We could have quite easily called this article ‘Shooting Fish In A Barrel’. Not a week goes by when Piers Morgan doesn’t get it wrong on a range of subjects.
Whether it’s rowing with Ariana Grande, or refusing to stick by the results of a referendum, he either just loves the self-own or sticks to the famous Oscar Wilde maxim – that there is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about – for all it’s worth.
Here are eight times that Piers got it very, very wrong on #FootballTwitter.
Elanga clanger
After the team sheets came out for the early-season Manchester United versus Liverpool game in August 2022, Piers was enraged.
He was absolutely certain that Erik ten Hag – the man who United are paying £9million a year to coach their football team and who won five major trophies as Ajax manager – knows considerably less about football than he does.
Specifically, he complained that the decision to include Anthony Elanga in the team in place of Cristiano Ronaldo was “one of the dumbest decisions in football history.” Look, he’s even kept the tweet online.
Benching @Cristiano for Elanga against Liverpool, even by current abysmal Manchester United standards, is one of the dumbest decisions in football history. Ten Hag should be fired for this alone if they get hammered tonight.. or should I say WHEN they get hammered. pic.twitter.com/7MbA53824C
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 22, 2022
Manchester United subsequently put in one of their most energetic attacking performances of recent years and beat their old enemy 2-1, filling their fans with hope after a few dark weeks. LOL.
England must lose
England had battled through their first two games at Euro 2020. They’d not played all that well but a 1-0 win over Croatia and a 0-0 draw with Scotland meant they were almost certain to qualify for the last 16.
Morgan felt his intervention was needed before the third game with the Czech Republic. “It’s vitally important England lose badly tonight,” he wrote. “We’ll get a much easier L16 opponent if we do.”
It’s vitally important that England lose badly tonight.
We’ll get a much easier L16 opponent if we do. #euros— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 22, 2021
Yet Gareth Southgate clearly wasn’t paying close attention. England won 1-0, setting up a second-round clash with Germany.
The Three Lions earned then typically lost to the Germans won 2-0 in brilliant fashion before…
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