Injured Rio has more to worry about than JT’s job

YES, yes: I know the international break fell well for us but, lordy, how time has dragged since the Reds last played. An annual winter break? No thanks, Fergie.

Mind you, I must admit I did enjoy some aspects of the international hoopla. Hearing Ingerlund fans whingeing for days on end because Capello dared to field a rotated team brought hollow laughter to all us United fans, who have become accustomed to seeing our ideal first XI trot out a dozen times a year, if we’re lucky.

Scotland’s Banana-Gate had its moments too; surely the giveaway to the mystery’s Germanic solution was the notion that there had been a fruit-bearing Jock? Especially as the item in question hadn’t been deep-fried.