Terrace Talk - Man United: Zlatan ban would provide chance to experiment

Last week, we presciently noted here that “post-cup final matches are notorious for slumbering drop-offs in performance”, although one might at least argue that Saturday’s overall entertainment value was almost up to Wembley’s standards.

Of course, that depends on whether you include strictly ‘non-footballing excitement’ as part of the equation. Call me a hacky sensationalist if you like, but I certainly would: Zlatan’s off-ball duel with Mings was alternately hilarious and disgraceful, and fully justified its acres of Sunday press coverage.

It seems inevitable that the man who comically opined, in naughty police officer style, that his opponent had “jumped into his elbow’ will now get a three-match ban. This will cause some weeping and wailing but should perhaps be used as the chance to test an experiment.