In a sign I've had too much coffee: I've just said "don't worry I'll adlib it and it'll be splendid" about a meeting I'm due to chair. Anyone who knows me IRL will know this is likely to be untrue.

Shutting up shop or inviting pressure on?

Farke looks like a jaded, seen it all before, detective in a Scandi noir drama

Very pleased for Tel

@gralefrit.bsky.social were you at the roundhouse last night? Thought I spotted you. If you were: how amazing was that gig? If you weren't, please ignore and move on with your day!

Well this is in my head again now. It's so cheerful it's almost forgivable.

This is very lovely

And a merry birthday to my favourite brother and polymath @dwdmallender.bsky.social x

It is so cold in my office I've put a fleece on under my jacket. I look like I'm auditioning for an Am Dram version of Succession.

This is fucking GREAT

Long throw number 3: wasted

Long throw two: nothing doing

We're much better at set pieces

This is quite poor

If playing with two ostensibly defensively minded midfielders still leaves whacking great holes his about we actually have a fucking go, eh? A spawny equaliser isn't proof it's working.

Long throw one: cleared so easily it might have been a back pass

Kazakhstan teams in the Champions League seems...odd?

Massive fan of @coldwarpod.bsky.social, a genuinely fascinating archive, but: the way things are these days it's likely better to have an international celebration of those who DON'T make pods. As I said on mine last week.

Ignoring the screaming in my ears about how fucking old I am, I absolutely love this tune.

Big news this Friday (for me) the legendary Bang Is This Your Vehicle Sir? is on sale. Feat collaborations with Kevin Hearn Nick Pynn & Omid Djalili. It's already available on Amazon but if you buy it there I don't get any of the money. Managers, right? So get it on Bandcamp this Friday! Share Bear

Urban wildlife of south east London

Having slept on it: Frank still thinks he's in charge of a club with limited resources that needs to be overly cautious to protect a point and aim for survival. Long throws are shit. Stop pumping the ball into the box from EVERY corner. Vicario is regressing.

Halfway through the lead dancer bites the head off a battement.

OH MY FUCKING GOD, WRITE THE REPORT GARETH JUST WRITE IT, YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING LOFT. STOP THE PREVARICATION.

Sorry, you fucking what? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/sep... Name and Shame? I genuinely don't understand the point of this other than to make Starmer appear tough. Why can't he just get a neck tattoo of the King or something.

I am late to this, early morning to it, whatever, but it is fucking lovely.

Ah man, Danny Thompson has died. Created some absolute magic with John Martyn that I go back to time and again, rest in peace.

For those of you who are unaware of its beauty, the Scottish Cup's early rounds have clashes between some of the best named teams around. As examples: Civil Service Strollers are against Dundonald Bluebell on Saturday whilst Linlithgow Rose come up against Gala Fairydean.

Always check the battery on your head torch before running off into the darkness folks

I may, do, make comments about how Brighton is so very Brighton but it was a little boost en route to work to see flags taken down and replaced with home made ones saying "EVERYONE WELCOME". Well done, all involved.

The stat that West Ham haven't won at home in the league since February is stunning.

Running weather is BACK

They launched this at half time yesterday and this left my properly choked up.

Unaware of JD Twitch until hearing this but will now dig out more. AFX fans, give it a listen.

That is pretty spectacular. I do enjoy the host using the Jon Stewart doodling schtick too

Yes, yes they are

Wow we should base our entire economy on this technology

45 minutes away from lager here

Assess me @sentimentbot.bsky.social

The Green party’s new leader, Zack Polanski, has been commendably open about his past as a boob-hypnotist, having once claimed in the Sun that he could make women’s breasts grow bigger through the power of thought alone. 🧵1/2

Calling Jeffrey Epstein ‘the paedophile financier’ makes him sound like something from Patisserie Valerie

We approached Andrew Doyle for his comment as a "free speech absolutist" about sackings of people for criticising Charlie Kirk, however he is apparently unavailable as he's in the middle of writing his searing new tome "Those Students Eh? With Their Lesbian Avocados? What's All That About, Then?"

This is lush

Amazon omitting all mention of Partey when talking about players who've played for us or Woolwich pre game is pretty grim stuff

FUCKING YES

I'm not against innovation but if Prime Vision means they've binned off commentary free coverage, Amazon can fuck off.

Cops have released photos of far right (mainly) blokes they are chasing for various offences during Tommy Yaxley Lennon‘s march. Had a gander but they all look the same to me.

Went to check and yeah this is posted on twitter

A glorious choice!