Barney Ronay

Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space

Ronaldo: now the most abject regime fluffer of all time
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Alastair Cook and Becky Ives make best of TNT Sports’ shonky Ashes production | Barney Ronay Presenter Becky Ives was breezy, while Alastair Cook was pushed to the front like the last ceremonial horse of some dying cavalry unit

Hyperdynamic disruptivism
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Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much? Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests

My beautiful laundrette
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Three weeks to the Ashes? Unleash the Bazball alpha-bears, Australia just loves them | Barney Ronay England need to turn volume up and lean into tone of exceptionalism that continues to annoy their rivals

Actually a very funny picture of David Warner
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maybe!

England have their best chance of winning World Cup since 1970 – and Tuchel is the key | Barney Ronay This new realistic, pragmatic approach, with no snags or celebrity bodge-jobs, means that this time could be the one

There's a way back for Bellingham! Play better. And don’t be a drag.
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You havent actually listened to the whole thing have you? He talks explicitly about that atrocity and links his message to it. so… it literally cannot be whatboutery. It’s what it’s about

Murder half a mile away is not whataboutery. you sound very terminally online I’m afraid

because of time, place and presenting as “Manchester”. Seems pretty obvious

Tight security and political tension hang over key Norway v Israel World Cup qualifier The hosts in Oslo are closing in on qualification but the politics surrounding their visitors’ presence casts a shadow over the football

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Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport

I liked Gary Neville’s speech even though he fucked up part of it
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Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport

I liked Gary Neville’s speech even though he fucked up part of it
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Insert own Bazball joke

England embrace a new frontier but Tuchel must be wary of hope and glory | Barney Ronay Win against Wales is over before it began, yet unbridled expectations are the enemy of any manager in this job

It’s the hope, really
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England embrace a new frontier but Tuchel must be wary of hope and glory | Barney Ronay Win against Wales is over before it began, yet unbridled expectations are the enemy of any manager in this job

It’s the hope, really
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Rise of long balls marks latest trend in frenzied evolution of Premier League Set pieces, long throws and generally getting it launched are back with a vengeance amid a notable tactical shift

Game Of Throwns
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Rise of long balls marks latest trend in frenzied evolution of Premier League Set pieces, long throws and generally getting it launched are back with a vengeance amid a notable tactical shift

Game Of Throwns
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Maresca’s wild sprint a red-hot release after Chelsea stifle misfiring Liverpool | Barney Ronay The Blues’ head coach was sent off after Estêvão Willian’s injury-time winner but it is Arne Slot who has solutions to find

Crisis-ridden crisis club goes from crisis to crisis
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Maresca’s wild sprint a red-hot release after Chelsea stifle misfiring Liverpool | Barney Ronay The Blues’ head coach was sent off after Estêvão Willian’s injury-time winner but it is Arne Slot who has solutions to find

Crisis-ridden crisis club goes from crisis to crisis
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Wirtz becomes latest footballer battling to best their objectively weird price tag | Barney Ronay High-technique midfielder is talented enough for his Liverpool move to work out but most transfers over £80m don’t

From bad to Wirtz- the top 30 transfers of all time RANKED!!
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Wirtz becomes latest footballer battling to best their objectively weird price tag | Barney Ronay High-technique midfielder is talented enough for his Liverpool move to work out but most transfers over £80m don’t

From bad to Wirtz- the top 30 transfers of all time RANKED!!
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Thug life chose you

Fascinating as these topics are, just getting a sense this album may not be geared specifically towards me

Ødegaard and Gyökeres on centre stage as Arteta’s Arsenal plan takes shape | Barney Ronay With an enticing run of fixtures coming up and the captain back to his best, an enjoyable autumn seems on the cards

This is a very good Arsenal
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Ødegaard and Gyökeres on centre stage as Arteta’s Arsenal plan takes shape | Barney Ronay With an enticing run of fixtures coming up and the captain back to his best, an enjoyable autumn seems on the cards

This is a very good Arsenal
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Faux-humble José Mourinho plays his part on oddly tender Chelsea return | Barney Ronay This was not a hangover from another world. It was bang up to date, a piece of pure theatre, entertainment product

Jose and the way we were
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Faux-humble José Mourinho plays his part on oddly tender Chelsea return | Barney Ronay This was not a hangover from another world. It was bang up to date, a piece of pure theatre, entertainment product

Jose and the way we were
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At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not Manchester United | Barney Ronay Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performance

Smash the system
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At any normal club Ruben Amorim would lose his job – but not Manchester United | Barney Ronay Obdurate manager’s Ruben-ball could arguably take the blame for Fernandes’s penalty fluff in another utterly bloodless performance

Smash the system
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Gianni Infantino’s Faustian pacts face biggest test as prospect of Israel ban moves closer Sport should not be used to normalise abnormal conduct and it’s no longer possible to dispute the idea that Israel shouldn’t currently be participating

Shit gets real
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