That was the worst 45 minutes of football I’ve seen from a PL side this season, including Spurs.

Nice of Brighton to let Barcelona put on the blue and white stripes though

It’s so difficult to take these polls with more than a pinch of salt because there’s simply no way that a GE happens tomorrow and 19% of people think the Tories deserve a second chance, let’s give Badenoch a go

The world not screeching to a halt when the US killed more than 100 little school girls on the very first day of this "liberating war" led us exactly to this moment

The Greenwood backing is a genuine black mark and it’s up to Spurs fans to decide if it’s a dealbreaker for them.

We loved him at Brighton but I winced at those comments and I’d struggle to fully get behind him if he doesn’t at least distance himself from what he said.

In the summer with a full pre-season is a different story.

He’ll either make them brilliant or bomb out near the relegation zone again, which is par for the course there anyway.

Spurs appointing De Zerbi would be great for the PL but they’d be mad to give him the job before the end of the season.

Watching THIS Spurs team try to pass the ball round their six yard box from a goal kick would be hilarious.

I generally sympathise with the idea that this Labour govt are doing progressive stuff in the background that the headlines do not give them credit for…but their immigration stuff is approaching the unforgivable, electorally.

I wouldn’t put it past Mahmood to paint over a cartoon mural.

Or make it a levy paid by employers for any job spec that requires a degree and it might stop them asking for one for an entry level role beneath the living wage

I took out those loans to cover my tuition and I expect to have to pay it back. But just servicing the interest until they eventually write it off helps nobody.

Make them interest free and there is no class divide based on who can pay for them.

Contemporaries from richer backgrounds could have their parents pay up front, meaning they will take home hundreds of pounds more than me every month for doing the same job, further entrenching class divides and reducing mobility.

I graduated in 2012 and I have only recently began earning enough to match the interest charges that accrue this month, meaning my balance is higher than it was when I graduated, despite paying every month of my working life.
I’d prefer to think of it as an extra tax underneath PAYE and NI.

Of all the complaints against Starmer, the most absurd is that it's "weak" to have a Cabinet that doesn't just rubber-stamp what The Leader wants on questions of war & peace.

I'd take Cabinet govt - in which ministers kick the tyres of big decisions - over the kneel-and-obey model of Farage any day

Mayweather Pacquiao confirm the super fight rematch nobody asked for, 10 years after their first fight which was 5 years too late.

I think football has become more nuanced than binary starting formations.

A classic 433 can easily become a 343 (or 325) if the full backs push 10+ yards forwards and the holding midfielder stays holding.

Liam Rosenior has unlocked the win in a game after being 2 goals down at half time achievement on FM.

Not an easy one to get.

A good tradesman never blames his tools but I think replacement parts are fair game

This should be Bielsa>Poch, Simeone, Iraola.

Fuck sake!

So all the ex players spent their whole careers under the greatest manager ever without ever learning from an elite coach.

So give it Giggsy til end of season, put Ole back at the wheel and hope Fletcher and Carrick can play the Utd way but it won’t work out.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

While the list goes on, Utd are notable outliers and something G Nev said about SAF never taking training.

His longevity was sustained by a rolling cast of Assistants - Kidd, Quiroz, Phelan, McLaren. It was like they had half a dozen managers over the years always with Sir Alex as the figurehead.

Compare other coaching family trees and Sacchi mentored Ancelotti who coached Zidane, Conte, Deschamps

Bielsa>Poch, Simeone, Bielsa

Cruyff>Pep>Xavi, Arteta, ETH, Maresca, Kompany

Alonso is the best young coach because he worked under basically everyone and has a smorgasbord of influences.

Bruce, Hughes, Ferg Jnr, Keane, both Neville’s, Giggs, Ruud, Carrick, Rooney all had a crack at management with varying degrees of success but none of them have really made it to the very top.

Why has arguably the greatest ever manager failed to produce an heir?

I have a theory on why Man Utd have such a mid group of ex-players as coaches…and it’s all down to Sir Alex.

I totally get bringing in Carrick/Fletcher til the end of the season, instant respect and Ole at the wheel was a great ride until he peaked below the elite.

But look at the Fergie Alumni…

My worst footballing opinion of the last few years is being unconvinced by Reece James.

Thought his hamstrings were made of cotton wool.

This year he’s been unquestionably world class. Guys a beast.

That AJ-Jake Paul fight was so much worse than I expected it to be.

Pretty sure I could last a few rounds if the ring covered three postcodes and I could just run away from him.

There’s fighting on the outside but you could’ve driven a London bus between the two of them for most of the fight.

Also worth noting that their biggest issue was around nationwide chronic understaffing, not pay.

Stagnant pay plays its role in that but it’s doing double/triple the workload to cover for a half full team that leads to burnout.

My partner voted in favour of strike action and said she was close leaving the service if working conditions didn’t improve.

And if she/others are prepared leave and never come back then where is the moral argument against walking out for a day.

What a shame.

I said ACL as soon as I saw him go down and it’s horrible to be proven right.

Thatchersim — still the basis of so much of our economy — worked by making us buy things we already owned, using money we borrowed from our grandkids, and then cancelling the maintenance and calling it "savings".

And now everything is broken.

Test cricket is finding a really good boxset. Takes a week to binge and you go deep into the characters and storylines as the tempo slows down then suddenly speeds up. A 30 minute passage can turn the whole thing on its head.

Once it’s cooking and you can’t miss a ball there’s nothing better.

My current explanation of Test Cricket being the purest form of sport is as follows…

Football, Rugby etc are like watching a film. 90 odd minutes, gripping, sometimes a big twist at the end. Whole narrative in and out in an afternoon. Lovely.