By a very long distance, Michael Jackson’s Invincible

Headline from WalesOnline reads: “Y11 deal to buy Cardiff on brink of collapse as WRU set to own club indefinitely" Standfirst reads: "Negotiations over the purchase of Cardiff have hit the buffers and the controversial deal is set to fall through, as things stand”

It's almost as if there was one guy who was trying to force this whole thing through, and now he's not there to try and bully everyone else into doing what he wants, the whole thing is falling apart?

“I’m really funny… I think I’m the funniest person in the world.”

Say what you like about the under 5s, they’re not lacking in self-belief.

It’s pretty bleak stuff, mate - decades of terrible decisions leading to eminently predictable outcomes.

It would be nice if any of the actual Welsh media produced anything with half as much rigour and insight as this, instead of uncritically parroting the WRU's unverifiable nonsense.

Important, powerful stuff.

Toulon's defence next season with Brex and Fickou as their midfield axis…

Also, Partisan being an indie label with a modest marketing budget is WHY they have to get creative with promoting stuff?

They're gaming an intentionally opaque algorithmic system designed to only really grant you exposure if you funnel massive amounts of major label cash into it. Good for them.

A full slate of Six Nations and Champions Cup knock-outs to cover and I spend 5 minutes mentally castigating myself for getting Monarch of the Glen and Hamish Macbeth mixed up.

Look, given we've had a week's reprieve from armageddon, me and @joshgardner.bsky.social are doing anither episode this evening. Send your #SHITGOOD like an ICBM into the replies...

My favourite bit of Angine de Poitrine lore is they only started wearing the outfits because they wanted to play the same bar twice a week without it looking obvious.

As if punters would assume their town was home to TWO SEPARATE double-neck-toting microtonal instrumental jazz-rock weirdos.

“Untouchables” by Korn is the 9th most expensive album ever made.

Heidi Montag’s Superficial is the 23rd most expensive album ever made.

Adjusted for inflation, The Darkness’ sophomore album “One Way Ticket To Hell… and Back” is the 34th most expensive album ever made.

Bordeaux are the better team, Toulouse have better individual players.

It’s made for one of the most fucking fascinating games of rugby of the season

Ramos with a try saving spot-blitz tackle and an incredible 50:22 in the same passage of play.

WPOTY.

A fantastic afternoon for practised Moefana haters such as myself, you have to say.

“Damian couldn’t answer any of these basic questions about himself and current events… which is exactly the same as his baseline”

Penaud going off for a HIA is completely unnecessary, because you simply don’t need to check on the health of something that isn’t there.

Chore coat, even more old-man-y

You know it’s time to give up on being cool when you’re watching the Scrubs reboot and you have to pause it because you need to Google the really nice jacket John C McGinley (age 66) is wearing.

In my defence, it’s a great jacket. 🤷‍♂️

Literally, you would have to send Artemis III to retrieve me.

If this is the final podcast we do before The Great Burn, I’m glad I managed to squeak “refs are getting cucked by TMOs” in before the end.

Life IS too short, and yet you’ve spent all day arguing increasingly tetchily about something that, by your own claims, doesn’t matter?

I dunno man, it’s a funny old way to carry on.

Oh god, no, Justin… you can’t just slip that mask of smug detached superiority back on now. Sweetheart that’s not how this works…

To be honest, I think being catty and condescending suited your whole vibe better anyway - stick with it! You might have a zinger in there somewhere!

Killer comeback, consider me put in my place with that zinger! The after dinner circuit beckons!

And the mask comes off!

You were doing so well, too.

Rugby officials closing ranks to defend incompetence and malpractice? Colour me shocked! Shocked I tell you!

“I’m not in the minority” says quite literally the only guy arguing that rain is in fact, very dry.