Lighthouse

If, in the days which predate civilisation, Man A is homophobic and Man B isn’t, then A is only going to attempt to mate with females, whilst B is trying it one with everyone. Assuming all other things being equal, A is going to mate with and impregnate twice as many females as B. Therefore the trait of homophobia is passed on to twice as many offspring, which over more and more generations becomes the predominant behaviour.

Because you are 50% less likely to reproduce. Homosexuality and homophobia are not mutually exclusive within a species, there’s no reason at all that both can’t exist in tandem.

There’s plenty of it in religious text, however it’s also a naturally occurring evolutionary mechanism and would occur with or without their teachings.

The point he is correctly making is that having ‘experience’ is meaningless if they aren’t very good. I don’t think he is referring to how experienced they were when they signed. They’re all experienced now and are noticeably substandard.

People who snobs about what kind of alcohol others drink. If I want a pre-match eggnog then I shall have a pre-match eggnog.

Cracking night out that, nice weather to boot. Brilliant century from Vince and Whiteley at the death knocking 23 off 6 balls.

When you make a joke, someone chips in with their own ‘joke’ which is basically explaining what you’ve just said and thinks they’re the one being funny.

Genuinely happy with this one. All the noises from anyone who’s seen him play are raving about him. Couldn’t give a hoot if he’s never played at this level before, we’ve got more than enough experience in this squad.

Don't stop me now I'm Gavin such a good time, I'm Gavin a ball Don't stop me now If you wanna Gav a good time, just give me a call

Seems reasonable enough to me. It's just Man City future-proofing themselves in case he comes a worldwide megastar. If we were in their shoes I'd be trying to insert similar clauses as there is essentially no need to sell and he'll have plenty of suitors.

I’ve seen commercials which say, “Buy Pompey season tickets, out now!” What’s your point?

What are we up to now, nine out of eleven opening day fixtures away from home, since promotion? I can only remember a 1-1 with Watford in Puel’s first game and a 0-0 with Swansea, at home.

Looking at that I’d say it was a tough August and relatively winnable post World Cup, new year period. Of course with Saints that’s…. Well, just word salad really.

I beg to differ.

If we can’t find a striker who will only score single figures, without Ings’ massive wages, dubious fitness and age, for £15m then our scoutings dept should all be sacked. It’s one thing to aim that low because we’re skint, it’s quite another to be talking about offering him a three year contract as our best paid player. All of this is based on nothing other than nostalgia and baseless hope. Hope that he’ll replicate the 22 goal season when he’s not managed double figures in two of the last four seasons.

But he’s only zero seasons away from when he scored seven goals, one season away from scoring twelve goals and three seasons away from scoring seven goals again. Why is the 22 goal Danny Ings going to be the one we get back, if he returns, out of his four most recent seasons? We spend a lot of money and employ a fair few people to see things the rest of us don’t and research players we’ve never heard of. We rely on taking a risk on undiscovered players to try and gain some sort of edge. If we’re signing an established PL regular, that’s generally because someone were competing with has deemed him surplus to requirements and he’s not good enough to generate interest elsewhere. This is just Walcott all over again, nostalgia based on mediocre past glories.

Only an absolute sandwich would turn down a 30 year old with dodgy knees, who’s just scored 7 goals in a season? If his name was Fred Bloggs and he had no prior connection to Saints, would you still be raving about his calibre of player?

Managing England is basically the Eurovision of football. No top manager is really going to take that job seriously, it's almost become a sort of gimmick.

Nobody told Johnny Bairstow we’re playing cricket, not golf. Incredible last day.

I don't see what we'd need to be humble about. We offered him our biggest ever contract to stay and he declined, not much more to it than that on our part. It's hardly as if he came begging for a new contract and we told him, "f**k off, we're getting Haaland next summer!"

Turks, we’ve got the Shining. Here’s a gif which is both incorrect and unfunny to go with it.

Surprised they didn’t do a league table of house prices in each clubs catchment area.

Just checked their forum and Matteo il Dio is going off one one. Must be part of a franchise.

Surely it’s time for the annual ‘guy on Twitter leaks completely made up set of opening fixtures’ posts? My source tells me it’s definitely Leicester at home.

Just play off the boards, like in five a side. Same behind the goals.