I’m salivating at the thought of Dave Brailsford sitting himself down in the caf on the first day telling them all they need to weigh how many blueberries they can have on their granola.
His methods worked in the ultra Type-A world of professional cycling by controlling every minute aspect of their lives. Gonna go down like a lead balloon with that bunch of lazy, B-grade plonkers.
No doubt that when they have the rotten situation they have at the top of the club, it must be felt beneath also. But, what happens beneath also needs to show a certain standard. I thought Hag had a pretty positive first season at United. He deserved to be backed in better circumstances. Then, the whole owners saga dragged on and now it seems like it might not even be solved as it was hoped (Glazers completely out). Not to mention that they then need to find the right footballing structure, etc. But Hag himself needs to be careful not to lose his job in the mean time. Oh well, let them bleed.
ETH is still picking McTominay to start. When he’s sacked off in a few weeks, you can point to those late goals by McTominay as the beginning of the inevitable end for ETH.
It’s beautiful. The only players he’s getting a tune out of are the ones who arent good enough to take them to the next level under the next manager, but their performances now extend out the inevitable with the current guy and give them credit in the bank to cause confusion whenever the new guy comes in.