No Trent in the latest extended England squad, which probably ends any hope of a World Cup selection barring some mad injury scenario. Pretty mad turn of events for a player who had ambitions of being the first full back to win a Balon d'Or.

This probably spells the end of Michael Edwards II at Liverpool. www.nytimes.com/athletic/712...

Very Kloppesque game there. Even down to Slot seemed more animated on the touchline.

Rather than leaning on the backbone of British 70s/80s TV comedy, I suspect the UK SNL will try to mimic the US version too much and it just won't translate at all.

Slot is toast, right?

Premier League football is just putrid.

One of the reasons AEW loses so much momentum with Hangman or other world title holders is no one is gassing up, hyping and talking as loudly and as frequently as MJF.

I haven't gone from zero to obsessed with a show like The Pitt in a long time. Tremendous television.

Harry Redknapp: "what d'ya mean Niko Kranjčar's 41 and retired, get him ova!"

Often complain about the Premier League, but that is some hilarious content of a Thursday night.

My favourite part of last night's disasterclass was Gakpo somehow scooping the ball off the goal line and Jones' chest and what seemed like a certain goal.

Slot is right.

How the fuck is it March

Block laying off almost half of its (granted, very bloated) workforce and instantly getting a 25% stock increase is a fairly worrying precedent.

The anger that a traditionally left wing podcast could possibly hold left wing views and dare leave the bosom of Musk's hellhole.

Ireland draw Israel in the Nations League. Oh dear.

Sympathy in the Seamus Culleton story really dried up fast.

Got a letter that our rent would be going up, with references to other property prices as justification, including this lovely passive aggressive underlining of "one" (ours is two). As if any of these prices are value for what you're getting.

Heading to Liverpool with my better half at the weekend - my visits generally have been quick in and outs - any recommends for coffee/food/shopping/sites beyond the usual tourist spots?

I'm trying with this AI stuff, but I really don't see the benefit for the Average Joe. You might be able to build a niche tool but it's all such marginal gains. Unless you're a coder and building shit, or maybe self employed and need help with admin etc., I'm struggling to see anything meaningful.

The Eni Aluko stuff is just sad. Someone needs to take her aside and pull her off this charge she's on, because it's helping nobody.

[Insert GAA jersey in unlikely location] There's always one!!! 😂😂🤣🤣😂

I haven't been this invested in AEW in a long time. Everyone seems locked in and mixing Brody and Andrade into a world title mix has been so fun.

I feel like you could have the coldest of cold hard proof RE: Trump with Epstein and there'd be no move to oust him.

Heartbreak for Musetti. Two sets up and cruising v Djokovic and has to retire. A real, real shame.

Bit out of the loop on Liverpool stuff but the vibe around the club seems so off right now. If they're backing Slot, I think the club HAVE to come out and say it.

Robert Saleh and Brian Daboll to the Titans. Feels like a coup for us.

Melbourne is awesome. And I got to see Nick Kyrgios up close!

The hubris in some of these WWE Unreal clips is off the chain. I've never seen so much confidence from people showing the world how incompetent they are at what they do.

Go tennis

The erasure of Chris Von Erich open.substack.com/pub/gameover...

Just had probably my most satisfying checkmate ever, with a pawn push for discovered check.

It's extraordinary how terrified wrestling orgs are of changing a TV format that has been regurgitated for decades, and only to certain degrees of success. Try something new with fresh faces? Nah, let's do the exact same thing as everyone else... but just way, way worse.

#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

is this recent news, or...?

ah, the Dutch

not signing Guehi in the summer was the killer, but i'm not going to get mad at the club for not matching City on stupid money when he's free in 6 months. in regards to Semenyo, i wonder if the club just have preferences elsewhere. there's no evidence they did more than just kick the tyres on him.

The erasure of Chris Von Erich open.substack.com/pub/gameover...

Some words on Manchester Utd - as they continue to stumble under the weight of their empire. open.substack.com/pub/gameover...

Yes Niall Stanage!

It's delicious how butt hurt right wing twitter weirdos are about certain people leaving for here.

AEW's roster is so deep and varied but I can't see where the TV hours are to give enough talent enough airtime, nor the creative will to maintain and deliver meaningful story. And the shows are already claustrophobic enough with Don Callis Family.

remember web forums?

Player Power is undefeated

we're going to win the World Cup, lads

Gotta feel for Salah, but Egypt were never in that game. Pretty poor stuff and they were a distant second best.

From today's @irishtimes.com letters to the editor.

Netflix bringing podcasts (in video form) onto their platform, as well as adding some of their own, is an interesting move. They know there's a market for people who throw that type of stuff on for background noise. Very easy, very cheap numbers to bolster their stats.

Rio Ferdinand may be the most embarrassing figures in sport. A failed pundit/comms, pivoted to podcast and "content creation" and is just as bad and cringey. The guy is 47, is one of the best defenders ever, and is out here acting like a Tiktoker.

fucking hell