In 2026, let's get Tommy Tuchel fired.

It turns out when you're playing against an elite midfield you should probably shouldn't go with a 4-2-4. Especially when none of your midfielders are particularly elite possession players.

Would it be rude to compare this France team to Jorge Linares? And is there anyone following me on Bluesky apart from Kyle who'll understand that comparison?

The French team are oddly stampy so far today...

Djed Spence, I owe you an apology

I forgot about Wimbledon, Noskova did *what*? I see she's recovered now though.

France giving a strong demonstration of why, even with the best attackers in the world, you need a midfield. It's not just that their defence isn't shielded- it's that if an attack breaks down or runs into trouble they have almost no options for recycling the ball.

Egypt playing very well against an Argentina team with like 15 players in.

Why is Messi so bad at penalties lmao

Ronaldo getting pissy when Portugal's midfield loses the ball while being unavailable for the safe out-pass because he's standing immobile in an offside position really just sums the silly arsehole up.

Pele! Ronaldo! Ayrton Senna! Eduardo Saverin! Gisele Bundchen! Bolsonaro! Can you hear me? Bolsonaro! Your boys took a hell of a beating! Your boys took a hell of a beating!

Genuinely what happened to Martin Odegaard about two years ago that means he doesn't pass forward if he can possibly avoid it anymore.

Turns out playing against really low blocks is hard. Who knew?

Shockingly good start for Canada this, I was expecting them to struggle to get a foothold given the sorry mess against South Africa.

This is some genuinely lovely football by Senegal.

I hate Erling Haaland.

Odegaard still reluctant to play forward passes I see.

What the fuck.

Terrible night for Fischbrötchen Europe I see.

What's up with Promise David that he doesn't start for Canada? Apart from Alphonso Davies he seems to be clearly their most technically able player whenever he comes on.

Free Kobbie Mainoo

Norway sending their B team up against France's big guns is very funny, but not as funny as it would be if France get humiliatingly beaten by Jorgen Strand Larsen.

As much as I've admired him (even as a United fan), I think Belgium have to accept that KDB's best days are past. De Ketelaere has to be in that 10 position surely, especially in a game like this where there's no real space behind for passes into that area.

Gonna need Lukaku to bang in four goals and overtake Cristiano Ronaldo in the WC scoring charts today.

Ryan Garner vs Michael Magnesi is just a classic toe-to-toe phone-booth war, these two guys do not give a shit

Germany have taken absolutely no steps tactically to limit Diomande's space and time on the ball, which seems like an insane decision.

I don't know that there is a big boxing community on bluesky, but fuck it: Taylor Bevan's jab is money.

Nice to see Brian Brobbey starting for Holland, feels like it's what they need. Though bringing him in for Summerville and not Gakpo seems harsh on Summerville.

Why, are they going to forfeit the game against Turkey?

South Africa playing like a team who've never played together before against Mexico on day 1 was pretty poor. South Africa still playing like a team who've never played together before even though we all saw them play together a week ago is just embarrassing.

www.badlefthook.com/boxing-news/... ffs man

I'd almost forgotten that as well as being hamstrung by playing with 10 men, Portugal are also hamstrung by being managed by Roberto Martinez.

Hoping Ronaldo's leg falls off in the first minute of Portugal's game later so I can root for Bruno Fernandes with a clear conscience.

This Canada team ain't great so far. Shinkicking as the first form of defence and constantly getting into the final third then just punting a straight pass into the defender directly in front.

Is Deniz Camp the best writer in comics today? I dunno he might be, but if you read these you can find out for yourself.

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Truth! Freedom! Justice! And a hard-boiled egg!

That's only stunning if you're an idiotic clown who doesn't understand what stamina is.

Fuck's sake Walz you missed the most basic minimum standard!

Patrick Dorgu is a really good player and I won't hear it said otherwise.

“The product will be capable of being fully aware of a user’s surroundings and life" You do understand that that's bad, right?

I wrote about Breath of the Wild and how it helped cement the idea that a good open world game isn't about the scale of the map, but how curious you are to explore it: www.gamesradar.com/games/open-w...

There's something really fucking sinister about the way, in subject after subject, it's the outlets offering high-quality independent journalism and analysis that get taken over by slop-machines. Why do Valnet even think Polygon readers are gonna stay with them?

My first report card for the March tournament is live.

Trump is turning America into the giant vagina monster from Watchmen.

We’ve really lost the magic of SFF book covers.

Sometimes a book comes along and charms the socks off me, and the Warden by Daniel M. Ford was one. It's a cozy fantasy about friendship, a bit of romance, and learning to love a place you didn't expect to, *and* an adventure fantasy with questing, fighting, and skeletons and shit. Very recommended.

Antonelli can't be going by 'Kimi' and making mistakes like that. Bringing shame to the name.

She not only posted this, she's proud enough of the take that she retweeted it. Fucking collaborators.