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Scotland and Boro's Tommy Conway becomes - by my possibly incorrect count - the 13th player from the 48 qualified countries to be ruled out of World Cup through injury. Six of them are based in England. Awful news for him ...

My World Cup Wallchart of choice ordered from and efficiently delivered by the great @wsc.co.uk. Getting the World Cup fever ... even if it's a burning hot "get England knocked out as soon as possible so i can relax" on the mercury scale. We go again! 😂

“From 1950 to 1990, they were totally irrelevant on the international stage.” How does today's USMNT rank in comparison to past lineups? @maxrushden.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social @leanderalphabet.bsky.social @anabnos.com Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/bu8vcPICEqQ

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Imagine Pavel Nedved’s hair in that humidity. Could probably have passed for Valderrama.

Hahahaha

Czech Republic, Algeria, Bosnia + Herzogovina, South Africa, and South Korea seem to be the teams that are particularly screwed climate/distance/humiditiy/altitude wise. No big teams there 😐

Czechia at the World Cup (what might have been Rep of Ireland's group). They seem to have been stiffed ... Game 1: Altitude at Guadalajara (1,556m above) Game 2: Fly 2,363km to play South Africa in extreme heat of Atlanta. Game 3: Fly back and play extreme heat/humidity of Monterrey.

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

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Reflections on a particularly uneventful and downright boring weekend in today's Guardian Football Weekly podcast ... www.theguardian.com/football/aud...

Don’t you mean ‘fowl pecking order’ Barry?

While I'm not sure of its specific applicability to this situation, the LotG does provide a foul pecking order, in which the referee ... "punishes the more serious offence, in terms of sanction, restart, physical severity and tactical impact, when more than one offence occurs at the same time".

I saw Darren's explain that there is a kind of pecking order of fouls *after* I'd wondered why one foul was punished and all the others were ignored. If what he says is true, then that's fine. However, I can't find any evidence of the existence of this foul pecking order.

Several players that were about to head or kick the ball (in both directions) were impeded before Raya was. Why is it only him who gets protected?

Several players who might have headed the ball goalwards or away from goal were also impeded. That also impacts play.

My question is: why is that *more* of a foul than any of the other obvious fouls being perpetrated by players on both teams?

Probably this

As that corner comes in: Rice fouling Summerville + then Mavropanos, Pablo fouling Trossard + then Raya (penalised), Soucek fouling Zubimendi, Odegaard fouling Todibo, Myles LS fouling Mavropanos. Etc. How do VAR decide what to penalise? @dalejohnsonbbc.bsky.social

Wall Chart before England get kicked out v's after.

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Ahoy there. When Saturday Comes (@wsc.co.uk) is always my wallchart of choice.

Some tremendous whataboutery. Arteta can get as overexcited as he likes if he does it in his own designated rectangle. If he does it on the touchline then i will applaud any winger or FB who "accidentally" boots him into Row Z. I suspect i will not be alone. Mikel was well able to dish it out ..

I think all coaching staff of all football teams (from my pal's U10 kids up) should know and stay in their own designated rectangular space. Do you think otherwise? If so, why?

Yes. Seeing a mouse.

"Screamed" 😂

Arsenal fan completely baffled that people who don't support Arsenal aren't as interested in Arsenal winning as he is. There were two Arsenal fans on today's podcast. #reallystrange

I love this book by John Robins (out today) in spite of the fact he gave up the drink a couple of days after interviewing me for his pub/booze podcast but somehow didn't deem me worthy of a mention as his obvious sobriety muse. 🙄 It is a LOL funny and at times harrowing read

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"Not quite enough for a penalty" says Shearer (and more importantly the match officials) of blatant Griezmann shove in the back. Am no Arsenal fan but it is absolutely "enough" for a spot-kick. He knocked him over.

It's that annual first Tuesday of May despondency. The polar opposite of Snooker Loopy. Yes, we have Arsenal v Atletico but I would rather another 100 mins of this ... and we may very well get it!

Re-rack, anyone? #crucible

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Good luck to everyone running the London Marathon tomorrow. As a fellow elite athlete - who is exactly 50% as elite - I know how awful you are going to feel up until mile 13.1. The rest doesn't bear thinking about. 😱

Sunderland ...

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In my pub today the Arsenal shirts with names on were 'Stepanovs' and 'Pepe'. Just a 'Jeffers' or 'Coquelin' away from the Holy Trinity.

Had registered my indignant complaint with the BBC about Aston Villa v Sunderland not getting top billing on tonight's MOTD2 at 3-3 but don't mind so much now.

For sale! Size 11 Asics, one careful owner, circa 220 miles on the clock. £50 ono - medal not included.

I missed six weeks of training with an adductor injury - the kind of misfortune we elite athletes have to take on the chin. Otherwise I'd be in the mix.

Last year @maxrushden.bsky.social goaded me into running a half-marathon. I bit. Race day tomorrow and I am terrified. I may not win but MASSIVE thanks to everyone who has helped me raise £65,000+ for Great Ormond Street Children's Charity. #unbelievablejeff share.google/jsh3OKKVnien...

Bournemouth were great today but to a man, Arsenal's players looked paralysed by fear. For some weird reason, the sight of their head coach bouncing around his technical are like Basil Fawlty thrashing his car with a tree branch for 90 minutes doesn't instill onfield calm and confidence.

Arsenal nine points clear in the title race on Grand National day, is it? What could possibly go wrong? #devonloch

Just need Sunderland to hammer another nail into the Spurs coffin on Sunday for shits and giggles, then Regis and the chaps can take the rest of the season off with six games left. Lovely. 🥰

From a frontman accused of insider trading to a CEO with links to Qatargate, Fifa's new gambling partner Adi Predictstreet is building a solid reputation in record time. The launch also failed. By @uglygame.bsky.social for @josimarfootball.bsky.social 👉 josimarfootball.com/2026/04/09/m...

This beggars belief and thanks to every single person who has donated. Original target: £13,100 and i thought that was too ambitious. I get genuinely overwhelmed + tearful looking at the number, mainly because I'm not getting any of the money We go on Sunday. At dawn! Well, 9am. Thanks again 🥹