Lee Savage

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish by The Smiths

Don't get a dog for protection. Get a dog because they're beautiful and silly (especially greyhounds)

I think these people need to constantly be reminded that the political pendulum will swing at some point. The elderly President in poor physical and mental health won't be around forever. Where will that leave them?

We'll be seeing more stories like this

I wonder if IFAB will act on this at some point. Limiting the number of players allowed in the 6 yard box might work. It's getting a bit silly when so many games are being decided by who can get away with the most minor fouls during a corner routine

I think we're crap for different reasons. Last time, it was because the squad couldn't handle it and picked up injuries. This time, it's because we're deliberately playing with less intensity to protect players and sacrificing everything we're good at in the process

These guys conspicuously kept their mouths shut when Kevin Costner was yee-hawing his way around Sherwood Forest in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. A slight on British cultural heritage

Half the American golfers seem to have made up names. Harris English? Brandt Snedeker? Xander Schauffele?

I genuinely couldn't name one of their songs. I couldn't even give you a vague description of what they look like. But I should have also mentioned the Wallflowers, which is up there with the worst band names ever

Can't see them selling three big players in one window. Maybe two, and I expect Schar to sign for one more year

See, I could find one or two songs by all those bands that are at least OK. It's the beige American rock bands from the 90s/00s that make me want to peel the skin from my face. Train, Dave Matthews, Matchbox 20, Maroon 5, etc

Congrats Anand!

Things would get interesting if Forest go down. Then release clauses kick in

The lesson of the summer was to move on players that don't want to be at the club. Just get the best price possible and find a replacement

It's probably more that he'll be 26 and likely only has one more big move, just like Isak. You can't blame him if he wants to play for a league contender during his career

It's too late to find a replacement and there's no one other than the injured Bruno who can cover him in the squad. He won't go today unless something like a deal for Anderson drops from the sky

Sets a fun extra credit assignment and immediately gets a terse email from QA

Whole summer was amateur hour. Thiaw has been worth what we paid, but he was available for £10m less a month earlier

A functioning boardroom would have told Howe there was no chance of keeping him and arranged a deal to get Liverpool to step aside from the Ekitike deal in return for Isak. I refuse to believe Liverpool really wanted to spend £215m on two strikers last summer

That's an incredible price for a striker with one goal. There must be better value out there

Yes, yes it is. I would go as far to say that it is even advisable

I love that he called his critics nerds, like he hasn't spent the last decade clumsily combing through survey crossbreaks for his job

Headlines should be informative and not like cryptic crossword clues

Tbf, it was a new way to shit the bed. Instead of taking the lead and sitting back as we did against Brighton, West Ham, Brentford, etc. We took the lead and then played a high line against a team that notoriously can't break down a low block it was more of a 23/24 style capitulation

The gameplan was naïve. Liverpool have given up loads of points to teams playing exactly as we did on Wednesday. And we go there tonight and get into a slugfest. Stupid

Christ, this is properly crazy. A 16 year-old running 3:48 in the mile? Probably the best sporting performance of the year so far

Very odd gameplan. Liverpool have struggled all season against sides that sit deep and play on the counter, exactly as we did against PSG. And we go to Anfield and allow it to become a basketball game, which is exactly what they wanted

I think Howe might have had a stroke

Agree on the boardroom instability, but Howe also continues to be a slow thinker, which is a problem in games. It's not that he's tactically rigid or lacks a Plan B, it's more that he suffers from inertia when games start to run away from him. I don't know if he can change that