Jeremy Boyce has messaged in about some ongoing managerial conundrums:

“It’s a grim old November Sunday here in the south of France so I’m hoping the afternoon’s MBM will provide some warming cheer.

“As you say, Carrick is very much under fire and today could indeed see the end of his tenure. As a Leeds fan I am obviously delighted to see The Scumme…er…Man U in such a state of comic disarray, a situation that has been going on so long (since Fergie) it could be turned into many-seasons TV sitcom. He’s not the only one of course, Palace’s current incumbent Sage is finding it difficult to grab the baton passed to him by Glasner, who himself will be very relieved with yesterday’s surprise win over “struggling” Man C. There must be something seriously suspect about the Citeh “defence” if they can allow mis-firing strikers such as Delap the kind of restorative goals that they coughed up yesterday.

“But they’re not the only managers in the spotlight. Over in the WSL the previously unimpeachable Renee Slegers is experiencing unexpected difficulties getting her Arsenal team of all the talents to put together any kind of results, never mind a string of them. Languishing in the lower half of the table, the powers that be at the Emirates might decide it’s time for a change if they drop more points away at The LiverBirds (themselves in need of a result) this afternoon. Who’d have thought that 6 months ago?”