Nvidia reports an increase in the production of Blackwell chips, despite problems with overheating servers. The company expects to exceed revenue forecasts, although demand for chips exceeds supply.
Nvidia (NVDA) informed investors about a possible slowdown in the production of the next-generation Blackwell chip, and the company is confidently moving to exceed its previous revenue forecasts for the current quarter. UNN writes about this with reference to the financial information provider Yahoo! Finance.
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Nvidia (NVDA), the company that develops Blackwell chips, has announced that their production is "booming" and they plan to increase its volume. Currently, Nvidia is struggling with overheating problems of its Blackwell-based servers, which forces suppliers to adjust the design of the racks in which the servers are placed. The company responded that design iterations are normal and expected. The report referred to a separate Blackwell design issue that Nvidia resolved in the summer, which raised doubts on Wall Street about whether the chip would reach customers in time. In response, Nvidia (NVDA) said that the chips are already in the hands of all the company's major partners. In the third quarter, Nvidia reported that cloud service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google accounted for 50 percent of the chipmaker's data center revenue. And it is on how quickly they receive chips from the company that Nvidia's further growth depends.
However, the company is currently facing a problem that it is actively fighting against: supply constraints. This is because a large number of companies are competing for the AI giant's chips, which makes it difficult to meet demand.
"This is a case of demand exceeding supply," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told analysts. "And that's to be expected as we are at the beginning of this generative AI revolution.
According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social media giant trains its Llama 4 AI models on a server cluster consisting of more than 100,000 Nvidia H100 chips.
H100 is Nvidia's previous generation Hopper AI accelerator. Since Blackwell promises much better performance than Hopper, it makes sense that large AI companies like Meta would be eager to get their hands on as many of these chips as possible.
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On Wednesday, Nvidia reported that its earnings results exceeded Wall Street estimates. Revenue jumped 94% year-on-year, and data center sales grew 112%. However, the shares fell in early trading on Thursday.
This is not the first time that the market has turned away from Nvidia after the company posted strong revenue growth. Investors pulled back after the company's latest earnings report and then started to rise again in the following weeks, making Nvidia the largest publicly traded company in the world, surpassing Apple earlier this month.
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Nvidia investors expect stock volatility after the third quarter report, which could change the market value by $300 billion. Analysts predict a drop in profitability to 74.4%.
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The tenth volcanic eruption in three years has occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Due to the threat of lava flows, the Blue Lagoon resort and 4000 local residents were evacuated.
Another lava eruption from the Sundhnukur volcano has occurred on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. This is the tenth eruption in the last three years. People on an easyJet flight could see the bright lava sparkling in the night sky.
This is reported by UNN with reference to Reuters.
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The moment when the easyJet flight flew over the eruption with bright orange lava, was captured on video.
An easyJet crew member on the loudspeaker says:
Ladies and gentlemen, I realize that the volcano must be exciting for you, but please remain in your seats and keep your seat belt securely fastened
The volcano ejected lava and smoke, and due to the formation of a crack about 3 km long, magma broke through the earth's crust.
Evacuation from the Blue Lagoon resort
Due to the threat of lava flows, tourists were completely evacuated from the Blue Lagoon resort, which is located about 20 km from the eruption site. This happened after the authorities warned of the danger associated with volcanic activity.
The resort is currently closed, and customers were offered to change or cancel their reservations through the official website.
A threat to the locals
Despite the fact that the volcanic eruption did not cause significant damage to the infrastructure, the threat to the locals remains. About 4,000 residents of the nearby village of Grindavik were also evacuated due to the threat of lava flows.
Impact on tourists
Iceland remains open to tourists, but it is important to follow the safety recommendations of local authorities. Volcanic activity has not caused significant disruptions to air travel, but you should avoid the immediate vicinity of the volcano.
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Iceland, located on the border of tectonic plates, is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, and eruptions on the Reykjanes Peninsula have become a common occurrence.
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UNN reported that a volcano is erupting again near Reykjavik in Iceland. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the eruption began late Wednesday night.
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Russia's ground forces participating in combat against Ukraine amount to almost 580,000 soldiers, Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), told Interfax Ukraine on Nov. 21.
Russia has been looking to increase the number of personnel to fight its war against Ukraine. The Russian government's recently exempted defendants from criminal liability if they join the Russian army and introduced additional financial rewards for contract service to shore up more manpower.
Skibitskyi clarified that the number of Russian troops includes those serving in Russia's Kursk Oblast as they fight off Ukraine's incursion into the area, Interfax Ukraine reported.
About 60,000 Russian military personnel are currently serving in Kursk, Suspilne reported previously, citing its undisclosed source in the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces.
Skibitskyi added that a grouping of almost 35,000 Russian Guard troops, also known as Rosgvardia, was also deployed to the Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in June that nearly 700,000 Russian troops were fighting in Ukraine. In October, Russian casualties amounted to 600,000 since the start of the full-scale invasion, according to Pentagon estimates.
The figure came at a particularly deadly stage of the war for Russian troops. According to reports from the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces, September was the second-most lethal month for Russian soldiers since February 2022.
As casualties climb, Russian forces continue to press on in eastern Ukraine, focusing on the cities of Pokrovsk and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast. Outnumbered and outgunned, Ukrainian soldiers are slowly losing ground under Russian pressure.
Unidentified drones attacked the Kapustin Yar training ground in Astrakhan Oblast, from where Russia launched a new ballistic missile at the Dnipro River. At least two UAVs hit site 105 of the range, causing a fire.
Yesterday, on November 21, unknown drones attacked the Kapustyn Yar missile range, from where Russia launched a new Kedr ballistic missile with six warheads on the Dnipro River on the same day. This is reported by the Russian media, UNN reports.
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"The Kapustin Yar Strategic Missile Range (military unit 15644) in Znamensk, Astrakhan region, was attacked by drones on the morning of November 21. At least two UAVs were not shot down and struck at the 105th site of the range," RosMedia reported.
It is noted that the consequences of the attack are not known for certain, but the head of the region reported a fire on the day of the attack.
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Russia has used a new missile against Ukraine , which has the characteristics of an intercontinental ballistic missile. President Zelenskyy said that examinations of this weapon are currently underway.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was quoted by the Russian media as saying that Russia had attacked Ukraine by testing a "new" medium-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik.
The GUR reported that a new ballistic missile of the Kedr complex with six warheads was fired at Dnipro. The missile covered the distance from Astrakhan in 15 minutes at a speed of over Mach 11.
The Moscow Conventions were presented in Ukraine, consisting of 137 articles based on real-life accounts of former prisoners of war, their relatives and brothers-in-arms.
Source: the document is an alternative to the Geneva Conventions, as reported by the Association of Azovstal Defenders' Families
Details: Its articles describe the "norms" of the Russian Federation regarding the treatment of prisoners of war: abuse, beatings, starvation, sexual violence, torture, etc.
Quote: "This is another attempt to show the world the consequences of a ‘neutral’ attitude to crimes against humanity. If we continue to ignore Russia's violation of the Geneva Conventions, it will mean that we live in a new reality where torture and murder are allowed.
Every silent crime is a new page of the Moscow Conventions," the Association emphasised.
In a remark for UP.Zhyttia, the Association of Azovstal Defenders' Families stated that the project took more than three months to complete. It was founded in cooperation with the Banda advertising firm, the media initiative for human rights, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War at Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"Last year, Banda and us completed a project. Many people discussed the concerns and hardships that prisoners' families experience. One of these, of course, is noncompliance with the Geneva Conventions.
As a result, this time they approached us with an intriguing idea: to print new Geneva Conventions, rewritten by Russia, to communicate with them in the language they understand," the Association said.
The Moscow Conventions were developed to raise awareness and demand public and official recognition by the International Committee of the Red Cross that the Russian Federation violates Geneva Convention rules.
"The participating countries that have ratified the Geneva Conventions should force the Russian Federation to comply with the norms of the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war regarding the mandatory repatriation of seriously wounded and seriously ill prisoners of war, regardless of their rank and their number," according to the book's authors.
The book was presented on 20 November in Kyiv. It is available online in a variety of languages.
NATO spokesperson Farah Dahlalla said that the new type of ballistic missile from Russia will not affect the course of the conflict. The Alliance will continue to support Ukraine despite Russia's attempts to intimidate its allies.
Russia's use of a new type of ballistic missile against Ukraine yesterday "will not change the course of the conflict and will not deter" NATO's support for Kyiv, NATO spokeswoman Farah Dahlalla said, UNN reports citing the BBC.
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Farah Dahlallah said that Russia is trying to "terrorize" the civilian population and intimidate Ukraine's allies by using medium-range ballistic missiles.
"The deployment of these capabilities will not change the course of the conflict and will not deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine," she said.
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Belarus’ authorities are on full alert ahead of upcoming presidential elections in January 2025, new wave of police raids target relatives of political prisoners.
Belarusian police conduct counter-protest drills to prevent “manifestations of extremism and terrorism” during the election campaign.
Russia’s military doctrine was updated, covering Belarus with a Russian nuclear umbrella. No change in the U.S. nuclear posture.
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Polish broadcaster TVP appoints new leadership to flagship Belarusian-language channel Belsat amid heated debate over the channel's independence and future.
Record 49 Russian Shahed-type drones entered Belarus’s airspace in October, Belarusian Hajun monitoring group reports.
Belarusian political prisoners’ relatives targeted in new police raids ahead of presidential elections
The Belarusian authorities have launched another wave of raids and arrests across the country ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for Jan. 26, 2025, targeting political prisoners’ relatives, human rights activists reported on Nov. 15.
Since the previous presidential elections in 2020, which sparked nationwide protests, over 3,500 individuals have been recognized as political prisoners by human rights organizations. Nearly 1,300 of them remain behind bars. Over the four-year-long crackdown on dissent in Belarus, 65,000 people have been subjected to politically motivated persecution.
Belarus’s KGB security agency unleashed a new round of raids on Nov. 14, targeting the relatives of political prisoners in the country’s Hrodna and Brest regions, and in the capital Minsk, according to reports by human rights groups Viasna, Dissidentby, and the “Country to Live In” foundation.
The raids constitute the third attack in a “terror campaign” this autumn, potentially targeting several hundred people, says Andrei Stryzhak, the head of Solidarity Foundation BYSOL, a group helping to evacuate dissidents from Belarus and assisting those suffering from persecution in the country.
The activist said the raids were occurring against the backdrop of an “imaginary thaw” in relations between the regime and its opponents, coinciding with the release of 31 political prisoners and the permitting by the authorities of a family visit to Maria Kalesnikava, a prominent opposition leader who had been held incommunicado for over 600 days.
According to BYSOL’s leader, this round of repression has hit the northern Belarusian regions of Polatsk and Navapolatsk.
With the rapid approach of the presidential election, to be held ahead of schedule on Jan. 26, 2025, the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has launched a “pre-election intimidation campaign,” human rights activists from the Viasna Center report.
Belarusian police conduct ‘extremism and terrorism prevention’ exercises ahead of presidential elections
Belarusian police are to conduct exercises in Minsk and regional centers to ensure “the prevention of manifestations of extremism and terrorism” ahead of the January presidential elections, the Interior Ministry announced on Nov. 19.
The 2025 Belarusian presidential elections, scheduled for Jan. 26, are intended to extend the rule of the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, for a seventh consecutive term in office. The previous presidential race sparked protests nationwide after the pro-Lukashenko Central Elections Committee announced his victory amid widespread claims of vote rigging.
The police drills, which were scheduled to take place between Nov. 19 and 22, were to “demonstrate the readiness” of the police to respond to possible “complications of the situation in the country during the election campaign.” The exercises involve practicing street closures, and using smoke, flash and gas bombs and special equipment to disperse protests.
“The goal (of the exercises) … is to prevent manifestations of extremism and terrorism, the involvement of citizens in illegal actions, and the suppression of violations of public order,” the Interior Ministry said in a post on its official Telegram channel.
A video accompanying the post shows the detention of alleged offenders, scenes from a polling station, and shots of riot police countering groups of people with placards.
Belarus Security Council Secretary Alexander Volfovich said the exercises were routine ones, but claimed that exiled opponents of the Lukashenko regime “are using all levers and opportunities to try to sway the situation again.”
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader who claimed to have beaten Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election, said the exercises were intended to intimidate the opposition. “Training to suppress citizens isn’t a sign of strength – it’s a sign of fear,” she wrote on X.
Putin approves new nuclear doctrine allowing nuclear response to attack on Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine, providing for nuclear retaliation in the case of armed aggression against Belarus, according to a presidential decree published on the government website on Nov. 19.
The revised deterrence policy suggests that “aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear state” could trigger a nuclear response.
The updated doctrine also considers any large-scale cross-border attack involving aircraft, missiles, or drones to be grounds for consideration of a nuclear strike. The publication of the doctrine comes on the heels of the United States giving Ukraine permission to strike targets in Russia with the U.S.-supplied long-range missiles.
The White House National Security Council said that Russia’s lowered threshold for nuclear retaliation did not come as a surprise, but also provided no reason for the United States to adjust its own nuclear posture.
Putin first proposed making changes to the doctrine on Sept. 25 amid discussions in the United States and the U.K. about allowing Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory with Western-supplied long-range conventional missiles.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, an ally of the Kremlin, welcomed the inclusion of Belarus under Russia’s nuclear umbrella, saying it was “long overdue.”
“An attack on Belarus is World War III,” Lukashenko said on Sept. 27, alleging NATO countries were deploying troops at the border with Belarus.
Although a non-nuclear state, Belarus reportedly has Russian nuclear weapons deployed on its territory following the signing of the agreement on May 25, 2023 on placing Russian non-strategic nuclear weapons on Belarusian territory. Lukashenko also attended Russian nuclear military drills, during a sudden inspection of the country’s tactical nuclear weapons launchers in May 2024.
Belarusian Hajun: 49 Russian Shahed-type drones crossed into Belarusian airspace in October
Forty-nine Russian Shahed-type combat drones entered Belarus’s airspace in October — the highest number recorded in a month, the Belarusian Hajun war monitoring project wrote.
Russian Shahed-type drones began to cross regularly into Belarus in July this year, with Ukraine reportedly using electronic warfare measures to send the drones off course. Amid intensified attacks against Ukraine in subsequent months, incursions of Russian drones into Belarus surged from infrequent, isolated instances to 27 stray drones being spotted over Belarus in September.
Throughout October, 33 stray drones returned from Belarus to Ukrainian territory, while the location of 14 was lost, according to the monitoring group. One drone crashed in Kalinkavichy, roughly 60 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, overnight on Oct. 3, after three Shahed drones flew into Belarusian airspace.
Lukashenko was traveling by helicopter over the country at the time of the drone incursion.
Another UAV was downed by the Belarusian Air Force over the country’s Homel Oblast overnight on Oct. 20. It was the second instance of the Belarusian military downing a Russian UAV since the incursions began.
“At the moment, there is no reason to believe that Russian UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type will stop flying into Belarus in the near future,” Belarusian Hajun said in its report.
Lukashenko claimed on Oct. 4 that the Belarusian Air Force downs “a lot of drones,” both Russian and Ukrainian, and attributed the incursions to the work of radio-electronic warfare equipment and mistakes by drone operators.
No proof of Ukrainian drones entering Belarusian airspace has ever been presented.
Minsk, Russia’s staunchest ally, has never publicly raised objections with Moscow over the reported drone incidents.
Polish broadcaster merges exiled Belarusian-language TV channel with international editorial office, despite calls for it to remain separate entity
Polish Public Broadcaster TVP has appointed new leadership to its flagship broadcaster for Belarus, Belsat, in a move to integrate the exiled Belarusian-language television channel into its Center for Foreign Language Programs – despite calls for Belsat’s operations to remain independent.
On Nov. 15, TVP appointed Alina Koushyk, a former anchor and producer at Belsat, as the head of the Belarusian editorial office. Koushyk, who had left Belsat two years ago for a role in Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s shadow cabinet, said, “We aimed to advocate for Belsat to remain an independent channel, but unfortunately, our efforts did not succeed.”
The merger comes amid broader restructuring of Poland’s state media following the defeat of the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in the 2023 parliamentary elections, with the new government saying it was seeking to “restore impartiality” to TVP.
The restructuring implies Belsat’s formerly separate airtime will be split into three sections – six hours each for Belarusian-language programming, the Russia-focused news channel Vot Tak, and a Ukrainian-language broadcaster that has yet to be formed.
Koushyk replaces Aleksy Dzikawicki, a co-founder and acting director of Belsat, who on Nov. 19 requested that his contract be terminated. Dzikawicki said he had requested early dismissal to avoid having to carry out an order to formally liquidate Belsat as an independent entity within TVP.
Belsat started broadcasting in 2007 as the first Belarusian-language TV channel, offering coverage in the Belarusian language, which has been gradually excluded from Belarusian public life by the Lukashenko regime.
Belarus is low in the press freedom rating, ranking 157th among 180 countries in 2023.
Almost no independent media are left in Belarus due to the Lukashenko regime’s efforts to stamp out a free press, which have seen 40 media professionals prosecuted, outlets being branded as “extremist,” and punishments introduced for sharing “extremist” content.
The potential downsizing of Belsat to only one of several editorial offices within the Center for Foreign Language Programs has drawn criticism from Belarusian opposition leaders.
However, TVP World director and editor-in-chief Michał Broniatowski has denied that Belsat will lose its independence after the merger, saying “Belsat’s editorial office will be fully Belarusian, there will be no ‘orders’ to cover what the Foreign Ministry wants, or not to cover what it does not want covered.”
In March, Belsat, lost 47% of its total financing from the Foreign Ministry and Poland’s TVP, and its longtime director, Agnieszka Romaszewska-Guzy, was dismissed.
The International Press Institute (IPI) has urged Poland’s Foreign Ministry to reconsider the decision, warning of the “disastrous impact” on the accessibility of independent Belarusian news. While acknowledging Poland’s financial burden, the IPI called for measures to ensure Belsat’s survival as a vital platform for European security.
The restructuring is set to be finalized on March 1, 2025.
Russia has units of experimental Oreshnik missiles in service. Ukraine is discussing with the United States the modernization of the Patriot and the acquisition of new air defense systems to counter these missiles.
Russia has units of experimental "Oreshnik" missiles in its arsenal, now Ukraine is negotiating with the United States to modernize existing Patriot systems or supply other air defense systems to Ukraine that are capable of eliminating these ballistic missiles in the sky over Ukraine. This was reported to Suspilne by sources in the General Staff, according to UNN.
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Suspilne's sources in the General Staff noted that "Russia has only a limited number of experimental missiles that were launched along the Dnipro River." "It is now known that this missile is similar in type to the Yars missile system," the report said.
The source called the use of this ballistic missile on the city of Dnipro on November 21 "a demonstrative step to intimidate.
According to the source, "Ukraine is currently negotiating with the United States to modernize its existing PATRIOT systems or supply other air defense systems to Ukraine that are capable of eliminating these ballistic missiles in the skies over Ukraine.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimedthat Russia had used a new Russian missile against Ukraine. All the characteristics – speed, altitude – of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin saidthat Russia attacked Ukraine by testing a "new" medium-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik.
The Russian "Oreshnik" missile launched on the Dnipro River was created in violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, to which the United States and Russia were parties until 2019.
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Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, states that as of October 2024, Russia was supposed to have manufactured two experimental missile samples from the Kedr missile system, one of which targeted Dnipro on 21 November.
Source: Budanov during the Genocidal practices of the Russian Federation in Ukraine discussion, writes Interfax-Ukraine
Quote: "I say it again. The missile is experimental. We know for certain that as of October, they should have manufactured two prototypes, possibly a few more, but believe me, this is a prototype, but not yet a mass production, thank God."
Details: Budanov stated that Oreshnik (as Putin termed the missile that targeted Dnipro) is the name of the research project, "it's just a cypher."
"The system itself is known as Kedr. This is an experimental system. Let's just call it a medium-range ballistic missile. A nuclear weapons carrier. The fact that they deployed a non-nuclear version is, as they say, a warning from them that they have not gone completely insane," Budanov stated.
Jamie Carragher admits he thought former Man Utd boss Erik ten Hag lacked “charisma” after interviewing him with Gary Neville early on his reign.
The Dutchman had a promising first season in charge at Old Trafford with Ten Hag leading the Red Devils to an FA Cup final, League Cup glory and a top-four finish in the Premier League.
Despite a shock FA Cup final win over arch-rivals Man City last term, Man Utd could only finish eighth in the Premier League and there was an expectation that INEOS would sack Ten Hag.
However, they decided to keep him on and offer him a one-year extension over the summer after speaking with a number of potential replacements.
“Only those working in the same environment can offer a first-hand account of how the manager operates behind the scenes, but for those of us on the outside looking in, perceptions matter.
“Without dwelling too much on United’s recent past, this was a red flag against Ten Hag from day one.
“Two games into his reign, Gary Neville and I had the pleasure of interviewing Ten Hag at United’s training ground. He was a polite guy but there was no sense of an x-factor.
“Driving away from the meeting that day, I turned to Gary and said: ‘He must be a supercoach because there isn’t much charisma.'”
Ruben Amorim has now replaced Ten Hag as the Man Utd manager and former Red Devils striker Teddy Sheringham is pleased with the choice to appoint the ex-Sporting Lisbon boss.
Sheringham said recently: “At the end of the day, we had enough of Ten Hag. I said he should have been gone ages ago. I’m surprised he lasted that long, especially with where he’s got Man United in the league.
“The Premier League is what it’s all about for Man United, for my liking. I know he won the FA Cup with one outstanding performance, but he should have gone in the summer.
“The decision to appoint Ruben Amorim is not before time. It looks like they’ve picked the best man, the right man for the job to come in. They must have thought long and hard about it, about where they were going to go.
“They got an extra two or three months to find the right man after clearly having doubts about Ten Hag in the summer.
“With the decision to bring him in, obviously there’s a few months gone in the season. It’s not the end of the world, that they’ve got a new manager in now. Things change very quickly. Everyone’s saying Man United are miles off of being the top club that they used to be, but if a manager comes in and gets it right, it can all change at Manchester United.”
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