Football Daily | Are Manchester United set for more anaesthetic-free Anfield root-canal surgery?

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Another week of embarrassment and desgracia for Manchester United will end at Anfield, an engagement their fans are relishing in the fashion they might anticipate root-canal surgery without anaesthetic. Liverpool giving Erik ten Hag’s men an almighty hockeying is one of the more likely outcomes. Last season, the score was 7-0. It might have been many more, as a result to pr1ck the bubble of United being BACK. The week before, Ten Hag had been recreating the Okocha/Allardyce shuffle with Antony and Lisandro Martínez while lifting the Milk Cup. What followed on Merseyside was less slow puncture than gouging with a rusty spanner.

If there are ‘at least 36 Masters degree courses in football management on offer in the UK’ as Mick Beeby suggests (yesterday’s Football Daily letters), then perhaps Todd Boehly should hire all the students, on eight-year contracts so they can amortise something or other (accountancy isn’t my bag, or quite frankly even vaguely of interest), in order to help the club. Although, presumably, the manager would still come back to him asking for even more of them” – Noble Francis.

I really like the idea of posting questions for Masters candidates in football management. Let’s make the next one even simpler to dive into: ‘Handball. Explain …’” – Mike Wilner.

Thanks for reminding this Blackburn Rovers fan about our inglorious Big Cup campaign in finishing bottom of our group in 1995-96 (yesterday’s Football Daily). At least we went out fighting!” – John Myles.

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