David

[David @D_Gripo]

So true!

[Nicky Gumbel @nickygumbel]

The only way to
avoid criticism is to:
DO Nothing,
SAY Nothing
and BE Nothing.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Laura Kuenssberg, "Rejoining the EU.. Which Streeting and Burnham have mentioned"

Wil Self, "I think the public would be much happier if Streeting stood up and said we have a problem with governmental legitimacy, because of the way the vote on Europe is still perceived"

"We need a need to have a national debate on the mismatch on our electoral systems between Proportional Representation and FPTP"

"We need to educate the British public again on our own constitution"

"The real issue is we have a war with Russia"

"I have blood cancer, the blood testing service last year was attacked by Russian hackers"

"We have a low intensity conflict, its all over the place now"

"NATO is falling apart"

"The issue about the EU is about existential defence in Europe"

"Don't people understand that?"

"Talk about fiddling while Rome burns"

Well said @wself 👏

[Benedict Spence @BenedictSpence]

Children’s futures are more important than those of pensioners. This should be very basic to even unintelligent life forms.

[David @D_Gripo]

@MilliesCookies presumably staff need a break and/or chance to replenish stock but it would be helpful if they put a time on the notice so people don’t waste their time and you lose business…especially as it’s been 40 minutes!!!

[David @D_Gripo]

@djadams789 @JohnnyLister1

[The Swedish Rumble 🔰 @SwedishRumble]

🤔One thing I just don’t get is, why is ETH judged — by many pundits, and obviously Ashworth — like this is his 1st season in Manchester in which he finished 8th (with the worst point total we had in, checking notes, 24 months) but happened to luck out and win a cup?

🔺We finished 3rd last season, with 75 pts, in a season we played perfectly OK in, under ETH — and a squad that was full of players that don’t suit him (albeit having one CB that can play up from the back for most of the season in either Martinez or Shaw).

🔺And it’s not just one cup, it really isn’t. It’s 3 finals in two years and 2 trophies, which are the only two we have won since 2018.

🔺I of course get that many will want a manager gone after not getting results. ‘You aren’t better than your last game’, etc.

But seriously, the discussion is just so dishonest:
📢”His style of play is horrible defensively. Total joke. Systematically flawed.”
✅Ok, but in the real world, we literary had one of the best defenses in the PL last season. So it’s obviously related to personal.

📢”He doesn’t have a style of play like Ange.”
✅What people are saying is that we aren’t playing up from the back. If we played up from the back, no pundit would say that we don’t have a style of play. To play top offensive football in 2024 — just must play up from the back, it’s not rocket science.

No manager can play up from the back, without a GK that is comfortable playing that way. All managers playing that way, have replaced their GKs. Last season we didn’t have a GK that could play up from the back.

This season, we have had a mix of Maguire, Evans, Lindelof, Casemiro and Kambvala at CB. None of these guys are comfortable playing up from the back.

Playing up from the back takes drilling, drilling and more drilling. This doesn’t work if you have to play with a new CB pairing EVERY 2.7th game. 14 CB pairings in 38 games, is a new CB pairing every 2.7th game. And none of the guys used are comfortable playing up from the back.

📢”But we don’t even try, I rather fail trying, than this.”
✅We have literary tried to play up from the back every game this season.

Check the below video I put together earlier in the season showing Maguire’s issues when playing up from the back. This is how it has looked, and then we start to send long.

Then after the 0-0 game vs Liverpool, we took it another step and really pressured hard high. But since the defenders weren’t capable of playing a high line — it left an ocean in the midfield. Literary none of the pundits who had called for us to ‘at least try’ — stepped up and explained what happened and defended that we at least tried. Instead it was peak toxicity and endless showing of stats with shots against etc etc etc.

It’s a joke to claim that we ‘haven’t tried’. We tried but couldn’t execute.

On top of this — we have had a CB that can play up from the back available for 3 games excluding the ones Martinez played in with a broken foot, and in all 3 games we have played so much better (dominating Wolves until Martinez came off, 3-0 against West Ham and beating City), while that CB was on the pitch. Proof can’t be more clear than this.

🔺Look, I could be wrong, but I am convinced that we for long parts of the season would have been better if we were coached by Mourinho or Sam Allerdyce or someone like that. No doubt. We should have been a lot more defensive and counter attacked. Evans-Maguire is our most used CB pairing in the PL. We haven’t had a LB. We have simply had a squad that was built for another style of play.

So I get that people are frustrated with Ten Hag. OTOH, why would anyone think that ETH would be good at managing a team playing Mourinho ball? RDZ managed a team that was top 4 in the PL from like December to May last season, when his players performed, and this year he won like 2 of the last 19 or whatever.

I just don’t get where the notion came from, that ‘ETH’s tactics are so indefensibly poor that he must get sacked’?

[David @D_Gripo]

@JohnnyLister1 @djadams789 this is spot on

[Jay Motty @JayMotty]

Danny Mills didn’t get the memo that you’re not allowed to criticise a manager who finished behind underperforming United teams 3 times in 5 years.

[David @D_Gripo]

@jake_lardner

[Michael Owen @themichaelowen]

Happy Christmas 🎄

[David @D_Gripo]

@djadams789 @JohnnyLister1 goalies are super human

[The Goalkeepers' Union Podcast @GKUnion]

🗒️ "Now scientific data supports the idea that goalies’ brains really do perceive the world differently – they appear to merge signals from the different senses more quickly, possibly underpinning their unique abilities on the football pitch." #GKUnion
https://t.co/riOHvtS5KN

[David @D_Gripo]

@fatwhitebloke @PoliceChiefs @CollegeofPolice @PoliceISOB @NBPAUK @MetBPA Hasn’t the head of it just quit?

[David @D_Gripo]

@JohnnyLister1 Leeds fans are thugs!

[David @D_Gripo]

@JohnnyLister1

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

Jamie Carragher reacts to reports that Javi Gracia could be on his way out of Leeds United with Sam Allardyce as the frontrunner to replace him 👇

[Police Federation of England and Wales @PFEW_HQ]

There is a need for at least 50,000 officers to match 2010 levels if you consider population growth of more than 3.5 million over the last decade and the annual attrition of 6,000 officers.

The Uplift Programme, if achieved, delivers 4,000 not 20,000. #ProtectTheProtectors

[David @D_Gripo]

@GNev2 @mattletiss7 this is your big break

[David @D_Gripo]

@JohnnyLister1 @djadams789

[Sky Sports Premier League @SkySportsPL]

🗣️ "I don't condone it"

Dermot Gallagher discusses the incident between Bruno Fernandes and Andy Madley in Manchester United's 7-0 loss to Liverpool 🔴

[David @D_Gripo]

@djadams789 not a bad deal tbh

[Meghan MacLaren @meg_maclaren]

Is there a @NUFC season ticket holder among my twitter followers anywhere who won’t be able to attend the final??? Anywhere??? I will happily sacrifice my prep for the Joburg Ladies Open for this 🤪🤪
And I will gladly play golf with you @WoburnGC sometime 😁🙏🏼⚽️

[Andy Symonds @NorfolkFedChair]

Watching a good explanation on the cuts to public sector pay since 2009 on @Peston. No surprise here for #police officers as it shows we’ve seen the biggest cuts to pay of all public sector workers. 13% cut using CPI but over 25% using RPI. @PFEW_HQ.

[David @D_Gripo]

@JohnnyLister1 @djadams789 a decent thread worth reading

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Pele, Maradona, Messi. The three greatest footballers of all time. The only thing up for debate is the order.

[David @D_Gripo]

@ShappiKhorsandi @HSBC_UK @firstdirect you won’t regret it!

[David @D_Gripo]

@JohnnyLister1 @djadams789

[Dan Lever @Cheshire_Sec]

ONS Data 2011-2020

Death by Suicide:

Police (Senior Officers) 13 males, 0 females
Police (Sergeant & Below) 140 males, 20 females

Highest numbers amongst emergency services - much more needs to be done. No gimmicks, no tick boxes, real prevention

#MHinEmergencyServicesWM