-as-manchester-united-crash-out-of-european-champions-league-135209428.html Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:45:13 PST Sir Alex Ferguson Manchester United crashing out of the European Champions league to Basel is the equivalent of the Green Bay Packers falling to 0-12 Indianapolis Colts They lost 2-1 to Basel and now face taking part in the Europa league, the equivalent of the bush leaguesThe loss calls into question the future of Sir Alex Ferguson who has reached the age where most managers have long since gone to some quiet place--------------------READ MORE:More Irish sports news from IrishCentralIrishman dropped child at day-care and robbed a New Jersey bankDuffy’s Cut archaeologists search for descendants of murdered John Ruddy--------------------This loss will confront Ferguson with the reality that he has a huge uphill task to rebuild this United team where newcomers have never replaced the now departed Ronaldo and Beckham READ MORE ]]>