I nearly fell off my comfy chair last night when Ben was declared MOM on Sky, how Pope didn't get it I'll never know. Of course he had a good game, of course his return to the side has improved our results, of course he's a good captain and leader, but he STILL throws one in virtually every game. It's long been a trait of Ben's, in fact ever since he arrived, which is a long time ago now, he's been liable to do it, you'd think he'd have managed to cut it out of his game by now, but no, he stills drops these clangers on a regular basis, and when he does, they're always fecking great big ones.

Fortunately he's on a lucky run at the moment, he would have got Brady a red card against United but Shaw saved him, and Origi got him off the hook last night. It's something we'll just have to live with but I suspect it's why he'll never play for England.

I shall now get my tin hat from under the stairs and settle down behind the settee.