But down the line comes a jury of sportswriters, who wish they had been a little more astute back in 1998, and now have the chance to vote Manny on or off the island known as the Hall of Fame.
Still, Mr. Entner said that the satellite companies were astute in backing out of the auctions because, by his estimates, it could take 20 years or more to generate a return on their investment in spectrum.
Losing away to a tactically astute Jersey backed by a passionate, packed crowd, followed by a few post‑match beers, is both a sobering and invigorating experience that reminds you why you got involved in this sport in the first place.
Lennon reacted smartly, then twisted past a defender and pulled an astute pass back to Crouch, who could hardly miss from six yards.
They said they hoped to have the Astute towed back to its home port at the Faslane naval base on the River Clyde, west of Glasgow, after the divers had checked the extent of damage.
There had been interceptions, astute tracking back to snuff out Lampard's threat, and even tackles before he made the pass from right to left which found Giggs and sliced Chelsea apart.
Fernandinho's dart to the byline, away from Ramires and Ryan Bertrand, and astute pull-back to be dispatched by Willian for Shakhtar's first equaliser had set the tone.
After reinventing Dutch football with a 3-5-2 system stolen from Martin O'Neill's Leicester City side of the late 1990s, he has managed to get Robin van Persie scoring headers from outside the box and transformed Dirk Kuyt into a hard-running tactically astute left-back.
This seems to me to be an argument that is more politically powerful, and it is backed by the most astute and prestigious economists in the world.
On the other hand he was certainly astute in bringing back Peter Mandelson into the Cabinet.
Such diversification, while financially astute, can come back to bite if shares are then held in businesses that run counter to a charity's mission.
