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Football Daily isn’t in the finest fettle. We were up half the night, reluctantly drinking cans of Good Times with our inconsolable cousin, Cricket Occasionally. On the plus side, at least we’re not Erik ten Hag. The poor bloke has been putting out fires ever since arriving at Old Trafford, but they keep coming. One of these days he’s going to become the first bald person in human history to go even balder due to stress. Ten Hag has two new problems. First there’s Alejandro Garnacho, who got the wrong end of the stick when somebody told him to follow Edinson Cavani’s example. Then there’s a potential Sunday roasting when Manchester City and Erling Haaland visit for the derby.
As massive Chester-based Atleti fans (won’t bore you), me and the lad always take in their UK Big Cup appearances, despite my catching Covid at Anfield in 2020. Anyway, to Celtic Park on Wednesday. I just loved their refusal to pander to Spanish sensibilities at the tea bar, offering a straight choice of macaroni pies, Scotch pies and Tennent’s lager. Buena salud!” – Rob Ford.
Re: David Datro Fofana being suspended for one week, rather than one game, for failing to accept his coach’s decision (yesterday’s News, Bits and Bobs, full email edition). Are we sure his club isn’t actually called Rugby Union Berlin?” – Ed Taylor.
Maybe some of your readers would be entertained to know what a joke Serbian football has become. Nineteen matches played in European competition so far this season, with one win, two draws and 16 (sixteen!) defeats. And to make things even more tragicomical, Cukaricki’s manager, after his team had been beaten 6-0 by Fiorentina in Tin Pot, said: ‘We were very good until they scored the first goal.’ Fiorentina scored that goal in the sixth minute” – Bogdan Kotarlic.
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