Consultant City Editor, Associated Newspapers. Dad, husband, son, lifelong United fan. Views my own.
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Patrick Tooher retweeted
It is a sad reflection of modern football that the man who cares most about Manchester United, who will loyally, diligently again go into Carrington today to try and tackle the mess, is the one being eased out by those gathering in Monaco and via a link to Florida who don’t truly have United in their heart. Those who are primarily responsible for the mess.
Michael Carrick will leave the club sooner or later but the club will never leave him. United mean too much to him. He gave everything for the team in 464 games. His son plays for their academy. Being United head coach is not simply a job for Carrick, it's an honour he feels deeply proud of.
The manager who last season masterminded home wins over Manchester City, Aston Villa and Liverpool and away triumphs at Arsenal, Chelsea and Brighton has undoubtedly made mistakes this season. Diogo Dalot at left-back, not bringing Shea Lacey on earlier, etc. The poor run, and tumble into the relegation positions, inevitably means his job is on the line.
It is possible to understand why Carrick should lose his job but also why others should be held accountable, too. The decision on Carrick would be more palatable if it weren’t being formulated and then executed by Omar Berrada, Jason Wilcox, Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the loathed Glazers. What good have they done to this great club? Debts and decline, holes in the roof and in the squad.
Carrick’s contribution to the history of Manchester United is substantial and his legacy secure – winning five titles and taking responsibility for a penalty in the 2008 shootout that helped win the Champions League.
At the very least, Carrick deserves to be treated with far more respect than is currently being shown to a dignified, hard-working individual as the clock ticks down on his departure. His exit is being handled appallingly by the club. Red man walking. At least United fans are showing all the class their board lacks. The Stretford End sings Carrick’s name because they know he is not the real problem.
It will be no surprise in weeks to come to spot Carrick standing, hood up, with United fans at an away game. They will welcome him warmly. He’s done it before, being a fan again. Carrick loves the club. He has ever since he was an apprentice at West Ham United, charged with keeping the away dressing-room tidy, and admiring how Alex Ferguson and his smartly-dressed collection of winners strode into the Boleyn Ground. They had an aura, and Carrick wanted to be part of that.
Carrick will leave the club physically, dismissed as much for the failings of underperforming players, those incompetents in charge of recruitment and the unpopular owners, as for his own undoubted mistakes. But Carrick will never leave United emotionally. It's sad that someone who cares so much will go, and those who don't care as much remain. #MUFC
Patrick Tooher retweeted
Another key piece of UK plc up for sale? This from @PatrickTooher
Barclays on bid alert as it's dubbed 'the cheapest bank in the world' thisismoney.co.uk/money/mark…
Patrick Tooher retweeted
National Coverage of Local Government Pension Scheme this morning, with my comments on Glasgow's just-declared record £12Bn *funding* surplus. 156% funded, even over-prudently assuming 5% future investment returns. Excellent, detailed coverage from @PatrickTooher. thisismoney.co.uk/money/mark…
Ridiculous, nonsensical non-denial denial from HM Treasury. What on Earth are they trying to hide from their own chancellor and PM? The fact that they should have spotted the taxpayer-owned likely now £200 billion LGPS surplus before now?
Glasgow is the canary in the mine, telling us how big this scandal is going to get.
The whole UK scheme had £517B in assets last March. If Glasgow's 158% funding was matched across the scheme, its total pensions bill would be £327B, and so a surplus of £190B of taxpayers' money. That was last March, it's obviously likely now to be over £200B. and Glasgow's share of that likely £20 billion.
The biggest yearly loss Glasgow PF has suffered in the last two crashes in 2009 and 2003 was -20%, followed by immediate recovery the following year.
The surplus isn't going away, HMT. In Glasgow or across the UK.
The piece also points out what we've been saying for some time: the average annual payout from these pensions is little more than £5,000 a year: gold-plated, they aren't.
Patrick Tooher retweeted
Today's Financial Mail on Sunday. Government debt. A fund manager's frank view about an activist investor. Why bots can replace brickie. Snacks of the healthy kind and the boom in the tiny sort for people on 💉weight loss drugs.
The nation’s credit card is maxxed out, so we’re taking out a new one just to pay interest on the old one - but at a much higher cost. The public finances in a nutshell #Budget mol.im/a/16180359
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Goal of the Month, if not the season. Sensational first touch of the ball on the hop with the outside of his right foot while running at full pace and then a sublime finish with his left without breaking stride. Some pass from the goalie too. And all in of the Coventry fans!
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Patrick Tooher retweeted
Trump says he would like to see a United Ireland
“I think it would be great. A great feather in everybody’s cap”
“Now the U.K. might have something to say obviously But I think it would be a great thing. I mean how could it be bad?”
Patrick Tooher retweeted
An old Irish tune called Fáinne Geal an Lae or in English At the Dawning of the Day. Most appropriate.
Patrick Tooher retweeted
“After a summer of drinking water shortages and hosepipe bans, FEARGAL SHARKEY names the execs who got filthy rich from our filthy water.”
Names and shamed in today’s @DailyMail 👇👇👇
dailymail.com/lifestyle/arti…
He is the epitome of the Establishment.
Nigel Farage has hit back at the MSM.
“And if every time the name George Cottrell is mentioned you put the words career criminal next to it…please make sure you do it with Louise Haigh…Jonathan Reynolds you mention that he had a false CV and Angela Rayner never paid her tax.”
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Patrick Tooher retweeted
On the morning of the 1982 All Ireland, a journalist asked Offaly manager Eugene McGee how badly Offaly wanted to win.
He replied, “there’s men in that dressing room who haven’t had a pint since last Wednesday night.”
More buyers than sellers
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Patrick Tooher retweeted
Yes, the SpaceX IPO countdown has started. The people who manage your savings and pension will be wondering whether to back Elon Musk's rocket company. Maybe the moment to read the business pages... 🚀
thismon.ee/a/15868687 via @ThisIsMoney
Patrick Tooher retweeted
SpaceX. The £1.75 trillion flotation of Elon Musk's rocket company is on the launch pad.
@PatrickTooher and I report on the biggest IPO ever and how you can invest.
And yes, there are some space puns. Who could resist? 🚀🛰️🛸
thisismoney.co.uk/money/inve…
Patrick Tooher retweeted
My thanks to @PatrickTooher for including my question re @AskNationwide’s #FairerShare policy in today’s @DailyMail on Sunday:
thisismoney.co.uk/money/mark…
“James Sherwin-Smith, who hopes to become Nationwide's first director representing members in over two decades, questioned why only a minority of them received payouts.
'Is there a better use or more equitable distribution of members' capital?' He asked.
It’s interesting to note that:
1) following the acquisition of @VirginMoney, #Nationwide paid a one-off Big Thank You of £50 to ~12million (ie 3/4 of Members). But for the last 3 years, it has decided to share profits with 1/4 of Members instead.
2) in 2007, Members were asked to vote on whether to donate >1% of profits to #charity each year. No vote was offered re the Fairer Share.
3) less than 700k Members voted at the last #AGM.
My most recent post on this topic:
james4nationwide.co.uk/will-…
And Burnham appears to appeal to female voters who *check notes* are more than half the electorate.
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Patrick Tooher retweeted
Beef, Burberry, Birmingham, Boaz Weinstein and much more.
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