Liam

Matchday. 1st weekend of 2 on the bounce where I'm actually playing, rather than commentator or photographer.

A smidge nervous tbh. Age and burnout are a handbrake, and my brain still thinks I'm 24, fit as a fiddle, and god's gift.

Just hoping I do decent and don't embarrass myself or the team.

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social,

I have enjoyed our exchange of letters about which of our parties is best placed to stop Reform. Hannah Spencer MP and I trust that you agree that this question has now been resolved once and for all.

Thanks,
Zack Polanski

Ian Huntley's been attacked in prison?

Oh no, what a shame.

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.

BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned

NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

Then you'll see distraction techniques will be abandoned and people start throwing others under the bus or fleeing the ship. MTG already bailed on MAGA and Trump for that reason. The shit will inevitably hit the fan - it's just a question of when, and how violent will reprisals be.

The second the Epstein stuff resurfaced to the top of the news agenda the US went in on Venezuela.

When it floated back up, they're leaking that there's going to be strikes on Iran.

We need to make it not sink at all. This has to dominate social media, and in turn it'll dominate the news.

In a sense it feels bad to share all of these posts about Epstein and Mandelson and whoever else, but this is a vile scandal of the greatest proportions, covered up by an egomaniac US President amongst others internationally, and featuring key individuals in different regimes passing state secrets.

exactly. this is not difficult.

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a uk government cabinet member, bankrolled by Epstein and possibly others over major fiscal UK gov policies is quite the scandal for the ages.

Damn. Yeah, GP laughed at my initial 50 question test because I scored 47. 18 month wait has just kept on increasing as I seemed to inch closer to my turn. Luckily work are chill for now, but I worry that if I burn out again I'll be in the shit.

And still no assessment?

I don't struggle with small talk but otherwise... yikes. 3 years on the Birmingham NHS waitlist for my ADHD assessment though, so maybe in a decade I'll have that + an autism assessment.

This made me laugh from my shots on Sunday. Like renaissance art 😂

What a weekend of football...

Paddock won 3-2 away at Congleton Ressies
United Women won 4-1 away at Villa
Albion Women won 1-0 away at the Wolves
United won 3-2 away at Arsenal

The rare full house, oosh 🔥

Trump's doing so much talking and posting... almost like the Epstein Files stuff has him rattled.

I just wish he'd experience a rattle of his own and shuffle off.

Call is coming from inside the White House on this one, America.

Donnarumma 'please fuck off' challenge

She was super cool though. Didn't get a chance to chat with her but she got stuck in with the girls from the off and grafted. Fitness might be lacking but the talent is evident. There's a reason she's England's all-time highest caps, men's or women's football. Legend.

Fara Williams in grey West Bromwich Albion FC training wear and a white training bib, laughing and talking during a training session with Siobhan Hodgetts-Still, the West Brom manager.

Ahead of tonight's cup tie between West Brom Women and Everton, we had Fara Williams and TNT Sports in the house for our training session on Tuesday, so that was fun and definitely didn't have our entire media team fretting 😂

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Tesco do mini hash brown bites. They are incredible.

Still waiting for those Epstein files to be released

It has long been a trait on FM though that player ratings/scores matter more than tactical nous or strategy though, but it's only really an issue when dealing with the likes of City and Barca in men's football or Chelsea in women's, so... yeah. Niche gripe.

Example: We slapped Barca 10-3 on agg. in the WCL quarters. Elite. And yet I can't ever land a blow on Chelsea.

Lost the League Cup final and FA Cup QF to them, and now have them in the WCL semis. Also we've a 1 point gap in the WSL with our final game each other.

Watch them win the fucking lot.

Absolutely smashing the life out of Football Manager with United Women (suck it, Skinner) but fuck me is it frustrating when you get out-statted.

Well, that was a shedload of police that flew down the main road past mine. At least 15 cars including UCs I counted. Maybe a safety alarm response.

United losing to Brighton isn't a surprise. We're still so scuffed, even if we are a bit better than last season.

Dalot and Ugarte have no place in a starting lineup, and ideally not the squad even. Too low football IQ. And then out-of-form players like Cunha need a rest. Hopefully soon.

Slightly diminish a game

Pokémon Gone 😂

Tbh I think half of it is skill issue on my part. It's not 'smash my desk up in a rage' territory. And I do like the fact that they use aggression based matchmaking: you play sneaky and avoidant, you'll meet likeminded players. Certainly helps when running solo.