Captivating stuff at the Oval. Can’t take your eyes off it

Who an earth is running the show at Warrington? Disjointed Omnishambles of a club

What happens when parody becomes prophecy? The evolution of football's information ecosystem - from ClubCall to James Richardson’s Gazzetta Football Italia to David Ornstein and the curious rise of #IndyKaila indykaila News 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/mattyhenno…

What happens when parody becomes prophecy? When anonymous accounts rival legacy journalists? The evolution of football's information ecosystem - from ClubCall to james richardson Gazzetta Football Italia to David Ornstein and the curious rise of indykaila News 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/mattyhenno…

No one at Newcastle can really believe the club wasn’t going to be a platform for Alexander Isak to move to a bigger stage. They are owned by the Saudi royal family, they won the league cup and had a good season, but they’re not Liverpool. Will be a long long time before they are

Dortmund as a teenager. Then Real Sociedad, makes a name for himself. Big money move to the Premier League. Plays really well. Bigger money move to the champions of the Premier League. It’s the natural order of things. Maybe some at NUFC believe they found a shortcut to the top

Time for a lunchtime read? La Liga to the US. Super League to Vegas. Shiny? Yes. Smart? Not always. In ‘Panning for Fool’s Gold’, I look at the glitter, the hubris - and the risks -of chasing America’s sporting dream. mattyhenno.shorthandstories.com/panning-for-fo…

10/10 knee slide that. They are the kind you used to do as a kid on the dance floor at a party while it’s still early and empty.

Dad and Lad scoring at Anfield.

Sometimes we think they’re just robots and can just crack on, but they’re evidently hurting, and will for the foreseeable future. They’ve lost a best mate and are expected to try and carry on as normal, with reminders of him every day. It’s hard. Will be a few lows this season

Straight in to the AI Slop Champions League places this.

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