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The word
Sat here in the sunshine, mid-walk, listening to Counting Crows. They’re one of my favourite bands, alongside REM, Del Amitri, and Deacon Blue.
Okay two of them are Scottish but they all have one thing in common. They all have something sensible to say, and express it well.
Simples.
The guilty must pay
As a Man U fan, I was appalled by what I saw last night. Change is needed at the top and I don’t mean Michael Carrick. He can only work with what he has, and he doesn’t buy the players. That is down to the CEO, Berrada, a mercenary pure and simple, and the ‘Director of Football’, Jason Wilcox, who only assumed that role after Jim Ratcliffe sacked his original choice, Dan Ashwotth, a man he had been so keen to recruit that he waited for him to finish his gardening leave from Newcastle.
Wilcox builds the squad, he oversees the summer signings. Of this year’s crop, one arrived injured. Two played last night; one was off form and the other, a youngster was out of his depth even in a second string game. The defence? There wasn’t one. Our only left back is injured, his replacement took a knock early but couldn’t be replaced. The centre backs were two relative novices, good individually but not together.
Yes, Carrick could have played McGuire and Martinez in central defence, started with Mainoo in midfield, and won the game hands down, but with Premier League and Champions League commitments, the Caribou Cup (that’s as near as I can get) has Mickey Mouse status. He should have a second string that is capable of delivering at that level, but he hasn’t. The man responsible should be fired, not him.
Vigil
I have just finished Vigil. More holes in the plot than a Gruyère cheese, but I got the bad guy very early on. Nice earners for a few Scots actors though.
A J Bell
Would you invest with someone who runs TV ads as flippant as those? I wouldn’t.
