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Yanited. Practising Solicitor. Finance Major.

[shaw @shawfutbol]

💸Can Manchester United spend in January under the Premier League's PSR (Profit & Sustainability Rules)? ⏰

Short answer from a corporate-law perspective: Yes - they can (quite easily in fact).

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[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨💣 BREAKING: Éderson to Manchester United, here we go!

Deal done with Atalanta for €45m package with add-ons included, agreement now in place.

Medical and formal steps to follow but deal in place.

Éderson will sign a four year deal plus option, as @TheAthleticFC reports.

[Central @WestHam_Central]

European*

[Naval @naval]

On Scott Adams.

A man finds, to his astonishment, that he exists. After the elation of childhood wears off, he asks, who am I, why am I here, how does this work? These are hard questions, so after a brief struggle, he selects a readymade answer and goes about the motions of life.

Scott Adams was not such a man. He was a live player, ever curious, intent on figuring out this simulation that he found himself in. From first principles, Scott unraveled, understood, and ultimately controlled his own reality. He hacked himself with affirmations, others with persuasion, the world with simultaneous sips. He explained people as moist robots, two movies happening on one screen, his world as Gods’ debris. He carved a personal mission to “be useful,” and made us all better writers, public speakers, and persuaders. He preached the footwear theory of motivation, the Adams Law of slow-moving disasters, the skill stack, systems over goals, and of course, the Dilbert Principle.

Besides cartooning, philosophizing, and teaching, Scott rose to the occasion and displayed, “the one virtue that cannot be faked” - courage. Scott had the courage to speak honestly as he saw it - about Trump, about his nation, and about his time, even though it cost him friends, audience, money, and his ticket to polite society. Scott had true courage, the kind that makes you unpopular, the kind that is always and everywhere in short supply,

At the end, as any hacker of reality, Scott covered all of his bases - he left as a Buddhist, a Christian, and a player in the Simulation.

Scott, we didn’t get enough time with you, but you were a mentor and a marvel. You were useful and you were courageous. You were incompressible and indivisible. One of a kind, and generous with your drawing, writing, and speaking. Unlike your squealing critics in the chattering class, you will be read generations from now.

On this earth there are many long-lived hells but no lasting heaven. Each heaven must be created and nurtured, ex-nihilo, from mind and from mud. Scott, you created a small heaven for us all, and to a larger heaven you go.

A man finds, to his astonishment, that he no longer exists. He asks why, what it was for, and how will the new reality work? When the rest of us get there, we’ll find Scott, ever useful, ready to explain, having figured it all out.

Notes:
• First line paraphrasing Schopenhauer.
• Courage quote via Taleb.

[Mark Goldbridge @markgoldbridge]

What a victory for football today as well. Two worldies defeating set piece fc.

[B. @InvertTheWing]

Hello everyone.

I am sorry for the increased inactivity recently, it is the lowest I have felt in quite some while.

Not only have I lost some passion, due to my favourite managers either getting sacked, or underperforming, but my personal life has been very tough.

Recently, I was laid off of not necessarily job, but one of my part time coaching gigs for underperformance. Of course, this hurt me very much.

So I looked to pick up a new part time hobby, and if you didn’t already know, my father is a chef. I picked up a love for cooking from him, so I suggested an idea to him which combines my 2 loves: Cooking and the tactical aspect of football.

The idea was to put a spin on regular French cuisine (his expertise), and serve all the dishes in formations, named after football managers I idolise. For example, the “Pep Bourguignola” — a twist on the French classic Beef bourguignon. And for the plating twist, the gravy would make the shape of the pitch, with things like the vegetables, pieces of meat being his 3-2-4-1 in possession formation.

I offered him role to be the head chef. A father-son business.

Unfortunately, he did not see to take this well, and felt I was insulting his craft he has worked years on, asking me whether I was autistic.

And really, I feel I have had some dreams shattered recently. So I am trying to find my feet, motivation, hunger again.

[Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays]

A Final Message From Scott Adams

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra @FabrizioRomano The next few months are going to be very interesting…

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@markgoldbridge We can’t play against a low block.

Amorims tactics do not work in these situations.

We are only good when there is space.

[shaw @shawfutbol]

Cunha looks very lively

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra Following in King Maguire’s footsteps of professional.

He trod the path for the youngsters to look up too.

Who would have thought ?💭

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@UTDTrey Grows into a beast player when he is the MAIN GUY.

Give him the ball, make him the star.

Watch the pieces fall into place ♟️

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra First 4 at the back, first clean sheet. Not saying we need to go 4 at the back, just an observation 🤔

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@markgoldbridge Brilliant from both.

Have missed Martinez badly.

Heaven fantastic steal from Arsenal ✊

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra Him and The Butcher 🔪 have been a great partnership

Hopefully a first clean sheet

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@markgoldbridge Cunha likes to be the main man. Has that determined ego.

Could thrive like at Wolves 🐺 if by himself

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra Need De Ligt back ASAP.

Need Maz back ASAP.

Need Maguire back ASAP.

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra Need our boy Sesko to be pulling in the goals like Woltemade soon 🙏

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@TheFergusonWay Bruno is our best player in the 10.

In the 6 and 8 we are weak defensively.

For both parties it might have been better for Bruno to go, IF amorim was going to keep playing him in the 6/8.

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@AmorimEra He has to play against Aston Villa.

With Casemiro injured.

He’s got to play. If he doesn’t, he never will.

[shaw @shawfutbol]

@MartienBall Thoughts on Kobbie's performance tonight?