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Meanwhile, the Patriots are finally showing hope of escaping the tatters of Belichick’s final years in charge.

In June, Wagner mercenaries left Mali, their reputation in tatters because of their failure to blunt insurgent advances and their history of slaughtering civilians in the name of providing security.

Now Potter has been engulfed by a similarly chaotic environment at West Ham, the reputation he built so carefully - along with a talented team at Brighton - in tatters.

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Rachael Hamilton said Labour was in "complete meltdown" and its integrity was "in tatters".

But, after his British transfer record move to Liverpool, his reputation in the North East is now in tatters.