Andrea Pirlo steps up to the plate, Man City march on, and Lionel Messi does it yet again

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Mailbag: Twit tw-who should Crystal Palace appoint next?

Oliver Glasner has set fire to his own ship at Crystal Palace, so imagine this - which old reliable strigiform is ready to swoop from the skies and extinguish the blaze? None other than Roy Hodgson of course! Unfortunately for the Ramble, that probably isn't going to happen. So i ...  Show more

The Manchester United way

Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s suckle on the teat was too hard, Ruben Amorim’s too soft, but Michael Carrick’s is just right. That, ladies and gentlemen, is the Manchester United way. There’s no Blue Monday at the Football Ramble when Marcus, Luke and Jim have got more managerial chaos to ...  Show more

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