I went to bed thinking about this new U2 release. I woke up thinking about it too.

It's too easy to be down on Gyokeres' limitations as any kind of footballer, so let's do it.

This is my favourite version of Chain Reaction.

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Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.

The VU original is wonderful of course, but inevitably this was the one I heard first, expanding my little mind, coming in creepy and ending up celebratory.

Plucky effort from West Ham here. They're still in this, with a few minutes to go.

New music? Why yes, I know about new music. Yesterday I listened to Charli xcx's Wuthering Heights soundtrack twice and the Bleachers single four times. Might try some other modern sounds next week.

I imagine we all predicted the most enthusiastic user of AI in 2026 would be The Waterboys.

Listening to Geese. The band, not the honking. Although...

Oh no/yes, Arsenal/Man City/Villa are in/out/back in the title race.

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Weird Fishes would be my instinctive choice here. Pre-millennial Radiohead's too of its time to stand out. If ever I think something's 'a bit Radiohead' it's always spidery skittery tip-tappery.

The tax-dodging prick's just bitter because he's got to keep that hair after United drew last night.

The Right Foot Yellow Mix, always the first thing I played when I set up my decks in a new flat to test the clarity, get the dials sorted.

It was so light on the walk to the station this morning I thought the clocks had changed. A real boost, a soaring of the spirit, only grounded when I found someone in my seat.

Watching Meet the Fockers for some reason. Is this a drama?

"He’s a coward who refuses to take responsibility for his own actions," said the anonymous MP.

My political stance: goofy.

Of course not. No one has heard of him, let's be honest.

Can't even trust Liverpool to win you the league these days.

Got an awful lot of pop music research to organise today, so naturally I'm now the world's biggest fan of women's parallel giant slalom snowboarding.

Underworld at Brixton tonight, just as Born Slippy kicks off. Bunch of basics.

Brass Construction's Movin' on NOW Yearbook Extra '76 sending me right back to DJing* aged 17, 1989. Maybe it was on a comp. Anyway, *DJing involved being a pause button ninja, no gaps, then taking the tape to a party. You can imagine how cool I (thought I) was.

No one on this tube knows I'm listening to the Bay City Rollers.

Not my favourite – although, what a hit rate they had – but I'll never stop finding Hot Chocolate's What Kinda Boy You Lookin' For (Girl) hilarious just for those brackets.

Jamie Redknapp: "Tactics now are playing such a big part in the game"

ALWAYS LOVED THE CARABAO

I just hope the neutrals are having a good time, doing something else entirely.

Sad for the VAR guys tonight. Gagging to find something. Feeling all hollow.

Gyokeres, with the first touch of a t-shirt cannon.

What did Arsenal ever do to Lee Dixon?

Finally, just listened to Harry Styles' Aperture. Seems like it was specifically made for me, which I'd say is a poor commercial choice. Is he finished?

Watching the match going, 'When did City get Guehi? When did Spurs get Gallagher?' like a proper tuned-in fan of the football.

Djokovic back from his transfusion.

Hot new album in today's post.

What's the dullest you've been in your dreams? Last night I dreamt we were in the car, listening to a six-and-a-half-minute version of the Faces' Ooh La La, and I turned to my wife and said, "It's Ronnie Wood singing this, you know."

Obviously we're not unique, but Catherine O'Hara was such a star for our family. After everything she's done, Schitt's Creek was something for all of us and we still do Moira impressions the entire time. Legend. RIP.

This Djokovic lad could threaten the top 2.

I can enjoy Alcaraz beating Zverev on one leg, but it wouldn't bode well for Sunday.

Arsenal weren't on the telly so I went and saw Hamnet instead and had my soul hollowed out in an entirely different way.

On my way home after hearing I've had four NOW Yearbooks delivered.

Good god I want to subtweet.

Just finished watching the rambling, inconsequential, nonsensical, vaguely amiable Seven Dials on Netflix and was astonished to find it was written by Chris Chibnall.

Loving the no-look-pass jeopardy Arsenal are bringing to the title race.

The sexiest people fill their shelves with books and then fill the space in FRONT of the books with keys, chargers, earphone boxes, badges, pens, refills for pens, picture hooks, a stylophone(?), a photograph of just one of your three children, defunct android tablets, more books but stacked.

An exchange on British sitcom Black Ops currently on BBC One: "These were massive in the 90s" "So were Hootie and the Blowfish, but..." Tell me you're American/weren't around in the 90s without telling me etc

Can't think of any. I usually go with my mate Paddy.

“We’ve invented a magic computer. It uses all of the earth’s resources, we’ve spent trillions on it and it’s the sole growth area of the US economy.” “What does it do?” “We were hoping you could tell us.”

Stephen any time anyone gets close to guessing him or Rachel #TheTraitors