How much would Manchester United fans like to go back in time right now?
Sir Alex Ferguson's trophy-laden dynasty of 1986 to 2013 was truly one of sport's great legacies, and it has only been placed into greater context by the club's relative struggles since.
Fergie was quite clearly a one-off, and his reign brought remarkable success. And now it is over it is still revealing surprises.
Because after i nsisting that he didn't rule Old Trafford by fear this week , Fergie claims that he only dished out his infamous 'hairdryer treatment' SIX times during his reign.
Only six?!
Now he hasn't gone one step further and told us who was on the receiving end of his wrath, but we've taken a stab in the dark at just who it might have been, or which matches it could have come in.
Get ready to cover your ears.
When the hairdryer comes out, everything in the vicinity can be blown away.
And that included the boot which Ferguson kicked at Becks , striking him just above the eye in after a 2-0 loss to Arsenal in 2003.
"If I tried it 100 or a million times it couldn't happen again," said Fergie afterwards.
You get the sense he might have wanted to try.
After establishing himself as one of the best centre-backs in the Premier League, Stam was bombed out of United after a tell-all book revealed a little too much in 2001.
Ferguson later revealed that he regretted the decision, and although bellowing at someone that big probably isn't encouraged, he would have had to turn the hairdryer on for Stam to hear him.
In Keane's later United years, explosive appearances on MUTV were the norm.
His most memorable came after a 4-1 defeat to Middlesbrough in 2005, after which he threw almost half of his teammates under the bus for apparently not being good enough.
Fergie didn't like it, and Keano was soon packed off to Celtic
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