Stephen Carty @Jocarty

🚨🎙️ Wayne Rooney on Manchester United’s centre-back options: 🗣️ Presenter: “Do you think Manchester United’s defensive options are good enough for next season?” 🗣️ Wayne Rooney: “If these are still Manchester United’s centre-back options by the time the transfer window closes, then I think we can forget about winning the Premier League or the Champions League. Matthijs de Ligt hasn’t played since last November and has struggled with injuries throughout his career. Lisandro Martínez has battled injury problems since April 2023 and is injured again. Harry Maguire is now 33, and while he still has plenty to offer, you can’t expect him to play every game across a long season. Leny Yoro has enormous potential, but he’s still developing and is far from the finished product. Ayden Heaven is a very exciting talent, but he’s still only a teenager. Tyler Fredricson has ability too, but he’s also very young. There’s quality in that group, but there isn’t enough reliability. United should still look to move one or two centre-backs on—whether permanently or on loan—and bring in more dependable options. If Manchester United are serious about competing for the biggest trophies again, strengthening the heart of the defence has to be one of the club’s top priorities.” 🔴

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🚨🗣 Jose Mourinho on Kobbie Mainoo not playing for England: "Thomas Tuchel will sleep today and regret not bringing in Kobbie Mainoo against Argentina, He [Mainoo] Is a clutch player and that's why you need him" "Nobody is saying Kobbie has to start every game, but at some point you have to explain why he was called up if you can't give him minutes" "This is the type of game where Kobbie Mainoo comes out of Nowhere and scores when no one is expecting" "You don’t take a player like Kobbie Mainoo to the World Cup just to improve the standard of the training sessions.”

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Estoy casado con una inglesa de Londres y vivimos en Buenos Aires hace varios años. Va un comentario sobre cómo ven los ingleses a la Argentina, a ver si sacamos de una vez la fantasía de que nos odian y nos guardan rencor.👇 El inglés de las últimas generaciones: — No tiene idea de qué son las Malvinas. — No sabe que hubo una guerra con la Argentina. — Ama a Messi. — Se copa con el mate y con casi todo nuestro folclore. Harry Kane no fue a la guerra. Bellingham no es Margaret Thatcher. El inglés promedio que va a la cancha quiere ganarle a la Argentina, y punto. Acá nos encantan decenas de bandas de rock inglesas, leemos —o deberíamos leer— a Stevenson, Chesterton, Wilde y De Quincey, hay veinte colegios ingleses, se practica rugby en mil clubes y nos reimos de Monty Python. Mil aportes culturales que nos dieron, y otros tantos que les dimos nosotros. Dicen odiar al Imperio con la camiseta de un deporte que inventaron ellos. Un Estado toma posiciones. Una persona toma el subte. No son la misma cosa, y confundirlas es la forma más cómoda de odiar porque te ahorra el trabajo de conocer a alguien. El inglés promedio es una persona absolutamente normal, con muchísimo más en común con el argentino promedio de lo que uno se imagina. No hay plan mayor. No hay conspiración. Entiendo que Malvinas tiene su mística, pero hay que aprender a separar un momento histórico puntual de personas que no tuvieron nada que ver. El día que aceptemos que un desconocido no es nuestro enemigo, vamos a poder pasar de página y vivir en una sociedad más feliz y pacífica. Porque la verdad incómoda es esta: les guardamos mucho más rencor del que ellos nos guardan a nosotros. Hoy son noventa minutos. Que gane el mejor, y después nos vamos a comer un asado juntos con scones de postre. 🇦🇷🤝🇬🇧

🚨🎙️ Jürgen Klopp on criticism of Thomas Tuchel: “People always speak after the game like coaching is easy — like you just choose ‘attack’ or ‘defend’ and that’s it. It doesn’t work like this. Football is much more complex. I see the criticism of Tuchel for trying to defend the 1–0 against Argentina, but let me tell you something — if he didn’t do that, if he kept pushing forward and they conceded, the same people would be here saying, ‘Why didn’t he control the game? Why didn’t he defend the lead?’ In knockout football, whatever decision you make, someone will criticize you. I’m not saying every decision is perfect, but you have to understand the logic behind it. Managing a game at that stage is never simple. And then… there’s another reality. This Argentina team, the belief, the mentality — sometimes it feels like something special is with them in these moments. And when you have Lionel Messi… what can you do? He’s 39, and still the best player in the world. You think you’ve controlled him, you think you’ve done everything right — and then he makes the difference. Two assists, two decisive actions, and the game is gone. So yes, you can talk tactics, you can talk decisions… but sometimes, you also have to accept that greatness decides matches. And if you don’t understand that, you don’t really understand football.”

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🚨🗣 Jude Bellingham revealed what he said to Messi: 🗣Reporter: "we saw you walk up to Messi and had a conversation, what did you say to him?" "Nothing much, I told him the world knows how the higher authorities help him get here and he shouldn't feel any special" "Ronaldo is better than you were my last words to him before I left"

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🚨 Only one man can get this England team over the line and his name is Pep Guardiola.. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💪

Knowing how good Kobbie Mainoo is at playing in tight spaces and progressing the ball up the pitch, it feels a total waste he didn’t feature for a single minute in this campaign when England only played well in fleeting moments. The Mexico win was fabulously defiant but overall I didn’t see the improvement in game management Thomas Tuchel was brought in for.

Rest up, King. You'll play under a manager who actually appreciates you this upcoming season. ❤️

Liam Neeson says his wife last words to him were oh darling I’ve taken a tumble in the snow ‘She and I had made a pact of any of us got into a vegetative state we’d pull the plug so when I saw her and all these tubes that was my immediate thought, ok these tubes have to go she’s gone’ ‘Sweetie you’re not coming back from this you’ve banged your head I don’t know if you can hear me but this is what gone down, we’re bringing you back to New York all your family and friends will come’ ‘We donated three of her organs her hear her kidneys and her liver so she’s keeping three people alive at the moment I think she would be very thrilled by that’

Dimitar Berbatov on Kobbie Mainoo being left on the bench again for England’s FIFA World Cup semi-final against Argentina. 🗣️ “I honestly cannot understand this anymore. It’s becoming embarrassing. If you’re not prepared to trust Kobbie Mainoo with even one single minute at a World Cup, then why did you bring him in the first place? What exactly was the point? He’s spent the entire tournament watching football instead of playing it, and that’s a complete waste of one of England’s brightest young talents.” “Managers always talk about believing in young players, but words mean absolutely nothing when your actions say the opposite. Mainoo has trained every day, stayed professional, waited patiently and still hasn’t been rewarded with a single minute. That’s incredibly harsh and, in my opinion, completely disrespectful to a player who has done nothing wrong.” “You don’t build confidence by making a player sit on the bench for an entire World Cup. You build confidence by trusting him when the team needs energy, composure and fresh ideas. Instead, England have treated one of their most gifted midfielders like he doesn’t even exist.” “If the coaching staff never believed he was capable of helping this team, then they should have left him at home and given his place to someone else. At least that player would have understood the situation. Taking Mainoo to the World Cup just to let him collect splinters on the bench is impossible to defend.” “And if England don’t reach the final, don’t be surprised when people start questioning every decision. Because leaving a midfielder with Kobbie Mainoo’s talent without a single appearance throughout the entire tournament is the kind of decision that follows a manager for years. It’s difficult to explain, impossible to justify and incredibly unfair on the player.”

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🚨 Eric Cantona on Manchester United receiving €12.4m from Mason Greenwood move to Fenerbahçe: 🗣️ "A good business done but bad football policy..we could have retained him before sending him to Marseille at first".. "I don't give a damn about what women's team feel..he has been acquitted of charges..we could have reintegrate him into the team..Ineos must do better beyond this" "We lost a world class gem that graduated from Carrington for some quid... hopefully this doesn't happen again".. "Continue to do well Greenwood and become the best you ought to be, wish you well"..

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Ann Widdecombe schools a roomful of woke students on the importance of free speech. "Only two sorts of people oppose free speech... snowflakes and totalitarians." "Nobody has the right to live their lives being protected from offence, or from insult, or from hurt feelings." "It is an occupational hazard of living in society. And if you really can't take it, become a hermit." "No matter how much we may disagree with somebody, we should defend to the hilt their right to say it." "You succeed by defeating your opponent, not by wishing him away. You get nowhere by trying not to hear what is being said." "You may feel virtuous today in what you will not hear, but tomorrow somebody may feel virtuous in not hearing what you have to say." "Free speech is for all, not for the privileged few."

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Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme

a week ago

Today is 500 days since Zelensky was told Ukraine has no cards.

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It's @TheOpen week at Royal Birkdale!

If England play Spain in the World Cup Final, there aren't many players who have gone toe to toe with Rodri & outplayed him - let alone multiple times. I know a guy who has though. Kobbie Mainoo.

A FIFA-enforced thirty minute half-time to accommodate some dreadful Super-Bowl style show in the World Cup final is truly an abomination.

Actually, modern dictatorships are managing a lethal combination of both dystopian visions.

Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme

a week ago

Modern information systems do not need to censor the truth when they can simply drown it in noise. We are not living in Orwell’s 1984, where truth is centrally suppressed by force (that is the former communist societies, and modern-day China, Russia, North Korea). We are living

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🗣️ I wrote this last year on Michael Sansoni, our new Director of Data who joined us in July 2025… It’s worth reading again just to get an idea of what other things are influencing our decisions in the transfer market. “The difference between Brighton's £122 million profit and United's £1 billion spending spree? One club knew what the numbers meant. Now United finally has someone who can read them.”

United Arts 🔴⚪️⚫️ @UtdArts1

8 months ago

🇾🇪 From Mercedes to Manchester: How Michael Sansoni is Revolutionising United's Data Strategy 🧵 In the high-stakes world of modern football, the difference between success and failure increasingly comes down to what happens away from the pitch. For United, a club that has spent

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🚨 Michael Carrick on Manchester united midfield next season: 🗣️"Andrey Santos confirmed, Youri Tielemans loading.. I'm setting up a formidable team that Wil be ready for the UCL, EPL,FA Cup , & FIFA club world club" "It's my dream to see us dominating like the previous years, when SAF was at the helm..We are going to sign two or more before the transfer window ends" "I like our new new signings, epl proven & ready to fight for the badge..Be expecting more soon". "No time to waste on players that are way too expensive & causing unnecessary headlines headache that distract during the season".

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A college economics professor stated that he had once failed an entire class. That class insisted that socialism is functional and that no one should be poor and no one rich, that everyone is equal... The teacher told them, "OK, we will do an experiment on socialism in this group. All grades will be averaged, and everyone will get the same grade, so no one will fail and no one will get a 10." After the first test, the grades were added up and divided by the number of students, and everyone got an 8. The students who studied intensively were upset, but those who studied less were overjoyed. As the second test approached, the students who had studied a little learned even less, and those who had studied more intensively told themselves that they also wanted a "handout", so they also studied less. The average of the second test was 6. When the third test was given, the average score was 4. To the great surprise of all the students, they all failed. The teacher told them that socialism will eventually fail because when half the population sees that they cannot work, because the other half will take care of them, and when the half that worked realizes that there is no point in working anymore, because others are the beneficiaries of their labor, then that is the end of any nation The story may be a fable not a fact but the moral is real Get it?