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How low has your career sunk when a consolation goal in a game your manager doesn\u2019t really care about is possibly the spark your season needed? \u00a0Yes Wayne, we all know you have the occasional spectacular in you but I think the United fans would like a bit more than an 89th minute goal away to Fenerbache when you are losing, no? \u00a0Still, it\u2019s not all bad for United. \u00a0Pogba got injured.<\/p>\n

United\u2019s defeat in Turkey turned out to be Liverpool\u2019s second best evening in Istanbul. \u00a0Mind you, if nothing else it gave their fans a chance to remind everyone they won something there once.<\/p>\n

West Ham striker Andy Carroll was chased down after training yesterday and the potential robbers of a very nice watch pulled a gun on him. \u00a0I know what you are all thinking, Andy Carroll was in training? \u00a0Still, he managed to accelerate away in a manner the Hammers fans have rarely seen. \u00a0Just a shame it was in his car.<\/p>\n

Swansea are monitoring Dimitar Berbatov. \u00a0Unless the Bulgarian has upped his workrate, I cannot imagine he takes a lot of monitoring. \u00a0That would be the kind of gamble Americans usually make in Las Vegas. \u00a0Berbatov struggled to look motivated for Champions League matches, so imagine him digging in away at Sunderland when your Premier League future depends on it.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know much about football and even less about insuring a footballer. \u00a0I would imagine that when you are as injury prone as Jack Wilshere, getting that allegedly worth \u00a320m body insured can be an expensive game. \u00a0I mean, if I had had as many crashes as Jack has had injuries, my rust bucket would cost me Jack\u2019s wage packet a month. \u00a0Now, I would imagine silly little things like driving a motorbike would be top of the no-no list in the small print of any policy Arsenal or Bournemouth have taken out. \u00a0And maybe, you know, paddle boarding in the English Channel?<\/p>\n

Back when Inter Milan were winning the Champions League in 2010, and I\u2019ll let you guess who was manager, Southampton were mid-table in League One. \u00a0Last night they came from a goal behind to beat the managerless side 2-1, even managing to throw in a missed penalty for a bit of a giggle. \u00a0Claude Puel. \u00a0I never doubted him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How low has your career sunk when a consolation goal in a game your manager doesn\u2019t really care about is possibly the spark your season needed? \u00a0Yes Wayne, we all know you have the occasional spectacular in you but I think the United fans would like a bit more than an 89th minute goal away […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,157],"tags":[237,428,427,186,190,328],"yoast_head":"\nPundits claim United are a load of Istan-bull<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talesfromthetopflight.com\/2016\/11\/04\/pundits-claim-united-load-istan-bull\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" 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