'What's to celebrate?' - Irish branch of Man Utd Supporters Club reacts to Mourinho's sacking

The Old Trafford faithful have had little to cheer this season - at 26 points, United’s tally is their lowest at this stage of any season since 1990/91.

“Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead," said Scrooge. "But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change.”

Alas, unlike Ebenezer, the once-Special One failed to learn his lessons from the Ghost of Christmas Past, neglected to change his ways, and so - three years and a day from the day he was fired by Chelsea - Jose Mourinho has once again found himself sacked during the festive season.