From the M.E.N.
Several top-name players, such as David Beckham, Wes Brown, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Mikael Silvestre, have very young families - which invariably means disturbed sleep, and an extra workload.
Carlos Queiroz is used to spending much longer in the company of players in the run-up to matches, during his time as coach to the Portuguese youth and national squads, and as South Africa coach.
Now the Reds book into a local hotel on the morning of home Champions League games, and even stayed overnight for the Premiership clash with Arsenal last week, which had a 12.15 kick off.
For evening games, the Reds are checked in during the morning and are sent to their rooms to sleep in the afternoon.
The Reds are believed to have been using the Airport Marriott in Hale and the Mottram Hall Hotel in Cheshire, both of which are also regular golf haunts for the United stars and Fergie.
But golf - and even snooker - are not on the agenda for the pre-match get-togethers.
Fergie believes that on the day of a game his players should be totally rested and relaxed, and that even rules out a walk around a snooker table, which Fergie feels can waste nervous and competitive energy, as well as taking the edge off a player physically.