The Emperor’s New Broom

Pete, Luke and Jim pick through the wreckage of Man United’s newest new low, after a 4-1 defeat in Como left Michael Carrick on the brink and the United fans scrapping among themselves - admittedly in a lovely Italian stately home.

We wonder why they simply refuse to run and we get the INEOS-branded cardboard box out for Carrick. Elsewhere from the midweek action: a full hunter’s moon left Jack Wilshere trying to fight everyone, Arsenal put in a great shift against Bayern and Ross Barkley’s journey to an England call-up claimed yet another scalp. Paging Marcus Speller…

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