Football Daily | Leicester City and a sorry run of results that takes us back to 1977
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Back in early November, Manchester United had sacked Erik ten Hag but were waiting for his permanent replacement, Ruben Amorim, to fly in from Portugal. In stepped Ruud van Nistelrooy, a club legend with a promising managerial pedigree, to deliver some interim magic. It worked surprisingly well: while Amorim was clearing his desk at Sporting, Van Nistelrooy went unbeaten in four home games across three competitions. In a further twist, Ruud’s reward for bringing a few feelgood vibes to the husk of Old Trafford was a one-way ticket through Carrington’s overcrowded door marked Do One.
I was coaching from 18-19 years old and nobody knew. I did things so under the radar that people at the FA didn’t even know” – Jo Potter, Rangers Women’s head coach and former England international, talks to Sophie Downey about her own development, the need for Scotland to do well and winning silverware in the latest edition of Moving the Goalposts.
Regarding yesterday’s news that Brazilian authorities now deem standing on a ball to be a yellow card offence, it just shows how ahead of the game Uefa were. Wayne Rooney famously got a red card for this in 2006. But then he did stand on two of them at once” – Derek McGee.
I was reading the Leicester v Newcastle live blog when I thought of a joke. May I test it with your readers? I figure they, I mean we, are well used to dodgy attempts at comedy. The Newcastle and Leicester managers walk into a bar, leaving the door open behind them. The bartender looks up and says ‘Howe, Ruud!’” – Peter Oh.
Martin Ødegaard needs to be aware of an imposter on the Arsenal bench who sounds a bit like him (yesterday’s Football Daily). I had to press and hold the O on my iPhone to get that special Norwegian Ø you know” – Brian Wealthall (and 1,056 others).
