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Cape Town/DJ /crypto follower/United till I die

[socrates georgiades @djsox]

@FrontRowRugbyXV She wishes she was mediocre

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@TrollusMaximus Disgusting excuse of a referee

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@DHLManUtd DHL. NOT DELIVERING

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@DHLManUtd None of the above

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Spot on - vote for a party that will hold them accountable in a coalition

[NOT _A_PANICAN @ZaWJBek]

Don’t fall for Zille’s “don’t split your vote”BS.

Know your DA, split your vote.

Keep them accountable.

[socrates georgiades @djsox]

BWAHAHAHAHA

If he can pass the exam

[Acclaimed Journalist @Jonathan_Witt]

Will anyone give me odds on John Steenhuisen becoming an estate agent?

[socrates georgiades @djsox]

@thejonnyross Same for Solsjkaer

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Now the 2025/26 season is over, it's time for PGMOL's end of year reviews...

18+ GambleAware

[Renaldo “Ngamla” Gouws 🇿🇦 @RenaldoGouws]

A year after leaving the DA for the PA, Liam Jacobs rejoins the DA with a welcome-back party hosted by none other than Geordin Hill-Lewis.

A year ago, Liam left the DA and proclaimed, "I am finally free". He left the DA because he said he was being used as a coloured person for votes.

Strange how he returns to the party that he stabbed in the back, and not only do they welcome him back with open arms, but none of the reasons he left were addressed before his return.

This is clearly a case of Liam not getting what he was promised by the PA and Gayton, and now returning with his tail between his legs, and the desperate DA gladly accepts him back.

My question is, considering what he said about the DA using him as a coloured person, has that been resolved in a year, or is he happy being used now because he didn't get what he was promised by the PA?

Desperate times call for desperate measures, it seems. I suppose the DA is forced to trust him not to jump ship again, and Liam needs the DA to become relevant again.
They deserve each other.

[Red Marrow @RedMarrow_]

This came after Fletcher couldn't beat Brighton in the FA Cup. It is tedious, but for the sake of my sanity, I am revisiting the tweet at the end of the season as promised.

The new manager Carrick ended up with a 70.58% win rate, far greater than Amorim's 31.9%.

I dug a little deeper to find out what the underlying numbers say (as apparently only those matter to some people), so here are the results:

Amorim (Aug 17, 2025-Jan 4, 2026):

Wins: 8 (6th)
Points: 31 (6th)
Goals scored: 34 (3rd)
Goals conceded: 30 (14th)
xG: 38.82 (3rd)
xGA: 28.29 (8th)
xPts: 33.98 (5th)

Carrick (January 17, 2026-May 24, 2026):

Wins: 12 (1st)
Points: 39 (1st)
Goals scored: 33 (1st)
Goals conceded: 18 (5th)
xG: 30.85 (6th)
xGA: 21.67 (3rd)
xPts: 28.74 (3rd)
(Source: Understat)

Barring xG, Carrick beats Amorim in every metric. The biggest gainers being goals prevented and defensive stability.

I dug further to check what those big xG numbers under Amorim actually meant:
A big chunk of the xG came in situations where the opposition scored against United early and then sat back and defended.

For example: Man City 3-0 Man Utd. On paper, United had an xG of 1.51 vs. City. But 1.45 (96%) of that came after United had already gone 3-0 down, and City had no issue defending the lead.

Similarly, Brentford 3-1 Utd: 2.07 (95.4%) of United's 2.17 xG came after going 2-0 down to Brentford.

Utd 0-1 Everton at Home in December: 1.57 of the 1.71 xG came after going 1-0 at home to 10-man Everton. Everton had no problem giving Utd the ball and defending.
(Source: Opta Analyst)

So all those shouting Amorim had better xG should take game states into consideration as well.

The lesson to be learned here is you shouldn't let agendas blind you to the obvious, so much so that you stop enjoying wins under the new manager. One of the best decisions Utd made was sacking Amorim (however inadvertently), and that effectively changed the course of our season.

(And this is me permanently done with Amorim 🚮).

[Captain.Obvious @ManablazeMick]

Dear John,

There is no clearer indication that you do not serve in the best interests of the sector you’re appointed to than having a court declare that you failed to do so.

Issue an apology and resign. It’s the honorable thing to do.

Thanks
People who deserve better

[socrates georgiades @djsox]

@Joffersmyboy John is a complete and utter disgrace of a human being
His arrogance is finally catching up to him

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@hicasamadim 254

[kvng Baff @kvng_baff]

Before Ferguson. Manchester United were in crisis, battling relegation and even relegated 10 years before he took over.

Manchester United were like Current Nottingham Forest when Ferguson took over and I can say it was even worse that time than Forest now.

He came in, destroyed the toxic Bozzed culture, did a ruthless clear out squad and even sold his one favourite player.

The club didn’t have a lot of money that time so he revolutionised the youth academy that brought in the class of 92.

He built one of the most scariest team in the world that everyone were afraid of facing them.

He made the premier league the best league in the world. He’s the reason why premier league is like this now.

Prime Jose and Wenger came and he was still dominating.

And this is Pep who has never built a team from it struggling era,

When he took Barcelona, Barca had Valdez, Puyol, Abidal , Sylvino, Xavi, Iniesta,Toure, Messi, Etoo, Henry already. He added Pique and promoted Busquets.

At Bayern, he didn’t do anything special, at Manchester City, the club had 2 premier league titles and runner up twice, 2 EFLs, 1 fa cup and 1 runner up, and 1 community shield with 1 runner up in 5 seasons before his take over. Which is 4 major trophies in 5 seasons before his take over.

The team was top 2 best teams in the league already and they were UCL semi finalists a season before he took over.

Man City had Vincent Company, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Fernando, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Navas, Aguero, Sterling, Nicolas Otamendi, Joe Hart and other top players when he came in.

So yes City was dominating already and needed someone that will lock everything up well and yes that’s Pep who can do that in that era.

When he came in, his competitor were Klopp, and later Arteta who’re nowhere near Prime Wenger Arsenal, Liverpool and Jose’s Chelsea.

I’m yet to mention what Ferguson did at Aberdeen as well, Never ever mention the two in the same sentence again!!!

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@johnaokane74 Keane the player would have despised Keane the pundit

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@henrywinter What complete bullshit
Punishment must fit the crime

[Moon Man Utd @Moon_AGD]

Ole finished 3rd and 2nd losing the 2nd least games in the league during that period

All it took was 5 league losses the following campaign for Man Utd to throw everything they were building out the window.

It should have been us

[socrates georgiades @djsox]

@geordinhl does that graph not emphasise Johannesburgs decline rather than Cape Town's brilliance?
Cape Town grew by less than 2% while Joburg dropped by 10%

[The Life Of Brian @DaytrippingRed]

Roy Keane is a truly bitter and now very boring man

Can’t let go of the past bitterness towards the club/SAF, even down to having words with Carricks wife (12 years ago) and retaining that bitterness towards Carrick

The gimmick is boring, himself and Neville are well suited 🥱

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@RomanCabanac @mstauree Weelee are streets ahead of We Buy Cars who were amazing years ago
Now all their offers are way below the others in the market