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Preamble I Sir Alex Ferguson loves goading proper journalists about the match report they were preparing to send after 90 minutes of the 1999 Champions League final: tactical balls-up from Alex Ferguson, comfortably beaten by the savvier Germans, a bridge too far, you'll never win the European Cup with kids, Jesper Blomqvist – bloody hell, and so on and so on.
It's not unusual for proper journalists to need a hasty rewrite of the introduction to their post-match report, especially when Ferguson's teams are involved, but it's pretty unusual for improper journalists to need a hasty rewrite of their pre-match introduction. That's the case this afternoon, sort of. The mood at Old Trafford will be determined almost entirely by the match between Newcastle and Manchester City. If City win, United need snookers; if City fail to win, United will be two awkward but pottable balls – Swansea at home today and Sunderland away next week – from winning their 20th title. Misery or delirium, with nothing inbetween and no control over events.
So, there's no point doing a proper preamble just yet. I'll be back at around 3.30pm with Preamble II: This Time He Has A Vague Idea What He's Talking About. In the meantime you can follow Newcastle v City with Jacob Steinberg. It's 0-0 at half-time. It's not the despair ... Read More
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