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Tech person, interested in software engineering. Not the comedian. Also #LUFC + Games + SciFi + Books + History + Politics. Something for everyone then! Opinions my own, not my employer's.

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Has probably "dreamed of managing them since he was a boy"

11.02.2026 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'd be surprised - they're hoping to grab Tuchel or Pochettino after the World Cup* So I can't see them getting in a "proper" manager as a temp.

* assuming they're still in the EPL, otherwise presumably Mark Robins, Nathan Jones, etc.

11.02.2026 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Notice De Zerbi just left Marseille (mutual consent, sounds more like a sacking as they just got pasted by PSG) - Paixao was bought specifically to play his system and has languished πŸ€”

11.02.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think your account may have been hacked by Gareth Southgate

09.02.2026 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

PSR rules change next year and were also punitive of Burnley and Leeds (Sunderland got a bye due to coming up so quickly from L1); that winds down going forward so for PSR the pressure drops I think. We only had 60% of the starting allowance of a non-promoted team (this is from vague memory tbc).

07.02.2026 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Nigel bloody Farage

Nigel bloody Farage

Cometh the hour ...

05.02.2026 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

need a new plan then ...

31.01.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In which case we should have tried to protect our goal difference, methinks

31.01.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think we should bring on Gnonto for Darlow #lufc

31.01.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Arsenal have a far more expensive squad than us, having done well out of PL/UCL football (and up until 2018, Russian oligarch blood money) but it also feels like Farke misjudged tactics and personnel on this one #lufc

31.01.2026 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonder what the XGA was on that one #lufc

31.01.2026 15:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well I'm increasingly glad we didn't get Slot πŸ™„ #lufc

24.01.2026 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"What do we want?"
"We want the blood money tap switched back on! Blood for the blood god! Up the Blues!"

19.01.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She's more, MP for Oxbridge who has this annoying inconvenience of a safe seat Up North. And I say that as someone who considers themselves left of centre

14.01.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think they already missed a trick with the X-Men one of not pushing Doomsday vs the Odyssey as "the better upcoming Cyclops movie"

13.01.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure whether this was the notorious one where he got stuck on a train with some Leeds fans and furtively turned in a piece about how much he'd always hated Leeds. Anyhow, think he's a West Ham fan, so karma is coming.

13.01.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

From YEP: "Farke lost Sebastiaan Bornauw to a possible adductor strain at the break during the victory but believes the injury to be minor. When asked if it highlighted a need for a centre-back signing in the January window, he insisted he was happy with his options."

11.01.2026 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's one of his favourite German years

08.01.2026 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

and ... Summerville just had a great goal disallowed as Castellanos had wandered offside

06.01.2026 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, sounds like the buyout isn't needed, he'll just become a free agent. But I think coming to us on the same basis he was at West Ham would give us a different kind of threat from DCL/Nmecha, even if stuck with him for 12-18 months. Did think Piroe looked decent when he came on the other day tho.

06.01.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wars of the Roses was consistently a North-South series of wars (with the North consistently losing) rather than one fought between aristocrats from east and west of the Pennines.

05.01.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Callum Wilson in talks to leave West Ham after five months as Nuno problems mount The striker Callum Wilson is in talks to leave West Ham five months after joining on a one-year deal, with new forward recruits signed

Thoughts? #lufc

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

05.01.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Very sad they didn't use the tag line "there's a new sheriff in town"

05.01.2026 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I believe the numbers are from X's own statements to advertisers ("advertiser resources"). They're then propagated by other reports so that if you do a Google search you end up with those numbers in a highly anonymised form.

05.01.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We were being linked with him so I watched his highlights video on YouTube and half his goals seemed to chalked off for offside. That's on the highlights, to repeat.

05.01.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Suspect the betting is on the current administration being shackled post the mid terms so one year not three. Although IMO it will just trigger even more chaos rather than solve for it

05.01.2026 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Before Amorim picks a fight with Agent Wilcox he should realise Our Jason has a black belt in judo and was a youth international at the sport #lufc

04.01.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah for me that's Perri but these things happen and he also saved well a couple of times. Think we missed Bogle a lot on RB

04.01.2026 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My god I love Aaronson πŸ˜πŸ˜‰ #lufc

04.01.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

William Huskisson's great "Here I stand" speech (unfortunately given in the middle of the track, before being mown down by Stephenson's Rocket) of 1830

28.12.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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