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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ce8m526mjmeo "A golden boot race for the ages... battle that feels genuinely generational... sharpened by numbers and defined by rarity". Nothing whatsoever to do with the expanded format and the number of shit teams with shocking defensive records that qualified then huh?

The Reform London mayoral candidate Layla Cunningham is tying herself up in knots and being torn to pieces by KGM on the Channel 4 news. I'm almost embarrassed for her.

He's definitely not a donkey. I watched him a lot at youth level cos he was in the same Everton U21 side as my nephew and they are still good friends. He's got great pace and acceleration, good close control and a good eye for a forward pass. He's played mostly on the left in his recent loans in the Championship but he's versatile and pops up with goals wherever he plays along the front 3. He wouldn't be a direct Stewart replacement because he's not that profile of player. We'd probably be looking to bring him in as backup/competition for both Leo and Fellows cos he can play on either side. Would be a decent signing IMO. 11 goals and 8 assists for PNE last season is pretty impressive.

Yep. If Spors thinks he cdajfu then I guess we'll joist have to truss in the process.

Still not as bad as the Americans that pronounce Iran as "Eye-ran".

They've got a pretty fair grievance in fairness. If VAR is going to intervene and disallow that Zico goal for a very minor foul in the build up, then they have to at least review Argentina's 3rd goal as well for consistency. The argument against that is that if they had deemed it a foul on Salah and disallowed the goal, then the ref has to award a penalty to them and it wasn't enough of a foul to justify that. But we've seen VAR give penalties for less in this tournament - like the one they gave Mexico against us.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Daf8HMKAWDa/?l=1

Yep. Pharaoh comment.

Sheffield Wednesday have signed Callum Slattery from Motherwell... https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-callum-slattery-8767734

Well I was expecting this game to be the battle of the Iberian Peninsula, but it's been drab so far. Both teams happy to play for penalties it seems.

It's mental isn't it. We all know he's lying. He knows that everyone knows he's lying, and he also knows there's absolutely fuck all anyone can do about it.

Women's team losses over three years in an attempt to become an established WSL side - £6m. Men's team losses under PSR over the same period, in an attempt to become an established PL side - £105m. It's interesting reading the bit in the article about us being frustrated that not enough is being done by the WSL to make sure there's enough incentive to get promoted while remaining sustainable. Sounds as if it's basically become a closed shop now, where only teams that can afford to continue making losses year on year can really compete. Much like the PL but on a smaller scale. It's a real shame for those who will lose their contracts, but I can see the logic of this decision. A club like ours can't just keep chucking money away every year in a vain attempt to break into the 'big' time that wouldn't even be financially worthwhile anyway, given that the limited uplift in revenue promotion would generate would be largely negated by the increase in expenditure. Probably better off playing at Eastleigh though. I've been to a couple of games with my daughter in the past and it's senseless playing in a stadium that's only 10% full.

First time we've ever beaten a host nation, apparently.

I'm not a fan of Wonderwall (or Oasis in general), but if it means we never have to put up with Sweet fucking Caroline ever again then I'm okay with that.

PA playing It's Coming Home. Don't think the DJ is going to be popular with the home fans!