In a realm by himself, the laughing stock of his own village. A vessel that has no port or harbour, a joke, a wanderer, with no destination. CLIENT FEEDBACK
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I like Carrick, he appears to be a good man. But a good coach, like the fella at Brighton, could turn this current crop into a top 6 team. They appeared a hapless bunch. You don’t have to buy the best in class, it helps, but start with a best in class coach and work backwards.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe will one day have to explain why Manchester United didn’t follow Michael Carrick’s recommendation of the four players he felt the club needed in the summer window – Elliot Anderson, Lewis Hall, Morgan Rogers and, fourth on the list, Mateus Fernandes. Were debt repayments restricting their buying power? Was it simply because United felt the fees were too much for them?
In the case of Fernandes, United certainly felt Spurs overpaid for the midfielder from relegated West Ham - £85m for a player West Ham bought from Southampton a year earlier for £38m. But everyone knew the market was inflated and those were the fees being demanded – and commanded – for such young talent, especially in a World Cup summer.
Anderson went for £114m, Rogers for £115m. Hall (overlooked for World Cup) could probably have been got for £60m+ before he committed to Newcastle United. Anderson would have transformed United's midfield - certainly more than the £150m spent on Andrey Santos, Carlos Baleba and Youri Tielemans. Hall was the obvious choice to fill the problem position of left-back with Luke Shaw injured and 31.
There used to be a time when Manchester United would go for “best in class” players, even if that meant chunky fees. Not now. That has to change. Mauricio Pochettino will certainly expect Ratcliffe and Jason Wilcox to think bigger in the transfer market - more befitting of a club United's size. Carrick, understanding the challenge United faced in the summer, wanted United to buy properly. They didn't.
An indication of the way ahead will be whether Mauricio Pochettino's title is head coach or manager (and driving recruitment like Arteta, Emery). #MUFC
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The most Manchester United thing about Manchester United’s decision-making on Carrick’s future is the meeting to determine it is being held in Monaco, 800 miles from Manchester. Make the tea lady redundant, but fly dumb and dumber over on a private jet. I doubt they went cattle!
Despite making a scripted and targeted reference to Walliams and 15yo girls whilst hosting an awards ceremony on national television Ross was “totally unaware of his reputation”.
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When Ratcliffe invested into United he made 322 immediate redundancies, not from the squad of ridiculously overpaid and underperforming players, but from the absurdly loyal rank and file, the very soul of the club, cost cutting apparently. Yet Mount earns £13M a year, his stats!
Only been to Stafford Rangers once, FA Trophy SF v Leek. Three buses of Leek based Stoke lads, they wrecked 3 pubs en route, including the infamous one in Weston Coyney and two on the A34. Can’t remember the score but Leek got to the final, and were battered by Kenny Lowe/Barrow.
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Anyone know who did the co-comms/punditry on the Cardiff West Ham game? He was old skool, sounded like a bank manager doing appraisals and performance management reviews. A Richard Keys tone/style, a 2.8i Ghia Hinchcliffe.
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Rockcliffe Files retweeted
Hi @SuellaBraverman, is he still a trooper?
He's just been charged with multiple counts of rape and offences involving indecent images of children.
Please RT for awareness, we don’t want a long queue of disgruntled kids do we.
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For the first time in quite a while I’m absolutely crestfallen I’m not going to an away game tonight. I don’t know why, I’ve been to Ewood Park about 10 times and never seen us win. Avoiding defeat tonight would be seismic in my opinion.
Tino Barry will be suing this Sky commentary team if he listens to a play back. They do seem to be focussing on him a bit too much.
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Don’t like dissing teams because we’ve not pulled up any trees for a decade, but PNE were very poor, 2-0 flattered them, could and should have been more. It’s a good away day is Deepdale, I hope they turn it round. Stoke looking increasingly solid, if not spectacular.
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Jackson’s Garden Centre, Bagnall, £17 with a large coffee and a lot of toast. I confess it beat me, left the HBs, FB and toast, solid 7.5/10
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I enjoyed it yesterday, we have improved significantly since my last visit to the Bet365, the only people moaning around me were people who’d clearly never kicked a ball in anger, the weather made any kind of spectacle impossible. I see we have a new boo boy in Hirst! #scfc
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Finished Slow Horses, I find it hugely watchable and very entertaining, however if I were to put my Mark Kermode hat on I’d probably have to write a bad review. Very cliched, huge holes in the plot, a bit slapstick comedy (perhaps intentional) and poorly acted bar Lamb/Taverner!
