Carrick at United with a contract is not the Carrick under ‘probation’

think United will be under a lot of fire tomorrow in the press. After losing at home to a 10-men City they lose again at home in their first cup match of this season.

We’re not United fans, we are City fans, but we still want United to do well. It attracts positive attention (to the city) when United approaches or touches ‘past glory’.

I don’t know if Michael will stay a head coach in United for a lot longer; Enzo at City, on the other hand, started very well.

A quick break

inutes from now several matches will commence and today we’ve had a pleasant, calm day. I even managed to get a 2-hour afternoon nap.

So lately we started a news series concerning slop in Linux, the kernel. See yesterday’s posts [1, 2].

It’ll last quite some time as we have lots to show/share. The overall structure isn’t decided yet. There’s no clear outline, mostly lists of points to cover.

This time for real

T seems quite safe to predict that Enzo’s first cup match with City, this coming Thursday at home, will be a breeze. The one home game after that, against Sunderland, won’t be easy based on what happened to Arsenal (it did not win easily).

Today we went past the stadium a couple of times to feed the birds as it truly felt like summer. After half an hour a toddler started chasing and scaring them (at least her mother objected to it).

It is probably the hottest day in the remainder of this year. Several hours this morning were spent gardening in preparing for ‘true’ autumn.

Winter will be a breeze. We hope all our fish will survive it.

Manchester City made a point today

NITED got what it deserved today. It lost the match.

United failed to win a home match against just 10 men, not 11.

As Enzo (not Fernandes, who hit the post; not the one Fernandes who kicked Foden, either) put it: “So keep believing we can win the game. Believe, stay in the game and we can win this game.”

Just because you’re smaller does not mean you cannot win.

A lot of the game is “in the mind”. Believe in yourself, fight on. Don’t lessen the effort and do not let helplessness or defeatism take over.

Fernandes should be reprimanded by his own coach

hat terrible leadership from captain Fernandes. Usually I don’t mind who wins the derby, but when you kick a player when he’s down, it should be an instant red card.

Foden was bullied; he hit back.

The FA should punish Fernandes.

First season for both in their repsective teams

hree hours from now the derby commences (kick-off 4:30PM) and so far I’ve seen only United jerseys in town, no City shirts/gear/scarves. We spent several hours there and came back.

“There are many things that Manchester City and Manchester United have in common,” BBC says, “but one thing decisively separates them this season.”

I never particularly liked the derby as I want neither club to lose. That made me mostly uninterested or apathetic.

City must win (by 2 goals) to stay top.

United too attemped to sign Elliot Anderson.

t is derby day today and the new signings helped get 4 wins in a row. It seems likely blue will win. But it won’t be easy.

It seems like Anderson is a bit like Haaland – blue since a young age. Irrespective of who wins, I intend to focus on next week’s EPO publications. We have some amazing stories to publish.