A TEA-TIMELY REALITY CHECK
Like a set of shiny keys being rattled in a bid to distract a crying child, May’s FA Cup win helped deflect the attention of many tantrum-throwing Manchester United fans away from just how atrocious their side had been all season. In his post-match interview at Wembley, Erik ten Hag cut a rather smug figure in which he blamed the myriad shortcomings of a team that was demonstrably the worst side to call Old Trafford home in nearly 30 years entirely on knack and other factors completely out of his control. Their eighth-place finish in the league with a negative goal difference was nowt to do with him, so he couldn’t figure out why he was being quizzed about his future.
