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Tonight's games include Nice v Montpellier, so fingers crossed that Nice's bad form continues...
Also - Daniel Bravo is a dickhead. Who knew? *cough*

I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.

A thread.

Features me butting in late on about the Daniel Bravo issue. He needs to grow up...

"Key Features - Spectacular Pond"
Yup, that's what I noticed first...

Proud father speaking. Very proud indeed. My daughter Camille has just completed this large canvas (oil and gouache), and I invite you to visit her online gallery at www.instagram.com/p/DTvX1OBjW0.... After living and working in London, Oaxaca and Mexico City, she is now in Paris.

Canal+ are doing an 18-match multiplex and it's utter f-ing chaos so far. Lovely.

My class read it for GCSE and one of the main problems was lack of context, so we didn't realise he was supposed to be crazy. Can't for the life of me remember what happened in it...

Endrick's on fire

*PODCAST* Kris, Jez and Tom round things up and look forward to the last round in the Champions' League first stage, tomorrow - Bruges v OM, Monaco v Juventus, and PSG v Newcastle.
open.spotify.com/episode/5n1S...

Endrick's on fire!

*NEW POD* Kris, Jez and Tom chat all through the weekend action as the crisis at Lille deepens, Nice finally secure a big win, the Pocognoli struggles continue, and Endrick sets L1 alight!

soundcloud.com/frenchfootba...

nine years old

Extremely Statham. I like.

I am so sorry. Hope you have love around you. You've both made so many people so happy, even if we don't know you personally. I know we will all be thinking of you. Bless you.

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Heh, while I was doing some 'mindful' colouring in, a disagreement in another room degenerated into a full-on fight, leading to at least 4 patients storming off and another 2 staying behind to yell at the staff.
Still don't understand what the hell happened, but it did alleviate boredom a bit.

PSG won the Trophee de Champions, and were happy. Less happy about losing in the Coupe de France to Paris FC.

*New Pod* - Kris and Jez round up what's happened YTD and we have some tasty fixtures for the French teams in European competitions this week. Look out for Real Madrid v Monaco, Sporting v PSG, and OM v Liverpool.
Ooh.
open.spotify.com/episode/4waD...

PSG being happy after winning the Trophee des Champions

NEW POD! Kris and Jez bring a full roundup of the last fortnight in France as PSG claim more silverwear before being dumped out of the CdF, Nice are hammered again, Lorient win big and O'Neil is off to a flyer.
soundcloud.com/frenchfootba...

Fireworks, car horns and cheering in the neighbourhood.

Pffffffffff.
Well done Senegal, well done everyone.

Given that he'd just been booked, that was high-stakes 'housery.
Pretty sure the referee was deliberately not looking at him in case...

Possibly he's lost track of who's been booked. I know I have.

To catch everyone up: Senegal had the ball in the net but called off which was questionable, Morocco get a softttt penalty so Senegal protest to the point of leaving the pitch, finally come back & Diaz does the worst attempt at a panenka that Mendy saves after talking shit directly in his ear first

He definitely got booked, I wasn't sure what for. That makes some kind of sense...

French TV are mostly killing themselves laughing and audibly pouring drinks.

It just feels weird that the clock reset to 90 for extra time...

Nerves of steel... or as it happened, just a pulse and one working arm.

OK so Mendy comes back on, gets booked, shithouses a bit, and then catches a terrible penalty.
Extra time could last until Wednesday if people don't calm the hell down.

And now he's run off towards the dressing room, possibly to retrieve the rest of his team.
Yup - here they come! Mendy needs nerves of steel here...

Mane now calling Senegal back onto the pitch?
I think that was "act like men!" as he encourages his colleagues.

12 hours was the norm when I was growing up in the UK (I think I'm a fair bit older than you!) so it was only in French and German classes that the 24 hour clock was used.
12-hour clock is useless in charts, so I've had some awkward client conversations about that...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.