BECAUSE THEY CAN PLAY F'CKING GOOD FOOTBALL: PART 15

THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTERS OF THE BOOK ARE HERE: 'sun is a roar'; 'oh david de gea'; the coverage of our lads'; 'voices'; previous parts below...

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN, TWELVE, THIRTEEN, FOURTEEN

cover: Paradisio Publishing

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through the days

late summer

autumn

winter

spring

the ingot coloured afternoons and eves

of May

this:

this

is

Manchester United

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De aap komt uit de mouw

(Dutch proverb: the monkey comes out the sleeve)

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PART 15

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page 144

Thursday 1 June

the press has started

the coverage of our lads

this eve, Rafa Varane, gives a metaphorical harrumph, what the heck you saying???!!!

when

asked if there is any ‘fear’ about taking on this Pep Guardiola Manchester City:

no fear, of course not;

but this will be tough…

is his apt riposte…

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Friday 2 June

the day before the day

is here

and

Casemiro is today’s Man Utd POSITER IN THE PRESS:

‘Every game is a different film…’ 

nice line Cas, nice line…

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