United, sex and Grace
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At around the time The Athletic broke the news that Manchester United were finalising their approach for Mauricio Pochettino to be their next manager, their current manager was arriving to take training.
On Wednesday Michael Carrick will, as he did on Tuesday, go through the motions of overseeing a session that involves the few United players not on international duty, existing in the liminal space between employment and dismissal, floating through life but knowing the phone is going to ring soon. He may well have to do it again on Thursday.
It’s not a dignified existence. He knows the end is near. We know the end is near. But more importantly Jim Ratcliffe, Jason Wilcox, Omar Berrada and whoever else chips in with these things at United or INEOS, all know the end is near.
But this is Manchester United, the club that somehow always manages to get things wrong. The club that want to appoint Pochettino, a man currently in an international job, so have chosen an international break to make their move for him, one of the only fortnights of the year when they know he is definitely busy.
One thing is for sure, Manchester United have treated Michael Carrick dreadfully, the latest in a long line of terrible decisions from a shambolic football club.
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Getting ready to have my pre match meal. Got to force pasta down my neck at this time. Not nice but has to be done.
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Just have to say 12 o'clock kick off is no good for players. Trying to force pasta down at 9 in the morning is not nice.
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Carrick applauded off the pitch by the Stretford End. He pats his heart in response. As soon as he disappears down the tunnel, it turns to loud boos as the players walk off.
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Hard to see how Berrada survives this too. He’s the ceo of an organisation that has got almost every football decision wrong since he’s been in the building. Apparently hired because he had expertise across both commercial and football.
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We don’t even have transition threat because they cannot make repeated sprints and cannot maintain a level of technical standard across the game to keep making counters whilst stringing passes together
I don’t get how anyone can not see this. It’s a shambles, it’s negligence
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Rob Harris has done an important job in the Manchester City case, covering every little detail and risking plenty — even with the question to Pep Guardiola after the FA Cup final.
He’s been on the case for years and broke everything down perfectly.
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When I wrote about this image rights sham for The Independent in 2018, Manchester City threatened to sue us and demanded I tweet out a personal apology on here. We fought them. They did not sue us.
City's sham is confirmed by the Premier League today independent.co.uk/sport/foot…
