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Well written and amusingly sarcastic take on the Man Utd chaos. But you could also easily substitute Wilcox for Edu, and Radcliffe for Marinakis.

www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-jason-wilcox

I've only just noticed Brentford's stealth climb up the league.

Russ'll be delighted.

Who'd have thought it after selling their two best players in the summer and looking shit against us on opening day.

Sunderland, who they beat tonight, have dropped off quite markedly after their incredible start. They've got plenty of points on the board already so will be absolutely fine, but have only won once in the last six (or two in 12 if you go back a bit further).

I think they’ve had something like 8 players at AFCON.

Jack Grealish got a second yellow card tonight for sarcastically applauding the referee after he was fouled.

And Newcastle have just beaten Leeds with the last kick of the game, which is not unhelpful for Forest.

In what was definitely a case of ‘keep playing until you score lads’

For those who can forgive the Twatter link, this is quite interesting - if for nothing more than the perspective of the action.

A fun evening. Goals galore, late winners, 3 reds and even cards for Pep, Parker, Silva and whoever was in charge of Chelsea tonight (plus Nuno last night).
The season of goodwill to all men is well and truly over.

Just saw that Cucurella got sent off, that improved my mood this evening.

Nice to see the "greatest fans in the world" got another dubious penalty last night to rescue the game for them. Even without Gordon (biggest diver in the EPL since Kane left).
I know LiVARpool is the joke, but the number of penalties/dodgy decisions the sports washers get awarded is a fcukin joke. Doesn't help that they seem to get at least one dodgy decision go their way every time they play Forest

I'm on board with the general theory, but last night's one was about as penalty as a penalty can be wasn't it? What bit was dubious?

I was a bit confused about that. Was there another penalty before the blatant handball?

Kevin Keegan has been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

Appears that Frank was pictured yesterday with an Arsenal mug. He must have been stitched up, surely?

I didn't see a definitive view that it was even in the area - and it was also very soft (arms in a natural position to make the jump/attempted block)
Both MotD pundits (Warnock, who is good, although I can't stand his voice, and Murphy, who is fcukin awful) thought it was harsh and that the sport-washers would have been fuming if it was given against them (not that it ever would at SJP).
Maybe I'm just sick of them being given dodgy decisions because of Gordon/Guimaraes diving.