Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Considering it took Chelsea 19 days to sack Enzo Maresca following his very public act of insubordination towards the Stamford Bridge hierarchy in mid-December, it is only the speed with which Manchester United kicked their head coach towards the kerb following yesterday’s outburst at Elland Road that might have come as a surprise to Ruben Amorim. Short of rocking up for his post-match press conference waving a placard bearing the slogan “Please Sack Me”, the Portuguese could scarcely have done more to ensure the abrupt receipt of his marching orders. As if his repeated insistence he was “going to be manager of this team, not head coach” wasn’t enough, Amorim threw shade at Jason Wilcox, the club sporting director, and announced there’d be a Ruben-shaped hole in the Old Trafford exit door when his contract expired in 18 months – unless he was sacked first. Less than 18 hours later, with the monotonous predictability of a Bazballing batter throwing away his wicket to a time-killing pre-lunch long hop, any remaining confusion over the 40-year-old’s exact job title was finally cleared up – Amorim is now neither manager nor head coach at United, but gainfully and perhaps mercifully unemployed. What next for the bin fire that is present-day Manchester United? Will they bring back Ole Gunnar Solskjær, hire Carlo Ancelotti’s eyebrow, or ask Martin O’Neill to steady the ship but just for eight games? Perhaps they’ll blow the cobwebs off Sir Alex Ferguson and get him to see out the campaign (except he might actually win a trophy and then insist on staying in charge). Still, it could be worse — they could give Big Ange his third Premier League club of the season. After all, what could possibly go wrong? – Mark McFadden. My family and I have been attending every England match for the last three years to get enough caps to secure tickets for Englands World Cup campaign in USA USA USA. Despite the paltry ticket allocation and ridiculous prices we applied for tickets. Over the weekend we cancelled our applications. Peace prize anyone?” – Ben Gibbes. La Liga side Osasuna have just launched an ‘Osasunista desde la cuna’ (Osasunista from the Cradle) initiative, in which all babies born in Navarra receive a free shirt, shorts, toy and notebook, plus €50 deposited in an account. I would suggest Premier League clubs do the same, but we all know how that would pan out” – Noble Francis. So, you urged the reader to ‘pour yourself a pint of wine’ ( Football Daily Christmas awards ). I received that at 12.04pm on 17 December, possibly a new record. Given the time of year, would it be 100 miles wide of the mark for me to suggest that pints of wine contributed to the timing, as well as the content of this piece?” – Glynn Marshall. As a patron of your august publication. I totally delighted in your working conditions sign-off in the Christmas awards . Fabulous. Well deserved. Thanks for your efforts” – S Sullivan (Sully). Please stop” – Frankie Dodds. This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions . Continue reading...