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Stars

No idea mate. Watched the very first episode with the missus and that was enough. Whatever happened, he knew exactly what he was saying.

A feeble 15... enjoyed it though, thanks.

Karaoke

That's done him no favours. "Clumsy" is bollox, he needed to issue a full and unreserved apology. I suspect we'll be seeing and hearing less of him in the future.

Tune

The woman is horrid. Staggering that she's still in the public eye, and being paid for it.

The fact that Clarkson's own daughter has distanced herself from his comments says it all. Talk of her parading the streets naked and being pelted with shit is abhorrent, and disliking her more than a child killer is another level of wrong. I liked Clarkson until Friday. Personally I don't think Harry and Meghan should have spoken out, but it's a shame that there was a limit to what they could say, ditto the British media.

I've not heard many people complain about the timing. Pretty much everyone I've spoken to think the timing was spot on, although some (me included) think it should have been earlier. Saying that it's the wrong time for a rookie feels to be more of a complaint about who got the job, and the lack of a striker, is another issue.

Hoops

Bargain. Put a 3 in front of that now. 5 if City or Newcastle want him.

Certainly is. They've signed some great players.

I hope he does end it in a proper league, not some Saudi league for half a million a week or whatever. Some player.

We agree on something. Smashing player.

I want them both to lose.

Yep. The guards that the tube manages without. Jobs for the boys.

Bamboo

It is, but I think there's a case for more countries to be involved, although the 3 teams per group is a daft idea. The new club world cup is a strange one and not sure how that can work alongside the champions league, domestic leagues, and international football. I don't think it'll be long before the big boys all feck off and do their own thing 🤞🙏🤞

Master Bates mentioned Barca but I've not anything else about that or anything else apart from the Bristol City run out. You'd like to think that we've been getting some other proper match action in before the restart.

Sexual

Mental, but to be fair, there probably is about 85 different genders (and sexualities) these days.

Can he be recalled?

Yep, there's been some interesting results this year and hopefully a round of 32 next time throw up some surprises. Putting the politics etc to one side, it's been a decent world cup.

That's preferable to the 3 idea though, and some 3rd place teams having a chance of going through keeps them honest.

There's different options for sure. My thoughts on 4 to go through from groups of 6 is that more teams have more to play for, less prospect of collusion (ie the FIFA proposal - apologies for misunderstanding yours) and more minnows have a chance of making it through. Different perspectives I think.