Mr Spock

THE CARRICK DECISION With Carrick vastly outperforming all reasonable expections in terms of results, but with his system also showing undisputable tactical gaps, United face a complicated choice. Stick with Carrick, convinced things will improve with more time and more suitable players, or look for a big managerial upgrade, the sort of which might not be available this summer. The issue with going with Carrick is that: 1) United don’t seem to have deep tactical knowledge in their sporting department, people with real authority who could work with Carrick, e.g. on a plan to fix pressing next season. Is Wilcox supposed to be doing that? 2) the failure to address systematic issues then usually leads to the club trying to overcompensate by building for that manager in a frantic fashion, impeding long-term squad development (see: ETH, RA, etc) What ends up happening is the club spending too much on players and profiles that have dubious potential, while also neglecting and not investing enough in key areas, regardless of who the manager is. Not saying it will happen with Carrick. But I’ve always maintained United need much more tactical knowledge and authority in all club areas, to be able to support - and, crucially, challenge - the manager. What we’ve seen in recent years is an attempt to support managers with smarter recruitment and better operational execution. But we’re yet to see United provide the context and knowledge for managers to adapt, grow, develop and overcome. Tactical issues that ETH and RA had, evident for months, largely went unresolved. It’s been too much of “let the coach figure it out”, waiting for a divine intervnetion, instead of “this needs to be dealt with, let’s come up with a reasonable plan of action”. The club should aim for a more modern, hollistic approach, to completely allign different departments and stop yearning for a miracle-man to take care of it all.

Fun fact. It takes 32 minutes to burn through 5 hours worth of Opus credits on the Claude Code Max 20x plan. 12 agents trying to fix 3,528 Typescript errors.

Projected WNBA Starting Line-ups! Just an idea, definitely could be subject to some changes, lol. We're less than three weeks away from tip-off, which squad is looking the hardest to beat? 🏀📢

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Angel Reese' welcome to Chicago vs. Atlanta. From an empty rec centre gym to a packed room with journalists.

I asked Angel Reese how she has stayed grounded during her transition from Chicago to Atlanta. Reese got visibly emotional when answering. Said she was grateful for her time in Chicago, but that all she’s wanted to do was win and have people who believed in her. Said she feels that’s here in Atlanta. Will post the full answer, soon. Worth the listen.

i genuinely need to stop going on that threads app

Joe Cole reveals his Chelsea x Man United combined XI 👀

My UNBIASED & FLUID Top-25 Players in the WNBA, headed into the 2026 season. was really hard to keep Bri Jones out of the list. Angel could also jump as high as 12, but it was REALLLY, really hard to place her over anyone that’s above her. thoughts?? be nice now! 😵‍💫

My UNBIASED & FLUID Top-25 Players in the WNBA, headed into the 2026 season. was really hard to keep Bri Jones out of the list. Angel could also jump as high as 12, but it was REALLLY, really hard to place her over anyone that’s above her. thoughts?? be nice now! 😵‍💫