Seeing so many journalists posting about being made redundant lately. Media companies everywhere continue to cut and cut ... no doubt the big bosses think AI is the answer. It isn't.

Invest in good people and you're investing in quality journalism. Rant over.

Everyone: “What about those 115 charges? City are cheats!”

Also everyone: “Haha wouldn’t it be great if City won the league?!”

I don’t get this pro City stuff from everyone at all…

Oh Arsenal man what have you done?

The way Peter Drury pronounces ‘Trossard’ makes me angrier than it should.

Remember there are still people walking on this earth who don’t rate Kobbie Mainoo 😂😂

On another level.

Gutsy old win when not playing very well. Mainoo was brilliant, especially defensively. Heaven totemic. Huge for Champions League qualification hopes. #mufc

Frank Lampard delight as nervy draw at Blackburn seals promotion for Coventry Bobby Thomas’s late equaliser seals Coventry City’s return to the Premier League after 25 years with a 1-1 draw at relegation battlers Blackburn

Here's my report. Historic night for Coventry City. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Cov going ⬆️

To be fair, last season included Wrexham, Blackpool, Bradford and some of the above so ...

Realised I've been to the following places with The Guardian this season:

Stoke, Burnley, Stockport, Wythenshawe, Rochdale, Crewe, Macclesfield, Port Vale and Blackburn.

Would officially like to place my thanks to @sachinnakrani.bsky.social on record for sending me to such glamorous places. 😉

As I've written in the blog, Coventry look a nervous team at the moment, lacking in flow, sensing the finish line is in sight, and hoping to collapse over it. 0-0 at half-time – a draw might just benefit both teams. A Blackburn goal might make things tense for Lamps' boys.

Coventry City chase promotion to Premier League against Blackburn Rovers – live Minute-by-minute report: Join John Brewin for updates as Coventry look to confirm their return to the Premier League

@brewin.bsky.social is on the Guardian MBM duty for this one www.theguardian.com/football/liv...

Blackburn v Coventry in the Championship for me tonight. 7k plus Cov fans here hoping to witness history - a point will see them promoted to the PL.

Excuse the messy link but this highlights the inconsistency of refs and VAR over hair pulling incidents.

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Performance with 10 men was much, much better. If that same intensity was shown with 11, that’s a straightforward win. Frustrating opportunity missed. #mufc

This pressing is Ten Hag era levels of bad. Headless chickens. #mufc

This is the kind of performance that will do Carrick out of the job. Horrific in all aspects. #mufc

Chuffed for Rory again, but this year feels like THE missed Justin Rose opportunity. Would’ve been nice to see him do it. #themasters

I’d be looking long and hard at Alex Scott if I was Manchester United right now. #mufc

De Zerbi faces first Spurs test, Robertson leaving Liverpool and more: football news – live ⚽️ News and buildup before a big weekend of football ⚽️ Read the latest Football Daily | And you can mail Barry Column: While his “big team who win things” (well, the odd thing) are hovering above the Premier League relegation zone, his small team who never win anything have just dropped out of the League Two automatic promotion places. It’s small wonder the Guardian’s Football Weekly presenter Max Rushden is a bag of nerves … Tottenham Hotspur: While he has already been interviewed by the club media team, Roberto De Zerbi’s maiden press conference as Spurs head coach is likely to be today’s hottest ticket in town. The Italian is scheduled to speak to the media at 1.30pm (GMT), ahead of his side’s match against Sunderland on Sunday afternoon. If West Ham beat the Premier League’s bottom side, Wolves, at the London Stadium tonight, Spurs will be in the relegation zone when their game kicks off at the Stadium of Light. Continue reading...

De Zerbi faces first Spurs test, Robertson leaving Liverpool and more: football news – live

Went back to FM23 recently for this reason.

The vacuum of Man United's 40-game season Manchester United fans must be entertained! European football and the cups cannot return soon enough

Manchester United fans are quite bored. There are simply no games. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Latest #mufc substack

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Harry Redknapp next please!

The year is 2026 and Roy Hodgson and Neil Warnock are in active management jobs 😍

Hot take but I don't think Spurs are very good. Thoughts?

Leeds v Brentford: Premier League – live ⚽ Updates from the 8pm GMT Premier League kick-off ⚽ Ten things to look out for | Table | Mail Dominic Sky Sports have Brentford’s line-up as a 5-3-2, mirroring Leeds, with Lewis-Potter as a left wing-back. Hmm, let’s see. Keith Andrews was not keen to confirm anything in his pre-match chat with the broadcaster. “In terms of our structure and shape, our players are very versatile in how they can line up,” he said. Continue reading...

Leeds v Brentford: Premier League – live

Will the League Cup be Arsenal’s gateway to glory? In today’s Football Daily: it’s time for Wembley’s springtime spectacle

Always fun to do Football Daily for @sport.theguardian.com and today I wrote about Arsenal's quest for success in the League Cup final. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Cool Carrick surely deserves the United hot-seat Results have been spectacular even if the man in the hot-seat is quiet and unassuming

I wrote about Michael Carrick and the difficult Manchester United job suddenly looking a lot easier. Surely he deserves a crack at it? #mufc open.substack.com/pub/nameonth...