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That British ice hockey commentator is great, we should be using him for football as well if he’s interested.

I know I am approximately the 4343th person to say this but why are these people so whiny about flatly factual descriptions of their politics? Going on about how ancestry is what matters then having an attack of the vapours about people saying 'sounds like racism'.

Don’t you think this percentages approach is actually one of the driving reasons for us actually being in these tight games which require the percentages approach to overcome?

James I think, given Raya’s jitters, Kepa should play in the Carabao final. Worse keeper, sure, but he’s far more calm. Raya can stay in the prem and UCL.

That's because no-one is moving. They dribble but then nobody there to shift the ball on. It's so static. There's been little movement for weeks now in the Prem.

Wolves 2-2 Arsenal

Only Crystal Palace and West Ham (both 8) have dropped more points from winning positions in the Premier League in 2026 than Arsenal (7).

A damaging night for the league leaders.

This was the first time in Premier League history that a side starting the day bottom of the table avoided defeat to the side starting the day top despite trailing by 2+ goals.

#WOLARS

Arteta: "We have to blame ourselves. There are very basic things and very simple things that we did really wrong." #AFC

Arsenal shots on target faced & Goals conceded

Wolves 2 & 2
Brentford 3 & 1
Sunderland 3 & 0
Leeds 1 & 0
Man Utd 3 & 3
Forest 0 & 0
Liverpool 0 & 0
Bournemouth 3 & 2

Genuinely embarrassing. Jesus coming on to do nothing for half an hour just to start a scrap at the end too, sums it all up

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🚨 Arteta: “In the second half we didn't perform at ANY level in any aspect of the standards are required to win a game in the Premier League”. “Now we pay the price. Too many things what went wrong was one after the other. We never got any dominance or control of the game”.

Bit late but what did you make of Valverde’s slap and Mourinho’s postmatch comments implying that, as a former Real manager, he knew that the ref had been asked not to book specific Real players? I’d normally ignore but the lack of card for Valverde was mythical and an ex manager has experience

Handbrake Off giving vibes merchant analysis on Eze’s performance against Wigan. Just ignoring the poorly executed high line as if it’s not the determinant of his great passes. A better defence cuts them out. Expect this tosh from Amy but Adrian I’m surprised

Does your stomach ever make that noise that sounds like a draugr waking up

Ødegaard more like Øverplay amirite

So regardless it’ll be one of the lowest ever

@sidlowe.bsky.social that Harry Redknapp reference on the recent football weekly was criminally overlooked. “No wonda ‘ee’s in the fwackin reserves”

“Odd error” which always benefitted United. It’s shite, it’s better than what we had before.

Scum that man

REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance Two stories from 2023 elicited markedly different responses from two massive Premier League football clubs. One was threatening, the other took actual facts into account

REVEALED: the Abramovich and Glazer legal playbooks, from threats to total nonchalance open.substack.com/pub/sporting...

Rob Edwards set to be appointed Wolves head coach, Middlesbrough agree £2m compensation fee There is club-to-club agreement over a compensation fee in the region of £2million for the 42-year-old, who previously coached at Wolves.

🚨 Wolves set to confirm appointment of Rob Edwards early next week. Expected to sign 3.5yr contract + arrive at club on Monday; talks over coaching staff continue. Compensation agreed with #Boro ~£2m & #WWFC plan to back 42yo in Jan window 🚨
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Arsenal’s Gabriel set for further tests on thigh injury, fears he will miss one to two months The defender sustained the injury playing in a friendly for Brazil against Senegal on Saturday.

🚨 Arsenal continuing to assess Gabriel amid concerns 27yo could miss 1-2 months through injury sustained on international duty. Initial indications suggest #AFC centre-back set for spell out but tests ongoing 🚨
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With Arsenal missing Gabriel, who should Mikel Arteta call on as replacement? Gabriel is expected to spend a period on the sidelines - so how should Arsenal replace him at the back?

With Gabriel out, how might Arsenal replace him?

#AFC blessed with a number of alternatives, but my personal hunch is that the time is ripe for Piero Hincapie to step up.

For @theathleticfc.bsky.social

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🚨 OFFICIAL: World Cup 2026 European playoffs draw. 1️⃣ Italy v Northern Ireland Wales v Bosnia 2️⃣ Ukraine v Sweden Poland v Albania 3️⃣ Turkey v Romania Slovakia v Kosovo 4️⃣ Denmark v Macedonia Czech Republic v Ireland

Commentary classics: McLean, Parrott and a week of unbridled content joy | Max Rushden When you work in the game it is easy to get cynical but this week I’ve been consuming all the #limbs I can find

A bit on football just being great - and the joy of perfect commentary

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Tell you what grinds my gears. This JP Morgan recruitment ad with this woman saying “me” in the most annoying way possible.

“Imagine telling mII”

Trump on third term: I haven't really thought about it… but I have the best poll numbers I've ever had…. I would love to do it

Reporter: You’re not ruling it out?

11.1% of donkeys make one asinine.

I'm scared of 12.5%. It's just one innate fear I have.

It’s not just Starmer it’s the press and vested interests paralysing them. Doesn’t take a fool to see that the moment any remotely left wing party becomes truly likely to win, the press immediately turns around and nukes it.