Man City hopes ‘evaporate’ in face of genius Solskjaer

It might all be over for Man City after that…   Quadricide Manchester United beat Manchester City on Sunday but City are still 11 points ahead, in the Carabao Cup final, in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and have one foot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They remain the favourites to win […]

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How are Fernandes and Rashford feeling? Let’s pretend…

Bruno Fernandes and Marcus Rashford have their minds read. But first…   Row, row, row your boat A ‘row’ is ‘a noisy acrimonious quarrel’ and by its very nature requires at least two participants, both of which should be angry. So quite how Jurgen Klopp saying that he will not allow his players to go […]

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Man City panic sets in as Solskjaer hits ‘warning’ hat-trick

Manchester City are running away with the Premier League title. That is terrible news for football – although it wasn’t when Liverpool did it.   The truth Hurst Is this the most Sun front page ever? THE SUN: Bring home the Euros and the spirit of ‘66 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/v5iU3MGDYg — Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) March 2, […]

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Ronaldo, Man United transfers and some absolute piffle

Work, work, work Mediawatch often bemoans what is regarded as football news in 2021, but on this miserable Tuesday, we look instead to the front pages, where football (kind of) makes an appearance. A reminder once again that we are in the year of actual 2021. Believe us, that reminder is required: Tomorrow’s front page: […]

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Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United: No fun without Frank

Blame Thomas Tuchel because he has taken Frank’s fun Chelsea and made them dull. But first…   Shaw thing After a pretty dire 0-0 between Chelsea and Manchester United, what on earth were national newspapers going to splash across their back pages? Oh, along comes Luke Shaw to save the day – claiming he overheard […]

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Solskjaer’s ‘Ferguson-type moves’ and Hasenhuttl is Pardew

Sir Alex Ferguson must be proud of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer picking key players to start a dead rubber three days ahead of a huge league game.   MEN in black It is an obvious byproduct of one person managing the same football club for 27 and a half years through the most successful period in […]

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Haaland to Man United and Klopp Liverpool quit porn

Erling Haaland and Jurgen Klopp quitting Liverpool drive all the clicks…   Haal or nothing Well this is sweet. ‘OLE GUNNAR SOLSKJAER has not ruled out a new bid to land superstar Erling Haaland’ – Neil Custis, The Sun. Solskjaer has also not ruled out a bid for Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Pele or Diego Maradona […]

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Jose has a time-bending 12-day plan and Suarez is up to his old tricks

Thought For The Day Maybe killing Bambi wasn’t such a bad idea after all.   Sporting Chance How to make a Leeds win over Southampton a bit more clicky? Make it about Manchester United of course. The Daily Express have noticed Raphinha is quite good and that therefore Manchester United might like to sign him. […]

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The Hudson-Odoi talk that became ‘row’ and ‘inquest’

Say yacht? Mediawatch is not saying that this is a slow news week or that The Sun football website really do not kick a flying f*** about football, but their top story at 9am on the day of Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 clash is this: ‘Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich’s stunning new £430 million superyacht seen […]

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‘The entire Liverpool team needs a rebuild’? Really?

We (re)Built this City You can almost hear the glee from The Sun as they report on Liverpool’s latest defeat. And of course there is only one conclusion to draw from Liverpool losing a sequence of games less than a year after the Premier League was suspended with the Reds 25 points clear of Manchester […]

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