“United have backed Amorim by spending £200m on attacking players this summer, while negotiations likely to end with Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Rasmus Hojlund joining Chelsea, Real Betis and Napoli respectively, are continuing.”

New £73m signing Sesko looks every bit as terrible as unfairly scapegoated Hojlund he has replaced in Amorim’s totally inflexible “system”.

Garnacho isn’t perfect, but he’s a matchwinner. Antony looked reborn on loan at Betis last season.

So, it’s pretty obvious it’s not the players, but the manager’s tactical inflexibility.

Man Utd chiefs back Amorim despite Grimsby defeat: bbc.com

Scenes at Blundell Park!

Had several worrying coughing fits over the weekend, and yesterday evening especially. Chest felt very tight and like I needed to cough to clear it. But no amount of exhausting coughing worked. Inhaler seemed to make it all worse initially. Salbutamol makes me very jittery, too. All seems to have calmed down this morning, thankfully.

British holiday souvenir cough turned into another COPD exacerbation. Finally managed to see my GP this evening who took half an hour to examine me before explaining that he was going to prescribe the exact same medications I suggested in the econsult appointment request form two days ago.

Mistake from Bruno playing out of position and out of harm’s way in central midfield, giving the ball away for a corner, which leads to a mistake from the impeded goalkeeper and defenders. 1-0 Arsenal. New signing Sesko on the bench.

Computer says, “No.”

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The Thought (For The Day) Police are here!

BBC apologises after Jenrick accused of xenophobia: bbc.com

I have been putting off doing some really important work for what feels like weeks, until it became both important and urgent. That always gets me going. (Probably only a couple of weeks in reality, one of which was a holiday). I completed it today and absolutely killed it. Hopefully. I won’t find out for another month.

I feel like I may be stuck in some kind of recursive loop! Help! @manton