Episode 1226: Jose’s Job Security, Flog Pog, Neymar’s Boy Inside, Wayne Finds Happiness
The Premier League season starts on Friday week with Manchester United against Leicester, which is an interesting match-up because Jose Mourinho and Claude Puel are currently the first and second favourite managers to leave their jobs.
Jose Mourinho is now 7/1 favourite to be the first Premier League manager sacked this season #MUFC https://t.co/yL4yy2kmJJ
— i sport (@iPaperSport) July 30, 2018
Mourinho has spent much of pre-season complaining about the quality of the squad at his disposal and for once Ken has some sympathy with his position.
Jose Mourinho believes fans in the U.S. are wasting their money watching Manchester United ???? pic.twitter.com/ihMlfTt5Z8
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 29, 2018
If Manchester United aren’t prepared to pay big money for the experienced players Jose wants, do they have to reconsider whether he is the right man for the job?
Woodward is changing plans but United fans are getting flashbacks of the club’s worst window #mufc https://t.co/K6ITns0tQe
— Samuel Luckhurst (@samuelluckhurst) July 30, 2018
Miguel Delaney joins us to analyse what is happening behind the scenes at United.
Piece on Mourinho and centre-halves https://t.co/OKcE8lsJvh
— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) July 27, 2018
Plus there’s Neymar’s boy inside, Wayne Rooney finds happiness and does positivity have any impact on outcome.
“You may think I overreact, and sometimes I do. But the truth is I suffer on the pitch. You have no idea what I go through outside of it”https://t.co/yHPcpL8tqI
— AS English (@English_AS) July 30, 2018
ICYMI: Wayne Rooney scored his first MLS goal on Saturday, firing through the legs of former Manchester United teammate Tim Howard. pic.twitter.com/qz8DMCYyV7
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) July 30, 2018
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We discuss Eamon Dunphy’s TV punditry career, as he steps away from RTE. How brave was he, has he a point about the keyboard warriors, and has the pundit’s power waned?
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In Germany the controversy rages on over Mesut Özil. We talk to historian @MarkWillJones about the way Germany has reacted to Özil’s bombshell, whether it is possible for a society to learn from history, and if they now face a Brexit style future
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