Practically no engagement on here anymore (no idea why I am bothering writing this really), so most of my stuff is now on Bluesky. Engagement means everything, otherwise we are just screaming into the void, so thanks for the memories Join me there: bsky.app/profile/simong…

Yuck. Is this really what happens now on here? Your favourite football club advertising shit, and not even in a subtle way.

This is what a cup match means to the fans of a small club. It is a shame that the various football associations all organise their cup competitions so that the big clubs get what they want. The magic of the cup isn't for them, it is for us.

Oh no, it is even across clubs. How pathetic.

The 🇳🇱Dutch Cup quarter-finalists and their current rank in the Dutch leagues ahead of tomorrow's draw: 1 PSV 3 FC Utrecht 4 Feyenoord 6 AZ 7 Go Ahead Eagles 15 Heracles Almelo 39 Quick Boys 53 Noordwijk #knvbbeker

Castres had the longest odds of any team to win a match in this season's Champions Cup. No one saw this coming. Incredible.

Scored 15 out of 16 penalties in the English top flight. Not sure of his stats outside the top tier or in cup competitions.

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The final Champions League table compared to Euro Club Index rankings. 21 of the 24 highest ranked ECI teams through. Brugge (46), Celtic (58) & Brest (63) are the surprises. 6 of the top-8 are in the top-10 of the ECI. Real, Man City, Bayern & PSG are below expectations.

Good to see that some are standing up for Murley who was one of England's better players on Saturday IMO.

Joyous and brilliant last night. A cmat gig is highly recommended. Most of what I write is over on Bluesky now btw. Come and find me there.

I know I have a lot of 🍀Irish followers so, after yesterday's magnificent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England victory, I'd just like to take this opportunity to congratulate you on your 2025 #SixNations title. 😉 Oh, and what are you still doing here? I am over on Bluesky. Come and find me there!

I have posted a data-driven #SixNations team of the weekend over at the other place in case anyone is interested. I'd certainly welcome views on it. bsky.app/profile/simong…

Arsenal 3rd on Euro Club Index behind Real Madrid and Liverpool. euroclubindex.com

Something I wrote back in October. Took more than 4 months to finally get rid of Monk. In the end his win% was 18% - on a par with the club's worst ever managers (Ken Shellito and John Ryan).

There is so much talk about patriotism and how important it’s supposed to be, but what does it really mean? Why is it deemed to be so important? I’m British and there is a lot I love about my country, I also love the cultural vibrancy brought by cultural diversity #patriotism

Bonner's back! #CamUTD

Harris is back.