Manchester United in a funk after coastal sojourn to Grimsby turns Super Bad | Football Daily

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Fifty-five years have passed since James Brown, singer, songwriter and minister of new super-heavy funk, released a song about people who “like a dull knife [that] just ain’t cutting”, were “talking loud and saying nothing”. Manchester United would probably have preferred to prompt thoughts of Brown’s I Feel Good but they are where they are – and if they ever do shake their money-makers they could probably then benefit from dropping a few of them. Sometimes we don’t get to choose which 70s deep funk classic we unwittingly call to mind, and Ruben Amorim left no doubt when after Wednesday night’s ineffably miserable defeat by Grimsby he opined about feeling “my players spoke really loud today … At half-time I told them that they were speaking really loud to me. I understand what you are doing, what I am seeing.” Like a dull knife, they just weren’t cutting.Physically, because they’re small, they look like wee boys. They’re clearly not wee boys, and they won’t thank me for saying that, they’ll hate me saying it, but they look like wee boys. There’s no men, you need men. And your men don’t need to be 6ft 5ins, 6ft 6ins. They just need to have heart, head and a bit of organisation and desire” – Not-tall Ally McCoist on a theory as to how Club Brugge, currently fourth in the Belgian Pro League with six goals from four games, found a way past Russell Martin’s rattled Rangers 6-0 (9-1 agg) in Bigger Cup playoffs.Grimsby Town supporters had a grand old celebration last night. How long will it take for the FA to spoil the fun by putting the club on the naughty step for the pitch invasion?” – JJ Zucal.If Ruben Amorim was pleased at how a lack of European football would benefit his Man Utd squad, he must be delighted now that they will no longer be troubled with contesting the Carabao Cup either. They’ll be unstoppable at this rate” – Tom DowlerIt is no longer funny. Making a joke out of yet another Man U debacle appears indecent. You can’t beat a dead horse. Let them rest in peace” – Krishna MoorthyLukas Kwasniok’s get-up from the weekend makes it look like the actual manager has got injured and a call has gone out in the stadium for a qualified fan to replace him on the touchline” – Jim HearsonThis is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

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