ALL SOCCER; MANU HOPES TO RISE .... KICKERS KEEP FALLING
Lord help me … but once I discovered the English Premier League several years ago and took WAYNE ROONEY as my favorite futbol player … the next step was to get hooked on Manchester United. Talk about bad – make that terrible – timing! … The once-great franchise guided by SIR ALEX FERGUSON was about to became an also-ran during a parade of coaches … none of whom could live up to the tremendous pressure … and leading to last year’s eighth- place finish, an all-time low … under ERIK TEN HAG , who would have been fired except the new bosses in town couldn’t find anyone to their liking … so they gave him another make-good-or-be-gone contract that extends though the 2025-26 campaign even if there are no guarantees the Dutchman will be around that long. Injuries – 60 to be exact – plagued ManU in 2023-24. Naturally, there were other factors, too, but lack of quality depth (at least...