When the Great Dane and the Flying Dutchman randomly crossed paths on the street in the Danish city of Herning in November 2020.
Schmeichel was working as a sports analyst at the time, and Van der Sar was serving as Ajax's CEO when his team played a match against FC Midtjylland.
Had no idea that Schmeichel could ever look small!
I'll try to be fair. I'm quite a disorganised person. I have a million tabs open right now, across multiple windows. In my own mind, I know what each one is for, why I need it and what to do with them all. And that's a fairly good metaphor for the way I would keep stuff in drawers and in my bedside table when I was single. I'd shove things in, have piles inside of them, and wouldn't mind if there were things visible on top. I know it's not the most tidy, but it works for me.
My partner on the other hand is a self-confessed neat freak. She's also so clean that she washes dishes with a touch of bleach (I don't get it, but don't mind so long as it's washed off thoroughly, which of course she does).
Anyway, she folds socks in a precise way, and gets upset when I roll socks into a ball, or fold my underwear a few times and place them on top of each other. When she does socks, she folds them in very specific places, presses them flat, and makes a clear line of socks in the drawer. Everything has to be done in a highly specific way, and gets angry at me for doing it differently.
I can handle her folding her own clothes and organising her own drawers and bedside table as she wants, even if I think it's totally OCD, but find her insistence on doing my stuff really annoying. She nags me to clear out my drawers and find better places for stuff like random electrical stuff such as hard drives, cables (audio, USB, Type-C, Lightning, HDMI and more), keyboards, chargers, power banks, as well things like my passport and other important documents.
So... is she being harsh and interfering in my personal space too much? Or should I suck it up and do whatever it takes to keep her happy? I feel like I should have a right to organise my own stuff however I want, but recognise that she is clearly better at it, and it's not like she's wrong about needing to reduce and tidy all the clutter.
Nicky Butt spoke out last month on ex-United players with attitude issues at their current clubs:
“I was in that academy for years, so this hurts to say, but Manchester United has got a real problem with players carrying the wrong attitude — and it doesn’t stop when they walk out the door. We’ve seen it time and again. Jadon Sancho went to Chelsea and still had the same training-ground issues and questions over his commitment. Mason Greenwood’s had friction with managers at Getafe and now Marseille. Garnacho’s attitude at United was a disgrace, and it followed him after he left. Álvaro Carreras rebelled at Benfica, refusing to play because of a transfer situation and recently in the media for attitude issues at Real Madrid . Then you’ve got the likes of Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Ravel Morrison — clubs everywhere, same stories of talent wasted.
Nobody at the club seems to have properly nailed down what’s causing it, and that’s the most worrying part. These are young lads coming through the academy now, full of dreams, thinking they’re going to make it into the first team and the big lights. We owe it to them to sort this out with real discipline and standards before another batch of promising kids sees their careers derailed. It’s got to change.”
Saw this incredible stat from a few months ago on the Premier League's official YT channel in a video posted after the City game.
So much has been said about the record for most assists in a PL season, but we've actually under-estimated just how ridiculous he's been this year, specifically since January.
One game into Carrick's reign as Manchester United manager, Bruno's average passes into the penalty box per 90 minutes were at his lowest ever as a United player.
Despite that start, he's now got the most assists in the league, and as well know is on course to to break the record for most Premier League assists over the course of a season!
Just imagine what he could have achieved if Amorim played him in his best position. No doubt in my mind - our Portugese Magnifico would have already hit 20-24 assists.
Anyone doubting whether he is rightfully the Premier League Player of the Season actually needs their head examined.