Translating Alex Ferguson's biography has given me quite a lot of information about his techniques and methods. There were also lines about Man United's trip to Japan after beating us in the UCL final. In order to minimalize the negative impact of the different time zone when returning home and preparing for their very following league game, Fergie just did this in Japan - before the CWC final, he decided to live in the British time. So, although it was 9am there, it was 1am in United's world. = breakfast at 4pm of Tokyo time (the equivalent of 8am), good night given at 7am of Tokyo time (11pm of British time).... They had their own doctor, nutritionist etc. A brilliant plan and something the coaching staff could do.