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Meanwhile, over at their first gaff:

Matt Busby. So no.

There was a Fifa award from 1991 to 2010, which covered most of the period when the Ballon d'Or was either for European players only or only those playing for European clubs. The Ballon d'Or was the Fifa Ballon d'Or from 2010 to 2015, and since then Fifa have their own award again. Fifa really are a dose.

It will when he becomes manager of Everton.

Letting del Bosque go ranks as the second most deranged dismissal in the history of football, after Ronald Koeman getting fired for having red tinsel on his Christmas tree.

They're getting to the point where they're hoping Citeh can enter four teams in the Premier League thus locking der Redshite out of the European Rumbelows Cup, not that they care about the European Rumbelows Cup because it's just the European Rumbelows Cup these days.

What boggles my mind is that we all had ridiculous expectations for him - and he's exceeded them.

Right, time to prep for the next Round Up:

Remember Man Utd fans: you don't sack managers. It took Klopp nearly four years to get Liverpool to where they are now, Ole just needs more time. (etc)

Will that Manc Mark Chapman be presenting it? I hope so, because he's too much of a pro to let some bitter bald cundit talk shite about Liverpool.

If Sky had any genuine sense for the dramatic, as opposed to just repeatedly saying something is dramatic, they'd stick a camera on the Bloo end whenever they are away and Liverpool are playing at the same time - a rare event these days, so it wouldn't be expensive. They'd be able to pay-per-view the fume that would ripple through their ranks at the news of der Redshite winning with a last minute penalty.

That too.

I can understand someone being irked at the way Mané hit the deck, writhing like he'd been booted in the bollocks. I understand the counter argument that he has to go down for the referee to notice but jeez, less of the histrionics, dude. Bottom line though, it's still a foul. Imagine if a defender was shepherding the ball out for a goal kick. Any attempt for a forward to get the ball back that involves him kicking the defender's legs equals a free. Albrighton screwed up and rather than accepting that he'd screwed up and take his medicine he made the split-second decision to try to retrieve the situation. In those circumstances you'd better be either brilliant or lucky, and he was neither. Now let's enjoy the next two weeks of:

Would get up on a cracked plate, so...sure.