Why is it called hairdryer treatment

United had moved heaven and earth to sign Cristiano Ronaldo as a year-old, knowing he had the potential to be one of the best players in the world. But even the most precocious of talents were not spared Ferguson's stinging criticism, with the young Portuguese reduced to tears on one occasion, much to the amusement of his team-mates.

In his book Cristiano Ronaldo: The Biography, journalist and broadcaster Guillem Balague writes: 'In the dressing room, Ferguson could not contain himself: "Who do you think you are? Trying to play by yourself? You'll never be a player if you do this! The other players left him be. Ferguson reduced a young Ronaldo to tears after criticising him for hogging the ball too much. Cry-baby, cry-baby! The manager wasn't afraid of some tough love when it came to the talented Portuguese star.

Rooney's oddly specific 'hairdryer' comparison. Wayne Rooney's 13 years at United were hugely successful and the striker became a club legend. Not that this made him immune from a piece of Sir Alex's mind. Rooney described what it's like to feel the 'hairdryer' in his autobiography My Decade, and helpfully included the specific make and model to get the point across.

He gets right up in my face and shouts. It's horrible. It's hard for me to take, so sometimes I shout back. I tell him he's wrong and I'm right. Rooney was on the receiving end of the 'hairdryer' treatment from Ferguson several times. Brave move from Rooney, who continued: 'It spurs some of the lads on, but it crushes others.

The former England captain recalled a specific example after United had lost a Champions League match to Celtic in in which Louis Saha missed a sitter and a late penalty.

Rooney wrote: 'It was the worst "hairdryer" I've seen. He's in Louis' face, shouting and screaming. But Louis isn't the only one getting an earful. Louis Saha is consoled by Gary Neville after his miss against Celtic Putting the boot into Becks. It was the one that saw a stray boot kicked by the manager in Beckham's direction that struck him above the eye and marked the point of no return in their relationship, with Becks sold to Real Madrid a few months later.

Ferguson recalled what happened in his autobiography, admitting that tempers flared initially because Beckham's work rate had dropped amid 'rumours of a flirtation between Real Madrid and David's camp. David Beckham was left with a notable cut above his eye after Ferguson kicked a boot at him.

The manager wrote: 'He was about 12 feet from me. Between us lay a row of boots. David swore. I moved towards him, and as I approached I kicked a boot. Of course he rose to have a go at me and the players stopped him.

You can argue as much as you like. In public an Alice band highlighted the damage inflicted by the boot. It was in those days that I told the board David had to go. Pique's hungry rabbit. It's one thing having Ferguson as your manager, but imagine him being your landlord too. That was the bizarre situation a young Gerard Pique found himself in after moving from Barcelona to United as a teenager, taking up residence in a Manchester flat owned by Fergie.

Unfortunately, in search of some company in a strange company, Pique made the fateful decision to buy a pet rabbit. Ferguson wasn't best pleased when Gerard Pique's pet rabbit chewed the furniture in the apartment he had rented to the defender. And I bought a rabbit. In pre-season, when we went to Portugal, Roy and the rest of the team were staying at different apartments.

This started the tensions. And it all exploded during the meetings. Roy Keane was injured and was deployed to commentate on the Middlesbrough vs Manchester United game which the reds lost However, things became catastrophic more off the pitch than it was on the pitch.

The Manchester United fans feel the regret of not being able to see the ending that they expected for the Irishman. When the hairdryer comes out, everything in the vicinity can be blown away, including the most marketable athlete in the world at that time. With a pile of football boots between him and Beckham, Ferguson kicked one of the boots which struck Beckham above his left eye. It was in those days that I told the board David had to go.

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Automated page speed optimizations for fast site performance. Skip to content. Numerous stories from the Manchester United dressing room have surfaced over the years with the most famous being the David Beckham boot incident. Beckham was singled out for his performance in an FA Cup defeat to Arsenal in , the midfielder reacted leading to Fergie kicking a boot into his face.

He asked me to take his bag on the coach, so I got hold of it and off we go. We get to London, to the ground and I laid all the gear out.

Generally speaking, the 'hairdryer treatment' remains verbal in nature, but things can occasionally overheat and result in physical altercations between parties. While it is normally associated with managers who become furious with their players during or after games, players can also administer such dressing downs and it does not have to be confined to a dressing room.

Certain managers and coaches are renowned for their use of the 'hairdryer treatment' to get their point across to their players. It is particularly common among individuals from older generations who have grown up in a sporting environment where 'tough love' was a normal feature of the landscape.

However, even those who favour a holistic and less confrontational approach have been known to let their tempers get the better of them. The term 'hairdryer treatment' rose to prominence during the heyday of legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who was known to possess a temperamental streak when it came to matters of discipline and performance.

Ferguson clashed with a number of his players during his tenure at the helm of the Old Trafford club, but the most notorious incident occurred in following an FA Cup defeat to Arsenal, with David Beckham the victim of his ire. Ferguson inflicted a wound on the star by kicking a boot in his direction and it became a sensational news story when Beckham subsequently appeared with a somewhat ostentatious paper stitch in the shape of an 'x' over his eye.

The Red Devils boss explained in his autobiography that the flying boot moment arose due to the sense of frustration he felt over Beckham's perceived work rate ahead of his transfer to Real Madrid. The England star was clearly unhappy about the incident at the time, but he has since accepted the funny side of it, joking in that the flying boot incident gave him an insight into how accurate his former boss really was with his feet.

Dutch coach Louis van Gaal has forged a reputation for being severe and no one is immune from the critical lashings of the former schoolteacher's tongue. He has ruffled feathers at Ajax, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, with a number of players attesting to his serious disposition.