rallyboy

That's nothing, I've spotted that in F1 they even use radios to chat - during the race! Though in fairness some teams also talk to the race director and he does whatever they want.

It's a bit worrying if some people honestly believe that Prowsie didn't want it as much as Targett, or Romeu didn't want it enough as, well, anyone, or that Forster would have had a clean sheet if only he'd wanted it a bit more - it's tired nonsense peddled by lazy commentators. Winning second balls is not as simple as wanting it more - it's primarily a blend of judgement, timing, positioning, technical ability and anticipation. Hopefully Ralph will be taking the practical approach of working on tactics, training and player-improvement, the areas that will actually change games.

Can we also bury the ridiculous cliche, they wanted it more. No game has ever been won in this method, it is lazy nonesense. Wood scored because he judged the flight of the cross better and had the skill and timing to meet it. The second goal was a similar situation followed by a very cute finish. No one wanted it less or more - goals normally come about through real things like judgement, talent, strength and timing. As for the traffic - gridlocked in West End next to a traffic update board - does it tell us which M27 junctions are shut? Does it fuck, it tells us that seatbelts save lives. Thankfully I found a shortcut and got home because I wanted it more.

The main positive I took from tonight was that Newcastle's destined journey to the summit of European football is going to take about 200 years on that showing. For the money spent, they are all over the show. And it was funny to see Shelvey's grandad have a run out too, bless him.

Anyway, after PMQs I now know that we lead the world in supplying Ukraine with arms, we lead the world in sanctioning oligarchs, and we lead the world in rehoming refugees. Three glorious victories for Global Britain! All the other lesser countries that don't care as much as we do are hanging their heads in shame at seeing the incredibly slick, trouble-free, ramped-up, unprecedented, turbocharged, caring, paperwork-free evacuation operation that the plucky UK has organised - it's the envy of the world! The one that we lead. All possible because we're no longer tied up by foreign red tape - so today we're demonstrating exactly how efficient and caring we really are.

It may well be his Falklands moment, but even Thatcher wasn't in bed with the Argentinians and up to her neck in bribes from them. Johnson can't even enter a war without some ambiguity about which side he's actually supporting - he's up to his neck in Russian money and going against the security reports from his own advisors. Every time you imagine that you can't think any less of him, he finds a way.

No, but I think it needed showing. While we're fucking around dragging our feet waiting for some court to arrange a hearing so we don't upset the friends of Putin, his soldiers are killing children. The man is a war criminal, his supporters own property in the UK, if they feel badly treated let them sue us and we'll discuss it in court next year or the year after, depending on how many children die as a result of their support. Yes, we need to do things legally, but we are now so far behind the curve it's a fucking joke - a very sick one.

It's a bit rich for any war criminal who is literally killing children, to claim that an alleged stranger having his yacht impounded is like a declaration of war. If these oligarchs really have no connection to him, why is he even bothered? The shit will really hit the fan if the UK eventually follows the EU, Canada, Australia and Switzerland, and starts properly freezing assets. We've got to support that action soon, surely....

I met Warne many times and despite his status as a proper legend, he was the nicest most humble guy whenever I saw him. I recall down at the United Services ground a proper Pompey mush came up to him and said, 'Could you come and say hello to my nipper, he's in a wheelchair over the other side of the ground?' Shane didn't make a soft excuse like many would, he just said, 'of course, no problem mate' and off he went. I saw him sign hundreds of autographs so many times, he didn't like to let anyone down, and when the flawed genius let the mask slip once, as it did sometimes, he even turned that around. He was coming off the pitch and someone shouted some abuse, Shane reacted, gave it back and told the bloke where to get off. Ten minutes later he cooled down, came back out, went and apologised, and sat with the bloke and had a beer. A lot of 'superstars' could learn a great deal from Shane, he was a genius, but a grounded ordinary bloke - and that's why fans loved him. A sad day for sport.

Foreigners expecting us to fill in forms?? Damn cheek, don't they know we lead the world in everything these days and we invented the bloody form! If it wasn't for us they'd still be scrawling stuff in mud, using twigs. 😡

It's not as dark as some of the material on here where you can move directly from Unfunny Comedians to personal feuds about nothing in particular. Thankfully none of the protagonists are nuclear powers, so it shouldn't escalate too much. And if they are, we should all be effing terrified.

A corrupt regime driven by greed falls out with another.

Why have we still not seized or frozen the London assets of the vast majority of those UK-passported Russians linked to Putin? I fully understand why we don't want to shoot down planes, but there is so much more that can be done in our own backyard that will both damage Putin and help us to clean up our economy.

I thought Putin was going to mainly just display strength by rocking up in towns with tanks and dealing ruthlessly with any soldiers who didn't lay down their arms. I honestly didn't expect him to randomly bomb housing estates and kill kids - have some of his forces gone trigger-happy, or is this how he wants the world to remember him? It's not a good look.

Ramped-up is a phrase straight out of numerous no.10 press releases. Unprecedented, leading the world, shoulders to the wheel, working 24-7, no stone unturned - the language of waffle.

Nothing has changed, this vague handover of control is irrelevant. Chelsea is still his asset, if the UK had the balls to seize it and freeze the cash he has tied up in London, that might get the attention of him and his mate Putin.

Tories today claiming that Johnson is standing on the front line alongside armed forces as a true global leader, while the man himself told parliament this week that we are leading the world's response against Russia. 1. What have we actually done? 2. Why do they keep making up mad shit like this? It's a fucking war, people are dying, let's do something constructive, sensible and dignified for a change.

Russian tanks in the streets, and how does the West defiantly fight back? Our media suddenly starts pronouncing Kiev differently to how the Russians say it... If that plucky act of defiance doesn't halt the tanks, I'm not sure what fucking can. 😕

Maybe the threats from Liz Truss didn't scare Putin as much as we thought. Perhaps we should freeze the assets of another bank and see if that stops the invasion.... I'm glad we're leading the world on this, it's going very well.

Yeah, Jack was formidable - white hair, white coat, no one was coming in - and even if they were, he wasn't happy about it. They should have played him in the back four. And the players lounge had those noisy metal steps up to it - Dave Watson was a huge Quo fan, he never missed their local gigs.

It would be. If Barry was in government and had power, and we were on the verge of being at war with China. But he isn't and we aren't, so it's not.

Are cabinet ministers and the Conservative party still taking vast sums of money from Russian donors? This could get complicated for some of them...

I just feel slightly guilty that we only won because we had our trademark sneaky illegal drinks and snacks break when Che was violently clattered and refused to get up. The odd gel is acceptable, but when Ralph wheeled out the BBQ and set up a picnic table and white board in the technical area, it looked too much. I'm surprised the 4th official didn't stop the coaching staff passing around the plates of sandwiches, sausage rolls and lemon drizzle cake - it's not The Southampton Way.

Pickford kicking the ball as far as possible to some vague big man who rarely wins it is not a tactic, it's a comedic tribute to football past. Great to see little us, with our magical drinks breaks, playing so well - and massive clubs like Everton looking clueless.

Who wants to be a massive club? Beating Burnley 5-0 every time and chucking your toys out and demanding major changes when you occasionally lose to other massive clubs doesn't look like much fun. When not winning the Champions' League is a total disaster, you've lost touch with the fans.