Ian Bland

Music. Football. Words.

[Ian Bland @iangbland]

Best paragraph ever.

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@thoughtland If you ask me, pretty cool that it’s 2026 and you can still make a music video that gives the form a right kick up the arse.

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Happy to be eventually proved wrong by this, but Amorim is just a massive prick.

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@RedLarkin As bleak as it is - and will be on Sunday - I stupidly think we might pull something off in the Cup and the narrative will shift. Relegation would be genuinely fascinating to watch, but I can’t see it.🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

[Ian Bland @iangbland]

The squad’s crap, but the tactics are suicidal.

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Scenes tonight when Rashford scores direct from a corner.

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Today this, tomorrow a drubbing from Newcastle. The United news cycle is just a never ending vortex of misery right now.

[Mark Kleinman @MarkKleinmanSky]

Exclusive: Manchester United FC plans to notify the trustees of its charitable arm, the MU Foundation, in the coming weeks that the club will slash the benefits it provides as part of a costs purge being implemented by shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe. https://t.co/NgrItZuRYN

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@henrywinter Presume Dan Ashworth assumed his job wasn’t in danger as well. A trigger happy (part)owner can’t make for a happy working environment, nor a club in which redundancies are so rife. A bleak situation getting bleaker by the week.

[Ian Bland @iangbland]

Three at the back in the Championship will certainly be a vibe.

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Lucky us for that the buffer of the total duffer stops us from having to really worry/get excited about the prospect of relegation.

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Mildly terrifying run of fixtures looming as well. Can even see Wolves turning us over.

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On the plus side, at least I didn’t pay £132 to watch this crap. Cheers, Jim.

[Ian Bland @iangbland]

Love United Hate Ineos

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@PeterBradshaw1 Astonishing how the searing insight kicks in immediately after the thing they said wouldn’t happen happens.

[Ian Bland @iangbland]

Good prep for when the city verdict comes in at least.

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At least there won’t be a civil war. Just a world one.

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Ruben Amo21m

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Striking edition of Marca. All photography replaced by images of the tragedy in Valencia. Print still rules.

[Ian Bland @iangbland]

@SmnLlyd5 Just played one of the best gigs I’ve ever seen. And I never thought I’d be saying that at my age.

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Imagine being the best band on the planet.

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Fontaines DC (A). Ridiculously good.

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And imagine being at a gig without some dickhead from Leeds doing coke in the bogs.