Terrace Talk: Man Utd - Still closing in on turning that corner but at least Ole ‘gets it’

May I be the amongst the first to prematurely wish you a happy New Year? All the happier for United’s win at Burnley on Saturday night, of course, which left us occupying the dizzying heights of fifth place.

Let’s hope such a lofty position doesn’t give poor fragile Paul Pogba a nosebleed, lest he need three more matches off to recover. His omission from Saturday’s team, which readers of this column may recall was suspiciously foreshadowed here on Friday, caused us many a bitter chuckle. Or rather, Ole’s laughable public reasons did; He sounded like a teacher excusing an errant pet pupil by inventing a homework-eating dog on his behalf.