It’s a bit fascinating to compare the questions asked Slot after like losing 9 of 11 with a galacticos squad with what for example ETH faced every time points were lost with a squad full of misfits. How do you feel? Was it tough when the opponent got lucky?

Farage has been dismissing evidence of Russian ties to the Salisbury Novichok attack since 2018 🧐

Farage is back on his anti Ukraine/Zelensky attack lines again. This is now parroting Trump’s rhetoric, which is increasingly in support of Russia.

Yes, Reform's Events Co-ordinator called LGBT people nonces, but who hasn't when they've had a few drinks? After all, that's when we say what we really think.

Met Police chief Mark Rowley: ‘How anybody in America can suggest the UK is violent is completely ridiculous. The homicide rate in London is lower than every single US state. It’s lower than all their big cities.’

The winner of the FIFA peace prize is busy making war in the capital of Venezuela this morning

“The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/… The USA is a dangerous rogue state.

Fact of the Day: The Voyager (Boeing A380) carries a BAC 1-11 on its back to use as an escape pod in an emergency, the 1-11 can also be used to carry personnel when the Voyager working in an air-to-air refuelling role and is full of petrol instead of seats Photo from a Canberra

That's ok TNT, I watch a lot of games on mute anyway...

*sound of a million squirrels standing up to object*

City struggled for ONE season and responded by spending nearly £300m in January alone to fix it. United finished 15th and INEOS signed 4 players to ‘fix it’. 4 PLAYERS. If that doesn’t speak VOLUMES about the difference in ambition, I don’t know what will…

Obviously the latest blow up is not about semantics of "Manager" vs "Head Coach". It's a question of power and control. Ratcliffe signaled very early on that managers under his regime would not have the control of old... on transfers, club style, recruitment and so on. Can argue

If a manager who has won 24 of 63 games says ‘back me or sack me’, they risk their bosses not treating that as an ultimatum, but an invitation Ruben Amorim’s comments were certainly an escalation of tensions that must be resolved, one way or another nytimes.com/athletic/69400…

Pretty sure that this is Graham Williams leaving New York - but it could be Tom L-T arriving - either way it's bloody cool

Sporting Directors etc are now hugely influential in English football, and they often outlive the head coaches they help appoint It’s time people in these positions were more available to speak to fans through the media, explain decisions etc, supporters too often left in the

OMG - just unbelievable - it really shouldn’t be a difficult question. What on earth has happened to the Labour Party, to international law and frankly to any kind of moral compass? Such craven cowardice is deeply dangerous

Are they drunk — they want another 3 at the back manager?

United made 450 redundant apparently. Generously, at the median UK wage that is a c.£18m pa reduction at best. Severance payments now about £100m since Ferguson left... and then there is compensation to recruits and failed signings

.Stephen Miller yelling on Jake Tapper 🦅 about how sovereign countries don’t get sovereignty if the U.S. wants their resources is genuinely unhinged. Belligerent. And a disturbing window into how this administration thinks about the world.

A point worth highlighting amid Ruben Amorim's sacking: while Manchester United continue to spend big on fees, the wage bill has tumbled relative to peers In 2024-25 they spent £95m less than Manchester City despite employing far more staff A snippet from yesterday's live blog: