No-one's making it out (of training) alive... Slow and Steady Wins the Race As I start this we have just beaten St Johnstone again and have hauled ourselves right back in the mix, not just for any European place, but for 3rd. It's mental to think of this happening for a number of reasons, firstly because we're not pleasing on the the eye. We're absolutely brutal if truth be told. Secondly, our budget is much lower than the teams up beside us and (from what I hear) is much lower than what most people think, below the majority of the Premier League in fact. We're still paying for the lavish spending of the previous regime with 'Heads Of...' everywhere, inflated players wages and 'Consultancy fees...' of such a frivolous nature you could swim in the gravy surrounding them (as borne out by the most recent accounts). We've done well to recover from the derby debacle and, more broadly, our largely poor form since the new year. The manager and the playe...
Please don't give up at the first few paragraphs! It's been a few years since United have been such a big release from life in general and work in particular. But, it really is just now. Saturday has become a the highlight of the week from endless pressures at work and the world's depressing spiral towards right-wing populism and god knows what else. But it's true. I just haven't had the time or the inclination to write anything for months because I'm always either sitting in work until silly o'clock, doing stuff for work in the house or feel too tired if I have free time (even during the holidays) and mentally just don't feel like doing anything. I'm not the only one by the looks of it. The United blogsphere, a previously healthy group of bloggers (NotSiggiJonssen, Timothy Van Der Muelen and Arab Analytics amongst others) all of whom had their own particular style and provided great content on all things DUFC appear to have either slowed to a snail...