Gerard Whelan

[FTBL_Planet @FTBL_Planet]

When Eric Cantona walked back into the Manchester United dressing room at Selhurst Park, everyone knew what was coming.

He had just been sent off against Crystal Palace.

Then on the way down the touchline, he had launched himself into the crowd and kicked a supporter.

So the United players were sat there waiting for Alex Ferguson.

And once he arrived, there was no gentle opening.

Ferguson came in with his jacket off, sleeves rolled up, and everything in the middle of the dressing room started going.

Cups of tea.

Sandwiches.

Shirts and balls waiting to be signed.

All of it.

“We’re getting scalded and getting egg sandwiches down the back of our necks.”

The players all looked at each other thinking the same thing.

Cantona was finished.

Only Ferguson did not start with Cantona.

He went for Gary Pallister.

Then Paul Ince.

Then Sharpe.

“F****** Pallister, you can’t head anything, you can’t tackle.”

“Incey, where the f*** have you been?”

“Sharpey, my grandmother runs f****** faster than you.”

By this point, Cantona was still sitting there waiting for his turn.

Everyone else was getting destroyed for the performance, the marking, the defending, everything.

“You’re all a f****** disgrace.”

“Nine o’clock tomorrow morning, I’m going to run your f****** nuts off.”

Finally, Ferguson got to Cantona.

The whole dressing room was waiting for the explosion.

And then his voice changed.

“And Eric.”

“You can’t go round doing things like that son.”
#football

[Romzy @RomzyUnited]

🚨 Zlatan Ibrahimović on Signing for Manchester United and How the Club Compares to Barcelona, Milan & Juventus

🗣️Reporter:
Zlatan, you’ve played for some of the biggest clubs in football Barcelona, Juventus, Inter, AC Milan, PSG. What made Manchester United different?

🗣️Zlatan Ibrahimović:
First of all, Manchester United is Manchester United. When the opportunity came, there was no second thought. Some clubs are big because they win trophies, some clubs are big because of history, and some clubs are big because they change football. Manchester United belongs in that category.

“I played for Barcelona, Juventus, Milan, Inter, Paris Saint-Germain fantastic clubs, massive clubs. But Manchester United has a different aura. The name alone carries weight all over the world.”

🗣️Reporter:
Are you saying Manchester United is bigger than Barcelona?

🗣️Ibrahimović:
Barcelona is a giant football club. Nobody can deny that. But when you talk about global recognition, history, supporters across every continent, and the pressure that comes with wearing the shirt, Manchester United is in a category of its own.

At Barcelona, you’re expected to win. At Manchester United, you’re expected to carry the history of generations. Everywhere I travelled, people spoke about United. In Asia, America, Africa, the Middle East the club is known everywhere.

🗣️Reporter:
What was your first impression when you arrived?

🗣️Ibrahimović:
The size of the club. The expectation. The attention. Every training session felt important. Every match felt like an event. I understood immediately why so many legends were created here.

I didn’t come to Manchester United to finish my career. I came to conquer England. People thought I was too old. Three months later, I showed them why Zlatan is Zlatan

That reflects his famous United-era remarks about conquering England and his admiration for the scale of the club.

🗣️Reporter:
One sentence to describe Manchester United?

🗣️Ibrahimović
A football institution. Not just a club an institution. I’ve played for giants, but Manchester United is one of the few names in football that everyone recognizes instantly, whether they watch football or not.

Source [@Goal]

[Lou Macari @LouMacari10]

Thank you so much to the Scottish Football Supporters Association after they voted me their Hero of the Year for our work at the Macari Centre. An honour for me to receive this from the fans of a game that gave me so much and a pleasure to meet Paul Goodwin, founder of the SFSA

[Gerard Whelan @whelger16]

@LouMacari10 Well done Lou !

[Molly Ploofkins @Mollyploofkins]

Rep. Angie Craig admonishes Brooke Rollins: "Joe Biden is no longer the president. Mr. Trump is. Your party controls Congress. You own these numbers at this point. I'm sick of hearing you blame an administration from a year and half ago. You own every single bit of this."

[Covie @covie_93]

Here is Kaitlan Collins smiling, guess she just doesn't smile around men who rape kids.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Brian Cox's fondness for the current Arsenal team may be mistaken for allegiance, but that belongs to Manchester United, a Premier League club steeped in Scottish heritage.

Cox was 11 when eight United players from Sir Matt Busby's team died in 1958 in the Munich air disaster. Two more suffered such terrible injuries that they could not play football again and 15 other passengers were killed.

"I will always be a United fan because United is what affected me as a child," Cox says, his voice softening.

"I remember it so vividly, waiting to hear about Duncan Edwards. I'll never forget those few days. That's what really locked me onto Man United, because all these young men and Edwards, who was the extraordinary player of all time… his range was amazing, he was fit as anything.

"It was his kidneys that finally killed him. Sir Matt Busby nearly died as well, he ended up in hospital. It was a very traumatic thing. As a kid… I remember feeling very empathetic towards Man United.

"It just became my team really from that point on because of what Busby then recreated. They were called the Busby Babes, they were an absolutely amazing team."

@AdamCrafton's interview with Cox is free to read — the full video interview is available to watch in the piece or on The Athletic's YouTube channel.

🔗 https://t.co/pMh5ymTY8R

[GBX @GBX_Press]

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[United Zone @ManUnitedZone]

🚨Omar Berrada on Ruben Amorim:

“I actually think that Ruben [Amorim] deserves a lot of credit for many things. He went through a very difficult season last year. He was put under difficult circumstances, but he did help raise the standards in the dressing room.

So, I think he deserves a lot of credit for that, and I do think that he's going to be a successful coach, and I wish him all the best. But, we did feel that we needed to make a change, and in the end, it's worked out with Michael [Carrick]”

#MUFC

[🌱GreenGoddess🪴💚 @pcmaneri]

@epsteinsearchin @RepThomasMassie needs to read the whole list on the house floor. Let’s go!

[Cathy Coleman ☮️ 📚 🗳 ⚖️ 🔶🇺🇸 @CathyJoeGPT]

@epsteinsearchin @AmberWoods100 Pay attention to what members of Congress & the justice system do to the participants in Epstein's world.
A world that included profiting from the sex trafficking of minors -
Consequences for them all, nothing else matters -

[Epstein File Search @epsteinsearchin]

One document in the Epstein files is titled child sex trafficking co-conspirators. The DOJ released it fully redacted. In February, Rep. Thomas Massie read one of the blacked-out names into the record himself. Les Wexner.

[Jimmy McBride @jimmymcbride1]

Glad he’s leaving on a high & not on the back of those disrespectful words used by Carragher … Casemiro is a footballing legend & I’m glad he’s not tainted his legacy by joining Man Utd

[Chino @ChinoUTD]

🚨 Casemiro on a funny moment he experienced at Manchester United this season:

🗣️ Casemiro:

“I remember the game against Fulham. Cunha dribbles into the box, gets fouled and the referee immediately points to the penalty spot. We were celebrating already. Then the Fulham players surrounded the referee and started protesting.

VAR checked it and decided the foul was actually outside the box. So the penalty was cancelled and we got a free-kick instead. At that point I remember looking at Cunha and thinking: 'These guys have just made your effort fruitless.'

Then Bruno puts in an unbelievable ball and I score from the free-kick. After the game, me and Cunha went over to their captain and asked him: 'Be honest... which one would you have preferred? The penalty or the free-kick goal?' He looked at us and said: 'Please... just leave me alone.' Then we thanked him for the protest and walked away.”

[UtdTruthful @Utdtruthful]

📸 - Sir Alex Ferguson was seen publicly for the first time since a health scare saw him rushed to hospital in March.

He was pictured at a Wilmslow restaurant with a fan, appearing in good spirits. ❤️ #MUFC [@MailSport]

[Ski @UTD_Ski]

Throwback to when Maguire held back tears after scoring the winner at Anfield. Same Man United fans who sent him deaxh threats now chanted his name.

Redemption.

[Arnies Left Peg @CaithnessLad1]

Lou Macari with his new Admiral boots, 1978 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

RETWEET if you support Scott Pelley after CBS News has just fired him.

[RH.. @mufc_rh10]

مورينهو في اخر لقاء لكاريك يقول استبدلته حتى يصفق له الجمهور ويستشعر اللحظة؛ كاريك يستبدل كاسيميرو ويعطيه ذات الشعور.. التصفيق والهتافات والأعلام والشِعارات كانت في انتظاره

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

BLANCHE: Who the president chooses to pardon is not a problem, period

IVEY: What's the legal basis for that statement?

BLANCHE: The Constitution

IVEY: The Constitution does not give him the authority to pardon in exchange for payments. It does not permit bribery