Players that’ve been benched regularly this season that I think will start this weekend: Julio Enciso: 8 appearances this season, all as a sub. Goncalo Guedes: 13a, 12 as sub. Curtis Jones: 12a, 5 as sub. Gabriel Jesus: 13a, 11 as sub. Joe Willock: 13a, 8 as sub. Harry Wilson: 12a, 10 as sub.

ep #1 Conor Bradley is good at football. I enjoyed his tackle. A lot

Ajaz Patel in New Zealand: 294 balls over three years, 0 wickets. Shoaib Bashir in New Zealand: 9 balls, 1 wicket.

I will be doing an Ask Me Anything over on Reddit tomorrow at 2pm, dissecting England v USA and all things women's football. You can check it out and send questions here: www.reddit.com/r/WomensSocc...

Guardiola confirms Kovacic is out for “one month”. Joins Rodri out injured. In the 49 league games since Kovacic joined City, Guardiola has played at least one of the two in all 49 matches.

This weekend’s PL fixtures have a very “he used to play for us” feel to them… I make it 9 players who’ll be up against a former club. Who are they? Leicester v Chels Arsenal v Forest Villa v Palace B’mouth v Brighton Ev v Brentford Fulham v Wolves City v Spurs Sou v Liv Ips v United Newc v W Ham

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