Good news stories have been thin on the ground of late at Manchester United, and so you would have thought that the emergence of yet another academy talent, Brandon Williams, would have been cause for celebration.
Williams made his debut in the lame Carabao Cup penalty shootout victory over minnows Rochdale and was again in the squad for the 1-1 Premier League draw with Arsenal - not that you would have known it, looking at the matchday programme.
The 19-year-old local lad did not feature in the squad list, something which did not go unnoticed. Given Williams went on to start in the 0-0 Europa League draw at AZ Alkmaar, it may be an error worth correcting at some point.
It was a considerable surprise to see Ben Jacobs pop up as an in-vision reporter for BT Sport's Score show, almost a decade after he was banned for life by the BBC.
In 2010, a costly and lengthy investigation - that reached director-general level - determined that Jacobs brought the Beeb into disrepute by sabotaging a Radio 5 Live pre-recorded interview with then Wigan manager Roberto Martinez, deliberately inserting in parts an X-rated, not-for-broadcast rant by racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght. He denied the allegations made against him.
Jacobs, who once delivered a series of sports bulletins for the BBC naked, is believed to know BT's executive producer David Moss from the pair's time together at beIN Sports.