Can’t really complain losing that one. Just emblematic of how much we’ve phoned in first-halves and been dependent on reactive second-halves. Just not sustainable. Manager needs to find a balance, and quick.

I think Florian Wirtz might be the wokest player I’ve ever watched so far.

Ridiculous how many of Darren Fletcher’s opinions you’re subjected to watching a game on TNT.

Thought this was cool, from NextGenStats: Seahawks rookie guard Grey Zabel is the only lineman in the entire NFL with at least 20 snaps in pass protection and 0 pressures allowed.

Sounders vs. Timbers, Seahawks vs. Bucs and a Mariners play-off game all in the same weekend it looks like. Seattle is going to be booming.

The Seattle Mariners.

The Leoni injury is just plain sad. At least he’s surrounded by people like Van Dijk, Wirtz, Chiesa who have been there to support him through it.

Madueke injury is going to have Saka’s hamstrings simmering on a low heat for a while.

I know you also have Derrick Henry, but you have Lamar Jackson for four downs on the one-yard-line and you’re only putting the ball in his hands on one of them?

Ousmane Dembélé is the first player to win the Ballon d'Or while representing a club from his own country at the time of the ceremony since Englishman Michael Owen in 2001 (Liverpool).

Fletch and McCoist frantically voting Grealish in the phone vote.

The Balon d’Or top three being anything other than Raphinha, Dembélé, Salah in some order is madness. Never mind the fact two of them didn’t even make the top three. Stupid award.

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Love that the Eagles offensive coordinator is either someone who will be a successful head coach in a year or Blurpo Borpo, a guy who led Holy Cross to the 4th best attack in the Patriot League in 2021

Towels to dry the ball in the House Wenger Built. 😭

Take the mick out of Van Dijk’s ‘aura’ defending as much as you want, he covers off that Håland run there.

Please let that be the last time I have to listen to McCoist and ‘Fletch’ for a long, long time.

He needs to stop this completely dropping the tempo at 2-0 stuff. It’s farcical.

Shirt pulls like that Casado one should be red cards. Ridiculous.

Newcastle are putting their own glass ceiling in place by refusing to upgrade on oafs like Joelinton.

Given Atlético’s laissez-fare approach to their massive racism problem, this is a fucking hilarious thing for Simeone to say.

Margaret Aspinall, what a fucking woman. An absolute beacon of strength.

This was the emotional moment that Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed families of those who died in the Hillsborough disaster to 10 Downing Street on the day a law in their name will be introduced to Parliament

Wonder if this is the season Tomlin gets Carroll-ed. Steelers looked awful, particularly in the trenches and he’s looked like the game has passed him by schematically - like Pete did - for a while.

Owen Cooper, 15, becomes the youngest male actor to win an outstanding supporting actor Emmy. How lovely to hear a young northern working class talent speaking so eloquently on the biggest stage after being given a chance in the industry

Heard a lot about the plexiglass principle when it comes to NFL defences over the offseason – definitely applying to Denver’s over the first couple of games.

Aden Durde is one of the most underrated coaches in the NFL.

Looking at Bournemouth’s form since, I think it’s safe to say we had a pretty horrendous start to the season fixture-wise.

Amount of times Lewis-Skelly loses the ball in an awful position, drops to the deck and gets the foul is mad.

Didn’t realise Leverkusen signed Badé. Him, Quansah and Tapsoba are a really solid 3ATB partnership. Ben Seghir feels like a pretty serious signing for them too. Great business on the player front, only to hand them to Ten Hag.

This does say a lot about how much time our politicians are spending on Twitter, and I don’t think it’s a great sign of where Britain’s elite is. Starmer did not tweet about the murder of Melissa Hortman (an elected official) and her husband.

What the fuck is going on in the Middle East?

Isak not being fit for Sweden after his holdout and them potentially coming away from their first two WC qualifiers with 1 point. 😬

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The Mariners outscored the Seahawks by 5 points today

Another year of the Seahawks having a great defence being let down by a honking offense.

The UFC having Kick sponsorships all over the cage for #UFCParis after recent events is certainly a choice.

This place is deserted and pretty slow. Which is a shame, given the other place’s further descent into the abyss. Thankfully the transfer window is over and my incessant need for updates is satisfied.

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I mean, ignoring the being a massive twat over the rainbow laces campaign; I just don’t understand how Guéhi is the answer to the CB question in multiple ways. 1. He doesn’t seem like a guy happy to settle for a backup role in a World Cup year, which has me fretting over Konaté.

Robertson going, Tsimikas turning up the bozo-meter last season and hopefully going as a result; could definitely end up with Hato at this rate.

Just a very good signing, unfortunately. One of my favourite midfielders outside of the PL.

Not getting Huijsen could probably end up being a blessing in disguise for Liverpool if we managed to get Lukeba instead. Probably end up with Hato though.

Catching up on the draft and looking at all of the context surrounding him, how on Earth did Damien Martinez drop to Seattle in the 7th?!

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Hopefully Seattle finds a way to go keep stocking up on big freaks and snag Ayomanor.

It really does feel like people who dislike the Seattle Seahawks the most are fans of the Seattle Seahawks. So many dreary fuckers in this fan base.

Seen a lot of mocks that have the 49ers drafting Mason Graham and the Rams drafting Josh Simmons. That just can’t be allowed to happen.