Sky will fly him down in time for our game.

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano The Italian "influencer" who has never worked as a real journalist, has 100m+ followers on social media and leverages them for cash. This is a tale about modern sports media

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano

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Jamie Donley has just capped a very decent first half for Northern Ireland with a goal. Makes you wonder why he can’t get a look in at Stoke.

Tummy’s got fluid retention.

Just glossed over in commentary. Baffling.

Me too. Best we’ve played in a while - obvious foot-shooting aside.

Should have walked for it. Off the ground and out of control.

And that’s when refs have to be stronger. It was a disgraceful tackle. But Kudus is somehow seen as deserving of punishment for reacting to a clear attempt to do him.

Jamie Redknapp’s analysis rarely, if ever, reflects the narrative of what actually happens in a game. Ultimately, that result came down to one team taking their chances and another not.

Kudus being booed for having the temerity to be the victim of Joelinton’s WWE move.

Spurs have been the better team for large parts of this game, but not helped by Chris Kavanagh’s now-standard awful performance. How Joelinton escapes red cards on a near-weekly basis is baffling.

Haven’t read the book - yet - but did sing Hot Shot Tottenham for my school music exam in 1987.

Please could I ask any of you who have read Hot Shot Tottenham (and preferably if you enjoyed it!) to provide an Amazon review.

Publishers getting on to me that I need to get more to improve visibility on Amazon pre Xmas!

Many thanks in advance 🙏

This poor, inexperienced Chelsea team - that cost a mere half a billion quid to assemble.

I’ve seen Frank’s 23-24 season at Brentford, when they finished 16th, justified by Ange-outers/pro-Frankists because “he was dealing with a massive injury crisis”. No hint of irony.

We should play when still drunk more often.

Newcastle getting a taste of their own medicine.

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May the Open Source be with you.

Presumably to ensure that the players were around the perimeter of the circle during kick-offs.

Thanks for the mention @culturedfootball.bsky.social

This piece has been quite well received for one which started out as a half idea. Sometimes those are the best ones, though: Have a loose outline for a story and then just let it see where it takes you.

Maradona, Hampden ’79 and the £750,000 jersey Ex-Scotland winger Arthur Graham didn’t cherish significant shirt and sold it for a song

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I’ll keep adding to this as more people arrive.

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St Pauli leave X, describing it as a 'hate machine' and expressing concern it may influence the outcome of the forthcoming German election.

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I think this might be the best Onion parody yet.

Also, jostling the goalkeeper only seems to apply when Spurs players perpetrate it.

Not helped by Darren England’s officiating. Quibbling over free-kick placement one minute, then ignoring 15-20 yards stolen at throw ins the next.

I have done a Spurs starter pack. Tried to make it people who post regularly but it's also largely vibes based. Feel free to share with new people if they're looking for other fans.
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