Waching daily Sep 30 2018

 United seem to be in turmoil having lost at West Ham yesterday with Paul Pogba and manager Jose Mourinho appearing to be at each others throats

 Both are under pressure with Mourinho battling to save his job and Pogba failing to live up to expectations since returning to Old Trafford from Juventus in 2016

 United's off the field woes have been compounded by results on it with the Red Devils earning just ten points from their opening seven Premier League matches

 They have also been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Championship Derby with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward being urged to act quickly if he wants to stop United's demise

 And Burley has added his views with the former Chelsea man not holding back in his criticism of the team, who finished second last season

 "This is one of the most gutless Manchester United teams I've seen for a long, long time," Burley told ESPN FC

 "Leadership, they have none. Rudderless from the manager, rudderless on the park and it seems, apart from the finances, rudderless at the top

 "All the talk this week was Pogba, the captaincy, the nonsense, the negativity. He played and he was as bad as the next man

 "Paul Pogba, like the rest, has had as many opportunities as most to show what a quality player he can be

More often than not he fails. "Mourinho is terminal at Manchester United. I don't know if it will be today, tomorrow, next week, next month, end of the season, but he's not going to last too long

 "What is Ed Woodward and the Glazers doing? Are they going to show some stomach and some fight and try to turn this around? "Yes Manchester United is a global brand that makes loads of money, while on the field they have been overrun by mediocre teams

 "Frankly, they should do the right thing and put Jose Mourinho out of his misery

The football is atrocious, the results are abysmal and they are going absolutely nowhere

 "There's no stewardship, there's no leadership and there's no quality." Manchester United's next game sees them host Valencia in the Champions League on Tuesday

For more infomation >> Man Utd news: Jose Mourinho, Paul Pogba and Ed Woodward SLAMMED by pundit - Duration: 2:52.

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NRL Grand Final: Clive Churchill Medal winners - Blog news - Duration: 3:25.

Billy Slater won the 2017 Clive Churchill and he's the red hot favourite to do it again this year

Cameron Smith, whose future still remains in doubt is also a warm favourite with the bookies, while James Tedesco and Cameron Munster are also in the mix

Interestingly, if Slater takes it out, he'll become the first player ever to go back-to-back

MORE: What time does the NRL Grand Final kick-off? If Smith gets the nod, it will be his first Clive Churchill in eight grand finals

Read on for absolutely everything you need to know about the Clive Churchill Medal The Clive Churchill Medal is awarded to the player voted the man of the match in the NRL grand final

The Clive Churchill Medal was first awarded in 1986, to Parramatta Eels legend Peter Sterling

As part of the NRL's centenary celebrations, the Clive Churchill Medal was awarded retrospectively dating back to the first mandatory grand final in 1954

The 1954 medal went to South Sydney Rabbitohs great Clive Churchill himself.St George Dragons forward Norm Provan won three, including two in a row in 1957-58

With three man of the match performances, Provan has the most, with Manly's Graham Eadie and Parramatta's Brett Kenny both claiming two in the pre-Clive Churchill Medal era

Since the award was introduced in 1986, Canberra's Bradley Clyde and Melbourne's Billy Slater have each won two

Manly and Melbourne have each won five Clive Churchill Medals.The Storm won with Brett Kimmorley (1999), Greg Inglis (2007), Billy Slater (2009 and 2017) and Cooper Cronk (2012)

Three players have won the Clive Churchill Medal from the losing team.The first was Brad Clyde when the Raiders lost to the Raiders in 1991

Two years later it was Dragons forward Brad Mackay to claim the dubious distinction after losing to Brisbane

Cherry-Evans was the most recent in 2013 when the Sea Eagles were edged out by the Roosters

For more infomation >> NRL Grand Final: Clive Churchill Medal winners - Blog news - Duration: 3:25.

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Five talking points from Springboks vs Wallabies - Blog news - Duration: 4:04.

Port Elizabeth is no happy hunting ground.With pretty poor records in South Africa for Australia, whether that be at the Super Rugby or international level, here was an opportunity to open the ledger with a rare away victory

It wasn't to be for Australia, and their poor form – two from eight this year – continues

If they want to move up any rankings by December, this dismal run needs to end.With a daunting All Blacks game to come, not to mention playing England at Twickenham, Michael Cheika will want to turn it around by next week vs Argentina

Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Reddit Email Share Goalkicking just way off for Australia One of the biggest differences between the two sides was the goalkicking

In a game where just four tries were scored – two each – something had to give and it did, with a miserly one conversion coming from the boot of Matt Toomua, while Handre Pollard nailed five from five

There's no way Australia would have gone flawlessly with the boot – at Nelson Mandela Bay, a ground where the Wallabies have never played – and while you can't entirely blame a kicker for losing a test, one from four was never going to help the visitors

Lineout woes not ending anytime soon Polota Nau's late rule out wouldn't have helped matters, but this aspect of the set-piece was once again dismal

Scrums were passable – albeit you wouldn't know Tupou existed after those 80 minutes – but the lineouts went horribly wrong

After almost losing three in two minutes in the second half, they tried to tighten up by throwing right to the front, which, while not being totally reliable, worked reasonably well

After the Springboks were penalised for collapsing a maul on their own line, I was crying out for the Aussies to go for the corner, which they well might have if their throwing and catching was anywhere near par

Rugby Championship dishing up some contests While the last two years of competition have seemed set in stone from after a few rounds, 2018, largely due to the Springboks' upset in Wellington, is still alive

Advertisement Advertisement A New Zealand victory in Argentina will tie up the title, but it's great to be talking about the prospective chances of the Pumas, and not about how much the ABs will win each game by

Next year's competition seems much more fascinating, with the four countries looking to set a standard with their first games in the lead-up to the world cup

Australia's backline still very undecided It's been said before, but one year out from the World Cup, Cheika would want to have a better idea of who his best backline are

As Kurtley Beale showed his credentials at flyhalf, Bernard Foley vs Toomua at 10 is the main query, while Dane Haylett-Petty was solid at fullback sparking the Folau wing debate

When Tevita Kuridrani returns, questions will be asked about how he slides into the 15 (or even 23), whether he pushes Reece Hodge back to 12 or if Toomua stays there

It's hard to see Cheika doing much experimenting against Argentina, especially that he'd be glad just to win that game