The best thing about tonight’s match was not having to listen to “Fletch”

Seeing Gabby Jesus is a real breath of fresh air. We’ve missed a striker with his technique

This is a horrific story. It’s one of those where I think finding someone to blame is pointless. It’s just so sad www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

this is whose reputation they're trying to whitewash www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

This is really great from Matthew, and initiatives like this deserve support from those who can do so. If you fancy any of the stuff from his Arsenal collection here as Christmas presents or just for yourself - www.matthewjiwood.com/arsenal-poster – use the code ARSEBLOG-10 to get 10% off.

Neil Tennant’s rejected first draft. 1984.

Brighton v West Ham? Fulham v Palace?

I’ve only just realised Brighton have players called Weifer and Rutter. Apparently they have a good connection

There was a trans character on Coronation St in 1998(!) for a decade and no one gave a fuck apart from a small minority of bigots who were largely ignored. Image the #discourse if Corrie, or EastEnders introduced a trans character at the moment.

I can’t convey just how much I hate “Fletch”

Listen, fair play to Trump. I’ve been a critic in the past, but he’s won a peace prize based on completely objective methodology. You can’t argue with that

It is barely worth saying that the demand from overseas nationals is minimal compared with the reliance the NHS has on overseas workers. But this isn't the point. The point is that this is fascist rhetoric from a Labour MP. And I know I should no longer be surprised about this

Sorry wait what

“He is human after all”

The pundits are right. To win the league you need to win every single match. I can’t ever remember champions dropping points

Daniel Sturbridge is talking rubbish here. It’s not re-refereeing. Taylor gave him a yellow because he knew he had the safety net of VAR. if there was no VAR, he would have been sent off immediately

I really hate United away fans. Deathly quiet when losing but the same chants over and over and over and over again when they are winning

Is Phil Foden the best player in England (the world?) right now?

Evergreen post:

That delay was to allow Man City’s legal team to assess the offside.

Martin Samuel reportedly gets paid around £400,000 a year for his Times' columns.

This is something that I have deep down known to be true but scared to fully acknowledge. These hard-line immigration policies for what is currently a tiny problem makes much more sense when you consider it as future proofing for when the developing world becomes inhabitable

Labour's new policy of using asylum seekers as unpaid slave labour and sport for rich people to hunt is a bit concerning. But I guess it is either them or Reform, so...

Again, supporting my core political belief - that so much of politics is people trying to go back to the time they were a child not realising that it was great because they were a child

Obviously Badenoch is dreadful, but fair play, this is a good line: "What we heard the health secretary say this morning is that he wants to cut waiting lists, but we all know that there’s only one waiting list that he really wants to cut."

Fascinating article. It resonates with my very limited dealings with the BBC where the impartiality comes from cowardice. Their news lines follow the morning papers, which are overwhelmingly right wing. They will always place far more emphasis on the government line that on campaigners’ lines etc

Awfully pathetic of me this, I know, but will say it anyway. Alexander Isak holds the British record transfer fee and is fully fit, sitting on the bench and not been mentioned in the first half or at half-time. 2-0 down to a title rival and still nothing. Begs the question, should Gyokeres do more?

Slot won the title in his first season. He’s earned the right to completely overhaul Klopp’s team. All of them. Bring his own players in for every single position. Please

How bad are Real Madrid?

You’ll hear a lot “he is human after all” after that. (He’s not. It was just a software malfunction”

100% this. Gave up the ball for the whole final ten minutes

If we had any attackers fit, I’d be sitting Saka down. He’s a million miles off his usual standard

Also, the lower stakes in the celebrity version makes it better in my opinion (something I never thought I’d say) #thetraitors

Look, he seems like a nice fella and all, but David Olusoga must surely face some professional consequences for his moronic antics here. I've read three of his books and I feel CHEATED.

David is the worst faithful since Meredith

the women in the workplace discourse is very funny because a man who can act normal in an office environment that's predominantly female is absolutely on easy street. it's maybe the best gig anyone in history has had. and yet for many guys it is utterly impossible

A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor. A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.

Streeting is 100% repositioning himself as to the left of Starmer, isn’t he?

Interesting news values here from the BBC

A very young woman who did nothing wrong and showed uncommon self-respect in refusing to let Andrew Cuomo sexually harass her. He made her life hell for it. I hope she feels vindicated by the sound and unambiguous electoral rejection of that scumbag.

The lessons the Labour will learn from Mamdani’s victory is they should be moving further to the right and ideally offering people less hope. Oh, and attack immigrants a bit more

Boy Mamdani's race is really a vivid reminder that anti-Islamic bigotry is 100% accepted in US public discourse. People don't even bother dog whistling, it's just right out in the open.

I was as nervous watching that last ten minutes with the same nerves as if we were 1-0 up, I was so desperate to keep that clean sheet

That’s ridiculous. Hate these penalties

I keep seeing supposedly progressive podcasts saying “the problem is that people feel like they just can’t talk about these issues” while these issues are frequently the *only* thing that people are talking about 😩

ok that's kinda funny

Can the BBC do the table if Haaland’s goals weren’t counted (as that’s the sort of thing we are doing these days)

Oh well, looking forward to him making a decent save in his next match and being declared the best keeper in the world again

It’s so weird how the best keeper in the world makes a major error in every match I watch him in