Is it possible that the entire nation of Scotland managed to talk itself into believing the Greek national side is better than it is? An imposter syndrome performance for 60 minutes followed by almost complete domination. Felt like the players went out there hoping for a point.

“When I called for a repeat of the last Greece match, I meant the winning 3-1 bit, not the playing utter shite for 63 minutes bit”

Turning into a bit of a shotshow, Juric at Atalanta, to be honest. Getting involved in an argument with Lookman after subbing him off 😩

OH WHEN THE SAINTS 🎶 SAINTS GO MARCHING ON TO THE PREMIER SPORTS CUP FINAL!!! FT // 🟧 1-4 🔲

Absolutely sensational St Mirren!!! Bossed it from start to finish. [looks up Lisbon to Glasgow flights for 14 December 🏆] 🏁🇾🇪🏁 🇾🇪

Not sure what Juric is saying to these Atalanta players, but they’re playing like shadows of their former selves. Udinese completely outpressed and outplayed La Dea. I expected a big drop-off from Gasperini levels, but this is becoming very tough viewing every week.

Amid all the gloom - genuinely quite encouraged by signs of a progressive fightback in some countries. Mamdani in NYC, UK Greens surging in the polls, Wilders’ party losing almost 1/3 of its seats, Chega getting half its anticipated share in Portuguese local elections. A glimmer of hope?

I’m with Ian on this one. Sadly - because I am 100% aware it firmly cements my middle agedness.

Really, really entertaining game of football between St Mirren and Hearts tonight. Still slightly outraged at Saints’ third goal being chalked off, but a draw probably a fair result in the end. Great advert for Scottish football.

It drives me mad seeing TV panels full or racist Reform politicians

“Weapons grade public racism” is the only accurate way to describe what UK audiences have been subjected to in recent weeks

Still a long way from having Hearts as title favourites, but I don’t think it can be denied now that they’ve made themselves title contenders

Let’s not talk about what it felt like being a supporter of St Mirren and Atalanta yesterday. Genuinely delighted to see Billy Gilmour building some confidence in Napoli’s win against Inter, and excited at the potential of a Scottish title race featuring a club from outwith the old firm.

Make Racism Disgraceful Again 💯

Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

Dear UK, Your obsession with zero net migration means you will have a generation of pensioners with no state pension and no social care or healthcare. Best…

RANGERS MANAGERS 2025/26 . Vegan sausage . Rohl

Very good showing by Atalanta. Deserved so much more than the point from this evening’s game against Lazio. Credit to Juric. Not likely to hit the same heights as under Gasp, but the performances and results since the PSG game have been a marked improvement

Very encouraging news on Aaron Hickey. He’s had such a rough couple of years.

Good afternoon. This is just excellent news.

Scotland, huh? 😬🫣Gruesome viewing. Six points from six though… Take them, make a run for it, and never speak of these past two performances again

“Gunn and Dykes won that game tonight. An absolute disgrace of a performance.”

Tactical genius sees ‘lull them into false sense of security by plumbing new depths of shiteness for 63 minutes’ gamble pay off

I have absolutely no idea how Scotland won that game. Daylight robbery, and I’ll take it all day long!

I hear the problem is how extreme the left has been in their views and their rhetoric

I am also not a Milan fan, but Modric in a Milan kit is just [chef’s kiss]

I am not a Celtic supporter, but I have to say this is wonderful. 👏👏👏 (from Bullsquirt on Reddit)

What’s the worst opening line to a song ever? I’ll go first: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag?”

Me (to 7yo daughter): It is never nice to call somebody an idiot. Don’t do it ever. Also me: [watches Badenoch interview] 🤐🥴…

The old firm really are a total shambles at the moment, but it will never cease to amaze me how grown adults can behave like this. “Furiously” confronting total strangers in a hotel lobby. Good god man. Get a grip.

Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him. Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership." SHARE!

Nah mate. Inclusivity and brave leadership are the ‘antidotes to division’.

Exactly this. The more Labour pushes back against the Greens, the more likely I am to vote Green. The more Labour pushes back against Reform and Tory narrative and policies, the more likely I am to vote Labour. And calling out Reform while adopting many of their stances on immigration doesn’t cut it

London under sharia law

Great point in Turin that, for Atalanta. Particularly in the circumstances. But far from a vintage performance. Shame about the manner of Juve’s equaliser, but felt it was coming the deeper Atalanta defended

Sensational Sulemana!!! 😱💙🖤

Immigration is not the problem. An obsession with immigration, which has been allowed to become engrained nationwide over the past 15 years, is the problem. The UK and the Labour Party need a new leader. I don’t know if Andy Burnham is ‘it’, but Keir Starmer definitely isn’t.

That "progressive fightback" in full

Oh, is he now? Because he should only have been doing this for the past five years, since he became Labour leader.

Billy Gilmour scores his first senior club goal to put Napoli one up against Pisa. Wonderfully composed to create the opening for himself. He’s been the standout in an otherwise pretty dull first half.

Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package. Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage? Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?

Excellent, Ed Davey here

Thanks for these excellent suggested responses, Gmail.

The front cover of this week’s New Yorker. 👏

What a guy! 10/10 for content. 10/10 for delivery. 10/10 for just being David Letterman.

Everyone should have free speech. Except leftists. And trans people. And Palestinians. And immigrants. And anyone who supports any of those people. And foreigners. And uppity women. And blacks.

Fully agree with this. They know that what they refer to as “free speech” by the far right is far more hateful than what they describe as “hate speech” by moderates, centrists and leftists. And what’s more, they know that we know it too. That’s how gaslighting works.

The sheer irony... Given that JD Vance insisted that clear cases of hate speech in the UK, celebrating murder, should be treated as free speech. Clearly not so for him when he feels protective of the target.

Ok. I take this back. The long distance VAR angle actually made it look a lot more innocuous than the closeup DAZN just showed at half time. Stone waller. Never trust biased football fans on social media

Well this game has started well 🫣 #PSGATA