A country where a bungalow is a wise investment

Dalot doesn’t work a LWB our midfield looks a bit flakey and two players recruited because they know the ‘system’ find themselves on the bench alongside the best midfielder our academy has produced in decades Other than that, absolutely fine

We’re at the if you want rid of me you’re going to have to sack me stage of the negotiation Unwilling to change the system but seemingly quite prepared to U turn on his I’ll walk away if I’m not delivering pledge A case of when not if, I suggest we need to get this done quickly

I confess I watched him last night and thought he was a more complete midfielder than Ugarte who cost double the price

We don’t want Southgate (I’m not keen) because he failed at Middlesbrough But we’ll give it to Carrick (albeit temporarily) who’s just failed at Middlesbro’ If we go down the interim route then our first choice should be Ancelotti who has time on his hands before the World Cup

This time last week the ‘pundits’ had all but declared Liverpool Champions As the season progresses Virgil’s 34 year old legs will tire and their lack of cover in that department will be exposed Still fancy Pep’s men to do them A case of premature celebration

With minutes to go Howe takes off one of his taller players, Joelinton and replaces him with Barnes They subsequently concede from a corner

Give it Mrs Doyle until the end of the season A cup of tea for everyone at Half Time

A Manager’s job is to get the players to perform and carry out their tactical plan You can be the most brilliant tactician , place your counters on your magnetic board in ways that reflect your genius. But if you can’t communicate to and inspire your players you have nothing

Liverpool undone by a late goal. Karma eh Stick with my prediction that our noisy neighbours are the favourites As the season progresses Liverpool’s lack of cover at Centre Back will do for them

A message to Amorim To repeat the same thing over and over again in the hope of getting different results is the definition of INSANITY Adapt or depart We’ve suffered enough

Really want to give Amorim time, he’s clearly a talented coach, but so is Graham Potter He’s had all week to prepare for this, at some point if he can’t produce some modicum of consistency his position has to become untenable

Where’s Compo and Clegg? Corbyn is a good man, but I’m afraid he’s not the future

Team USA missed an opportunity of a guaranteed five points in the #RyderCup If they’d chosen Mar-A-Lago as the venue and given a Wildcard to their unbeaten Club Champion they wouldn’t be trailing Europe after Day One

Watching the Ryder Cup, if you could mute the crowd via the red button it would greatly enhance the experience Anyone shouting “IN THE HOLE!!!” At a Par Five should immediately be ejected

Proposed Rule Change Managers are attached to a bungee rope that is anchored to the back of their technical area Should they venture too far out they’ll returned with alacrity On Sunday Arteta was nearer the corner flag at one point than his bench

No doubt they’ll turn in to Brazil next week, but Brentford are every bit as appalling as their strip

Phew Match of the Day added to my planner, but I’m not sufficiently confident to add a Series Link just yet

I have trust issues with this team

We’re letting Chelsea back into a game that we should have put to bed

We’re looking after my Grandson’s dog for a couple of days After assessing the situation for a day the resident cat decides it’s time to establish his dominance by occupying it’s bed

We’re not far off people falling from upstairs windows stage #Kimmel

Penalty every day of the week Chelsea who started well find themselves 2-0 down

Watching Qarabag play some attractive progressive football as they humble Benfica Which begs the question if they can do this with their limited resources, why can’t we with all our resources come anywhere near doing the same?

Anyone with a season ticket for Juventus is getting plenty of bang for their Euro at the moment Two remarkable games in a matter of days

Niche Strands #562 “Riding high” 🔵💡🔵💡 🔵💡🔵🔵 🔵🟡

United and me at present

That has nothing to do with the formation Absolutely unconscionable defending. We’re nothing short of a laughing stock at the moment.

Should Utd dispense with Amorim then they should replace him with the dream management team of Neville, Keane & Scholes on the basis that every week they identify everything that’s wrong, so it should be no problem for them to quickly put it right Or perhaps it’s not that easy

Took its time to click but once it did it all fell into place Strands #561 “For a fortune” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵🔵

This may be misinterpreted because I love United but at the moment I’m past caring Of course I’m kidding myself because I care deeply but like any marriage I think it’s fair to say we’re going through a rocky patch We’ll be back, all I ask is I can begin to enjoy watching them instead of dreading it

I know it’s a long term project but I can’t help thinking Darren Fletcher playing a pragmatic 4-4-2 formation would in the short term get better results

Well asks my dear wife. How did the football go?

Well thank fu#k that’s over There’s a limit to the number of humiliations one can take and I’m fast approaching it

Might be due to players returning after the international break, but I’ve seen some very average matches this weekend

Not because it’s Liverpool, this applies to all clubs Can Sky Sports please refrain from using Co commentators who’ve played for one of teams involved in their broadcast I daresay Gary Neville will be trotting out his agenda when his former team play City later

After enduring West Ham v Spurs for quite long enough I flick through the channels and come across the last minutes of what’s clearly been a cracker as Juventus score the winner as they beat Inter 4-3

I think the referee got that red card right there

Another corner, another headed goal as Spurs go one up. Maybe I’m falling out of love with football but lately it’s become pretty tedious as all the spontaneity has been sucked out of it by teams playing for corners so they can implement their clever set pieces

Kind of spoils the narrative I’d not heard of Charlie Kirk until the other night and I’m not going to speak ill of the dead Clearly MAGA wanted the assassin not to be one of them, and clearly he is like Vance Boelter who killed two Democrats in their home very much one their own

I make a point of not singling out our players for criticism but I found this man painful to watch I lost count of the times we were playing well only for all our good work to be undone by his crass errors Actually questioned myself at one point if I was becoming racist But no he was awful

Well a turgid England will most likely qualify for the World Cup and may progress through the Group Stages but the minute they meet anyone with a modicum of quality they’ll be eliminated This squad not as strong as the one they took to Qatar

Sport without jeopardy is meaningless And there’s no jeopardy in this England v Andorra game Tedious in the extreme

Well of course we shouldn’t appeal this but it’s not lost on me that if we did and the game was replayed Grimsby would receive a wedge of TV money and gate receipts from a full house, which would be considerably more than they’ll get when they lose at a half empty Hillsborough

Let’s remember that this is part of a long term recruitment strategy and be mindful that in their early days Schmeichel and DeGea had their difficulties

In an ideal world we’d sign a world class midfielder. However the acceptance that we faced a long term rebuild over several transfer windows seems to have been forgotten We’ve cleared a lot of money off our wage bill, made significant signings Work still to be done

Watching the pre match Old Firm pundits argue amongst themselves about who is the crappest Glorious stuff

Looking forward to tomorrows Old Firm game Can’t remember them being so evenly matched, if not necessarily in a good way Should be fun for the neutral

All the justifiable recriminations around one individual gets a free ride A supposed elite Director of Football, Jason Wilcox couldn’t figure out we needed a GOALKEEPER

United like a very classy boxer who lacks a Knockout Punch but possesses a Glass Jaw I’m afraid that’s not a combination that delivers success